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Subject:Re: Trip and tire report
From:Dan N
Date:Mon, 6 Jul 2015 17:00:36 -0700

nice...

I love logger roads

thanks

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Went on a logging road excursion last weekend, blog post here
> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/07/06/trip-cor-what-a-scorcher/
>
> The new tires and wheels worked out well. 15" et25, 7" wide Mercedes
> alloys. Yokohama geolander 215/70-15 tires with the sketchy 98 load index.
> Very much, and I mean it, very much an improved ride on both pavement and
> rough roads. Traction good, albeit on some of the roads it is like driving
> on ball bearings and I doubt any tire would be perfect. The rough and steep
> roads felt much better. The slight gearing hit with the oversized tires was
> not, and I was surprised, felt on the rough roads but I did notice it on
> the hilly paved roads. Over all I am quite pleased with the wheel and tire
> combo.
>
> Alistair
>