User's Manual

The SmartTire Pressure Monitoring System can pay for itself in just

eight months. From then on, you’re saving big. Because keeping your

ﬂeet’s tires properly pressurized and maintained keeps your trucks

moving, lowers upkeep costs, and may help reduce accidents.

SmarTire: An easy way to save money.

Over the course of a year, a 20% under-inﬂated tire on just one vehicle will

cost your operation:

• 2% lower fuel mileage

• 30% shorter tire life

• 25% shorter tread life

Nearly 90% of all tire failures are from under-inﬂation

Average cost of a single tire failure: $800

Tires: Your ﬂeet’s

1 maintenance expense.

• Early warnings of pressure loss and/or rising temperatures

• Installation, set-up and conﬁguration in about two hours

• All components tested for the harshest conditions

• Can save your ﬂeet $1,000s annually

• In the yard, your mechanics check the same data on a hand-held reader

• Eliminates about 42 hours per year spent checking tires

• Easy retro-ﬁt on any tractor, truck or trailer

SmarTire

Tire Pressure Monitoring System

by Bendix CVS

Keep tire pressure,

temperature, and your

bottom line at safe levels.

www.bendix.com

Because Safety and Savings

Revolve Around Your Tires

™

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Keep tire pressure, temperature, and your bottom line at safe levels. SmarTire ® Tire Pres su re M o n i to ri n g S ys te m by Bendix CVS The SmartTire Pressure Monitoring System can pay for itself in just eight months. From then on, you’re saving big. Because keeping your fleet’s tires properly pressurized and maintained keeps your trucks moving, lowers upkeep costs, and may help reduce accidents. SmarTire: An easy way to save money.
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Because Safety and Savings Revolve Around Your Tires™ How SmarTire by Bendix CVS Works D C On the tractor/truck: The SmarTire system uses wheel-mounted sensors in the tires, plus a wireless receiver to read and send both tire pressure and temperature information to an in-cab dash display. The system will alert the driver when the tire pressure gets too low, or the temperature gets too high.