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Originally Posted by Judge

Well....I appreciate that you called me a decent guy! LOL

Advice and opinions on here are like noses, we all have them so we all have to do our own research before taking someone's advice. Hopefully the more advice and options we all ask for and give will help guide us to the right conclusions.

All I can provide is the following and then everyone can do their own research and make their own informed decisions:

1) I have my Crossfire Indicators mounted off a lug nut and have no signs of a balance issue. My installation would cause more of a balance issue than having it mounted closer to the center of the wheel.

2) While balance can have an impact on tire wear, it is usually very minimal with most abnormal tire wear being caused by improper tire pressures and alignment.

3) Take a close at most big rigs carrying heavy loads and you will they use a Crossfire or similar system because of the importance of dual tires having equal pressure carrying those loads to promote proper tire wear and minimize the chance of a premature blowout.

4) It is almost impossible to keep all four dually tire pressures equal so that the tread can perform its load carrying ability properly. Inside tires are against brake drums / rotors that radiate a lot of heat. Heat increases tire pressure. One tire will also sometimes be close to the exhaust pipe adding more heat. Inside tires cool less than outside tires at highway speeds as well. When dually tire pressures are unequal, it will cause abnormal tire wear and can lead to potential tire failure.... back to the OP's original post.

5) It is my opinion from the research I have done that it is far more important to ensure that all four rear tires are equally pressurized than to worry about a slight balance issue. Having all four tires equally pressurized will ensure each tire's surface is properly contacting the road surface and carrying its share of the load equally. Bottom line.... the rear tires will wear and perform optimally and guard against a premature failure.

6) A picture is worth a 1000 words....

But this picture is not realistic, so to my opinion worthless.
First the inner tire is placed higher.
A real picture would be realistic, and then you would see that the inner tire pushed some air to the outer tire, but pressure in tire the same.
So to my conclusion effect is practically zero.


If TS gives real weighed loads on axle ends in the loading as going on trip, and tire-specifications, I can calculate a save pressure at wich most likely the treath separation wont happen again. Then it would probably explain the failing tires.



Where they always on the same side? I expect it , because weightdivision stays mostly the same for a RV trough the years.