Re: [MV] Home from Ted's Trucks-n-stuff

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Dec 10 2004 - 16:20:14 PST


At 3:43 PM -0800 12/10/04, Rich Sherman wrote:
>At 02:28 PM 12/10/2004, Ryan Gill wrote:
>>Yeah, it' tends to want to just lol all over the road.
>
>Have you had a chance to check all the usual
>stuff, tire pressures, tie rods ends, alignment,
>toe-in, etc? My 5 ton (M813A1) drove straight
>and tight down the road. Didn't wander or pull
>at all, even over those grooves they cut into
>the roads. They are great trucks, I loved the
>power steering.

Oh, it wasn't like a motorcycle on bridge grating
or tire grooves, that's scary as hell. Nothing
like that. More compared to how a Caddy will
pretty much stay where you point it, the M813A1
tended to wander just a bit.

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