Anticipating retiring...

[HoosierDaddy]

I have read many posts by my Newell friends concerning replacing tires on our Newells. I thought it would be interesting to know what the axle weights are on my '93as I try to determine the best tire choice for my needs. I took it to a local scale house owned by a friend of mine...He let me take my time and weigh each axle. The results are as follows:
front 13,500
front and rear 36,500
All 3 axles 40,200
rear and tag 26,000
tag only 3,740
I had the air pressure on the tag axle set at 24psi for above weights.
Varying the pressure on the tag axle resulted in the following weights borne by the tag axle only:
30 psi 4500
35 psi 4800
40 psi 5600
With the tag set at 40 psi I flipped the tag axle switch..It took 2 minutes for the weight carried by the tag to be reduced to 2850. At that time the tag gauge read approximately 10 psi but was venting very slowly and I had to move on.
My local dealer priced 11R24.5 Firestone FS 507 G rated at $527.00 installed. He thought H rated would be $40.00 more but didn't think I would need them.