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Date:         Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:18:02 EST
Reply-To:     THX0001@AOL.COM
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tire recommendation requested
Comments: To: chubbuck@TDS.NET
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Paul,


For winter driving, the best solution I found when I had a 2WD van was a pair
of Nokian Hakkapeliita's with a couple of hundred pounds of ballast over the
rear wheels.  For ballast I would use what the local masonry supply yard
called "anti-skid" which was sharp-edged, broken stone the size of peas.  They kept
recycled paper flour sacks from a bakery on hand just for that purpose and a
hundredweight of the anti-skid was about half a bag.  The handy-dandy thing
about the anti-skid is that there is nothing better to use for traction if you
get hung up and it is in arms reach when you really need it.


George
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