And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It might look cooler with wide tires, but if you're looking to cut through Sierra Cement it's best to have tires just like that rig has. And pack a couple of pairs of good chains with you for when you need them.
I'm finding it hard to believe wider traction is a bad thing. Can anyone offer an explanation? I live in snow country and have standard tires on my 4x4 Blazer because that's what it came with.
You want wider tires for flotation, to lower your psi footprint (not tire pressure, the pressure exerted by your tire contact with the ground under vehicle weight). This is useful on sand or mud or soft ground, where particle cohesion is in the range that a lower footprint psi will help keep you from digging in if you don't spin your tires. Same principle for airing down your tires in these situations, it usefully lower footprint psi by increasing the tire's contact area. But low footprint psi doesn't always help. Wet roads for instance - higher footprint psi keeps rubber on the road much better to lessen hydroplaning (I've had a few nasty shocks when going to wider tires on my 4x4). Same for snow. Traction in snow is generally poor, and snow is very light - you want to get onto terra-frozen underneath the snow to be able to dig and get traction. Just my two cents, but it conforms with my 4x4 experiences since 1976, all-climates.
I've rode in Willy's a bunch of times, noisy, spartan yet just about as tough of a rig they can make. Now that I can afford one I can't seem to find any that are not in terminal condition.
Needs wider/bigger feets.
ReplyDeleteNope. Talk to the guys in the UP - they will tell you the best tires for snow are the "pizza cutters" like that truck has.
DeleteIt might look cooler with wide tires, but if you're looking to cut through Sierra Cement it's best to have tires just like that rig has. And pack a couple of pairs of good chains with you for when you need them.
DeleteI'm finding it hard to believe wider traction is a bad thing. Can anyone offer an explanation? I live in snow country and have standard tires on my 4x4 Blazer because that's what it came with.
DeleteYou want wider tires for flotation, to lower your psi footprint (not tire pressure, the pressure exerted by your tire contact with the ground under vehicle weight). This is useful on sand or mud or soft ground, where particle cohesion is in the range that a lower footprint psi will help keep you from digging in if you don't spin your tires. Same principle for airing down your tires in these situations, it usefully lower footprint psi by increasing the tire's contact area. But low footprint psi doesn't always help. Wet roads for instance - higher footprint psi keeps rubber on the road much better to lessen hydroplaning (I've had a few nasty shocks when going to wider tires on my 4x4). Same for snow. Traction in snow is generally poor, and snow is very light - you want to get onto terra-frozen underneath the snow to be able to dig and get traction. Just my two cents, but it conforms with my 4x4 experiences since 1976, all-climates.
DeleteI've rode in Willy's a bunch of times, noisy, spartan yet just about as tough of a rig they can make. Now that I can afford one I can't seem to find any that are not in terminal condition.
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