I am LUCKY

[rak]

I picked up the monty Tuseday afternoon. The camper was in Topeka, KS and I brought it to Overland Park,KS. Walked around the monty wednesday morning and one of the tires did not look right. Checked the air pressure and found it to be 30#. The valve stem had started to leak. Glad I did not drive more than 75 miles. How low the pressure was while driving I do not know, but it could not have been 80#. Tire is ok and had a new metal valve tem installed. I am very lucky I did not blow the tire on the road.
Dick

[Emmel]

Dick, it really pays to do a pre trip inspection, doesn't it!!! Glad you found it before you had any problems.

[KTManiac]

It depends on how low the pressure was, and how far it was towed, and at what speeds, while under inflated to determine how lucky you actually are. If it was low for the whole 75 miles, the tire may have some sidewall damage that is not apparent at this time. It would be well advised that you keep very close tabs on that tire in the future.

Yes, you are fortunate that you did not have a blow out on this trip and rip out the wheel wells, or worse. However, there may be some degree of increased likelihood for tire failure later on down the road, so to speak. If it was only slightly low and had the majority of air leak out after your trip while parked, you may have dodged a bullet, but you should be cautious and do extra checks for sidewall bulges and tread seperation for awhile. ...at least I would.

[adelmoll]

The Pressure Pro Monitor has already let us know several times of a change in tire pressure. I don't know how we ever got along without them before. We plan on having the valve stems replaced on all the tires on our Big Sky as soon as we stop long enough to have it done.

Helen

[boylanag]

We know the feeling, Dick. We leave next Wednesday for a two month or so, 3,500 mile trip and took our rig in to get the bearings packed yesterday. They discovered that the curb side bearings had been overpacked and the grease was all inside the brakes and this caused the drivers side brakes to overheat and ruined them. We are now good to go but very grateful that we had this maintenance check before this trip and not put off until we returned. I didn't have a clue that anything was wrong.

[richfaa]

rak.. You need to have all those OEM rubber stems replaced with high quality stems. The OEM stems are notorious for leakage. Knowing what we know now we would not leave the dealers lot with those OEM stems We changed ours out after @ 6 months and many alarms on our Tire pressure monitoring system. Not a one since then. We also hade the same experience as boylanag above... we had NO brakes at all. Would also not leave the dealers lot till those were checked.. Hindsight is great....

[Waynem]

Not knowing how far you traveled on that low pressure, OR, how far the trailer was towed from factory to dealer at possibly that low pressure, it may be wise to have the tire checked by a professional tire dealer.

Glad you are okay, except for the wear & tear.

Good luck.

[Garlic]

I've had two (of 4) valve stems fail. Now, I regularly check (kick and feel the temp of) each tire at every stop. I suspect one can travel quite a distance on one low tire. High impact (like potholes) would be a BIG problem.