4x4ord wrote:
I was coming home from skiing yesterday evening and had a little bit of wake up call on the Trans Canada. I tend to push it a little so when I had a chance to get my speed up in the fast lane I took advantage of it. I thought the pavement was pretty good so I was running in 2wd but when I hit a curve at 120 my bald Michelins lost traction and I just about joined the other 10 vehicles buried in the ditch. After getting things straightened out I wondered "what would have happened there had I been driving a dually". It could be that if I drove a dually I'd run better tires in the winter end up being safer.
Well running 120 kph (74.4 mph) seems a bit unreasonable on a questionable road surface. We daily drive our DRW and when bad weather comes we adjust driving speed and style to suit road, weather, and vehicle conditions.
