The "All Season Radial" was another scam foisted on the public. Didn't take snow country drivers long to figure that one out, though. Most people around here switch to true snow tires in the winter. (those that can afford it, anyway) It's not all bad driving either. Todays short wheelbase, front wheel drives are absolutely treacherous on slush or ice. Those old Olds, Caddy's, Buick's, Monaco's and such with the 135 inch + wheelbases and ten inches of clearance underneath went through far more snow than toady's cars. The long wheelbases made them much more controllable on slippery roads. We hardly ever see 4 WD's in the ditch here. It's usually the short, small, front wheel drive stuff. We have a Chevy Aveo. It does not have snow tires. When the roads get dicey, that sucker stays in the yard and we drive the truck.
I think the thing that dooms 4wd drivers is that on a road vehicle the front and rear wheels have to be going the same speed, instead of like tractors that have the front wheels a couple of percent faster. The instant you try to turn on slick roads, you have an immediate understeer condition and nothing gets you in trouble on slush or ice quicker than a front end that skates. As much as we like to snicker about today's winter drivers, the type of vehicles we drive these days is a lot of it.
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Today's Featured Article - Oil Bath Air Filters - by Chris Pratt. Some of us grew up thinking that an air filter was a paper thing that allowed air to pass while trapping dirt particles of a particles of a certain size. What a surprise to open up your first old tractor's air filter case and find a can that appears to be filled with the scrap metal swept from around a machine shop metal lathe. To top that off, you have a cup with oil in it ("why would you want to lubricate your carburetor?"). On closer examination (and some reading in a AC D-14 service manual), I found out that this is a pretty ingenious method of cleaning the air in the tractor's intake tract.
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