From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Snag"  wrote in message news:v48f1p$s3h2$1@dont-email.me...   
      
      My idea of 4 wheelin' is to go in 2 wheel drive until you get stuck .   
   Put it in 4 wheel and get unstuck and go home . We have a 4 wheel drive   
   and chains because without we could end up stuck down here unable to get   
   out in an emergency in winter . I haven't needed the chains yet .   
   --   
   Snag   
     It's great to be straight !   
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   Here in New England there's no lack of mud and boulders, but the most   
   challenging off-roading can be driving home from work an inch or two -above-   
   the pavement during an ice storm. Traffic almost never completely disappears   
   and the few times it did a friend and I would slide around on the iced roads   
   on our dirt bikes. The nearly empty roads became playgrounds for drivers   
   with vehicles that could handle them, mainly small foreign cars capable of   
   controlled sliding. Full time all wheel drive is somewhat disappointing   
   because it doesn't allow locking only the rear axle with the handbrake to   
   enter a spin or a J (bootlegger) turn. I could spin and recover my Ranger on   
   ice though I didn't see much stunting with full sized trucks.   
      
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