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07-02-2022, 11:21 AM #11
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07-02-2022, 11:28 AM #12
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No TPMS. Have never seen a need for it. Been doing this for 40 years and was also a truck driver most of my working life. I always check tire pressures and wheel torque on a regular basis. And when we stop for breaks I do a walk around to inspect my truck and trailer.
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07-02-2022, 11:51 AM #13
Welll now you have seen the need.
You have been lucky up till now, and actually still are. Your damage is not that bad compared to what it could have been.2021 398M Full Body Paint 8k axles. LRH tires. Disc brakes.
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07-02-2022, 12:25 PM #14
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I find that comment funny when you just stated that you had significant damage due to a blow out. When a tire blows on a camper/rv, there's a lot of stuff it can take out with it. When it blows on a semi, it just falls off for the most part. On a semi you have a lot more tires remaining to hold the load as well.
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07-02-2022, 12:38 PM #15
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Not sure what you mean in your comment, so I will elaborate! If the tire picked something up while driving through the rest area, a TPMS would have alerted me to a slow leak! But as I said I walked around the trailer, thumped the tires did a visual inspection and checked with my hand for heat. Now if I picked up something on the road and it caused the tire to explode, the TPMS would have told me I had a failure. And the Northern roads of Ontario have very few places to pull off. So I still would have had to limp down the highway with a mangled tire to find a safe spot to make my repair! I still can't justify the cost of a TPMS. This trip alone has been 20,000 miles and only one issue! That is not luck!
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07-02-2022, 12:49 PM #16
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Just curious what the cost of the damage done is compared to the cost of a TPMS. Sometimes one occurrence is all it takes to cover the cost. I figure the cost of a TPMS is insurance: you may never need it, but it's very handy to have when you do.
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07-02-2022, 01:05 PM #17
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I meant if you had a TPMS the likelyhood of damage would had been far less. A modern sensor will read heat+pressure. It will display these items on a screen so you can monitor while you drive. You set your own alert parameters (heat rise/drop, pressure rise/drop) I have been running an older version of this TST for the last 8ish years: https://www.technorv.com/tst-cap-sys...RoCS04QAvD_BwE
I have had 1 camper tire blow out. As soon as I had a loss of pressure the system alerted me. All I felt was a small bump when the tire went. I was able to pull off the side of the road before it came apart and caused more damage. The system will not alert you before the blow out obviously, but it certainly let me know what was going on back there before any serious damage occurred by dragging a flat tire for miles.
That system is $360 US. Pretty cheap imo. The OEM Ram system was $445 and it came with 4x sensors that go inside the wheel (like a car tpms) and it links directly with the trucks dash system like an OEM TPMS would. Call me paranoid, but I think that is cheap insurance to know exactly what is going on with your tires at any given time. As stated previously, I also carry to spares for the camper and 2 spares for my Ram on longer trips.2020 GD 320G
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07-02-2022, 03:26 PM #18
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I'm not going to get in that TMPS debate - it always end up trashing a good thread.
Your question was - "...what's everyone's thoughts...". My short answer is that I generally run them 6 years (maybe 7 sometimes). BUT - I wouldn't run Westlakes at all. I took mine off when they were brand new and put a good set of Sailuns on; one size taller.
Michelin always said 7 years but some friends have told me lately that they are saying 10 years. My guess is that is only if they are covered and out of the sun all the time.
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07-03-2022, 05:28 PM #19
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put a good set of Sailuns on; one size taller.
The the OP, for my other trailers, I generally run at least 7 years before changing them. For the RV, I just changed at around 3 years (Westlake G rated). But my situation is a little strange, I wanted the height and heft of the Saulins, but, I have another trailer that also uses 16's that I'm going to put my takeoffs from the RV on. If I didn't have a use for the 3 year old tires, I don't think I would have done this. I just knew I needed to buy 4 tires and figured I should get them for the RV vs the dump trailer (which is what actually needs new tires).
The Westlakes have been great for me, around 10K miles over the 3 years we've run them and not a single issue. And they still look brand new. Hoping I can get another 3-4 years out of them on my dump trailer, but, unlike the RV, if the blow on that trailer, it's an annoyance, not a 1000 or 10,000's of thousand dollar repair.
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07-05-2022, 06:38 AM #20
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Why does everyone prefer the Sailuns over the Westlakes? They are both from China.
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