Hey Glenn, is there something wrong with your e-mail account and/or
server, because this message is dated Sept. 20, but is a reply to a
message dated October 24, might want to check it out.
Bruce
>I have to agree with Bill In snow skinny is the best way to go
>GV
>
> ----------
> > 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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