[Fot] Tire pressure monitoring systems

[Don Marshall]

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

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 10:10 AM, Brad Kahler via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> 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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