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The system I have is almost faultless. Its called a Mk1 EyeBall. I stop every couple of hours and look at my tyres and put the palm of my hand on each one as I walk around. The stop, change of concentration, half bend as I feel each tyre quickly freshens the mind and body and off I drive feeling fresh and knowing quite clearly that my tyres are all ok.
.........amazing how technology has stopped one tapping/palming things at fuel stops......like tapping the carby fuel inlet to ensure the float is not stuck.....palming the radio antenna to ensure it is properly earthed for decent AM reception...
Simply looking at tyres won't give you any indication if a tyre has a slow leak...Quote:
Originally Posted by ramblingboy42
I'm definitely interested - my tyres on the Unimog cost $1100 each - I don't want to destroy one because of a slow leak.
I'm thinking about using the external sensors. I would prefer the internal ones, but I have internal beadlocks so I'm not sure how easy it would be to fit. Anyone have any experience in fitting them with beadlocks. One question is also how long do the batteries last on the internal sensors? - I won't want to be changing batteries every 3-4 months with internal sensors.
Are we looking at a group buy to get a bit of a discount?
Just because you have a TPMS does NOT mean you don't walk around and inspect your tyres including that the valve cap unit is screwed on tightly. All it does is mean you don't need to routinely check the pressure of each tyre.
I run 6 TyreDogs: 4 on Puma and 2 on Kamper. For the most part work very well, can be a little slow to pick up the signal for each wheel at the start of the day.
No but touching the tread will. You soon know if there's a leak, or perhaps if running too hot that the rears need more air.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoadie72
Good practice every coffee/lunch/fuel stop.
Regards
Max P
Yes when stopped, I do a walk around, eyeball and touch of tyre and hub, which I think is standard for all when towing, while I want to know whats happening while trundelling along at speed so as to help prevent vehicle damage/loss as well as promote longer tyre life.
Comparing the pricing on the TDog and Davis units, the Davis unit is $500 cheeper than TDog for eight wheels. I just went on their websites for a price comparison.
Unfortunatly TPMS is still on my wish list along with chipping the ECU.
Ryall
Well I can't really say whether the TyreDogs will give an alarm or not as I haven't had a problem with the tyres whilst using them. They did show marginal changes in temperature and pressure and I would initially check the pressures each morning when travelling but gave up after a few days as I found I could trust them.
This has always been on my list of things to get even before we had the trailer...now we got the trailer I would like to get one fitted before the cape
I just bought and fitted a 6 sensor Tyredog system that cost me all of $280 delivered.
I lost a tyre towing the camprite back from Perth a couple of months ago and for the price of a tyre this would have paid for itself.
First use is the drive to work but it took about 5mins to set up.
Simon