I have to agree with Bill In snow skinny is the best way to go
GV
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> From: WillTier@aol.com
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Wider is Better
> Date: Saturday, October 25, 1997 5:00 PM
>
> In a message dated 97-10-24 20:23:38 EDT, you write:
>
> << Lots of "Tire width in snow messages lately". Snow's same as sand.
When
> you
> drive on a beach you have to let the air out. You need the surface area
for
> floatation and to keep from getting bogged down. Skinny tires in snow
will
> just cut you down to a layer of water built up by friction. Or worse, a
> layer of ice on the road. Same works in reverse when stopping. Hit the
> breaks and a fat layer of snow in front of the tires will slow you down.
> That's why anti-lock doesn't work in snow. Wider is better! >>
>
>
> Nope Wider is for flotation, now if the snow is deep enough to where you
> would bottom out and get hung up wider may help a little but normally
> narrower will get through to where you can get traction ie pavement or
gravel
> and the narrow will get there easier. Wider in snow is like being on 4
> tobaggons.
>
> Bill
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