I have purchased a used 2006 FT Nimbus. It was suggested that I install Tyron Bands for flat tire protection. Does anyone have these on their motorhome? Do you think they are worth it?
I am guessing you may have bought it at Lazy Days. When we bought ours there we went through a tire class where they talked about them. I would like to have them but the price was too prohibitive for our budget. I think if you take care of your tires and have a good tire monitor system you will be fine. That is just my opinion.
Mark
Have read horror stories from a couple folks on other sites, who had them and needed tire service, with the tire service people refusing to deal with the Tyron device on the wheel. They sound good until you need tire service, and then don't sound so good!
I found this with Google. . .
"A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Captain (retired) and another gentlemen initially brought the Tyron product to the U.S. for sale from England. They began demonstrating the product here in California with the their HQ in Burbank California. The retired Captain, an old boss of mine, recruited me to assist in the demo of the Tyron bands here in Southern California. I'm a Bomb Tech for the L.A.County Sheriff and I set up the demos by grinding the side wall of a new tire and then patched/glued a blasting cap to the sidewall. The blasting cap was initiated with military time fuse that can actually be calculated down to seconds.
The first demo was at the L.A.City Fire Department HQ in their parking lot. The demo consisted of driving a vehicle past the news cameras and have the tire blow at about 70 miles per hour. We were able to calculate the fuse time and the tire blow in front of the cameras. I did this a few more times for them. They later sold several thousand units to our Department. They were used for a few years, but I haven't seen them around for awhile.
How they are installed.......Your rim has a deep groove/well in the center of the rim. The only way to remove your tire is to drop one bead into that deep groove while you remove the bead. If you didn't have that deep well, you could never mount or dismount a tire. The Tyron band is just a band of steel with a bolt holding it together. Once the tire is installed, you have to push down on both beads and insert the band around the groove in the rim. There is a bolt that you tighten that clamps the band to the rim. Once tightened, you inflate the tire as usual.
How they work.....As stated before, you can't mount or dismount a tire without allowing the bead of the tire to fall into the deep groove. Consequently, when you have a flat, the tire will never come off of the rim with the band in place. During the demonstrations, we would blow the tire and then the founder of the company would drive like a maniac on the flat tire. After awhile, the tire would begin to disintegrate, but the beads would stay on the rim, still giving you some control and protection to the rim.
Basically, the Tyron Band will guarantee that the tire won't come off the rim, but you'll still have a blowout and will have to control it. When they sold to our Department many years ago, they were $300-$400 a set. I know that they pushed hard into the high end car market and they were getting about $900.00 a set."
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No idea re your question, but great to add a new member
Barry,
Back when we bought our coach at Lazy Days in May 2010 they wanted $1800 a set.
Mark
Welcome to the forum. I think that you are better to spend the money on a good tire monitoring system for the coach and toad. This will let you know if a tire is getting low and could save you a blow-out. In the case of a loss of all pressure the tire will stay on the rim in almost every case unless you drive it to destruction or turn the steering sharply which is the worst thing you could do.
I have posted this before but it will show you what happens when a tire suffers sudden pressure loss and what to do when it does.
How to Handle a Tire Blowout in Your RV - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwOE1yKY5c)
This is one that covers trucks. Watch to the end.
Blowing out tires on loaded trailers - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOq0izutVNU)
Keith
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27105469/gotomsg/27276483.cfm#27276483 (http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27105469/gotomsg/27276483.cfm#27276483)
Wow! Thanks for all of your responses. It would cost us $2100. a set at Lazydays and I agree that a good tire pressure monitoring system, checking tires and pressure before each trip and daily on our trips might be a better way to go. BTW, the video was a great help - a good refresher for anyone!