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

[David Rotigel]

Going 45 MPH on a snow covered road (in ANY kind of vehicle--2 or 4 WD) is one hell of a lot different than stopping on a snow covered road at 45 MPH. A MAJOR problem (particularly with women) is thatmany who drive 4 wheel and all wheel drive vehicles do NOTrealize this!
	Dave

On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:27 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> john I put some weight in the rear of my 4 WD truck if possible but
> usually not more than 200 or 300 lbs.  I know those who don't have 4 WD or
> don't want 4 WD or just don't believe in it for one reason or another don't 
> want
> to hear this but there really is a dramatic difference when driving in snow 
> or
> anything else slick or deep.   There is even a slight improvement in 
> stopping
> but not significant.
> 
> When you have 100 miles of snow in front of you and everyone on the highway
> is going 20 miles and hour and sliding and you can go 45 mph and track 
> straight
> as an arrow (assuming you can find an open stretch of road with none of the 
> 2wd's in
> your way) it makes a huge difference.  Three years ago on my Christmas trip 
> I-95 was
> basically a parking lot from Petersburg VA to Emporia VA.  Both lanes 
> jammed, going
> no faster than 35 at best with constant jamming on breaks with folks sliding 
> in the ditches.
> When I got off of I-295 and merged into 95 I noticed there was no traffic on 
> the service
> road that runs along side of the interstate with just a wire fence between 
> the two.
> I managed to get into the right lane and took  the exit onto the service 
> road.   It had not
> even been plowed.  The snow was probably 4 to 5 inches deep but I was 
> cruising down
> it at about 40 mph and passing everything on the interstate.  I followed 
> that service road
> all the way until it runs out near Emporia.  I never had a problem at all. 
> When I left
> Fredericksburg VA I was in auto 4WD.  By the time I got to Emporia I was 
> locked in 4 WD and
> ran that way all the way to my home in New Bern, NC.
> 
> Just outside of Rocky Mount NC the right lane had been plowed but the left 
> had not.  There was
> a long line of cars in the right lane going about 25 mph.  I pulled into the 
> left lane and was passing them
> in about 3" of slush at about 40 mph.  When I got to the front of the line 
> of about 25 cars I saw why they
> were all behaving so well.  The lead car was a NC Highway Patrol trooper. 
> I went right on by him in his
> Crown Victoria with Goodyear Eagles on the back and he looked at me as if to 
> say "I wish I had 4 WD".
> I knew if I screwed up and spun out or hit the ditch he was going to throw 
> the book at me but there was no
> way in the world he could even attempt to catch me and he didn't try.  I 
> didn't have any issues.
> I could have gone faster but didn't want to press my luck because you never 
> know when something unexpected
> will happen.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:51 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] The terror strikes again. - Studebaker speed response
> 
> Am I the only one that weights down their 2wd truck and keeps driving? Been
> doing it for 25 years with never a problem. I pack the weights right in the
> back to make it squat pretty good, probably over a 1,000 lbs of old harrow
> discs and sometimes suitcase weights. My wife had a '92 Thunderbird and I
> had to put a couple suitcase weights in it but it would still go really
> well, now she had front wheel drive.
> 
> And yes I like my antilock rear brakes.
> 
> John Hall
> 
> 
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