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From: hakanson@orstcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Tire Chains - Front or Back on 4WD? - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 17-Dec-83 03:28:52 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 17 03:28:52 1983
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#R:hplabs:-208200:orstcs:3000024:000:1145
orstcs!hakanson    Dec 16 21:20:00 1983

When I rode around with the guy that does the snowfall measurements
in the middle of winter, we were pushing through snow about 4 feet
deep, like a little plow, etc.  He had studded snow tires on all
four wheels, and no chains.  Of course, the snow wasn't really bad
yet, according to him.  But when it gets bad, he puts the chains
on the front.  When it gets worse, he puts them on the front AND
the back.  When it gets worse than that, he rides in a snowcat.

Another friend was towing a 30-foot trailer house over the Siskiyou
Pass (between Oregon & California on I-5), with an older Ford Bronco.
He had chains on the front, rear, and trailer wheels, since he didn't
want the thing to jacknife.

As a possibly irrelevant observation, my FWD (F as in FRONT) has
never broken the rear loose, unless the front also came loose.
And FWD cars are notoriously nose-heavy, so it seems unlikely that
a pickup (or other 4WD) will have the rear end come around unless
the front end comes loose too.  Of course, I've never done it,
so I can't say for sure....

Marion Hakanson			CSnet:  hakanson@oregon-state
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