On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:33:11 CST, lal_truckee
wrote:

bdubya wrote:



So when heading north for a few days on the hills, which should I
take? Or should I take one and my girlfriend takes the other, so as
to cover all our bases? Decisions, decisions.....


Pickup - but only after throwing a yd^2 of sand in the bed. Thing tracks
badly because it's nowhere near design weight. Add some overall weight
to move compress the suspension and some rear weight to even out the
traction and you're set, even without speciality tires.

(Throw a tow rope and a shovel in the bed, and you can use that sand to
rescue cute grrls who are stuck in the snow.)

I travel with a grrl (a certified two-planker!) so there's no special
benefit to rescuing grrls vs. anybody else who's stuck (I already have
the recovery strap). Weighting the rear would help, of course, but
I'd like to do it with something more useful than the sand (if I can't
yank'em outta the ditch, I doubt the sand will help much).
Hmmm....mebbe if I weight the rear end down with a used-but-functional
snowmobobble? Then I'm REALLY set. What's a used sled go for these
days?

bw