Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jim Wilkins" Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: 1991 ranger brake problem Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:44:50 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:46:00 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="02139043c8b63fa8513740aac504b643"; logging-data="2493706"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+dx2khMImrUAK23xKWPtAE6eeSuaDyudQ=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:OPO731sg4jDoAjq0OJQSAmX6H+I= X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 241109-4, 11/9/2024), Outbound message In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3505.912 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912 X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Bytes: 3427 X-Original-Lines: 8 "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.