Tire Pressure Monitor Talk

A new client of ours, “Radar Roy” puchased our tire pressure monitroing system for his Renegade Motorhome for his vacation trip to Sturgis last month. Roy called us several days into his trip saying that the PressurePro system saved the day by reporting low tire pressure in a rear dual tire. On further inspection, he found a sic inch nail in the tire and it was losing pressure fast!

He was very grateful, saying that by having PressurePro, it saved him the expense of having lost a tire and having his rig towed, not to mention the time it would have taken to get it repaired.

Another successful “save” by TirePressureMonitor.com

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Breakdown! The 2nd most common cause of tire failures accounts for 26% of commercial vehicle breakdowns. Only about 15% of tire-induced breakdowns are due to sudden tire damage; the remaining 85% start with slow leaks. However, drivers usually notice this gradual air loss too late, and more serious consequences arise.

PressurePro identifies these slow leaks and warns the driver in time–before the tire risks irreversible damage. In most cases, PressurePro will pay for itself on the very first occasion a puncture is detected, and prevents further major costs or downtime. It can also be integrated into telematics and fleet management systems to enable remote tire pressure checks on fleets from the main headquarters.

Smooth running tires assure peace of mind for drivers and passengers. The PressurePro tire pressure monitroring system offers constantly monitoring of tire pressures every 7 seconds on the tractor, trailer, coach, bus etc.

A study of vehicle fleets has shown that every second commercial vehicle tire is driven at more than 10% under the correct inflation pressure. This results in increased rolling resistance, leading to higher fuel consumption. In fact, under inflated tires decreases a vehicle’s average MPG by as much as 3.3%!

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Tire upkeep can boost safety and fuel economy. As stated in MSNBC.com at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12517107/
“One in every three cars has a significantly underflated tire; 660 fatalities and 33,000 injuries occur every year as a result of low tire pressure-related crashes.” Higher temperatures in the summer also increase the stress on vehicle tires.

Additionally, “You can improve your gas mileage by around 3.3 percent by keeping your tires inflated to the proper pressure” the U.S. Department of Energy estimates.

Obviously, tire pressure monitoring is a must–it’s really all about maintaining air pressure to get the best wear, fuel economy and peformance out of your tires.

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Recently a truck jack knifed on the highway very close to the off-ramp we were going to take. It was determined that one of the tires had a blow-out, causing the driver to apply the brakes, which resulted in the jack knife. Traffic was stopped for hours. Most “blowouts” are not really blowouts, but happen because a tire may have picked up a nail the day before causing a slow leak. Then the tire eventually overheated, finally resulting in a blowout. Of course, some blowouts are caused because the tire hit something in the road, or the tire was old and came apart. But with the PressurePro tire pressure monitoring system, the driver would have been alerted the day before of the low-pressure tire and the tire could have been fixed or replaced before costly damage occurred. PressurePro is great peace of mind! www.TirePressureMonitor.com

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PressurePro has added several improvements to their current product line, and will be introducing new products to their Truck line. The improvements have been the addition of RS232 communications as well as an upper pressure alert. The upper alert is variable; it is set at the factory to alert at 24% high, but can be manually set at various settings from 10% to 45% over the set point. In addition to the upper alert, there are two lower alerts: one at 12/5% and a second alert at 25% below the initial set point. All Monitors with RS232 capability can also display temperature when used with a tire management software program.

Soon to be introduced are the “Intellignet Products” and the integration with several leaders in telematics. These allow PressurePro users (drop and hook fleets in particular) the ability to monitor tire pressures on up to 64 tires (a cab and three trailers) at a time, both in cab or remote, while also giving them the ability to easily and quickly drop and grab trailers as needed. The capability to monitor and read tire pressure on trailers, transfer this inforamtion via the trailer/tractor power lines, and read all tire information in the cab or back to an office management system has been asked for in the market for years; PressurePro is the first to bring this advanced system to market at cost effective pricing.

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