Proper Tire Inflation For Tractors And Trailers

I am very new to the trucking industry and just starting to work for a company that produces the Halo tire inflator. It helps keep tractor tires at the correct PSI. Product seems to work very well, my question, is tractor tire underinflation a large enough problem that needs to be addressed? Any feedback or suggestions would be much appreciated, thank you!

If many different companies have been manufacturing, marketing, and selling automated tire inflation and monitoring devices for more than two decades, obviously it's an issue.

I'm almost tempted to call tire inflation the easiest to fix technical problem in the entire industry, that most drivers are somehow either uninformed about, or simply unmotivated.

Well let’s put it this way. I own a truck and trailer Less than a week ago I replaced all 10 tires on my tractor I added centramatics to all axles. I had all of the trailer tires dismounted and re-mounted at the same time and had an 18 tire TPMS installed. With that I replaced all airbags and all shocks on the tractor and all brake chambers on both tractor and trailer All suspension parts like bushings torque rods king pins and everything else. I also have digital scales that depend on the air system to get their data And finally the alignment.

All of that is influenced by heat and cold, vibration and impact, weight and age.

Trucks take abuse no matter how nicely you treat them.

Six months ago I also put another $5000 in brand new tires on the trailer

So if you want a grand total for what keeping properly inflated tires will help you save money on it is roughly in my case $18,000. Now when I figure how much in cents per mile of rubber I burn off that means roughly$.04 cents a mile in maintenance if nothing happens and no tires blow Every time a tire blows you have to make a decision on whether it’s safe enough to make it to a truckstop or does it need to be repaired on the side of the road.

At this time of year you will pay your premium to get a road call out ( much more of an issue for super singles that are not limp it in to a truckstop).

I had other work done on the truck to that I don’t count in those lists by the way.

Oh and i do have auto inflate/ air balance on the trailer too.

There is a natural loss of air (very slowly)that occurs in all Tires so it doesn't hurt to have a system on the truck. Besides most truck drivers don't check tire pressure with a gauge even though it's quite inexpensive. I'm attaching what I found on the Internet. "Your tires continually lose pressure due to permeation, a natural process where the air escapes from the tire's solid rubber sidewall (roughly 1-2 psi of air a month). Weather can affect inflation pressures; your tire pressure reduces by about 1 psi for every 10-degree drop in the outside temperature." This is from a Tire sales company and I don't want to support any company over another thats why I didn't include the company Name.