Cool pics! Is that up by York Haven and the powerplant? Nice to see another FJ in the immediate area - we live halfway between Dover and 83. Are you going to the Northeast Cruiser meet up above Harrisburg on Easter weekend? There are going to be over 40 FJ's running trails designed for stock all the way up. Drop me a PM if you are interested.
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I'd have got pics of mine in the snow, but it was too busy getting me
to and from work in some of the worst junk that we've seen in years, to
pose. It hasn't done much in the way of frozen precip here this year in
Eastern PA, but what we have had has been plenty challenging and nasty. Just the wrong thing at the wrong times.
I can finally report that the combination of FJ and Blizzaks is working super
well--- in the snow, in that ball-bearing sleet storm we had a couple of
weeks back, in the ice storm before that. The BZs are a big improvement
over the (really quite adequate) Revos of last winter. But the blacked-out
steelies have grown on me to the point where I'm going to miss 'em when
they come off in 30 days or so.
I have Blizzaks on my AUDI S4 but am amazed at how the FJ actually seems
to stop better in the snow and ice than the AUDI. I'm running 16's, but they
are stock width. When I was in a quandry about going narrow, someone
said they thought the wider tire would be better in the ice (vs. deep
snow). He was right. They really 'throw out the anchor.'
In shallow snow and light ice, I'm better off with 2Hi and VSC, I find. More so
with the Blizzaks than last year with Revos, which had me in 4Hi much
sooner. When do you go to 4WD? Believe me, you'll know.
As soon as there are patches a couple of inches deep or the aforementioned
'ball bearing' sleet, 4Hi is the way to go. Especially if you're 'catching'
occasional piles along the side of the road--- they don't throw 4WD
off balance so easily, I guess because the back doesn't tend to 'come
around' since the fronts are tugging you straight.
Interestingly enough, on crusted snow out in the pastures where my feet pop
through, the FJ just makes light tracks on the surface. This thing really does
tread incredibly lightly. That also makes me think that the wider tires were
a better choice, as during 'mud' season which overlaps with 'snow' season
I am less likely to sink it to the axles.
If someone's going to run over my toe, I hope it's in an FJ with stock or wider
tires.
P.S.: jhaydeno--- why don't you come on over to the 'Red' side? Of course,
mine's too old to be 4WD. It's just BigWD.
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Gasco, thanks for the tire tips! I noticed the same thing with the Bridgestone duellers, they don't sink in the ice crust of our fields! Hopefully as the muddy season approaches next week they do as well!
As for the 'red' side, I'm really multi-national! I appreciate the thought and good design that goes into any tractor. I've got green, orange, silver, and an old Case (Orange and tan), no blue or red (yet). I do like the older International 400's alot, and if I found the right one I wouldn't hesitate to add it to the collection, but I like to use even our older stuff out in the fields, and almost all my implements use a three point hitch or a live PTO. My two lawn mowers are '41 and '42 Allis Chalmer C's. I attached a few pics of ongoing projects and machinery we've used to carve out our niche in the world. Sorry to go off topic...my mind wanders!
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