wallynm
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Tire failure
Listed above are a couple of url's for photo's of my FROG tire failure. There have been several discussion of late of tire failures, toad tire failures, blow outs and etc. In my case I always felt I could tell if I had a tire failure. Well I did not even have any idea what was happening until I stopped for fuel. I even had my back up monitor on and still had no clue.
As you can see the rim is some what damaged but it was not beyond holding air with a new tire. I figured I must had the failure within the last 15 to 20 miles as we had stopped earlier for lunch and all was well.
In my case I now have a a 10 tire - Tire Pressure Monitoring System and have noted a few things. Inside duals run under more pressure and hotter than out side duals. Tire on the sunny side of the road run more pressure and hotter than tires on the shady side of the road. These things are noted after running less than an hour when all tires are reading correct pressure when leaving for the day. Well not entirely correct as cool nights will drop the pressure down 5 or so pounds for the set pressure.
So my question is Do you have a TPMS! If so how long have you had it what have been you experience.
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Rmiller95747
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Installed a Doran Pressure Pro system on the rig & toad about a year ago. Have had no tire failures during that period and I'd like to think that may be partially a result of being continually aware of the pressures. If one tire were to gradually lose air, I'd be aware & remedy the condition before it deteriorated to a serious point. A toad tire or one of the rig duals could go flat and it might be a long time before I might notice the situation. (Have read horror stories of toad wheels disintegrating into on-fire situations and the driver being clue-less)
I'm more than happy with the Peace-of-mind I got for under $700.
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sum1
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Tires can and do change inconsistently. That's why that system you bought is called Tire PMS. 
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stouffer
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I've had Pressure pro for about month now on the coach and toad and made two trip with it. I am amazed by the changes in pressure on different tires. In particular the right inside tire on the drive axle varies the most. On a previous coach I had two blow outs and both were to the inside dual, now I know why.
It's a great convenience and saves a tremendous amount of time.
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wa8yxm
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I have said this before... Shortly after installing the Dorian Pressure Pro I found I'd been screwed, So I put air in the tire, Put air in the tire, put air in the tire (this goes on a while) and when I got home I drove it to the tire dealer and he removed the screw from the tire and patched it. Road Hazard warranty, no loss to me other than time. And (due to where I worked) it happend a few more times, Each time the PP found the problem before the tire was lost.
considering the cost of tires, not to mention lost time and the posibility of damage to the vehicle itself. I'm very happy with my free pressure pro
Why was it free, Well, it's saved me about 1,000 in repair costs, and that is more than it cost
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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chring
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I use the Pressure Pro system in order to monitor my tire pressures while traveling. I also use them on the toad or the car hauler/trailer, which ever I am pulling behind me. It gives me peace of mind and will give me advance warning of a tire going down. I have never gotten any false alarms and only once did I get an alarm that a tire was low on the toad. It's a great safety device.
But, let me state that no pressure montitoring system can take the place of religiously keeping track of all your tire pressuresbefore and during your trip. Nor will a PPM system save a tire or your hide if you do not properly inflate the tire's according to your load/weight.
Because I am anal when it comes to my tire's, I unscrew each sensor periodically and take a presure reading with a high quality gauge. I then verify this with what I am getting for a readout in the cockpit on that tire.
Call it over cautious, call it insane but my entire coach and our lives are riding on those 6 tires. If I can afford to make a monstrous payment every month on this coach, the least I can do is look after my investment ( and our safety ).
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Gunfighter09
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That was well put. The last thing I was thinking of when I had a blow out last year was about some monitoring device. I chocked it up to bad luck and glad I didn't end up in the drink. Turns out I had run over a screw too and probably miles before. Hard to tell if the road was crowned that much but I knew I had a pull for some reason for a few minutes, then it got bad and BAM, we were done. I travel quite a bit and have been alarmed twice since. Not major deals but saved me no doubt because I was able to pull over on a tire with some air left in it. I never paid that much attention to rigs on the side of the road before or why but with 8, 10, even 12 tires, that has to increase the odds. For every nail or screw that causes a flat, we probably run over 10 more that didn't so the odds go up with more tires.
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pianotuna
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Hi,
So if the inside dual tires run hotter and have more pressure when rolling down the road is there a case to be made for inflating them slightly (say 5 psi) less than the outer ones?
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Listed above are a couple of url's for photo's of my FROG tire failure. There have been several discussion of late of tire failures, toad tire failures, blow outs and etc. In my case I always felt I could tell if I had a tire failure. Well I did not even have any idea what was happening until I stopped for fuel. I even had my back up monitor on and still had no clue.
As you can see the rim is some what damaged but it was not beyond holding air with a new tire. I figured I must had the failure within the last 15 to 20 miles as we had stopped earlier for lunch and all was well.
In my case I now have a a 10 tire - Tire Pressure Monitoring System and have noted a few things. Inside duals run under more pressure and hotter than out side duals.
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I'm with you folks. As I mentioned in the other thread, I'm just looking at alternatives.
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HIDEOUT
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I saw a post here about a year ago that proves the pressure monitors would come in handy. I searched around and can't find it. Maybe someone here can remember and can find the post.
The story was a guy had just purchased a new Class A and was towing a Jeep for his first time. A while of driving and motorists on the freeway started going by and were waving and pointing to the rear of his coach.
If I remember correctly, one of his rear wheel bearings froze on his toad and the tire was completley burned off the rim. The rim was sparking and caught the Jeep on fire and caused an accident on the other side of the freaway.
Hopefully someone can find this post.
We have not, as of yet purchased a pressure monitoring set, but it's on our next to buy list.
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