beating a dead horse about tires, but have a question

[DelawareCamper]

I joined the "blow out club" a few years ago in 2009... New 5er, I'm thinking about getting tire sensors for the 5er... so I inflate to 80 lbs per tire,, I would assume I'm watching for both low pressure and high pressure... at what point would i become concerned, or at what drop or rise of pressure would I be over concerned,, is a differance of 5 lbs + or - or 10 lbs + or -... ?

[OutdoorPhotogra]

majorgator wrote:

stripit wrote:

DelawareCamper wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
TPMS is worthless if the tire throws the tread like lots of them do. There is no loss of pressure, but the damage is still done. Instead of spending money on that, I would first install quality tires.

Point well taken

Do not let this post keep you from purchasing a TPMS for your rig. The percentages of lost tread over blow outs/ tire failure, is minor and having a system makes your traveling less stressful, in my opinion.

TPMS is monitoring pressure. Blow outs, tread separation, and other tire failures are not always a result of loss of pressure. In fact, of all the blowouts I've ever experienced on our equipment and utility trailers, its not been due to insufficient tire pressure. In every case, I could hear and/or see it, so there was no lack of awareness of the situation. Better off just checking tire pressures during the trip, at stops, at the campground, etc. and don't spend your money on TPMS. Quality tires are a far better investment. I can see my tires in my mirrors, and you definitely should be able to tell the difference in how the rig is handling when a blowout occurs. Just curious, though, how anyone ever got along on their cars or trailers until the TPMS came around in the early 2000's...??

I had a blowout last year after dark. I did not hear it and it was on passenger side, harder to see in dark. My wife was following in trace and saw it. I see the value in a monitoring system even if it is an alert at point of the blow-out.

[majorgator]

stripit wrote:

DelawareCamper wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
TPMS is worthless if the tire throws the tread like lots of them do. There is no loss of pressure, but the damage is still done. Instead of spending money on that, I would first install quality tires.

Point well taken

Do not let this post keep you from purchasing a TPMS for your rig. The percentages of lost tread over blow outs/ tire failure, is minor and having a system makes your traveling less stressful, in my opinion.

TPMS is monitoring pressure. Blow outs, tread separation, and other tire failures are not always a result of loss of pressure. In fact, of all the blowouts I've ever experienced on our equipment and utility trailers, its not been due to insufficient tire pressure. In every case, I could hear and/or see it, so there was no lack of awareness of the situation. Better off just checking tire pressures during the trip, at stops, at the campground, etc. and don't spend your money on TPMS. Quality tires are a far better investment. I can see my tires in my mirrors, and you definitely should be able to tell the difference in how the rig is handling when a blowout occurs. Just curious, though, how anyone ever got along on their cars or trailers until the TPMS came around in the early 2000's...??

[larry_barnhart]

DelawareCamper wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
TPMS is worthless if the tire throws the tread like lots of them do. There is no loss of pressure, but the damage is still done. Instead of spending money on that, I would first install quality tires.

Point well taken

There is no point to that comment but anything can happen very quickly.

I like having knowledge what our rv tires are doing and if a tire blew guess what!! I would know to get off the road instead of waiting for a horn to honk and get a wave something is wrong.

chevman

[stripit]

DelawareCamper wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
TPMS is worthless if the tire throws the tread like lots of them do. There is no loss of pressure, but the damage is still done. Instead of spending money on that, I would first install quality tires.

Point well taken

Do not let this post keep you from purchasing a TPMS for your rig. The percentages of lost tread over blow outs/ tire failure, is minor and having a system makes your traveling less stressful, in my opinion.

[DelawareCamper]

donn0128 wrote:
TPMS is worthless if the tire throws the tread like lots of them do. There is no loss of pressure, but the damage is still done. Instead of spending money on that, I would first install quality tires.

Point well taken

[RustyJC]

I have my alarms on the TST507 system we use on the truck and 5th wheel set at ~10% below and ~20% above cold inflation pressures for the trailer - perhaps a bit less on the high pressure alarm for the truck as it doesn't experience the pressure increase when hot that the trailer does.

That's probably a pretty good starting point - you may find that you have to adjust them slightly based on the unique operating characteristics of your rig.

Rusty

[donn0128]

TPMS is worthless if the tire throws the tread like lots of them do. There is no loss of pressure, but the damage is still done. Instead of spending money on that, I would first install quality tires.