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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:19:12 -0600
From: TomBuban <tombuban@4wheelair.com>
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Subject: Re: DML: Do they make a 35 inch tall snow tire? heh
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Lower your tire air pressure. Will make a huge difference.
Tom
Terrible Tom wrote:
>
> Lastnight marked the first snowfall of the year - and the first time I
> drove the Ram in snow and ice in almost two years... On my way in to
> work this morning, the tires lost their grip and the truck powerslid
> sideways on the road at 40 mph and fishtailed. I got it under control
> and pulled off to the side of the road and checked my shorts. I was
> eventually able to dial the cell phone (hands were shaking) and tell
> them I wasnt coming into work today.
>
> Gotta park the Ram for the winter now... tall narrow hard tires
> coupled with a high center of gravity makes for a bad winter driver.
> The wind was knocking me around real bad last week as I was driving
> home from working at the Appleton store. The wind today was just
> enough to almost send me into a ditch.
>
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