*"But boy it does make the oil and coolant temps soar."*

then you may like to have an external oil cooler....

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Most of the main logging roads are pretty good, but this year with the dry
> weather I don't think they have been graded as often as they normally are.
> The smaller roads and spurs, the ones that lead to the good spots, can be
> rough. Not rubicon rough, just rough enough to make you happy you have four
> wheel drive. It's the nice thing about the syncro, to put it in G gear and
> slowly go up the winding loose rock roads without worrying about loosing
> traction too much.
>
> But boy it does make the oil and coolant temps soar.
>
> Alistair
>
>
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> On Jul 6, 2015, at 5:00 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>>
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