Casey Balvert

I just installed the Tire Sentry system in my truck and trailer. Since I have duals on both truck and trailer I was concerned that I could have a tire failure without being able to see that a tire was down. I have 14 tires on the road plus the two spares. I bought the system for 18 wheelers so this setup allows me to monitor the spare tires as well. Two spots on the display are blank.

I chose this system for ease of installation, reported lack of false alarms and ease of battery changes. One other system I looked at required you to replace the sensors at 50 bucks a pop when the batteries ran out. This would have been rather costly. The Tire Sentry system requires two common #357 batteries per sensor for a total cost of around 40 dollars to change batteries in the entire system of 16 sensors. Battery life in the Tire Sentry is 2.5 to 3 years. Pressure settings are user adjustable. Each system is custom built for your application and tire pressures.

Installation of the display unit was pretty straight foward. I mounted it where the cigar lighter is to the right of the steering wheel. The display unit is a standard 2 inch round guage size and will also fit a standard guage mount if you want an alternative location. An antenna cable runs through the firewall along the frame and terminates in a short integral antenna that extends down just below the frame foward of the rear bumper. No external antenna is required if you don't want to monitor a trailer. The sensors are user adjustable for pressure and screw on in place of the valve caps on each wheel.

So far the system has worked flawlessly. It alerted me to a low spare on the truck by a red flashing LED in on the display. The display has a picture of the truck and trailer with all the tire positions. When a tire drops pressure by a few pounds, the appropriate LED flashes along with a beep to warn you of the problem. It is nice to have the extra piece of mind, especially when towing. I will remove the sensors during winter storage to extend battery life even further.

Casey

SuperGewl

What did it run you

Casey Balvert

Around $850 for a 16 sensor system. I know that sounds like a lot but the damage that results from a shredding tire can easily amount to several thousand dollars. Most applications would be either eight or ten sensors so would cost considerably less.

Casey

darkvader

where did you buy it
Clark

Casey Balvert

Fleet Specialties in CA sells them direct. See www.tiresentry.com for details. If you tell them what you want to monitor they will provide you a quotation. They seemed good to do business with and answered all of my many questions before I bought it.

Casey