Blow Out What To Expect
I have never had a blowout. I can't really see my tires back there. My trailer is 36' long and weighs in around 12k. For those of you who have had blowouts did you feel it right away or was it the ...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:
A TPMS will NEVER save you from a blowout.
EX:
A blowout is: the tire is good, good, good, good, BOOM, not good.
A TPMS is good for tires that get a puncture in them and go flat and shred. Only had one of those in my life in my life. Only felt a slight vibration in the steering wheel and saw a little rubber coming off.
Never had a blowout on my trailer and I have ran ST China tires all my life.
Of course I agree, it won't save you from a blowout, and TPMS is useful for maybe saving a slow leaking tire. But as noted above by others, a blowout is not always heard or otherwise felt, and the TPMS will alert you immediately and maybe minimize damage to the tire. Destroying a sidewall on a low, slow leaking tire is called a "run flat" in the trade as the sidewall gets so hot it literally melts and goes away. I don't give a hoot about the tire but would like to save my trailer's fenders from being ripped off if I can. Nothing's perfect and nothing's 100% but I'd never tow again without TPMS.
