TT Tire Pressure

I guess we are both happy! Ain’t life grand.

You may be overreacting a bit, I don't know that "it upsets so many that i simply don't feel the need to use what they do.", no argument can be made against your desire to have a clean dash by not using a TPMS. Your preference.

It isn't the fact that you don't want a TPMS, it's the excuses and faulty reasoning you roll out to show it's cheaper to not have one. Just say you don't want one and be done with it.

If your insurance has $100 deductible, it's very likely the premiums are much more than mine. The fact that the Goodyear will pay for damage in case of a flat is figured into the much higher price of the tire. So your argument that you save money by not having a TPMS is probably not really true. I saved nearly $1000 buying Sailun tires rather than Goodyear. With part of the $1000 I bought a TPMS, which I must admit has been completely un-necessary over the last 6 years. But it gives me the warm fuzzies so I'm happy. :)

As I said why the HE!! spend the $$$ on a system when the tire maker will pay ALL expenses or my insurance will cover all but $100???

No difference in buying an add on capture plate just incase I "might" drop my RV. I have a hitch that I have supreme confidence in. If "I" drop the RV on my truck it will cost me $100.

As shown there are far more reasons than tires to be prepared for.

Amazing how it upsets so many that i simply don't feel the need to use what they do.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Terryallan wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
That’s your choice not mine. I have a infrared gun I hit the tires with every 2-3 hours. I had just done that 15 minutes before I saw a tread strip leaving the RV. I stopped saw nothing thinking it was a bungee cord. Traveled another hour or more pulling into a campsite and noticed the tread loss. TPMS would have done nothing.

Simply not interested in an add on monitoring system. If I have a road hazard claim it will cost me $100 insurance deductible. If I have a non road hazard GY will pay for all the damages.

So I guess I will be saving money.

How much is your vacation time worth. And have you ever had to change what was left of a tire on the side of the road?

Guess you didn't read my earlier post.

"Not interested in cluttering my dash. I have had one tread separations that the TMPS would not have detected. That’s it never even a flat.

RVing since about 1990 always running quality tires."

I had a wheel bearing issue along CA 101 that I was fully prepared to deal with. What the HE!! did people do before all this high tech **** came along?

"Rationalization: the action of attempting to explain or justify behavior or an attitude with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate."

Your decision to not clutter your dash is your reason for not having a TPMS. All the other excuses cited fall under "Rationalization". If you honestly felt your tires were beyond suspect, you wouldn't clutter up your basement with the necessary accoutrements to change a tire.

You carry them "just in case", which is why many people equip their vehicle with a TPMS. Relatively cheap "just in case" insurance.

Terryallan wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
That’s your choice not mine. I have a infrared gun I hit the tires with every 2-3 hours. I had just done that 15 minutes before I saw a tread strip leaving the RV. I stopped saw nothing thinking it was a bungee cord. Traveled another hour or more pulling into a campsite and noticed the tread loss. TPMS would have done nothing.

Simply not interested in an add on monitoring system. If I have a road hazard claim it will cost me $100 insurance deductible. If I have a non road hazard GY will pay for all the damages.

So I guess I will be saving money.

How much is your vacation time worth. And have you ever had to change what was left of a tire on the side of the road?

Guess you didn't read my earlier post.

"Not interested in cluttering my dash. I have had one tread separations that the TMPS would not have detected. That’s it never even a flat.

RVing since about 1990 always running quality tires."

I had a wheel bearing issue along CA 101 that I was fully prepared to deal with. What the HE!! did people do before all this high tech **** came along?

Cummins12V98 wrote:
That’s your choice not mine. I have a infrared gun I hit the tires with every 2-3 hours. I had just done that 15 minutes before I saw a tread strip leaving the RV. I stopped saw nothing thinking it was a bungee cord. Traveled another hour or more pulling into a campsite and noticed the tread loss. TPMS would have done nothing.

Simply not interested in an add on monitoring system. If I have a road hazard claim it will cost me $100 insurance deductible. If I have a non road hazard GY will pay for all the damages.

So I guess I will be saving money.

How much is your vacation time worth. And have you ever had to change what was left of a tire on the side of the road?

That’s your choice not mine. I have a infrared gun I hit the tires with every 2-3 hours. I had just done that 15 minutes before I saw a tread strip leaving the RV. I stopped saw nothing thinking it was a bungee cord. Traveled another hour or more pulling into a campsite and noticed the tread loss. TPMS would have done nothing.

Simply not interested in an add on monitoring system. If I have a road hazard claim it will cost me $100 insurance deductible. If I have a non road hazard GY will pay for all the damages.

So I guess I will be saving money.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Not interested in cluttering my dash. I have had one tread separations that the TMPS would not have detected. That’s it never even a flat.

RVing since about 1990 always running quality tires.

My thing is. I want to know when a trailer tire is flat. TMPS will tell you that. I had a flat a couple years ago. Pulled it for miles before someone told me it was flat. Yes it separated, and there was nothing left of the tire when I stopped. TMPS would have told me instantly.

1. READ YOUR VIN STICKER. IT STATES WHAT THE OEM SAYS TO INFLATE THE TIRES TO BASED ON THE WEIGHT AT MANUFACTURE.
2. Tires for a lot of people are out of sight and mind. Running 10lbs low for hundreds or thousands of miles will ruin a tire. It just won't be visible, until "IT JUST BLEW". GD Tire maker:B I get Motorhome tires and trailer tires way under the correct PSI all the time. Especially Motorhomes, up to 30 lbs low. Usually Trailers are around 15 to 20 lbs low.
3. I guess this is so, because it can be a pain to find and fill your RV tires when on the road. Doug

Cummins12V98 wrote:

beemerphile1 wrote:
What many consider max pressure is NOT the maximum pressure. Read carefully, it is the pressure required to obtain the maximum load rating.

You can increase the pressure beyond what is on the sidewall but it does not increase load capacity beyond the rating.

When I had 50psi LRC (ST) tires, I regularly used a cold inflation of 55psi.

Maybe provide a tire manufacturers link to this please.

Read the side of your tire. It probably says something such as "max load xxxx at xx psi". Maximum load, not maximum psi.

Roger Marble of http://www.rvtiresafety.net/ has addressed this a number of times.

Here is one article he wrote that may or may not help in understanding;
http://www.rvtiresafety.net/2015/07/when-is-minimum-inflation-maximum.html

Edit;
Here is a pdf from Goodyear about the 65 mph rating of Marathon tires. It speaks of increasing the pressure 10 psi in order to operate at 66 to 75 mph. The limiting factor on increasing the psi according to Goodyear is the wheel and the stem, not the tire.
https://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/goodyear/Marathon_Special_Trailer_Applications.pdf