Maintaining air pressure in your tires
I've had my RV for less than a year and I'm religious in checking it's tire pressure. I had an inside rear dual that always seemed to loose a little tire pressure, so I checked pressure often. I thoug...
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We run with the Borg dually solid metal long stems on the rear with TST TPMS. Have been running this more than 10 years.
TPMS allows a quick check for any slow leaks after stopped at destination and also the sensors will immediately broadcast a fast leak warning if it occurs.
I had belt separation on an inner dual and got warning on the TST TPMS. The warning came in the form of the inner dual pressure starting to increase as the tire diameter started to increase and unloaded the outside tire. Fortunately we were 200 yards from a tire store when the tire started to disintegrate. Limped over at 5 mph. I am on my second set of much tougher all steel cased commercial tires as a result.
The TPMS allows comparing the tires in real-time while driving and learn to read the tire characteristics of each position. Have noted the following characteristics from over 10 years of glance observations:
1) Slightly increased pressure of inner vs outer tire.
2) Heating from tailpipe.
3) Heating from sun shining on one side vs other
4) Typical pressure rise
5) Pressure rise due to hot asphalt highways in summer
6) Much hotter running front tires due to engine proximity and sensors on short stems close to wheels
TPMS allows a quick check for any slow leaks after stopped at destination and also the sensors will immediately broadcast a fast leak warning if it occurs.
I had belt separation on an inner dual and got warning on the TST TPMS. The warning came in the form of the inner dual pressure starting to increase as the tire diameter started to increase and unloaded the outside tire. Fortunately we were 200 yards from a tire store when the tire started to disintegrate. Limped over at 5 mph. I am on my second set of much tougher all steel cased commercial tires as a result.
The TPMS allows comparing the tires in real-time while driving and learn to read the tire characteristics of each position. Have noted the following characteristics from over 10 years of glance observations:
1) Slightly increased pressure of inner vs outer tire.
2) Heating from tailpipe.
3) Heating from sun shining on one side vs other
4) Typical pressure rise
5) Pressure rise due to hot asphalt highways in summer
6) Much hotter running front tires due to engine proximity and sensors on short stems close to wheels
