Monitoring Tire Pressure

Flat Tire

It’s a beautiful day, you are in your rig cruising down the Interstate, enjoying the view,  relaxing  to the music on your stereo system and letting your thoughts wander aimlessly from here to there, life is good. You happen to glance to your left, and you see the passenger in the car next to you waving frantically and pointing down as they pass by.

At first it doesn’t register, you think to yourself, what the hell was that all about. Then your mind starts to emerge from it’s fog,  you glance into the rear view mirror on your right and see billows of smoke coming out from under the rig! You immediately pull over and discover that one of your rear tires is gone.

The time between when the flat occurred and when you pulled over has been extensive along with the damage to your rig.

This scenario is all too  common to Rv’ers. Sometimes the damage extends into the interior of the rig, costing thousands of dollars in repair costs. This is especially true for 5th wheels and trailers.

I have been pulling a 5th wheel full time  for 5 years  and it happened to me twice. I had no idea the tire was flat, till a frantic motorist flagged me over. Luckily the damage was minimal, however I know too well luck runs out.

The answer to this problem is simple, it’s called PressurePro™, and its a wonderful system.
A wireless, tire air pressure sensor (cap) simply screws onto the valve stem replacing the dust cap. The Monitor is powered by plugging it into the lighter accessory in the vehicle. It displays current tire pressure as well as alerting to low tire pressures with both a visual and audible warning. The sensors constantly read the tire pressure and transmit the pressure reading to the monitor. When a low or high pressure condition is sensed, the monitor displays the tire location with a flashing light and sounds an audible alarm. and once it’s in, if the PressurePro™ Sensor detects a 12.5% drop, a low pressure signal is wirelessly transmitted to the dashboard Monitor. A flashing tire position light, as well as the flashing real-time pressure of the tire, alerts the operator to the low-pressure tire.
Should tire pressure continue to drop, a second more urgent alert is sounded when the Sensor detects a 25% drop in tire pressure.
Should tire pressure rise, an alert is sounded when the Sensor detects a 24% rise in tire pressure (factory default). The level of the alert can also be set by the individual to: OFF, 10%, 15%, 19%, 24%, 28%, 33%, 40% and 45% over the set level.

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I found this great product when we were at Quartsite last year,  and bought it. I don’t have to trust my tires to luck anymore.

Pressure pro resource: Pressure Pro Systems