TireTraker TPMS any good ??
I am considering buying a Tire tracker TPMS and would like to know if anybody has had any experience with them ? I am not interested in a flow through model so this looks good at a reasonable price...
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Ron3rd wrote:PartyMarty wrote:
Enroute puncture ?
Most of the mishaps reported here are from tread separation or carcass failure .
By upgrading my load capacity per tire I have eliminated any need for tpms .
Better tires equals no failures of any kind .
That's one school of thought that I don't subscribe to. One thing to consider is with a puncture or slow leak, the tire will get so hot as it gets lower in air pressure that the tire literally "melts", the tread separates, and/or the sidewall blows out. You'll never know if it was just a slow leak or a bad tire. As to better tires equaling "no tire failures of any kind", that's nonsense.
My experience is that I have had no tire failures of any kind when I have upgraded my tires .
I had an inside dual tire blow on my Beaver motorhome .
I had bought it used and the seller had installed new tires on the outside rears and the fronts only.
A tpms would not have detected the failure by more than a millisecond .
By going up a size and weight rating I have eliminated any tire failures .
I did have an aluminum wheel fail .
It developed a hairline crack and the wheel lost air .
But it happened slowly enough to be plainly visible .
I would rather be attentive than lull myself into thinking my pricey TPMS would replace my diligence .
