Tire Pressure Monitoring
are these gadgets worth the money? in 10 years on the road we've lost 4 tires, they went flat and we didn't know it until it was too late would a tpms warn us of a flat before the tire disintegr...
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BB_TX wrote:Well, I've seen more than 10% rise, maybe 15-18%, but nothing anywhere near 100%. I mean 130 psi with a 65 psi tire? 220 psi with a 110 psi rated tire? Seems pretty unlikely.ajriding wrote:
With campers, towing, truck camper or any high payload weight you will also need to keep an eye out for pressure going UP.
In the desert on hot pavement your tire pressure can double easily. Tires are usually fine up to double the max pressure stamped on the side just to cover any defective tires.
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I have driven at 65-70 mph for hours at a time in temps as high as 108 and have never seen my 80 psi tires pressure rise more than 10% or so. So hot that my tires stuck to the hot soft asphalt at a rest area and I had difficulty getting them unstuck to start rolling again. :E
