motor home safety

[Floyd Staggs]

I've got them on my gooseneck trailer and it sends an audible alarm if the pressure goes up or down. If you don't have an alarm you won't know when one of your tires goes on a triple axle.

[Darrel Goheen]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

If you have a leak, I understand the system advantage. What does it tell about impending Blow Out?

I don't know of anything that will tell you that. The system I sell tells you if you have a fast leak, lost sensor, low pressure and high pressure. They say incorrect pressures many times causes blowouts but not always. I've heard that a tire going bad (getting ready to blow) can cause heat build up which equals high pressure. Several years ago after having a tire go flat at night on a triple axle trailer that eventually came apart and done about $1500 damage to my trailer. I did not go on another trip again until I had a tire pressure monitoring system. I've been using one for about 10 years now and have not had another blow out. It takes me about 12 seconds to check the tire pressure on 12 tires.

[71mavlouisville]

What do you guy's think of this product. I was offered this when I bought my motorhome and declined. After your accident it has me thinking. Do any of you guy's have any experience with this product?

www.tyron-usa.com

[HR9121]

Originally Posted by 71mavlouisville

What do you guy's think of this product. I was offered this when I bought my motorhome and declined. After your accident it has me thinking. Do any of you guy's have any experience with this product?

www.tyron-usa.com

Very interesting product, I think in light of what happened to Mr Jeff I will be looking into the Tyron system.

[Dick Butler]

Seems very interesting. Wonder how many failures of the general product has occurred?

[FireSale]

It seems to me that blowing a front tire at 70mph in anything is pretty bad news. I think Jeff got out in good shape considering that he is alive.

I drive my racer to the track so I don't have skin in the rig game, but I will do a little more checking on the tires before leaving home this season.

Dale

[600ci]

my system for tires is simple. good tires,not 5 year old new tires, I put in the proper PSI then I check tire temp cold with temp gauge(laser) log the data,
then after being on the road for a while fuel stop etc I check tire temp again
hot all should be fairly equal. if one tire is at a higher temp that means low
psi and should be checked. Better than hitting the tire with a stick.
10+ years driving a big truck. works with all tires. take care of your tires and
they'll take care of you my 4 cents

[davebw31]

I have been racing since 1962. I retired after 36 years with the State Of Florida as a School Bus Fleet manger. My last seven years I managed the four largest School Bus Fleet in the national. I have been using a Class A motor home towing my 1994 Pace American since 1994. I have had both diesel (2) and gas (2). I sold my 1998 38' diesel Holiday Rambler class A in 2003 when diesel fuel went thru the roof. I bought my current RV, a 2004 National RV Dolphin 36' with the 8.1 chevy fuel injected engine and Allison trans., and 22.5 Michelins. I have towed over 300,000 miles and never blew a front tire, however I have destroyed many, many rears. Here is what I have done in "preventive maintenance and added systems":

I always buy USA tires. Prefer Michelins.
I always run my tires at max rated cold air pressure (dual or single) So screw the ride with lower air pressure. Heat is the death of a tire plus UV rays.
Since my RV and trailer are parked outside I always cover my tires when parked.
I have a Tire Monitoring System, both temp. and air press.
At 3 yrs I buy new fronts, then I rotate my used front tires to the rear, and I usually get another 4 + years of service life. At this time I have my toe checked and set at zero toe with front end on the ground.
I have installed a "Steer Safe System". They do work. I have never lost a steer tire, but I know several racers/RV'ers who have and their coach was badly damaged because they lost control. Also hard braking is a no-no, it just makes it worse.
I have taken a Class A CD driving course and have had a Class A license since 1985 and in 2000 I took a CDL Safety Course.
Most 22.5 tires have a speed rating of only 70 mph. I drive 65 mph, except going down hill getting ready to go up a hill I speed up to 70 mph.

Can it happen to me like it happened to Jeff! Well yes, however I think I have the odds in my favor of it not happening.

Jeff, I know of you and I am very glad you survived. It was not your time to go! Please Jeff install a Steer Safe System. They are not cheap, but next time it may keep you from another catastrophic accident, injury, or your life. Get well soon!

[PLankford]

Outside of my lack of familiarity with the steer safe system, I'd agree with what dave is saying above.

Almost exclusively when a customer tells us he is having an issue with blow outs, we can track it right back to lack of appropriate tire pressure. We see it all the time, people not understanding how important pressure is to keeping heat down.

Most tire manufacturers will only rate tires at the max pressure and if you are under pressure, technically your rating is zero. Those that do rate tires at lower pressures, you can see that the rating reduces almost linearly to the pressure to about 40% reduction in pressure from max. In other words- if you are running 125psi tires at 100psi, your rating is 20% or so lower. At 60,000lbs of tire rating, you've just taken 12,000lbs of capacity off of your axles. We see people running them at car like pressures (60-80psi) thinking that it's something other than maintenance that is causing their issues.

Between tire pressure monitoring and age/condition monitoring a lot of problems could be avoided. That being said, sometimes bad things just happen even if you are careful.... It's another risk in the racing that we love...

[Dick Butler]

M.H size new Bridge stones now on sale100 $off. 459/ tire
These are the brand new design to improve mileage.