TireTraker pays off in "silent failure" of tire

[WesternHorizon]

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.

[Butch50]

Go to Tire Tracker

You can buy a 4 sensor system and you can add more later up to 22 sensors. I have a 6 for the MH and 4 more for the toad and when I'm not pulling the toad I use them on my single axle trailer to haul the UTV of Harley. The system is completely expandable to how many you want to add. I have used tire monitors for years and have never needed a repeater unit. I have used it when towing 40' 5th wheels an still got a signal in the truck. My present rig is only 26' long and then my toad and I don't have a repeater and have a signal all the time. I'd try it without the repeater first and see if you really need it.

[Squealers]

I am also in the process of researching TPMS systems as we are heading out on a 7 week 5K mile trip and I don't want to leave home without it!

The one you reference
in your link is one I have researched. Since I am going to get a 6 point system first and then add a repeater and toad sensors later, the TireSafeGuard will not let you expand the system. You have to buy either a 6,8 or 10 system. Otherwise it looked good if you are buying the system you wish to end up with.

[DougE]

I put an in-tire system on my previous MH and it alerted me to a dragging brake on a little test run prior to a trip. I would have hated to have had to deal with the aftermath if it continued to a failure while I was on a trip. I've had tires fail on a toad and on a trailer that caused damage as well as needing to replace the tire. So now I'm a firm believer in the tire sensing systems. I no longer have the MH but have the TireTraker system to use on trailers and like that I can move it among the towed items easily.