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cummins2014
Mar 06, 2020Explorer
dodge guy wrote:cummins2014 wrote:Ron3rd wrote:
IMO first line of defense is quality tires. If you want added peace of mind that comes from monitoring your pressures and Temps then maybe a TPMS is for you.
Well of course quality tires. Are you one of those lucky ones that haven’t sat on the side of a busy road .
Can't answer fo Ron, but I've never sat on the side of anywhere. My only stops were for gas and bathroom. And I haven't had a TPMS until this summer.
The reason for me to get a TPMS is that you will never feel a low or flat tire on the toad. And last fall when our friend showed up late at night I was helping him get setup. As we walked around to the drivers side we found a tire blown out. He only thing left was he bead. Fortunately it didn't damage the aluminum wheel. He tows a 26ft nonslide TT with a 13 F250 that's been deleted and tuned. So he never felt the flat on the trailer. That is what pushed me to get the TPMS
BTW. I told him the previous year to replace the 7 year old tires!
Well I lived in denial for over 50 years , and it took that one tire loss last year about this time outside Kingman , Az on 93 ,terrible road lots of traffic and in a tough spot to get off the highway. Only needs to happen once to make a believer out of some of these guys. It did me TST 507 is on that fifth wheel now . I do not want to thru that again. I’ll do whatever to prevent it .
Quality tires , yes. Less then 2 years old , properly inflated when leaving Las Vegas that morning Arguably the best G rated tire on the market the Saliun S637 ST 235/85/16 rated for 4400 lbs @ 110 psi.
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