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From: Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
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Subject: Re: 1991 ranger brake problem
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:45:24 -0700
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On 11/12/2024 9:19 PM, Gerry wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:02:49 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/11/2024 8:51 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>>> "Clare Snyder"  wrote in message
>>> news:d5j5jjh9l75v95jofkrde2b2r8o7lr2bfr@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> toobad that willys is so far away!!
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Bob La Londe
>>>> CNC Molds N Stuff
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> The M151 Jeeps we had in Germany were not good on the roads there. They
>>> couldn't keep up on the Autobahn and the winding back roads that BMWs
>>> were built for tempted drivers to exceed their cornering limits. My VW
>>> could easily handle the unpaved forest fire trails where we set up field
>>> exercise sites.
>>>
>>
>> When my dad first got that old Willys ready to go for a first off road
>> adventure we headed off across the sand dunes.  I thought it was going
>> just fine, but he said he didn't feel like it was performing properly.
>> When we got back to the store and pulled around to the back to the shop
>> he hopped out to take a look.  Then he realized he hadn't engaged the
>> hubs.  LOL.
>>
>> Probably, its biggest real world use for us was tracking people lost in
>> the desert.  Now I can track (to a limited extent) looking at the window
>> of my truck, but I've always been better able to track on the ground.
>> Back then I hadn't really learned to track.  Not well anyway.  We'd put
>> that old GPV in first gear and hop out.  As long as the terrain wasn't
>> extremely off camber or a crazy grade it would easily keep going in the
>> direction it was last pointed.  We could spread out, cut sign, walk back
>> to the Jeep for lunch or a drink of water, or to change course as
>> needed.  Seems like a little thing but it made a several hour to all day
>> rescue tolerable.
>>
>> The short wheel base and front and rear end clearance was fantastic for
>> crossing all but the worst washouts, and it would climb some pretty
>> incredible grades just idling along with somebody at the wheel.  Sand
>> was not even an issue.
>>
>> High speed cornering?  Um-no.  Lots of high clearance vehicles struggle
>> with that.  Even some you might not think.  Flat out on the Autobahn?
>> You are kidding right?  How much do you expect out of a flat head four?
>> Were you guys raiding the clinic and feeding it nitrous?  Even then...
>> Um-no.  LOL
>>
>> FYI:  That old '42 had a top speed in the high 50s.  Maybe low 60s (but
>> I doubt it), but its got a torque ratio at idle that's insane.  Its a
>> utility vehicle.  By today's standards just a basic 4x4 side by side
>> with a bed to haul some stuff.
>>
>> P.S.  I should say I can track in the desert.  Not so much in the woods.
>>   It depends.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Bob La Londe
>> CNC Molds N Stuff
> Around 1954-55, my older brother had a jeep flat bed 2wd truck, worst
> truck he ever owned - that thing would get stuck going down hill with
> a half inch of mud on the road. My Saturday job, if the temperatur was
> below zero F, was to make certain  the two heat lamps under the hood
> were turned on so that it might start for him to go out somewhere that
> night

I think I mentioned it in another thread.  Pickup trucks (classic bath 
tub bed and std cab on a frame) are usually not very good unless they 
have a load in the bed.  A 2wd open diff pickup would not be my choice 
either that being said from 2001-2017 all my new service trucks were 2WD 
with auto locking diffs.  (Chevy work trucks)  With the normal load of 
tools, wire, and hardware they were "okay."  I did not unload them to go 
hunting for instance.  As long as I stuck to the main trails until I 
bailed out to walk I didn't even think about it.

Of course tires make a big difference.  When I ran trap lines back in 
the 80s I used a Ford F150 2WD with stock diff and 31 x 10.5 tires. 
With all my traps, coolers, and camp gear it did quite well.  If I 
remembered to air down all four) it was passable on most sand, but it 
would still sink in bottomless sugar sand.  I got it stuck a couple 
times, but always got it out on my own.  Sometimes it took all day, but 
that is the life of a wannabe professional outdoorsman.  Okay, my first 
year I used a Plymouth Volare station wagon.  LOL  I think if it had the 
same tires it would have been better than the pickup.


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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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