Our New Venture

First some background: In March 2005, after six weeks at our WHR resort in Kino Bay, Mexico, we left to return to the states. Our friends Jim and Karen were driving behind us with their 5th wheel. Karen had told us she wanted to stop at one of the vendors selling copper items on the side of the highway. We had just passed through Hermosillo and as we entered Mexico Hwy. 15, I saw a vendor just ahead and radioed Karen to ask if she wanted to stop here. She did. As we returned to our rigs, Larry noticed that our rear passenger outside dual tire was sitting at an angle. When he and Jim walked back to investigate, they found only one lug nut still tight, two were “handy” and the rest were gone. The tire was flat, but still on the rim. The flat was caused by the metal-wrapped valve stem extender rubbing against the hub cap causing it to wear through and release all the air. To our astonishment, we had no indication, riding inside our motor home, that there was any problem with the wheel.

Larry’s major concern while driving our motor home has always been the possibility losing tire pressure, leading to overheating a tire and ultimately causing a blowout and damage to our motor home. Well, there we were in Mexico, foreigners not fluid in the language, etc. I walked to a nearby café and with a few Spanish words and a lot of sign language, found there was a Pemex fuel station about 10 kilometers up the highway.

Using our rear jacks to raise the motor home, Jim and Larry removed the wheel and we headed up to the Pemex with the tire in our toad. Fortunately, the tire wasn’t damaged and it held the air. Jim and Larry reinstalled the wheel, taking one lug nut from each of the other three duals. We resumed our journey to the U.S. border, and arrived safely, stopping periodically to check the wheel. When we arrived in Tucson, we went directly to an RV dealer to purchase new lug nuts.

To this day, we thank the Lord that Karen wanted to stop and look at copper pots, avoiding what could have resulted in a major catastrophe, and that Jim (who did most of the work) was there to help Larry.

What does this have to do with our new venture? Well, Larry remembered hearing about a system that monitors the air pressure in a vehicle’s tires while driving. He began doing some research, which led to the PressurePro Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). We decided the safety and peace of mind this system provides more than outweighed the cost. Soon, Larry began extolling its benefits to just about every RVer he encountered. At least five people that we know of ordered a system from the dealer we purchased ours through. So, it was a no-brainer (with a great deal of encouragement from me) to become a dealer and take the product on the road.

The Commercial: The PressurePro system continually monitors the pressure in your vehicle’s tires, allowing you to know your tires’ pressures at all times, while driving down the highway or parked. PressurePro can provide early notice of potential tire problems with an audible and visual alert. The system consists of two basic components: (1) a tire pressure monitor, (2) wireless sensors on each tire. It easily installs in minutes. PressurePro is the original TPMS having been on the market more than 19 years, and it is the only TPMS made in the USA.