*"But boy it does make the oil and coolant temps soar."* then you may like to have an external oil cooler.... On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Most of the main logging roads are pretty good, but this year with the dry > weather I don't think they have been graded as often as they normally are. > The smaller roads and spurs, the ones that lead to the good spots, can be > rough. Not rubicon rough, just rough enough to make you happy you have four > wheel drive. It's the nice thing about the syncro, to put it in G gear and > slowly go up the winding loose rock roads without worrying about loosing > traction too much. > > But boy it does make the oil and coolant temps soar. > > Alistair > > > > On Jul 6, 2015, at 5:00 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > > nice... > > I love logger roads > > thanks > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Went on a logging road excursion last weekend, blog post here >> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/07/06/trip-cor-what-a-scorcher/ >> >> The new tires and wheels worked out well. 15" et25, 7" wide Mercedes >> alloys. Yokohama geolander 215/70-15 tires with the sketchy 98 load index. >> Very much, and I mean it, very much an improved ride on both pavement and >> rough roads. Traction good, albeit on some of the roads it is like driving >> on ball bearings and I doubt any tire would be perfect. The rough and steep >> roads felt much better. The slight gearing hit with the oversized tires was >> not, and I was surprised, felt on the rough roads but I did notice it on >> the hilly paved roads. Over all I am quite pleased with the wheel and tire >> combo. >> >> Alistair >> > > |
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