Hitting tires with hammer? Wtf

I don't use a hammer or a mallet. I slap the tires with the palm of my hand and hold it on the tire. I hear the tone and feel the vibration. Several times a week I check all tires with a tire gauge and go "slap happy" at the same time.

Now here's a thought for folks that rely on their hearing the tone of a tire when you thump it:

Are you tone deaf? Can you carry a tune?

Some folks can't sing worth a #### because they are tone deaf. Might be worth checking out your ability to distinguish pitch before relying on your ability to thump tires. This might explain a large percentage of drivers on the side of the road.

 

I kick each tire with my boot every morning. I don’t have the time or patience to undo each valve stem cap and check the pressures. I gotta roll out. If one of my tires is low, I’ll know it

 

Even the outside tire will bulge if the inside is down to 40. A quick look at which is bulging more will tell.

A heavy enough hammer will detect under 80.

I like the 3 pounders at harbor freight but they don't stay together well. Wooden ones.

 

I tend to look for a tone in the C# to Eb range. And I sing as I do it Yaaaaahhh!

 

i hit my tires with my boot, if i hear the Frank Sinatra song, "i did it my way", i'm good to go...

 

Actually I was always waiting to hear -----

 

I'm mainly trying to determine whether I can make it to a tire store or having to call for a truck.

 

2018 Visual Action Guidance Standards ...


Call road service



Drive to tire repair facility

 

I left a gator on 75 south and that's exactly what my company told me. Find a Goodyear. I did 20 miles down.

 

You'll tell more just by looking at the tread wear sooner then a hammer will tell you anything. Not wearing perfectly evenly, something is wrong