Date:         Sat, 29 Jan 2005 11:02:56 -0700
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] How do Vanagons do in the snow?
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On 1/29/05 1:07 AM, "Robert Keezer" <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> The pop-top campers are the best because they have
> more weight. I proved this on a road with 2 feet of
> snow and rear chains. A neigbor's passenger Vanagon,
> chained up, could not budge.
> I plowed the road. The extra thousand pounds that a
> camper has makes a difference.
> I also drove 80 miles that day going 25 mph. As long
> as you keep it slow , the Vanagon does better.
> In places where everyone drives 60 with studded tires
> and compact snow, I don't know. It doesn'nt snow much
> around here to drive like that.
> 
> Robert
> 
> 1982 Westfalia
> Seattle
> 
> 
Also in the camper if properly loaded, you can have a pot of snow coffee
while figuring out whether to chain up, dig out, or call AAA.

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