Tire pressure valve cover indicators
Has anyone had any success with the tire cap valve covers that are for certain pressues on tires. Theses are the ones that have a green indicator that goes to red when the tire pressure goes from the ...
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wa8yxm wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:
I preferred the Crossfire tire gauges for my duals. You purchase these for the specific PSI that you want and then they tie both of your duals together and balance out the pressure in both. Then all it takes is a glance at the gauge to see if the pressure is OK. If one tire does get a puncture, it will not allow both to deflate. It also means you only have one valve to inflate both tires at the same time with the exact same tire pressure.
I have a set of 100 PSI crossfires. I am unable to install them (well I might be able to now that I have dually valves but alas they don't work well with those either)
Last year during my southern migration I blew a tire (inner dual Driver's side as I recall) and because the outer tire was fully inflated made it to destination before I figured it out...
Put on a new one. and then this fall put on 6 New ones (22xx.xx dollars worth of Toyos)
With the cross fire I'd not have made it as the other tire being under inflated would have blown. and instead onf one new casing I'd have needed 2. and blocked traffic as well. with possible 2ndary damage to rims and RV.
Having trouble understanding what you are saying here. In the first instance, you blew one tire but you made it to the destination because the other tire stayed inflated. Is that correct? If that was the case, you definitely overloaded the single remaining tire and might have damaged it from putting too much load on that tire.
In the second example you say that with Crossfire, you would not have made it because the second tire would have blown after the first tire blew. That is just false as the Crossfire prevents the scond tire from deflating if the first tire blows. Naturally this would still overload the second tire, as in your first example, because ONE tire is not designed to handle the same load as two tires. In the first example where you made it to your destination, the tire MIGHT have been damaged, depending on how far you drove with your overloaded tire.
I see no difference in having the Crossfire or not.
