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    Long Hauler D2Reid's Avatar
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    Absolute believer in TPMS. On big heavy triple axle trailers you can't particularly feel a blow out. It doesn't take long for a shredded tire to beat the rv severely. I have had about 6 flats/blowouts, all of them the TPMS alerted me to the problem before it caused significant damage, except for this one. This damage was caused by a tire that delamanated, the out casing came completely off and was causing damage. The inner tire retained good pressure. It wasn't until the swing tire parts knocked the stem off the tire behind it that I got an alarm.

    I love my TPMS and will never pull a trailer without it.

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    I'll add my experience here. Never had a tire problem on the 5er; but I have TPMS on all my trailers, and it saved me a few months ago on my dump trailer. Felt like something was out of balance, looked at the TPMS and one tire was reading a little low. Got out to look and see the tire is completely out of round, it had blown out the cords and was getting ready to shred in spectacular fashion. Now, it's a dump trailer, everything is steel; unlike an RV, I don't expect anything would have been damaged, but man, was it nice to get out, see the problem and resolve it without the excitement of losing a tire at 60MPH!

    It's a small investment for big piece of mind. I agree with others, I'll never pull anything heavy without it again. I don't have it on one trailer (7K landscape) that I pull occasionally, the only reason I don't is because that trailer is so small/light, my truck could pull it with no tires on it at all and wouldn't lose control of the load. The big trailers all have it, as does my 450. TST507, a mix of flow thru and cap sensors. Doing it over, I'd do all caps, the flow thrus work fine, but they are so slow to add air I often take them off anyway and they are a lot heavier/bigger. My 450 has caps on all 7 tires, and all 5 on the RV have caps on them. Totally worth it.

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    Any recommendations on which TPMS to go with?? We have ordered our first 5th Wheel. I've always just checked pressure before a trip with our TT, but reading this, it seems as though its something I should have had and have been lucky to not have a blowout.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jleger View Post
    Any recommendations on which TPMS to go with?? We have ordered our first 5th Wheel. I've always just checked pressure before a trip with our TT, but reading this, it seems as though its something I should have had and have been lucky to not have a blowout.
    Tst 507 and tireminder i10 are popular and reputable brands.

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    Second on the TST 507.
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    Anyone have the TM TRL-4? Solar powered, windshield mounted monitor. $170 on Amazon.


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    Quote Originally Posted by jboleske View Post
    Anyone have the TM TRL-4? Solar powered, windshield mounted monitor. $170 on Amazon.


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    I have the tm i10. The TM TRL-4 only goes to 70psi and no signal extender. Things to consider.

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    I’m not looking for another screen on the dash. Smartphone compatibility is key for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RV Sailor View Post
    Second on the TST 507.
    X3. Noticed one tire had a very slow leak. Stopped to check and there was a nail in it. Avoided what could have been a much more costly issue. Actually, any TPMS probably would have done the same. Point is, you need to have one in my opinion. I found the TST 507 to be pretty easy to use. I also put a sensors on my snowmobile trailer.

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    Tst-507 for our 376th.
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