Have you ever seen someone checking tire pressures?

jepalmer wrote:
Any recommendations for Laser thermometer? I've been doing the hand check on tire and hub temps

Bought a Mastercool Infrared Thermometer at NAPA 7 yrs. ago.
Came in a plastic carry case. Think it was $50

NHirish ... guess your just hangin around the wrong crowd ...lol

Any recommendations for Laser thermometer? I've been doing the hand check on tire and hub temps

NHIrish wrote:
This is a bit tongue in cheek, but I really do want to know...

I put a lot of miles on my fifth wheel, and take good care of my tires. Checking frequently, if not daily, when I am on the road.

Now, everyone says they do this. Particularly, everyone that has a blowout that they blame on imported tires.

You would think that in all my years I would have actually seen one of these tire pressure checkers somewhere.

So....why is it that I (a fairly observant fellow) have NEVER, EVER in all my years of camping, seen someone else checking their tire pressures. I actually look for people to do it....still nothing.

I smell a rat. :B

Who watches for folks checking tire pressure?..:?

Other than some breeds of dogs...who sniffs for rats??..:@

So here ya go....first RV in 1970.
Back in the dark ages, I would check before I left on a trip, and before I departed the campground (or?) for the next stop.

Nope - didn't check at rest stops, or stop for lunch, etc. while traveling - but always "eyeballed" the tires.

Ever see a trucker hit his tires with a rubber mallet?
Bet you haven't been watching for that either!.:@

Where I worked, that was done every morning, actual pressure checked weekly....*unless* you got a dull "smack" sound.
I used to think that was a bunch of baloney, but - once you've heard it - it's a "no brainer" from then on!

Try it sometime when you have a deflated tire -vs- a normally inflated tire!

~

OK - "modern" times.
Besides your wimmin folk - PMS ("Pressure Monitoring Systems") came along.....for tires!
Pressure Pro works great for checking pressure "on the fly" or when stopped. Warns of pressure lower than what you set it for.
Will help for rapid deflation - but *not* going to prevent a blowout
(Of course, usually "blowouts" are preceded by rapid or gradual deflation - rather than "instantaneous". It works!).

And - HF hand-held laser heat sensors are/were less than $20.
Handy for checking & comparing tire AND brake heat.

Advances in "PMS" added a "T" - to TPMS.
Even new vehicles come with TPMS.

I still use a hand-held gage before a trip - and after a long stay at a CG. Sometimes just to check up on the PP (batts *will* go dead "sometime") - however, it's NEVER, EVER been wrong or failed me (yet).
But - Murphy says, double check!

Sooooo - while you're sniffing out rodents...your question really should be - how many folks "do it the old fashioned way"??..:h

And hmmmmmm - maybe that Q should have a "qualifier", lest someone think you're kinfolk of Masters and Johnson, and getting....ahhh - "personal"..:W

BTW - NEVER, EVER have I seen you at the campgrounds I visit - but I'll be watching for strange folks "sniffing around"..;)

Murphy also.

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JIMNLIN wrote:

op says wrote:
Now, everyone says they do this. Particularly, everyone that has a blowout that they blame on imported tires.

Lots of times.

Trailer tire issues didn't just start with imported tires.

Guess some weren't around back then but we had the same issues before the net or China ever imported trailer tires to the US and all trailer tires were made in the USA by BFG/Goodyear/Firestone/Delta/Cooper and others I've forgotten.

The problem is the ST tires design and being a niche tire mfg methods to some extent. The ST tire is what it is.

There are several China and other Asian rim country P and LT tire brands on the market that are excellent on RVs and even commercial trailers and don't have ST tire reliability issues.

I agree the design of the ST tire is deficient for heavy RV use.

Well it seems the majority of posters use some type of TPM.

A few check with gauges before trip.

And a few check before driving.

I'm one of those that check with a gauge before I hit the road every time. Use an infrared thermometer at each stop.
BUT I am usually late leaving CG......10am. SO if you leave early morning then you wouldn't see me checking pressures.

RECVEH2005 wrote:
I check them every two or three days in the morning. I'm looking for a TPMS that will send the tire pressure to a monitor prior to moving the RV each day. Do any of you know of such a unit?

Mike

Check my post above..........American Made ...in Cincinatti Ohio(spelling may be wrong)..... GREAT COMPANY....USER FRIENDLY.

I check my tire pressures......EVERY SECOND...... when I am Towing.

I have a DORAN PRESSURE PRO RV 360 System.....It is ALWAYS ON ........... when the Truck is running it displays a reading.....but IS ALWAYS MONITORING the tires.

If I have a GREEN LIGHT on my display..it is "Good To Go"


I have had 2 tire failures....which caused No Damage......I WILL NOT tow without the system......(Yes,I carry a spare senser)

I have seen others checking their tires as well,so O.P. may well be sleeping when they check.....L.O.L.

kakampers wrote:

RECVEH2005 wrote:
I check them every two or three days in the morning. I'm looking for a TPMS that will send the tire pressure to a monitor prior to moving the RV each day. Do any of you know of such a unit?

Mike

Pressure Pro...ours will register all tires in less than five minutes of being turned on...no movement necessary.

And what is the +/- setting on your pressure pro? Or does it give you the actual tire pressures?

FastEagle

RECVEH2005 wrote:
I check them every two or three days in the morning. I'm looking for a TPMS that will send the tire pressure to a monitor prior to moving the RV each day. Do any of you know of such a unit?

Mike

Pressure Pro...ours will register all tires in less than five minutes of being turned on...no movement necessary.