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Old 12-01-2002, 06:59 PM
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Traction Weight

You don't want the weight over the axle, you want the majority of the weight infront of the rear axle. If you put it over or behind the rear axle, it takes weight off the front which will increase understeer. Understeer is very difficult and next to impossible to recover from w/o slowing down. Most of the time on snow it's hard to slow down so understeer is very difficult to recover from. It is much easier to recover from oversteer than understeer so you want more traction if available up front. Putting the weight infront of the axle will put weight on the rear, but won't take much weigt off the front. 2wd trucks usually don't have a very hard time moving forward, any vehicle has more trouble turning/braking.


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