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Old 12-04-2009, 10:57 PM   #204 (permalink)
thatguitarguy
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
It won't be a problem in the snow, since the front dam should gently push snow aside, and the rear dam will ride in the wake of the tire.
This doesn't sound right to me. The reason they have 10 ton front loaders moving snow around here is that it doesn't just gently move to the side. And every vehicle I've ever driven in the snow (many) has collected packed ice and snow inside the wheel wells. This much enclosure around a wheel could be a disaster. This configuration looks to me to be a dry weather set up.

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