mrdave
Riverside, CA
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I have a Pressure Pro. Got it before our trip to Georgia. Thought it would be good insurance for the trip. Tires were fine that trip, but I have received two warnings from it about low pressure. I feel that it saved me from a blow out twice, so I'm ahead in the money part.
But there is nothing like checking tire pressure from the cab. I have trouble bending down so being able to check it without doing that makes it worth while to me.
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buster13h
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I found the lowest price at Vulcan tire
http://www.vulcantire.com/tpms_systems.htm
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Butch50
NW Montana
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dryfly wrote:Do blowouts usually occur after losing pressure on a tire. I was under the impression a tread separation or blowout is not always preceded by a lowered pressure. If so, the Pressure Pro would not help, as it would with a slow leak.
The nice thing about having a tire monitor is even if you have a major blowout it will let you know immediately. If you don't have some type of system you might not know about a blowout till somebody drives by and lets you know. They amount of damage could be lot more than being able to pull over right away.
I don't have one yet but my wife keeps telling me to order it but right now we are not moving and so I just keep waiting hoping the price will drop (don't suspect they will).
The one question that I have for everybody using them, do you use one on each of your spares so you know when your spare is low? I thought of getting a set up with 10 sensors that would work for our 5er and dually right now. We are going to downsize in the next year or 2 and then I would be using my SRW truck and I would only need to have 8 sensors at that time so was planning on using the other 2 on my spare tires. Any thoughts?
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creeper
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tadpole2 wrote:I have posted before about a tire pressure monitor several of you had a system from Truckers part store rather than a Pressure Pro system could you tell me if you are happy or unphappy with this unit. Also do the ones that have Pressure Pro happy with their system.
Got a unit on order from truckers part store. I'll do a write up with pictures after it arrives.
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ladymc53
Canyon Lake, Texas
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Butch50 wrote:dryfly wrote:Do blowouts usually occur after losing pressure on a tire. I was under the impression a tread separation or blowout is not always preceded by a lowered pressure. If so, the Pressure Pro would not help, as it would with a slow leak.
The nice thing about having a tire monitor is even if you have a major blowout it will let you know immediately. If you don't have some type of system you might not know about a blowout till somebody drives by and lets you know. They amount of damage could be lot more than being able to pull over right away.
I don't have one yet but my wife keeps telling me to order it but right now we are not moving and so I just keep waiting hoping the price will drop (don't suspect they will).
The one question that I have for everybody using them, do you use one on each of your spares so you know when your spare is low? I thought of getting a set up with 10 sensors that would work for our 5er and dually right now. We are going to downsize in the next year or 2 and then I would be using my SRW truck and I would only need to have 8 sensors at that time so was planning on using the other 2 on my spare tires. Any thoughts?
Waiting to buy the blue ox bedsaver cost us big time - a week later we dropped the 5'er - $4,000. Don't wait to get the pressure pro.
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ladymc53
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Thinking about all this last night as I lay in bed dreaming of our first outing, I realized that our new dually Dodge pickup has TMS on the 6 tires. So now all I need to get is a 4 way one for the 5'er, right? The truck tires should alert on my dash if there's a problem and the other 4 on the PP system. Am I thinking right? Thanks!
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Butch50
NW Montana
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ladymc53 wrote:Butch50 wrote:dryfly wrote:Do blowouts usually occur after losing pressure on a tire. I was under the impression a tread separation or blowout is not always preceded by a lowered pressure. If so, the Pressure Pro would not help, as it would with a slow leak.
The nice thing about having a tire monitor is even if you have a major blowout it will let you know immediately. If you don't have some type of system you might not know about a blowout till somebody drives by and lets you know. They amount of damage could be lot more than being able to pull over right away.
I don't have one yet but my wife keeps telling me to order it but right now we are not moving and so I just keep waiting hoping the price will drop (don't suspect they will).
The one question that I have for everybody using them, do you use one on each of your spares so you know when your spare is low? I thought of getting a set up with 10 sensors that would work for our 5er and dually right now. We are going to downsize in the next year or 2 and then I would be using my SRW truck and I would only need to have 8 sensors at that time so was planning on using the other 2 on my spare tires. Any thoughts?
Waiting to buy the blue ox bedsaver cost us big time - a week later we dropped the 5'er - $4,000. Don't wait to get the pressure pro.
Very true, We are stationary right now and have been for quite a while and will be for a while yet but I agree with you they will be purchased and on the both rigs before It moves.
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Airstreamer67
Pineville, LA USA
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ladymc53, I believe your logic is good. No use to have both systems for the same tire...unless the PressurePro system gives you something extra that you really want. For instance, PressurePro will allow you to check each tire's pressure at any time you want. If your vehicle's factory system does not, and you want this feature (which is very nice), then you could spring for an additional $50 per tire for the extra sensors.
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luvdoggiez
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We have had our system since August of 2007. We got it at 'The Rally'. We absolutely love the system. Once you read the instructions, it is very easy to set up and very easy to use. We would highly recommend it to anyone with a trailer or towed.
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Road Trip
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My Pressure Pro enabled me to avoid flats and damage.
The ST tires go like this:
1. The heat builds up to a point where the rubber compounds start to loose their integrity.
2. This allows the belts to slip.
3. This causes a slow leak.
4. The dropping pressure allows the sidewalls to flex much more which generates heat very rapidly.
5. The increased heat causes the tire to soften and start to come apart and the rest of the air is lost.
6. At some point is time after that the tire comes apart and start to beat the devil out of your trailer.
I still have my old STs that did this very thing. One has the belt sticking out between the trread lugs. On this particulas tire when the tire's pressure dropped below 57 PSI (12% pressure loss)the monitor alarmed. When I got stopped on the side of the road the tire still had 20 psi in it. I stood there and watched it go flat.
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