Tire pressure monitoring systems

lanerd wrote:
I really don't think it's about accurate tire pressure....it's more for knowing the current status of each tire as you go down the road. Weather it's 2lbs off or 5lbs off...it's just a base line for knowing if a tire is showing a significant loss of air while moving.

As for Mr. Marks reply....Checking your tires before you start out and checking after you stop will do absolutely nothing for a blowout or picking up a nail. It is very difficult (if not impossible) to know if an inner dual or a tire on your toad is losing or has lost its air. It doesn't take long for an empty tire to disintegrate. If you had defective TST sensors that were causing your tires to lose air, you should have contacted TST and have them replaced.

Ron

I did visit the TST Quartzsite booth and the owner replaced the two non-working sensors. The repeater for the Honda never worked. I also had two additional sensors sent to me by mail. What a headache. It was just too much trouble to mess with that system (for me). I didn't have the time or the patience to keep changing sensors and filling up my tires.

And I certainly understand the 'picking up a nail' which could cause immediate loss of pressure. I decided to take the chance and it was worked out OK until it doesn't.

I'm not telling anybody to not to have a Tire Pressure Monitoring system, that particular system didn't work for me.

Hopefully the 'built-in' system on the new coach will be trouble free. If not, out it goes.

MM.