While the song "On top of "Old Baldy" may well be a catch tune its not necessarily the best nor safest place for the vehicle in which you are driving in traffic. It's your family's safety that matters in a pinch, as well as to the other motorists and pedestrians that we encounter on our travels and road trips on the highways, freeways and streets that we all travel on a regular and ongoing basis.
Yet most of us take our simple tires for granted. After all tires were made to roll. What maintenance do they require other than simple checks of tire pressures from time to time - if ever? Yet what do safety and car insurance collision experts recommend and suggest when it comes to automotive tires . their maintenance and care ? While it can be said that is true that in 2013 , there is less availability of local garages and shops as well as more highly trained auto & truck dealershipservice center staff. It's easy to ask for a tire pressure gauge at a local tire shop. At the worst tip the kid a buck or two. You can alternatively purchase an inexpensive tire pressure gauge at your local big box store. Heck there are even now electronic tire pressure gauges that almost do the whole reading procedure for you in a snap, most conveniently as well as accurately.
It can be said very simply that for most motorists and automobile owners that improperly inflated tires are a major if not the most major cause of premature tire failure and failures. Who needs a blowout while driving? Worse yet this can happen at highway or freeway speeds. It's not only a matter of inconvenience but also one of safety and danger to yourself, your family and passengers and damage to your vehicle and as well the chance of collision with other vehicles on the road as well as property and wildlife.
One tip to automobile owners in this day and age of product recalls is to register your new tires. It used to be that the law required all tire sellers to submit the name of purchasers and owners to the manufacturer for contact from the tire maker or distributor if needed or necessary. However in 2010 this is seldom the case and is no longer required for independent tire dealers.
How often to do these checks? Auto maintenance professionals recommend at least a monthly check. Each and every month check and adjust the air pressure in your tires, including the spare. Lastly if you are in the northern climes - Northern Minnesota or Alberta Canada as examples remember that come winter time Aluminum rims tend to "leak". What this means is that if your vehicle sports aluminum rims for the benefits of added strength or weight reduction - these tend to leak air pressures along their seals in the coldest of winter times. Pay particular attention to air pressures of your wheels at these times. The problems are compounded in that you may well find that not only are your tires low , but most service stations will have their air pressure hoses frozen and unusable with stuck stems. The black humor may well be that not only cannot you not get air to pump up your tire , but that it is not only one of your tires that is low in air and not drivable , but several . Hence your vehicle will be not drivable. On top of that to add insult to injury in the dead of the coldest time of the winter it is a very long wait for the motor league roadside rescue repair curb side truck to come to your rescue.
Yet most of us take our simple tires for granted. After all tires were made to roll. What maintenance do they require other than simple checks of tire pressures from time to time - if ever? Yet what do safety and car insurance collision experts recommend and suggest when it comes to automotive tires . their maintenance and care ? While it can be said that is true that in 2013 , there is less availability of local garages and shops as well as more highly trained auto & truck dealershipservice center staff. It's easy to ask for a tire pressure gauge at a local tire shop. At the worst tip the kid a buck or two. You can alternatively purchase an inexpensive tire pressure gauge at your local big box store. Heck there are even now electronic tire pressure gauges that almost do the whole reading procedure for you in a snap, most conveniently as well as accurately.
It can be said very simply that for most motorists and automobile owners that improperly inflated tires are a major if not the most major cause of premature tire failure and failures. Who needs a blowout while driving? Worse yet this can happen at highway or freeway speeds. It's not only a matter of inconvenience but also one of safety and danger to yourself, your family and passengers and damage to your vehicle and as well the chance of collision with other vehicles on the road as well as property and wildlife.
One tip to automobile owners in this day and age of product recalls is to register your new tires. It used to be that the law required all tire sellers to submit the name of purchasers and owners to the manufacturer for contact from the tire maker or distributor if needed or necessary. However in 2010 this is seldom the case and is no longer required for independent tire dealers.
How often to do these checks? Auto maintenance professionals recommend at least a monthly check. Each and every month check and adjust the air pressure in your tires, including the spare. Lastly if you are in the northern climes - Northern Minnesota or Alberta Canada as examples remember that come winter time Aluminum rims tend to "leak". What this means is that if your vehicle sports aluminum rims for the benefits of added strength or weight reduction - these tend to leak air pressures along their seals in the coldest of winter times. Pay particular attention to air pressures of your wheels at these times. The problems are compounded in that you may well find that not only are your tires low , but most service stations will have their air pressure hoses frozen and unusable with stuck stems. The black humor may well be that not only cannot you not get air to pump up your tire , but that it is not only one of your tires that is low in air and not drivable , but several . Hence your vehicle will be not drivable. On top of that to add insult to injury in the dead of the coldest time of the winter it is a very long wait for the motor league roadside rescue repair curb side truck to come to your rescue.
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You can also check the tread wear indicator. You can find the tread wear indicator less than an inch (2/32 of an inch) from the bottom of the tread groove. When the tread wears down to become even with this level, the tire should be replaced.
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