How many of you guys have or do not have a TPMS?

DrewE wrote:

I do not for my motorhome, but my car (as with all new cars) did come with one. I make it a general rule to check the tire pressure in the motorhome daily when driving, and give them a quick once-over visually and by feel (checking for obviously too hot tires) at gas or lunch or whatever stops. While that's the general plan, I will admit I occasionally cheat a bit and skip a daily pressure check.

The following is why you "should" have TPMS on your motor home.

Posted By: Jay Pat on 12/30/16 07:17am

Have one. It's the only way to know what your air pressures are while rolling down the road.
I't also, a very simple way to check tire pressures before heading out.
Pat

which ones do folks have. temperature and pressure would be great.

I bought a cheap Chinese TPMS for about $100 last year to use on my Jeep Wrangler when I'm towing it and now have about 20,000 towed mies with it. Over my Christmas camping trip one sensor was showing low pressure but that was due to the batteries needing replacement in the sensors. Stopped at Walmart and picked up $20 worth of button batteries and installed them in the sensors. Less than 200 miles further down the road the warning alarm went off and by the time I got pulled to the side of the road the tire was down to the rim. Figure the TPMS just paid for itself since I saved the tire and didn't do any damage to the rim.

I have one on my van and always thought they were more of a pain then they were worth. Then a couple years ago we were coming back home from dropping my daughter off at University and hit a board laying on the road. A minute later off goes the alarm and I pulled over, the tire emptied in less than a minute and by pulling right over I saved the tire. My daughter on the other hand does not have TPM and she was driving her car and got a flat and by the time she noticed it the tire was shredded.

Decided that I will be adding to the camper soon just for the extra piece of mind.

We have a TPMS system on the fifth wheel (truck came with one, of course). The system on the RV saved us from major damage when one trailer tire took a piece of rebar right through the tread. There was an instant, total loss of pressures, but the TPMS alert allowed me to get to the side of the road and stopped almost immediately - before the tire started disintegrating and taking out the underside of the curb side slide. Our system monitors temperature as well as pressure.

Rob

I have a set on MH. They have helped a couple of times. But with the 2 blowouts that I had. There was no indication that there was a problem until the blowout. Mine set is 10 years old.

Have one. Had a tire separate so fast that the TPMS didn't catch it, but that's expected. We purchased a new monitor and a repeater (due to the length of our set up) and will put it all back on again before next year's first trip. Worth the investment and peace of mind.

Just got a TireMinder TPMS for Christmas per my request. I was always checking my mirrors to see if the TT's tires looked ok. The fear of driving along not knowing if a blown tire was tearing apart the side of my trailer was my main concern. I would assume if I had a dragging brake shoe or a bearing going bad it might also raise the tire temp up and alert me of a potential problem also.

I have a set of valve stem ones that do not fit the extensions needed to reach the stems. So yes I have some but no they are not used. Wrote the company to ask for a solution and never heard back from them! We have the alcoa wheels and the stems are needed for the inside tire.

we do.