Tire Pressure Monitoring System or not!
Ok, so here's my question, we are talking about the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) for our new MH and one of us feels like its an expense we don't need at this time and the possibility of perh...
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I got one after my second low tire.
The first I caught before it was TOO low.
The second one had damaged the tire but not come apart.
It's a judgement call. You don't NEED the monitor but without it you DO NEED to check your tires at every stop (visual) and once a day with a gauge.
Unless you have a trailer, you will KNOW immediately if you have a real blowout. You should also know if you throw a tread without immediate pressure loss (yes that happens). That means that EVERY time you hear a sudden loud noise you should stop and check it out ASAP.
So.....what it does for you is alert you to a slow leak before it becomes low enough for a sudden failure.
I personally think the odds of that are less than 50/50 but I've had it happen twice.....because of incompetent tire technicians both times.....so I now have a monitor.
If your budget is tight, I do not think you will be doing anything wrong by NOT having a tire monitor.
The first I caught before it was TOO low.
The second one had damaged the tire but not come apart.
It's a judgement call. You don't NEED the monitor but without it you DO NEED to check your tires at every stop (visual) and once a day with a gauge.
Unless you have a trailer, you will KNOW immediately if you have a real blowout. You should also know if you throw a tread without immediate pressure loss (yes that happens). That means that EVERY time you hear a sudden loud noise you should stop and check it out ASAP.
So.....what it does for you is alert you to a slow leak before it becomes low enough for a sudden failure.
I personally think the odds of that are less than 50/50 but I've had it happen twice.....because of incompetent tire technicians both times.....so I now have a monitor.
If your budget is tight, I do not think you will be doing anything wrong by NOT having a tire monitor.
