From: clare@snyder.on.ca
On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:29:54 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:
>On 11/13/2024 12:44 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>> "Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:vh2s43$2b5ip$1@dont-email.me...
>>
>> I think I mentioned it in another thread. Pickup trucks (classic bath
>> tub bed and std cab on a frame) are usually not very good unless they
>> have a load in the bed. A 2wd open diff pickup would not be my choice
>> either that being said from 2001-2017 all my new service trucks were 2WD
>> with auto locking diffs. (Chevy work trucks) With the normal load of
>> tools, wire, and hardware they were "okay." I did not unload them to go
>> hunting for instance. As long as I stuck to the main trails until I
>> bailed out to walk I didn't even think about it.
>>
>> Of course tires make a big difference. When I ran trap lines back in
>> the 80s I used a Ford F150 2WD with stock diff and 31 x 10.5 tires.
>> With all my traps, coolers, and camp gear it did quite well. If I
>> remembered to air down all four) it was passable on most sand, but it
>> would still sink in bottomless sugar sand. I got it stuck a couple
>> times, but always got it out on my own. Sometimes it took all day, but
>> that is the life of a wannabe professional outdoorsman. Okay, my first
>> year I used a Plymouth Volare station wagon. LOL I think if it had the
>> same tires it would have been better than the pickup.
>>
>> Bob La Londe
>> ------------------------------
>> Ramblers did well in the Baja 500.
>>
>> That definitely applied to my Ranger in 2WD. It was better in 4WD. If I
>> could get in somewhere with the bed empty I was sure to be able to get
>> out with a load of firewood. Only dirt bike skid recovery reflexes let
>> me drive the Ranger in 2WD on partly dry, partly icy pavement. A
>> particularly difficult icy commute home helped convince me to buy the
>> AWD CRV which was vastly better with (and good without) sticky
>> hydrophilic Michelin Arctic Alpine ice tires. A wet finger rubbed on
>> most tires slides, on the Michelins it grabs and squeaks.
>>
>
>
>Generally the only complaint I hear about Michelin tires is the price.
>When I picked up my new truck I was actually a little disappointed to
>see it came with Michelin truck tires. Now I'll have to wait a few
>years to wear them out so I can upgrade to some ATs. I'm just to cheap
>to replace otherwise perfectly good tires.
>
>--
>Bob La Londe
>CNC Molds N Stuff
Virtually every Michelin tire I have owned has had the sidewalls
checker and crack long before the tread wore out - and that goes back
to early 1960s? Michelin X tires and up to my last xlts. I've never
wore one out - - - - and they have hardened up to the point they would
have made good "burnout tires" even on a 4 or 6 cyl vehicle.
Yes, they all lasted over 6 years - but on many that was less than
30000 KM. REALLY burns to have to throw away expensive rubber with
over 80% tread left!!!!!
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