[AT] The terror strikes again. - Studebaker speed response

[charlie hill]

I hear you Ralph.  The rule of thumb on 4 wd is stay in 2 wd until you
start to get stuck then switch to 4wd and go back the other way.
However, I have to make a 400 mile one way Christmas trip every year
that takes me up into the mountains of Maryland.   Several years
I would not have made it home without 4wd.  I would have had to stop
somewhere and wait it out for a day or so and since motels immediately
fill up in those situations, waiting it out would have been in the cab of 
the
truck in a parking lot somewhere.  Two years ago they closed I-81 just as I
got past where they blocked it off.  I had my hands full even in 4 wd.
Two hours later, at 30 mph,  I was past the worst of it and able to continue 
on with no problem.
Most of the 2 wd stuff was in the ditch or sitting in a parking lot.
Good tires, 4 wd and anti-lock brakes helps a lot in those situations.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Henry Miller
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:48 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group ; Ralph Goff
Subject: Re: [AT] The terror strikes again. - Studebaker speed response

On June 3, 2014 8:03:54 AM CDT, Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:
>On 6/3/2014 4:36 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Charlie V.
>>
>> I was of the same opinion about anti-lock brakes when they came out
>> until we bought a new car with them.  I still wasn't sold on the idea
>> until one night on I-95 south of Petersburg VA, while the roads
>> were covered with about 1" of snow and slush and were very slick.
>The ABS probably is an advantage but I still drive mine as if it does
>not have abs. Occasionally in winter I will hear/feel the slight
>vibration on the brake pedal that tells me it is activating the abs due
>
>to slipping on ice as I am trying to slow down. Re: traction control, I
>
>hear that it needs to be turned off if you are in a slow speed, deep
>snow situation. Not personal experience since I don't have anything new
>
>enough to have traction control.
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>>
>
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I've always said the best thing to drive in slippery conditions is an 
unloaded 2wd truck. Every move will remind you that you have no traction. 
The only thing 4wd is good for is getting you in so deep the tow truck can't 
get you out.
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