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   On 11/13/2024 2:15 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:   
   > 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   
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   >>> 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!!!!!   
      
   Virtually all tires have one major weakness.  They degrade with exposure   
   to the C02 in the air.  Buna (neoprene) rubber o-rings too.  Buna-N,   
   Viton, and silicone much less so.   
      
      
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