TPMS

Lowsuv wrote:
whatever happened to checking tire pressure with a tire guage ?
our 2 latest cars have the tpms .
frankly i enjoy the responsibility of checking the pressure every month or so .
$ 200 could be spent better by upgrading trailer tires from a load range C to a larger load range D or E .
the D requires 65 psi .
right off the bat i am better to have an underinflated D tire at say 51 psi than i am to have a fully inflated C tire at 50 psi .

That checking the pressure yourself works real well right up to the time you pull onto the road and pick something up in your tire. So now when someone flags you down to tell you this, you have a ruined tire plus lots of damage to the trailer. Now that's the way to save money. NOT. I full agree on moving up one or two load ranges as these companies put on just enough tire to carry the load with practically zero capacity left over. So get better tires and a TPMS and you will know in an instant that a tire is either beginning to overheat or lose pressure.