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Author Topic: Tire Pressure / Tread Depth Gauge recommendation  (Read 16462 times)

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Tire Pressure / Tread Depth Gauge recommendation
« on: April 29, 2013, 07:34:16 pm »
On the recommendation of a tire technician at Firestone/Bridgestone, I found a combination Tire Press / Tread Depth Gauge for $10 at Home Depot.

Digital readouts in point5/psi increments from 5 to 99 psi.

About the size of an auto alarm remote, it's not real sturdy if you bang things around a lot, but we calibrated it against a $300 gauge at the Firestone/Bridgestone tire shop and it was accurate right down to the 1/2 pound on each of the four tires on my wife's car.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Tread-Depth-Tire-Gauge-925D-6HOM/203073265

Made by Husky, the Model number is 925D-6HOM and Home Depot SKU is 968438

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Re: Tire Pressure / Tread Depth Gauge recommendation
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2013, 10:36:20 pm »
That's pretty good on the accuracy.  I've got one similar to the Campbell Hausfeld model shown on that link.  I don't know if it's accurate, but at least I can keep my tires equally inflated.  Bring yours to the meet so I can compare the accuracy of mine. 
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Re: Tire Pressure / Tread Depth Gauge recommendation
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2013, 08:16:22 am »
That's pretty good on the accuracy.  I've got one similar to the Campbell Hausfeld model shown on that link.  I don't know if it's accurate, but at least I can keep my tires equally inflated.  Bring yours to the meet so I can compare the accuracy of mine.

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Re: Tire Pressure / Tread Depth Gauge recommendation
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2013, 08:53:59 am »
I have a manual version that the chevrolet dealer I used to work for uses.  Its the size of a pen and clips in your pocket with a pen clip.  Use it before I buy used tires to get a better feel for what I'm getting.
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