Is it possible that we are over-analyzing this tire pressure thingy???
I'm starting to wonder if maybe...just maybe...all of this tweaking of tire pressures could possibly be the cause of all of the blow outs we keep reading about around here.
I mean, really, some of the stuff I've read here tells me that I should never pull my camper out of the yard since there is no way that we can keep the tires at it's towable inflated value no matter what the outside temperature is and what speed we may be traveling, or how much weight might happen to be on each tire at any given time...which side of the trailer is the sun shining on and how long has it been shining on those same tires...because all of these things change at a moments notice.
We'd be pulling over every five minutes to check our tire pressures...even with the unreliable TPMS!
Heck...we owned our old trailer for 12 years and it had the same tires on it when we traded it in for our Trail Runner that it had on it when we bought it.
And who knows how old they already were at that point in time?
I never once had a tire issue...I checked the tires before we left on each trip and rarely ever in the 12 years we had that trailer did I ever have to add any air.
As far as I know, the new owner of that trailer still has those same tires on it!
That being said, if I still owned it, I would have replaced those tires last summer...although after all of the tire hooplah around here, I'm scared to death of my 1 1/2 year old BlowMax's with less than 3000 miles on them and will be replacing them soon instead!
Anywayz...
The best we can do is to keep them at the recommended air pressure and enjoy our trip!
Tweaking the tire pressure every time we turn around can't be good for our tires...most especially when they are hot!
Can it...?
Something to ponder.