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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 14:54:44 -0700
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On 11/13/2024 2:15 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:29:54 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/13/2024 12:44 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>>> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vh2s43$2b5ip$1@dont-email.me...
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Bob La Londe
>>> ------------------------------
>>> Ramblers did well in the Baja 500.
>>>
>>> That definitely applied to my Ranger in 2WD. It was better in 4WD. If I
>>> could get in somewhere with the bed empty I was sure to be able to get
>>> out with a load of firewood. Only dirt bike skid recovery reflexes let
>>> me drive the Ranger in 2WD on partly dry, partly icy pavement. A
>>> particularly difficult icy commute home helped convince me to buy the
>>> AWD CRV which was vastly better with (and good without) sticky
>>> hydrophilic Michelin Arctic Alpine ice tires. A wet finger rubbed on
>>> most tires slides, on the Michelins it grabs and squeaks.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Generally the only complaint I hear about Michelin tires is the price.
>> When I picked up my new truck I was actually a little disappointed to
>> see it came with Michelin truck tires.  Now I'll have to wait a few
>> years to wear them out so I can upgrade to some ATs.  I'm just to cheap
>> to replace otherwise perfectly good tires.
>>
>> -- 
>> Bob La Londe
>> CNC Molds N Stuff
> Virtually every Michelin tire I have owned has had the sidewalls
> checker and crack long before the tread wore out - and that goes back
> to early 1960s? Michelin X tires and up to my last xlts. I've never
> wore one out - - - - and they have hardened up to the point they would
> have made good "burnout tires" even on a 4 or 6 cyl vehicle.
>   Yes, they all lasted over 6 years - but on many that was less than
> 30000 KM. REALLY burns to have to throw away expensive rubber with
> over 80% tread left!!!!!

Virtually all tires have one major weakness.  They degrade with exposure 
to the C02 in the air.  Buna (neoprene) rubber o-rings too.  Buna-N, 
Viton, and silicone much less so.


-- 
Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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