of course, crew as movable ballast. ( this in reference to having people sit on top of the engine cover ) very standard in sailing.. and even ..I was amazed....tell some crew to jump overboard can be a viable strategy in outrigger canoe surfing in places like Waikiki. As a serious sailor, I was amazed at the notion of.. ejecting crew members as a tactic to maintain boat control..wow. never did get, so far, to play with auto-locking rear diffs, torque biasing etc. a locking rear diff sounds ideal to me, for 2WD.
On 8/28/2014 5:22 PM, OlRivrRat wrote: > I'll take an Informative "Dreaded Tire Thread" over a "Seeking Threading Dies Thread" AnyDay ~ > > ORR ~ DeanB > > On 28 Aug , 2014, at 1:52 PM, Todd Last wrote: > >> Woo Hoo! Dreaded Tire thread begins!! :-) >> >> With the westy, you empty your water tank and have everyone go sit on the back matress over the engine compartment. >> Then the right rear wheel will get traction. >> >> I've found that tires do make a difference, but if you have a westy with a left-side weight bias, and tall springs, it is oh-so-easy to get in a position to unweight the right-rear wheel and then all you get is spin. >> >> Todd >> '88 Westy >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Roy Nicholl" <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> >> To: "List, Vanagon" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:38:14 PM >> Subject: Re: Tranny musings (or, getting stuck on my lawn) >> >> Brand new (<6000km), Nokian eNTYRE ... same thing that is on the Jetta which pulled it out. >> >> On 28-Aug-2014, at 15:28, Karl Wolz wrote: >> >>> Perhaps you should be taking a look at the condition and type of tires you're using. >>> >>> Karl Wolz >>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus >>> >>>> On Aug 27, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote: >>>> >>>> This message cannot be displayed because of the way it is formatted. Ask the sender to send it again using a different format or email program. text/plain |
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