road turtle Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Friend of a friend had issues getting his trailer TPMS set up. Spent over two weeks at the Ford dealer trying to figure it out. What ever the problem was, the tech never offered it to the truck owner. My first choice was a local dealer last fall. I had ONE DAY that it could be installed and they called me the night before the appt, and said they had no staff That meant I had to find someone else, and everybody was busy and couldn't take the literally walk in appt. So, I had to wait until we got home, and Discount Tire's response, was we don't know how to install TPMS... WTF??? Ended up making an appt with Belle Tire, and they said no problem. Unfortunately, again, I had one day, and of course we had snow squalls, and me being the genius I am wore a wind breaker and tennis shows. We also had some issue trying to figure out how to jack the trailer up, and it didn't go as well as I would have like. I'm going to spend some time trying to figure out how to do this on the road, and even in the (albeit wet) parking lot wasn't fun. Independent suspension doesn't have a great lift point. So, given my friend of a friends experience I was expecting difficulty, but had to drive about 25 miles to get home and had my wife help me get the TPMS hooked to the truck, and it went very well. I'll fill the tires back up once it gets a bit warmer and double check the readings once I add more are to the tires. I'm happy to have trailer TPMS on the truck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUEC135ELEVATOR Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 4 hours ago, road turtle said: Friend of a friend had issues getting his trailer TPMS set up. Spent over two weeks at the Ford dealer trying to figure it out. What ever the problem was, the tech never offered it to the truck owner. My first choice was a local dealer last fall. I had ONE DAY that it could be installed and they called me the night before the appt, and said they had no staff That meant I had to find someone else, and everybody was busy and couldn't take the literally walk in appt. So, I had to wait until we got home, and Discount Tire's response, was we don't know how to install TPMS... WTF??? Ended up making an appt with Belle Tire, and they said no problem. Unfortunately, again, I had one day, and of course we had snow squalls, and me being the genius I am wore a wind breaker and tennis shows. We also had some issue trying to figure out how to jack the trailer up, and it didn't go as well as I would have like. I'm going to spend some time trying to figure out how to do this on the road, and even in the (albeit wet) parking lot wasn't fun. Independent suspension doesn't have a great lift point. So, given my friend of a friends experience I was expecting difficulty, but had to drive about 25 miles to get home and had my wife help me get the TPMS hooked to the truck, and it went very well. I'll fill the tires back up once it gets a bit warmer and double check the readings once I add more are to the tires. I'm happy to have trailer TPMS on the truck! Meh..... Trailer tire look smooshed...me stop fill.....no look smoosh keep drive. Lol just kidding. That would be a handy tool to have as trailer tires are not the easiest to monitor min by min by mirror, and WHEN you do get a flat you RARELY ever catch it in the optimal time to prevent damage to tire/rim or whatever. Been there, done that!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
road turtle Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 17 hours ago, IUEC135ELEVATOR said: Meh..... Trailer tire look smooshed...me stop fill.....no look smoosh keep drive. Lol just kidding. That would be a handy tool to have as trailer tires are not the easiest to monitor min by min by mirror, and WHEN you do get a flat you RARELY ever catch it in the optimal time to prevent damage to tire/rim or whatever. Been there, done that!? Former travel trailer I had, came with China Bombs. I can't count the number of forum or FB pages where the tires just suddenly let loose and do several thousand dollars of damage. One guy had TST TPMS and the TPMS wasn't showing an issue, tire just self destroyed itself and the side of the trailer. That's rare, as most tire issues come from driving on low pressure. Having truck keep track of tire pressure on the trailer seems like a seamless solution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUEC135ELEVATOR Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford truck guy Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 The Issue that MOST people will not expect is that the Ford TPMS for trailer will ONLY work with certain RV wheels... They need to have a certain stem hole diameter and a certain rim contour. . . AND they max at either 80 or 100 psi.... my trailer tires are 125 . . I was lucky and sold mine online for close to what I paid Ford..... I purchased a TST 507 and love it..... tells me tire temps and pressure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
road turtle Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 I had TST on my TT and loved it. You are correct on the wheel issue, luckily mine fit the 5th wheel tires. Thinking out loud here, but would 19.5" diameter TPMS sensors fit the trailer tires, and would the system recognize them? I do recognize the pressure issue too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUEC135ELEVATOR Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 10 hours ago, Ford truck guy said: my trailer tires are 125 . . ? do you haul bulldozers, panzer tanks or pyramids? Lol Never seen a 125 tire pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford truck guy Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, IUEC135ELEVATOR said: ? do you haul bulldozers, panzer tanks or pyramids? Lol Never seen a 125 tire pressure. ?? My Fifth Wheel RV has Goodyear 17.5" tires... weights in loaded for a trip at 17,000.. But towing a panzer would be bad azz !!!!!!!! LT215/75R17.5 Goodyear Radial G114 LHT Tire LR H 4,805 lb Capacity Max PSI (Single): 125 lb (860 Kpa) Edited April 21, 2022 by Ford truck guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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