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| Re: [GMCnet] Will It Go In Snow? [message #67884] |
Sun, 20 December 2009 17:46  |
rallymaster
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Registered: February 2004
Location: North Plains, ORYGUN
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Jim, wanna loan me some of your horsepower? I was down to about 15 mph on
that sucker, and just didn't have enough momentum to keep going. If I
had gone back down to a more level place and started over, I'd have been
worse off, as I wouldn't have had the speed I went into the hill with.
With another 50 or 60 hp, I'd have been going faster into the hill and
might have made it.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
ron
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:45:16 -0800 Jim Kanomata <jimkanomata@gmail.com>
writes:
> Ron,
> When your in a bind like I have been on a steep hill, I transfer as
> much load to the front and get started diagonal to the fall line.
> Sometimes I will back down to a parking place that is more level and
> start from there.
> Grace thinks I'm crazy, at at least we never got stuck yet.
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM, rallymaster <rallymaster@juno.com>
> wrote:
> > Yeah, BUT, chains don't work when the slushy snow is less than
> 1/2" deep
> > and the upgrade is over 9%.
> > Westbound, toward Wolfcreek Pass in Colorado, near the top.
> > Ronc
> >
> > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:17:50 -0600 tom geiger
> <tgeiger@burnsmcd.com>
> > writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> I've driven mine in minor snow conditions and have had no
> troubles
> >> with it. I have read that if tire cables are placed on the
> front,
> >> (don't know if they placed them on back wheels), it had no
> trouble
> >> climbing around in the mountains during a snow event. I don't
> think
> >> the person that posted it mentioning the type of tire cables they
> >> used, but he said he was able to pass vehicles having traction
> >> issues on a steep mountain grade. His posting might be in the
> >> archive under a "snow" search if you want to read it.
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >
> >
> > Ron & Linda Clark
> > 1978 Eleganza II
> > North Plains, ORYGUN
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>
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> Jim Kanomata
> Applied/GMC, Fremont,CA
> jimk@appliedairfilters.com
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| Re: [GMCnet] Will It Go In Snow? [message #67904 is a reply to message #67884] |
Sun, 20 December 2009 21:43  |
jimk
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Sounds like you need to advance timing and drop in lower gears.
I say this as we see so many distributor with frozen mechanical advance .
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 3:46 PM, rallymaster <rallymaster@juno.com> wrote:
> Jim, wanna loan me some of your horsepower? I was down to about 15 mph on
> that sucker, and just didn't have enough momentum to keep going. If I
> had gone back down to a more level place and started over, I'd have been
> worse off, as I wouldn't have had the speed I went into the hill with.
> With another 50 or 60 hp, I'd have been going faster into the hill and
> might have made it.
> That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
> ron
>
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:45:16 -0800 Jim Kanomata <jimkanomata@gmail.com>
> writes:
>> Ron,
>> When your in a bind like I have been on a steep hill, I transfer as
>> much load to the front and get started diagonal to the fall line.
>> Sometimes I will back down to a parking place that is more level and
>> start from there.
>> Grace thinks I'm crazy, at at least we never got stuck yet.
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM, rallymaster <rallymaster@juno.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Yeah, BUT, chains don't work when the slushy snow is less than
>> 1/2" deep
>> > and the upgrade is over 9%.
>> > Westbound, toward Wolfcreek Pass in Colorado, near the top.
>> > Ronc
>> >
>> > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:17:50 -0600 tom geiger
>> <tgeiger@burnsmcd.com>
>> > writes:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I've driven mine in minor snow conditions and have had no
>> troubles
>> >> with it. I have read that if tire cables are placed on the
>> front,
>> >> (don't know if they placed them on back wheels), it had no
>> trouble
>> >> climbing around in the mountains during a snow event. I don't
>> think
>> >> the person that posted it mentioning the type of tire cables they
>> >> used, but he said he was able to pass vehicles having traction
>> >> issues on a steep mountain grade. His posting might be in the
>> >> archive under a "snow" search if you want to read it.
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Ron & Linda Clark
>> > 1978 Eleganza II
>> > North Plains, ORYGUN
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > GMCnet mailing list
>> > List Information and Subscription Options:
>> > http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jim Kanomata
>> Applied/GMC, Fremont,CA
>> jimk@appliedairfilters.com
>> http://www.appliedgmc.com
>> 1-800-752-7502
>> _______________________________________________
>> GMCnet mailing list
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>> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
>>
>
>
> Ron & Linda Clark
> 1978 Eleganza II
> North Plains, ORYGUN
> _______________________________________________
> GMCnet mailing list
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> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
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--
Jim Kanomata
Applied/GMC, Fremont,CA
jimk@appliedairfilters.com
http://www.appliedgmc.com
1-800-752-7502
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1-800-752-7502
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