Posted by kcm.MN on August 11, 2018 at 20:45:10 from (174.219.6.229):
In Reply to: Lesson learned posted by Harper on August 11, 2018 at 19:27:52:
Don't just assume that brand new shiny gauge you just got is accurate either.
We were driving the snowplow truck into town a few years back when one of the tires had a flat. The spare was also low. When we got to the tiny little blip-of-a-town called Greenbush, MN, we stopped in the local auto parts store. I bought a brand new, shiny, nice long truck tire gauge (used with dually's). I tried it out in a bit of a hurry and just thought I was tired, as the reading seemed way off on the now-new tires. Well, I put the gauge away and forgot to check accuracy.
Then a year or so back, went and bought a used skid loader. After getting the loader on the trailer, I wanted to check air pressure in all tires. So, got out my nice, shiny, new trucker's gauge! I wasn't reading anything from the rear air suspension bags - figured it wasn't sagging much, so must be OK, yet too little pressure for this gauge to register. So next I went to the driver front wheel. The gauge was reading less than 10PSI!! :shock:
Hmm, that can't be - the tire is fully inflated. So I went to read the rear tire. It's got more weight on it. Surely IT will register better! Nope....not even 10PSI. The gauge was faulty. The guy I was buying the loader from went in his shop and hauled out a large wheeled air compressor - and let me tell you, it was hot that day! He handed me a cheap all-plastic tire gauge and I checked my tires. They all read exactly what I put them at prior to leaving the house!!
Guess what I'm using now? A cheap, all-plastic tire gauge! :oops:
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