โNov-17-2014 02:56 PM
โNov-20-2014 06:35 PM
โNov-20-2014 12:11 PM
JumboJet wrote:
Like most people responding to this thread, we aren't saying tire pressure needs to be neglected, but I have never worried about going from 60F to -9F while traveling. Built into the tires are a safe operating range.
โNov-20-2014 11:46 AM
โNov-20-2014 08:15 AM
JumboJet wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:
I guess you forgot what the topic was about....Driving from Florida to Missouri. When the topic was started, the temperature difference was in excess of 60 degrees at those locations. In that case the pressure drop would have been close to 16 pounds.
What you are forgetting is that friction of the tire will increase the pressure as the loaded rig rolls down the road.
So what you start with will not be what you have 50 miles down the road.
Some people are just anal about everything. There is a fair balance to life. Try to maintain that.
Common sense says to check tire pressure frequently. Check oil levels frequently. Be sure your alternator is charging your batteries, etc. etc. etc.
I have been driving all types of vehicles for 52 years with 1,000,000's of miles during those 52 years.
I have had ONE blowout on an OEM tire after hitting a pot hole at 70 mph. Just ONE! A couple of flats from nails, etc. but just ONE blowout caused by a pot hole.
I do purchase quality tires.
โNov-20-2014 07:49 AM
rgatijnet1 wrote:
I guess you forgot what the topic was about....Driving from Florida to Missouri. When the topic was started, the temperature difference was in excess of 60 degrees at those locations. In that case the pressure drop would have been close to 16 pounds.
โNov-20-2014 07:46 AM
rgatijnet1 wrote:
Yes. After each overnight stop check your tires in the morning before you hit the road and you will find that you have to add air.
โNov-20-2014 06:48 AM
rgatijnet1 wrote:hipower wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:
Reading some of the posts it is becoming very clear why some people have trouble with their tires. Of course, according to them, it is always the manufacturer's fault.
Maintaining proper air pressure at all times seems so basic and so important that it is preached by every tire manufacturer.
The problem with changing pressures is accelerated by our desire to maintain the ideal pressure for the weight being carried.
If we follow that thinking then adjusting the pressure every time we stop or the temperature goes up or down a few degrees would be the norm.
Running tires underinflated is asking for trouble in most cases. Those of us who run higher pressures than the supposed ideal based on weight will rarely see pressures drop enough due to temperature decreases to become a factor. If we as RV owners are anal enough about maintaining ideal pressures we would be stopping frequently to check the pressures and adjusting for low pressure as well as high pressure. I see drivers adding air, but have never seen anyone removing air because the pressure increased due to higher temps.
I guess you forgot what the topic was about....Driving from Florida to Missouri. When the topic was started, the temperature difference was in excess of 60 degrees at those locations. In that case the pressure drop would have been close to 16 pounds.
If you travel during the Winter to locations where the temperature has big swings, like in this topic and in the Western mountains, then you SHOULD raise or lower your pressure accordingly. Keeping with the topic, if someone during that same period of time traveled from Missouri south to Florida, and their tires were properly inflated in Missouri, then they would be 16 pounds over-inflated when they reached Florida. It seems obvious what you would do, which is drive around with grossly over-inflated tires because you have NEVER seen anyone remove air from their tires.
Some of us that do travel in the Winter and visit areas where we experience big temperature swings, do check our tire pressure each morning and adjust accordingly, either up or down. If you have never seen it being done it is because you don't travel to those areas or travel during very cold Winter temperatures.
โNov-19-2014 10:38 AM
โNov-19-2014 08:01 AM
hipower wrote:Then you've never seen me.
I see drivers adding air, but have never seen anyone removing air because the pressure increased due to higher temps.
โNov-19-2014 07:21 AM
hipower wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:
Reading some of the posts it is becoming very clear why some people have trouble with their tires. Of course, according to them, it is always the manufacturer's fault.
Maintaining proper air pressure at all times seems so basic and so important that it is preached by every tire manufacturer.
The problem with changing pressures is accelerated by our desire to maintain the ideal pressure for the weight being carried.
If we follow that thinking then adjusting the pressure every time we stop or the temperature goes up or down a few degrees would be the norm.
Running tires underinflated is asking for trouble in most cases. Those of us who run higher pressures than the supposed ideal based on weight will rarely see pressures drop enough due to temperature decreases to become a factor. If we as RV owners are anal enough about maintaining ideal pressures we would be stopping frequently to check the pressures and adjusting for low pressure as well as high pressure. I see drivers adding air, but have never seen anyone removing air because the pressure increased due to higher temps.
โNov-19-2014 05:38 AM
rgatijnet1 wrote:
Reading some of the posts it is becoming very clear why some people have trouble with their tires. Of course, according to them, it is always the manufacturer's fault.
Maintaining proper air pressure at all times seems so basic and so important that it is preached by every tire manufacturer.
โNov-18-2014 10:56 AM
โNov-18-2014 10:36 AM
JimM68 wrote:
My tires have not loast any air, the air in them just got "smaller" is all...
Next spring it will get bigger again, and the machine will be happy.
Let's have some votes?
Should I:
A ignore the machine
B put air in the tires
C change the machines low limit so it quits *****ing
โNov-18-2014 10:14 AM
JimM68 wrote:
I also use a TPMS. With the current cold weather in Northern Illinois, most if not all of my tires are below the set threshold, and the TPMS is NOT happy.
My tires have not loast any air, the air in them just got "smaller" is all...
Next spring it will get bigger again, and the machine will be happy.
Let's have some votes?
Should I:
A ignore the machine
B put air in the tires
C change the machines low limit so it quits *****ing