Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

"Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message
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> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in
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>
> > You can drive the Full time 4WD at any safe speed. The safety is
> > dependent on outside conditions, not vehicle limitations.
>
> Thanks. That was the sort of question I was looking for.


Technically, it's the sort of ANSWER you were looking for :-).

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

"Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9468CDBF8463Aeatmorecotton@207.14.113.17.. .
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:vvmjc9l1ilq163@corp.supernews.com:
>
> > You can drive the Full time 4WD at any safe speed. The safety is
> > dependent on outside conditions, not vehicle limitations.
>
> Thanks. That was the sort of question I was looking for.


Technically, it's the sort of ANSWER you were looking for :-).

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

"Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9468CDBF8463Aeatmorecotton@207.14.113.17.. .
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:vvmjc9l1ilq163@corp.supernews.com:
>
> > You can drive the Full time 4WD at any safe speed. The safety is
> > dependent on outside conditions, not vehicle limitations.
>
> Thanks. That was the sort of question I was looking for.


Technically, it's the sort of ANSWER you were looking for :-).

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

Yes they do. Although not electronic ABS, the proportioning valve acts as a
primitive rear antilock brake system. Plain and simple, the rear wheels will
NOT lock up, no matter how hard you mash the brake pedal.

Tom

"Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
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> On 06 Jan 2004 11:40 AM, Mike Romain posted the following:
>
> > Jeeps especially
> > have rear anti lock brakes, have since the 70's.
>
> Not.
>
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Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

Yes they do. Although not electronic ABS, the proportioning valve acts as a
primitive rear antilock brake system. Plain and simple, the rear wheels will
NOT lock up, no matter how hard you mash the brake pedal.

Tom

"Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
news:20040106122303346-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> On 06 Jan 2004 11:40 AM, Mike Romain posted the following:
>
> > Jeeps especially
> > have rear anti lock brakes, have since the 70's.
>
> Not.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
> Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
> Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
> http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

Yes they do. Although not electronic ABS, the proportioning valve acts as a
primitive rear antilock brake system. Plain and simple, the rear wheels will
NOT lock up, no matter how hard you mash the brake pedal.

Tom

"Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
news:20040106122303346-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> On 06 Jan 2004 11:40 AM, Mike Romain posted the following:
>
> > Jeeps especially
> > have rear anti lock brakes, have since the 70's.
>
> Not.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
> Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
> Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
> http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in
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>
> "Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9468CDBF8463Aeatmorecotton@207.14.113.17.. .
>> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> news:vvmjc9l1ilq163@corp.supernews.com:
>>
>> > You can drive the Full time 4WD at any safe speed. The safety is
>> > dependent on outside conditions, not vehicle limitations.
>>
>> Thanks. That was the sort of question I was looking for.
>
> Technically, it's the sort of ANSWER you were looking for :-).

That's what happens when you type while talking to someone about something
else.

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in
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>
> "Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9468CDBF8463Aeatmorecotton@207.14.113.17.. .
>> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> news:vvmjc9l1ilq163@corp.supernews.com:
>>
>> > You can drive the Full time 4WD at any safe speed. The safety is
>> > dependent on outside conditions, not vehicle limitations.
>>
>> Thanks. That was the sort of question I was looking for.
>
> Technically, it's the sort of ANSWER you were looking for :-).

That's what happens when you type while talking to someone about something
else.

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in
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>
> "Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9468CDBF8463Aeatmorecotton@207.14.113.17.. .
>> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> news:vvmjc9l1ilq163@corp.supernews.com:
>>
>> > You can drive the Full time 4WD at any safe speed. The safety is
>> > dependent on outside conditions, not vehicle limitations.
>>
>> Thanks. That was the sort of question I was looking for.
>
> Technically, it's the sort of ANSWER you were looking for :-).

That's what happens when you type while talking to someone about something
else.

Re: highway speed in full time 4X4?
 

Hi Barry:

Your selec-trac full time 4x4 setting can be used at literally any speed.
You can actually leave it in the full-time setting all year if you want.

Tom

snip
> None of the SUVs, trucks, or cars I've driven have been in a ditch for
> the past 20+ years, and I didn't ask about "driving at high speed on
> snow." I asked about using Jeep's full time 4X4 at highway speeds in
> borderline conditions. Maybe "patchy snow", "light snow", and "drizzle
> near freezing" mean different things where you live, but in this part of
> the country, traffic doesn't typically slow down until you actually get
> road coverage, or conditions that have more wet/snow covered pavement
> than dry pavement.