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Re: [GMCnet] Limited Slip Differential [message #238210 is a reply to message #238204] Fri, 31 January 2014 12:13 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Well put Jim.

Todd Sullivan

Sully
77 royale
Seattle

> On Jan 31, 2014, at 9:00 AM, James Hupy <jamesh1296@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Having been stuck on wet grass with my GMC, and observing several coaches
> equipped with limited slip, my comment would go something like this: "If
> you use your coach in traction conditions that require it, the LSD makes a
> good deal of sense." Greg Birch has some humungous mud and snow tires on
> his coach, and he takes it in marginal traction situations without limited
> slip. He carries kitty litter and shovels, etc. When I asked him if he had
> one, his response was "nah, we just dig her out and get out and push".
> But, he is young and exuberant. The rest of us, Todd Sullivan included,
> use limited slip diff's. I have very little experience in ice or snow with
> the GMC, so I cannot comment on how they work there. Someone once told me
> about a captain of a ship who was asked about which qualities set a great
> skipper apart from a mediocre one. His reply was something like "The mark
> of a great skipper is to keep his vessel out of situations that demanded
> his superior navigation and seamanship." Might apply to GMC'S in snow too.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Or
> 78 GMC Royale 403
>> On Jan 31, 2014 8:35 AM, "Bob de Kruyff" <NEXT2POOL@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Keith V wrote on Thu, 30 January 2014 10:27
>>> Now you guys have me totally confused about whether to get Jims LSD or
>> not when I upgrade to 3.70s
>>>
>>> So Jim H, Bob, Matt.. LSD, Yay or Nay?
>>
>> Keith--I think I was guilty of story telling. I would have no hesitation
>> going with the LSD as offered.
>> --
>> Bob de Kruyff
>> 78 Eleganza
>> Chandler, AZ
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