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Crossfire rear tire system

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I have had a set installed on my rig for well over 5 years and two sets of tires. I love it.
Like many, getting at the inner wheel to even check the pressure is a royal pain, my coach didn't come with monitors and I don't feel they are worth the cost, we have them on our cars, nice, but not essential when it is now so simple to check the pressures on the rig's rear tires. The front tires were never a problem, only that darn inner wheel. The only flats/loss of pressure I have ever had in 30+ years of RVing were inner rear tires - every darn time. Fortunately that was on gas coaches, I wouldn't want to have the same happen on our CC so did the research and got the Crossfire system.
I agree the junk sold for RV's for rear dual wheels is a disaster waiting to happen because the quality is lacking and the only thing they do is permit checking and filling the tires one at a time - or at least the systems I looked at were designed that way. They are poorly made and overpriced to boot.
The Crossfire system is designed for and sold to the trucking industry. They have been around for at least 10 years and if they were junk they would be off the market. They have built in pressure indicators - you by the system for the pressure you run your tires at, they equalize the rear tires and have a loss of pressure preventon system if one tire fails. They are built very well, I have never even had a slow leak. The only problem was when we bought our last set of tires the tech broke one by using his monster impact wrench without removing the Crossfire devices first. They were not happy about buying a replacement but did.
I can walk around the rig and merely look at the indicator and know my tires are OK without lowering anything more than my eyes which the rest of my body appreciates.

A TPMS would be nice but I'll save the money for some fuel.
All this said, I would compare the cost of the Crossfire to adding a TPMS. At the time we bought our coach, over 8 years ago (can't believe it) TPMS' were much more expensive than many available now. But there are also no batteries to run down on the Crossfire system.

Bob (rthandren@...)
'05 Inspire 51178