Nice Day for a Drive

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Mike


Always nice to start the Winter Season with a little drive in the snow. Sometimes this is by design and some times out of necessity. This year it was a little of both, I had scheduled a freight delivery for Nov 20th, and the weather decided to add to the fun with one of those nice wet sticky snow storms. Wouldn't you know it the truck driver didn't want to drive down our dirt road and dirt drive, with a trailer truck. Not that I blame him at all as all my CMPs needed 4x4 drive to pull out of garage on flat ground.


Of course the truck I need was in the back of the storage bay so both trucks had to come out and the crate had to go into the shop so all three CMPs got exercised.
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Yes, the crate is a tool, but that's a topic for a new post, to come soon.


Military tires particularly the "non-directional" are not particularly good on plowed snow, even on flat ground, add a little slope and the non-directional definition takes on a new meaning, as sliding to the side as well as sliding forward and aft or any combination all at the same time. I've found they work fine in unplowed snow.


Cheers Phil