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Old 12-11-2013, 04:45 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I'll reiterate the point Darcane made about placing the better traction tires on the rear of the truck. The unweighted rear of a truck is already prone to stepping out and causing severe oversteer. This happened to me recently, and I had to put the truck into neutral to get the rear end to hook back up with the front. It was extremely dangerous, and generally more dangerous than than having understeer.

Put the tires with best traction on the rear of a truck, but ideally put the proper tire for the conditions on all 4 corners.
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