Date:         Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:14:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: New tires
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> . Being
> able to steer and stop can be way more important than being able to go.
>
> Dennis
>

  True.  I will probably get two more Hakkapelittas when I can afford them
and put the harder slicker Hankooks away for high summer use.  I lived and
worked in Jackson Hole for 20-odd years, so I am quite familiar and very
aware of traction limitations caused by snow and ice.  The road surfaces I
encounter here and the low traction situations aren't as frequent as there
at 6200' base elevation, but I have now a steep long access road to the
house that must be negotiated daily and that can be tough in the wet snow of
the Pacific NW..
  Don H.