Pressure Sensors Fit Any Tire

Pressure Sensors Fit Any Tire TIRES/WHEELS Handling 32-3-33 For eight years the Tire Sentry System has been alerting truckers when their tires are under-inflated. Now it's available for pickups, vans, SUV's, cars and trailers. The sensor system complies with the Congress-mandated TREAD Act requiring new vehicles weighing over 10,000 lbs. to have tire pressure monitoring on board, says Richard Van Dyke, president of Fleet Specialties Co., which sells Tire Sentry. The system is wireless with a valve cap sensor for each tire and a display that plugs into the cigarette lighter that lights up and beeps if a tire loses 10 percent air pressure or more. The tire sensors include an anti-theft feature and use watch cell batteries that last 18 to 24 months and indicate when they need to be changed. The cost ranges from $295 for a four-tire system, to $389 to monitor six tires on a truck or trailer. "This was originally designed for the trucking industry," Van Dyke explains. "All our Tire Sentry systems are built to rugged truck specifications." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Fleet Specialties Co., Tire Sentry, 31328 Via Colinas, Suite 104, Westlake Village, Calif. 91362 (ph 818 889-1716; www.tire sentry.com).

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