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Re: Tires

To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>,
Subject: Re: Tires
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:17:00 -0500
Do we get to count Trailers here?

Man when Brad about Lost the Trailer on the way to Bonneville he absolutely
had my undivided attention there for a couple of Seconds.... Great piece of
driving on his Part... I think the WRONG wheels on the New Trailer and the
lug nuts backing off after being tightened ... 3 times.... well.... it's a
Day.. just not one I care to repeat.... K

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> From: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> To: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>; LAND-SPEED <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Tires
> Date: Friday, September 01, 2000 9:02 AM
> 
> What is all this flap about? I think we have all had tires come apart at
one
> time or another. And not just Firestones either. It ain't fun, but I've
> never lost control of the car, truck or trailer. Never flipped. Never
killed
> myself or any one else. Gee does driver panic have anything to do with
the
> situation?
> 
> John Beckett
> 
> 
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DOUG ODOM" <popms@thegrid.net>
> To: "LAND-SPEED" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:51 AM
> Subject: Tires
> 
> 
> > List; All the talk about Firestone tires losing their tread on some
> > Fords got a BS session going in the shop today. We all talked about the
> > tires we had the most trouble with. I have never had good luck with
> > Michelin tires on my trucks. They seem to come apart after about 4
years
> > no matter how many miles on them. I did have a Cooper SRM come apart
big
> > time this year going to Muroc. Tore half the fender off the truck
before
> > I got stopped. Never had a problem with Firestones. Anybody
> > else?                Doug Odom in big ditch
> 
> 
> 

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