Newbie Progress Report
Time for my progress report. Purchased the "new to us" 2006 American Heritage 45E in Lewisville, TX. in July of this year. With no prior experience which could help in our undertaking, we set ou...
Forum Discussion
It would appear that my 13 years of retirement from the hallowed halls of IBM has rendered my prose unintelligible. Herewith I shall attempt to be more clear:
Wyotraveler & Woodglue... I DID indeed purchase a great toad braking system and used it for the recent 1300 mile journey.
Executive... While I made no mention of my tires or tire pressures, or weighing the coach, you are correct...I have not yet weighed the beast. Until I do, I have chosen to inflate to the placarded PSI for each axle...130 PSI for steering tires, 95 for the duals, and 115 for the tag tires. All 8 tires are checked every day the coach is driven. The tires were produced sometime in 2012 (all of them in the same production week). They are all Goodyear 670 315 x 22.5 80. L rating and 19 ply. The only sidewalls I haven't checked visually are between the duals. All others are as new.
Dverstra & Mr Mark...I generally run with the traffic, preferring the right or center traffic lanes when feasible. That said, some of us just enjoy "gittin' on down th' road", and I will do so, paying the piper at each fuel stop. If fuel costs were paramount in my world, I would've avoided the 600HP Caterpillar ACERT 15 liter. That said, my high cruise speeds rarely take the big Cat over 1500RPM.
Kim...Thank you.
All the Best,
Captain Stan (sitting under a Royal Palm tree)
Wyotraveler & Woodglue... I DID indeed purchase a great toad braking system and used it for the recent 1300 mile journey.
Executive... While I made no mention of my tires or tire pressures, or weighing the coach, you are correct...I have not yet weighed the beast. Until I do, I have chosen to inflate to the placarded PSI for each axle...130 PSI for steering tires, 95 for the duals, and 115 for the tag tires. All 8 tires are checked every day the coach is driven. The tires were produced sometime in 2012 (all of them in the same production week). They are all Goodyear 670 315 x 22.5 80. L rating and 19 ply. The only sidewalls I haven't checked visually are between the duals. All others are as new.
Dverstra & Mr Mark...I generally run with the traffic, preferring the right or center traffic lanes when feasible. That said, some of us just enjoy "gittin' on down th' road", and I will do so, paying the piper at each fuel stop. If fuel costs were paramount in my world, I would've avoided the 600HP Caterpillar ACERT 15 liter. That said, my high cruise speeds rarely take the big Cat over 1500RPM.
Kim...Thank you.
All the Best,
Captain Stan (sitting under a Royal Palm tree)
