Date:         Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:21:21 -0500
Reply-To:     T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Those ramps
Comments: To: "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@ocotillofield.net>
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One way to find out is to snow bank a 2wd and see if someone can report
back? It should not take much to do this. Also the foot print of the tire
should make a diference 185 vs 205's. I believe that holds true cross winds,
Im sure that also in sand and snow, but do not know which way.

IIRC the 5 ton trucks that I drove from time to time in the ARMY would
deflate tires on sand. Those were really fun to drive with a governor at
65mph...

tony

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Mark L. Hineline <
hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Tony. Much less expensive.
>
> While searching for the ladders, I came across the claim that almost
> everything a sand ladder would do can be done better by letting air out of
> the tires. I wonder if this is as true for 2WD as for Syncros.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 7:24 AM, T Collins wrote:
>
> Guys/Gals,
>>
>> I do not know if this would be helpful, but last night while at Lowes, I
>> saw ramps similar to these, but were used to get ATV's into the back of
>> trucks, The price was ~$60. The ones I saw were metal.
>>
>> Maybe, something to think about when considering cost?
>>
>> Gl,
>> Tony
>>
>


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