I plan to add TPMS to both of my trailers and to the GMC motor coach I?m
restoring. I?m a big believer in the value of knowing what is going on with
your tires before they disintegrate.
> On Jan 31, 2018, at 6:00 AM, Don Marshall via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Brad. I'm a believer. I bought the EezTire TPMS for my 5th wheel after
> having a blowout and significant damage a couple years ago. This past summer
> we drove from Florida to Minnesota, stopping at Blackhawk farms along the way
> to watch the Kasner Cup. Anyway, around Bloomington IL I noticed that the
> right rear trailer tire was 20 degrees hotter than the others and getting
> hotter. I got to a trailer place where they backed off the brake adjustment
> and that helped. When we got to Duluth I had a guy come out and inspect
> everything. He found that the brake arm on the right rear was jammed and was
> holding the shoe against the drum. He fixed all that and everything looked
> fine. At that point I was happy I had bought the system, it probably saved
> me from a blowout on the way up. Then, when we headed back toward Florida,
> after about 50 miles the right rear showed hot again. Come to find out the
> repair guy hadn't pushed the hub all the way onto the axle and it was wobbly
> loose. Without the TPMS I'd probably have pulled all the way home, or at
> least until the bearings burned up and the wheel fell off. Got that fixed in
> Wisconsin and everything was fine all the way home and for several trips
> since. So, for a couple hundred dollars, it saved me twice on that one trip.
> Based on that experience, I would insist on a system that shows temperature
> as well as tire pressure. Don
>
> Just curious if any of you use a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) on
> your cars, trailers or tow vehicles. If so do you have any recommendations?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brad
>
>
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