The best of both worlds is called Skid Plate Group. Nice smooth
undercarriage. Only $117 OEM, if I remember correctly.
gk
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Gary E. Klim - Somewhere In Connecticut mailto:garyklim@snet.net
http://pages.cthome.net/garyklim/ mailto:gklim@harman.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 1998 6:00 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: 1/4 mile times of the 4
>
>
> My father grew up on a farm and you'd figure he'd be an
> advocate of 4WD,
> but he has a pretty interesting slant on it. My grandfather had 2 Ford
> pickups, a 2WD and 4WD. He'd always take out his shiney new 4WD
> in the mud
> and snow of the farm but invariably, he'd end up calling my Dad
> and asking him
> to come out and resue him from being stuck. You'd think my Dad
> would grab one
> of the huge tractors and go out and get him but he'd take the old
> 2WD and run
> out and yank the 4x4 out of the muck.
> Doesn't this all sound backward (my thoughts anyway)? Well, I asked my
> father why the 4x2 worked better than the 4x4 and he told me that the 4x4
> worked better so long as the mud and snow wasn't deep enough to
> hit the front
> differential. Once it got that deep, the truck began to push more mud and
> snow in front of it and would eventually bog down. The 4x2's
> front tires and
> body would "ride" up on top of the mud and snow munching it down
> so the back
> wheels could get packed snow to drive on.
> I'm pretty certain that 4x4's have all the advantages in harsh
> road/weather
> conditions (if I could have afforded the cost and insurance I'd
> have gotten
> a 4x4 Dak) but I find it interesting that there can be conditions
> where a 4x2
> can excell... Just a bizzare story for y'all.
>
> Shaun
> Tustin, CA
>
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