best thumper??
 

Hi all....just wondering what all you vets out there use for a tire thumper?

I seen all the 20 buck ones at the truck stops, but can you use a hammer?? or will that damage the tires?/


sorry...rookie question :oops:


thanks

A small sledge hammer works just fine. It won't damage the tires.

Oak but after awhile you'll be able to tell by smacking your hand on the tire.

Or you can buy a tire gauge and do it the right way. :roll:


A tire thumper isn't going to tell you if there is 100 psi in a tire, or if there is 90 psi in a tire. A tire gauge will.

You could do that Rev, but for the average company driver they aren't going to check all 18 tires with a gauge. :roll:

The best way to do it if you aren't tone def is to do it a few times with a tire gauge while "thumping" the tires you can hear the difference between 100psi and 90 psi pretty easily. If you are tone def you might not notice the sound difference until about 80-85 psi.

They will if they care about being broken down on the side of the road with a blown tire.

No, you can't. You may think you can, but you can't. I could give you 18 tires, all between 90 and 100 psi, and I can guarantee you wouldn't be able to tell how much air is in any of them.

If they were in the low 90's I most certainly could, to bad we don't live very close because I would love to show you.

when I was a company driver, I used a Barjan thumper made of hickory.

Now I'm o/o and I use a tire gauge and I check pressure very frequently.

I put those Crossfire gadgets on all my wheels and now I never have to thump or check my pressure. Just as long as I don't go color blind, I'm all set!

I'm wierd, I just use a gauge... it takes some kneeling and bending at the waist to do it properly, when most drivers wont get out of the truck to dump their own garbage.. what do you expect from them?