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Subject: [Fot] Tire pressure monitoring systems
From: Bill at ponostyle.com (Bill)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:51:07 -1000
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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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