Check your tires every travel day!

[robwakeley]

Horrific (Graphic material) RV Accident & Mongol Bike Club passed me



https://youtu.be/VaLlfnUCyjU

 

[Neal]

Wow, shocking to look at for sure. It looks like it may have been a Newmar from the basement doors and latches and paint, not sure. If anyone finds any more details please post. While we can only speculate what happened I also find these RV's can get away from you in an instant from distractions in the coach whether cell phone, GPS interaction, something dropping off a counter and you want to look and see what it was, etc. These Class A's require you to be at full attention 100% of the time as you can go off the road in an instant!

Yes, inspect tires and pressures as we all have learned. Take a flashlight and look across the other side and look at the insides of the tires from time to time too. Tires are every Class A owner's nightmare and have been mine since day 1.

 

[Like2FixRV]

I bought this TST tire pressure monitoring system and I absolutely love it. I can check all tire pressures (coach & toad) in an instant, sits right up on your dash. You can set low and high pressure alarms, blow-out alarms, it's completely customizable to meet anyone's needs. Been using them for 2 years now, very good product in my opinion that gives a great peace of mind when going down the road. A bit pricey but well worth it.

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I wonder if others have these installed and what their experience using them has been?

Mike

 

[Knobs]

I bought this TST tire pressure monitoring system and I absolutely love it. I can check all tire pressures (coach & toad) in an instant, sits right up on your dash. You can set low and high pressure alarms, blow-out alarms, it's completely customizable to meet anyone's needs. Been using them for 2 years now, very good product in my opinion that gives a great peace of mind when going down the road. A bit pricey but well worth it.

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I wonder if others have these installed and what their experience using them has been?

Mike

That's the system I plan on buying before we head out this spring/summer.

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[DennisT]

Yes on the TST system. We have the initial color monitor and the 507 (non flow through) caps. Rebuild once a year with new gaskets and batteries in the caps.

Have been running for about 5 years since we got our first RV.

Saved us twice last year…

First time on 75 S about 5 miles from the FL border. Alarm went off in the right rear inner for high pressure. Slowed down to cool the tire a bit. About 1/4 mile later heard the chunk of tire come off and bounce in the wheel well. Tire held pressure so pulled over and got that changed.

On the way back north last year got a fast leak alarm on the right inner. Turned out that tire had a high pressure rubber valve stem which I hadn’t caught since it was the spare. Stopped and added air a few times as we limped the last 10 miles to the campground.

Personally I’ll never run without one.

 

[Joe Hogan]

This trip has again reinforced the need to check tire pressure at the start of a trip. Going from 30 F in the morning to 80s in the afternoon has caused an Over Pressure alarm on a front tire.
I’ll wait until morning and adjust cold pressure again before heading South.
Adjusting the TPMS alarm threshold might help but not my preferred method.
Notice this is more common when speed average creeps above 65 mph.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Wow, shocking to look at for sure. It looks like it may have been a Newmar from the basement doors and latches and paint, not sure. If anyone finds any more details please post. While we can only speculate what happened I also find these RV's can get away from you in an instant from distractions in the coach whether cell phone, GPS interaction, something dropping off a counter and you want to look and see what it was, etc. These Class A's require you to be at full attention 100% of the time as you can go off the road in an instant!

Yes, inspect tires and pressures as we all have learned. Take a flashlight and look across the other side and look at the insides of the tires from time to time too. Tires are every Class A owner's nightmare and have been mine since day 1.

I agree with you Neal! Tire problems usually mean slowing to try and get control! This report indicates high speed rather than slowing. Maybe the assumption and better caution should be don't drive distracted, or sick, or tired!!! I-10 has a fair median that has to be negotiated for a head on!

I know this because it has been well traveled by myself over the years.

Travel safe!!!

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

I recently had a conversation with a rv'er and somehow we got on the topic of how fast we drive. I normally drive in the 60-65mph range and he feels comfortable at 80-85 mph. When I mentioned his tires may be speed-rated at 75mph he retorted he was sure the tires were still safe at 85 the 75 was on the low end of the safe speed rating.

I pray I never read or see his coach on the news.

 

[J&JD]

I recently had a conversation with a rv'er and somehow we got on the topic of how fast we drive. I normally drive in the 60-65mph range and he feels comfortable at 80-85 mph. When I mentioned his tires may be speed-rated at 75mph he retorted he was sure the tires were still safe at 85 the 75 was on the low end of the safe speed rating.

I pray I never read or see his coach on the news.

My control system, that sits in the passenger seat, would never allow speeds of that magnitude to happen and rightfully so.

 

[rvkev]

Most of the time high speed and under inflation will be the cause a blow out.

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Pressure washing your tires will degrade tires also.

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I saved a fellow camper this on my last trip. The camper needed help hooking up. When we hooked up his trailer, I noticed his tire in the rear was low. He did not even have a tire gauge. Sure enough all his tires were closer to 20 pounds than 30. The door sticker for tire inflation called for 35 pounds. My camper has air ride, so I was able to air up his truck before he left.

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I have tire pressure monitor on my bus and tow vehicle. Tire pressure monitors will give you peace of mind. Do not leave your campground without checking air pressure, manually or from your monitoring equipment.

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88 feet per second is plenty fast for retired folks