Re: Wet Road Driving Comments Sought Please

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John Landry Wrote-
>In a heavy Scout II, you simply don't
>need 4wd cruising down a wet paved road.  It's probably not >good for the
>drive train because there may be enough traction to cause >drive train bind.

Driving my pickup down San Francisco hills I have experienced the rear end
wanting to lock up when wet.  Fairly frightening.  Putting it in 4h eliminated
this, as I assume as long as the front wheels were turning the rears also had
to, but I was concerned about driveline binding.  
So, driveline binding, what happens, shredded u-joints, or worse?
Best strategy, stop at the top of significant hills, go 4h, descend, stop, go
2h?  But of course I know the real answer is to get the new rear tires I need,
okok.

Political note, someone here insidiated themselves into my thought process
when I was asked to vote on making it a misdemeanor to eat horse meat, US out
of my freezer, horses now, cows next?, who am I to impose that on someone
else?  Creeping libertarianism?  This from a product of some of the finer
liberal enclaves of California, and maybe someday I would like to eat a horse.
Dennis Millward
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