of course, crew as movable ballast. ( this in reference to having people
sit on top of the engine cover )
very standard in sailing..
and even ..I was amazed....tell some crew to jump overboard can be a
viable strategy in outrigger canoe surfing in places like Waikiki.  As a
serious sailor, I was amazed at the notion of..
ejecting crew members as a tactic to maintain boat control..wow.

never did get, so far, to play with auto-locking rear diffs, torque
biasing etc.
a locking rear diff sounds ideal to me, for 2WD.

On 8/28/2014 5:22 PM, OlRivrRat wrote:
>          I'll take an Informative "Dreaded Tire Thread" over a "Seeking Threading Dies Thread" AnyDay ~
>
>                                                                                  ORR ~ DeanB
>
> On 28 Aug , 2014, at 1:52 PM, Todd Last wrote:
>
>> Woo Hoo! Dreaded Tire thread begins!! :-)
>>
>> With the westy, you empty your water tank and have everyone go sit on the back matress over the engine compartment.
>> Then the right rear wheel will get traction.
>>
>> I've found that tires do make a difference, but if you have a westy with a left-side weight bias, and tall springs, it is oh-so-easy to get in a position to unweight the right-rear wheel and then all you get is spin.
>>
>> Todd
>> '88 Westy
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Roy Nicholl" <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
>> To: "List, Vanagon" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:38:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: Tranny musings (or, getting stuck on my lawn)
>>
>> Brand new (<6000km), Nokian eNTYRE ... same thing that is on the Jetta which pulled it out.
>>
>> On 28-Aug-2014, at 15:28, Karl Wolz wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps you should be taking a look at the condition and type of tires you're using.
>>>
>>> Karl Wolz
>>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>>>
>>>> On Aug 27, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
>>>>
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