TireTraker pays off in "silent failure" of tire
Last year I installed TireTrakers and Tireman extenders on a friend's 24' Class C. Yesterday I received this text:
"Wonderful place!! Had a "snag" on the way - flat tire! Right rear. Greg used compressor, but it won't take any air. Will go to place in the morning to have it checked out. Thanks to you & tire tracker I knew it happened. No change in how the RV drove, so without Tire tracker I would never have known!"
It turns out the tire was damaged enough it had to be replaced. Without a TPMS the tire could even have caught fire from overheating.
When I got a used Class C recently the first thing I did was install TireMan brass extenders to replace the leaking plastic and braided junk that was on it and TireTrakers. Not cheap but with a 7 ton vehicle... enough said.
The one annoyance with TireTrakers is their combination of high precision (0.1 PSI) and low accuracy: they are all over the map.
I have compared my TireTrakers numerous times to two Tekton 5941 digital gauges and an SKS AirChecker. The Tektons and the SKS are always within 0.5 PSI and typically match exactly. So it is clearly possible to build a $10 digital gauge that is accurate. I highly recommend the Tekton 5941 and use these to check and set my pressures.
Really what I value the TireTrakers for is warning, not measurement. So the fact that they are a couple pounds off really does not matter.
NOTE: I have no connection with the companies mentioned above.
"Wonderful place!! Had a "snag" on the way - flat tire! Right rear. Greg used compressor, but it won't take any air. Will go to place in the morning to have it checked out. Thanks to you & tire tracker I knew it happened. No change in how the RV drove, so without Tire tracker I would never have known!"
It turns out the tire was damaged enough it had to be replaced. Without a TPMS the tire could even have caught fire from overheating.
When I got a used Class C recently the first thing I did was install TireMan brass extenders to replace the leaking plastic and braided junk that was on it and TireTrakers. Not cheap but with a 7 ton vehicle... enough said.
The one annoyance with TireTrakers is their combination of high precision (0.1 PSI) and low accuracy: they are all over the map.
I have compared my TireTrakers numerous times to two Tekton 5941 digital gauges and an SKS AirChecker. The Tektons and the SKS are always within 0.5 PSI and typically match exactly. So it is clearly possible to build a $10 digital gauge that is accurate. I highly recommend the Tekton 5941 and use these to check and set my pressures.
Really what I value the TireTrakers for is warning, not measurement. So the fact that they are a couple pounds off really does not matter.
NOTE: I have no connection with the companies mentioned above.
