| Traction question [message #276958] |
Wed, 29 April 2015 06:30  |
kerry pinkerton
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Registered: July 2012
Location: Harvest, Al
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We've all heard of folks who were not able to climb a wet driveway or get going on an uphill at a wet intersection, etc. While I have not experienced it personally, I have been stuck in the yard.
At the recent GMCMI rally in Patterson, LA, during Ken Henderson's seminar on wheel alignment, the subject of effects of ride height came up. Someone (could have been Ken) said that if you are ever in a low traction situation, raise the right rear and it will transfer weight to the left front (drive wheel).
Ding ding ding...lights flashed...ding ding ding. Now that is a nugget of information I'd never considered.
Unless someone KNOWS how much additional weight is transferred when the right rear is raised to max height, the next time I'm with someone weighing coaches, this is something I'd like to know.
So assuming that some additional weight is transferred, here is a question for the engineers among us. If the drive tire has 2000 lbs on a typical LT225_75R16. What kind of improvement in wet traction on pavement would an additional 500 lbs have? I realize there are a ton of variables from road surface, tire tread, and on and on, but I'm just wondering if it is significant enough improvement to matter...traction wise.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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