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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Lowsuv wrote: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 .
No system or method is perfect. I agree with you that the first line of defense is top quality tires. A second layer of protection is a TPMS, and that's all it is; a second layer of protection. The TPMS can help in 2 ways; First it can alert you to a slow leak if you say, run over a nail. In this case you "might" be able to pull over and save a tire before it goes flat and shreds. Second, if you do get a flat, it will immediately alert you which "might" mitigate damage to your trailer. Flats are not always apparent on trailers and not always felt by the driver. Shredded tires can do thousands of dollars of damge to trailers. While the vast majority of RVers don't use TPMS, the ones that do enjoy the added peace of mind they provide. IMO it's the best $250 I ever spent.
