Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:34:40 -0600
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Those ramps
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First snow of the season in Alaska nails all the noobies to the
country. 50 or more fender benders around Anchorage the first day, then
it trickles off as more experienced is gained. But the repair shops look
forward to the Alaska noobies arriving each year just like the bears
look forward to the salmon arriving. Everybody gets sustenance!!
John
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 2/8/2011 3:02 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> Around here, when we have a blizzard, most of the cars one sees off in the ditch are 4wd. It's not that they are worse in the snow than 2wd, they are actually better. But the most important piece of equipment on any vehicle is behind the wheel. mcneely
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> ---- Mark Dearing<VWBrain@AOL.COM> wrote:
>> In a message dated 2/8/2011 3:23:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> mcneely4@COX.NET writes:
>>
>> So far as 2WD, the physics of the situation is not dependent on how many
>> wheels drive the vehicle. It is a matter of surface area vs. instability of
>> the surface. Increase the surface area, there is more friction surface
>> and less ability to "dig in."
>>
>>
>> I have done a lot of sand driving on the outter banks of north Carolina ,
>> mostly in old jeeps, some in subies and some in an old 66 VW westy. we
>> would lower the tire pressure down to about 12 lbs.with the 2wd bus I would
>> have to stay in the tracks or get on the hard edge of the ocean. There
>> were some guys who drove old VW bugs out there, big old ball tires lowered
>> pressure and would stay out of the deep stuff. I never saw them have a
>> problem. I have seen others bury the car up to the axles LOL. I saw a syncro
>> westy vanagon that was out there for a week. meet the guys in town at the
>> store , only reason they came in was they ran out of beer. Saw a CJ7 jeep
>> some fool drove on top of the dredge dune hill and sink it so far he had to
>> step on the back of the seat to get out of it. saw another get trapped on a
>> sandbar with 20 foot deep channel between him and shore, only had 365 miles
>> on it. it was fubared later mark d
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> David McNeely
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