Over 2 Billion Gallons of Fuel Wasted Each Year Due
to Low Tire Pressure Plug the leak with TPMS
Joseph Haddy
(PRWEB) September 16, 2005 --
Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) will pay for
themselves several times over in the first year of their
operation through increased fuel savings, extended tire
tread life, lower maintenance costs, less casing damage.
The result is more retread opportunities, less down
time, better on time deliveries and increased safety.
According to the US DOT, Americans are wasting over
5.4 million gallons of fuel each day due to vehicles
running on low tire pressure. "Trucking companies have
very little ability to control the escalating raw material
costs of fuel and tires however they do have a way to
control fuel, tire and maintenance costs", say the experts
at PressurePro Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems, a Harrisonville
MO based TPMS manufacturer.
"Maintaining proper tire pressures insures maximum
fuel mileage, tread life and safety". Statistics show
that the average truck on the road travels 125,000 miles
each year using up to 21,000 gallons of fuel. At 6 miles
per gallon, the average trucker is paying over $52,000.00
(based on $2.50/gal) in fuel costs. A truck running
at only 20 psi low wastes over $3,000.00 of fuel annually.
That same truck will reduce the tread life of its tires
by over 35% as well as reduce the number of retreads
per tire.
In a recent interview concerning the ever increasing
costs incurred by trucking companies, Phillip Zaroor,
president of PressurePro, the worldwide leading supplier
of TPMS aftermarket products, stated "Roadside repairs
frequently cost in excess of $400.00 per incident and
normally result in 3-4 hours of downtime. The age old
method of thumping tires is unreliable and inaccurate.
Physically checking each tire with a standard pressure
gauge is costly and consumes 20 -30 minutes of the maintenance
technician’s time adding further to the overhead of
the fleet owner. Onboard Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
add safety for the driver and cargo and can alert the
driver to low tire pressure situations before they become
costly or catastrophic". "Some of the TPMS technologies
only alert drivers to low pressure conditions when the
tire pressures reach a certain low pressure level",
states Zaroor, "We feel in addition to alerting to low
pressures, it is important to display current actual
pressures any time, to allow drivers to keep their tires
inflated to the proper levels, helping them to maximize
their fuel, tire and handling efficiency".
According to a study by FleetnetAmerica, the country’s
largest provider of road service, the top reason for
Truck and Tractor breakdowns and the top cost for breakdowns
is the result of tire failure. A study conducted recently
by the Technology and Maintenance Council found that
only 3% of the trucking companies surveyed checked their
tire pressures twice weekly, 15% weekly, 12% twice each
month, 49% monthly, and the balance of those surveyed
checked their tire pressures every 2 months or longer,
or only when they looked low on pressure. For trailer
tires the frequency was even less.
Many of the pressure checks coincided with vehicle
preventive maintenance service schedules, suggesting
that many trucks and especially trailers weren’t checked
at all between scheduled maintenance cycles. Every low
tire on a vehicle negatively affects, fuel mileage,
tire wear, casing life, handling, braking and safety.
Proper tire inflation is a safety and savings measure
that will maximize a company’s profit potential in a
continually upward spiraling energy market.
For more information on the benefits of Tire Pressure
Monitoring visit www.advantagepressurepro.com. Contact:
Joseph Haddy Director of Marketing PressurePro TPMS
205 West Wall Street Harrisonville, MO 64701 816-887-3505
800-959-3505
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