I think Tom just doesn't get out of the city enough. I moved towards
the city (in MA
'the city' == Boston, and anything west of route 495 doesn't exist ;).
When I moved
towards Boston I left behind the biggest hills in the Commonwealth. If
anyone
has heard of "the Berkshires", well that's where I'm from. Out there
it's 4by4 or
nuthin'. You gotta be able to drag your deer outta the woods with
something!
So, near the city the only "4wheelin" we get to do is puddle jumping and
the soon coming snow
storms (and that's a whole different soapbox to get on!).
OR: maybe I'm still a punk kid (just turned 25, doesn't that make me an
official adult,
according to the insurance company?). A punk kid that likes to play in
the mud :)
-trav
>Date: 16 Oct 1998 11:17:49 -0700
>From: Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com
>Subject: DML: Puddles (was wheel flares)
>
> Well, I'm amazed. I guess our streets shuffle off water better than
yours.
> Most water I run across is runoff from sprinklers or maybe a little 1"
>trickle across a street intersection. I did run the truck through
about 4" of
>muddy water (broken fire hydrant in an empt lot) and the truck was
clean on
>the other side. I was only doing about 20-30 mph through it but it
threw the
>water out to the sides of the truck, not over it. You must have some
>interesting puddles back there in MA. Or maybe it is those big
tires...
> I did notice that the two guys who mentioned the flares didn't work,
both
>loved running through puddles, I wonder if there's a connection there?
Hmmmm.
> ^_^
> All I know is that prior to the flares the T&H package used to throw
water
>all the way up the side of my truck and even on to the top of the shell
from
>the front tires. Now I don't have that problem. I figure I'll save
the cost
>of the flares in just washing the truck alone..
>
>Shaun H.
>"Official Poster-boy of the Puddle avoidance committee, unless the
truck needs
>washing anyway, then CAWABUNGA!"
>
>- ---original message---
>You gotta' be kidding! I'd say the puddles on Memorial Drive
(Cambridge, MA)
>get maybe 4-6" deep and if I hit them around 20-25 mph I get a
huuuuggggggeee
>plume of water up over the hood and onto the top of the cab!! That's
why I
> had
>to install those little vent shade things on the door 'cause I kept
getting
>soaked if I had the window down :-)
>
>I dunno, maybe the 31x10.5" tires have something to do with it?
Tom: Yeah, prolly it. Us yank's and our big tires :)
-trav
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