My favorite best driving snow car ever?? My Midget (unless it gets
deep)!! I drove it 170 miles in a nasty snow storm from Gillette
Wyoming to Greeley Colorado. Passing folks, even the snow plow. Never a
worry at all. No sliding and I felt in complete control the entire
drive.
Just can't beat it.
Now my new Dakota. 2WD pickup has ABS on the rear and Posi Rear end.
Now I was a bit afraid of diving it last weekend, but it went like a
champ with out adding weight to the back. Granted, I had no hills to
climb, that likely would change my opinion a bit ;-)
Larry
On Dec 15, 2003, at 8:38 PM, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/14/03 8:56:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> valntine@ptd.net writes:
>
>
>> My pick up truck is a total disaster in the snow which leads me to
>>> believe most of the SUVs which are glorified pick ups, are just as
>>> bad
>>> in the snow.
>>> It has a 80/20 weight distribution and rear wheel drive.
>>
>> My vote for the worst vehicle in snow; My Ford 1979 E250 work van
>> (351w/auto trans 4:10 rear). It will haul anything but it's imposible
>> to drive in even the slightest amount of snow. Even on the level the
>> rear wheels just spin. I don't drive it in the winter.....ever!!
>>
>
> Pick-ups are atrocious in the snow because there is no weight at all
> over the
> drive wheels. After placing about 8 concrete blocks in the bed over
> the rear
> wheels of my pickups, they improve tremendously.
>
> --David C.
>
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Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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