"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:22:39 -0800, -rick- wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

Why is that counter-intuitive? Makes more sense that the harder the
tire, the ability to channel the water is better. Less tire pressure,
more surface area to plane.

You're clearly correct. Now I'm not even sure why it seemed
backwards at first thought. Something about a smaller
contact patch providing a bigger contact patch I guess.

Trust me - I used to think that way myself until I actually thought
about it. :)

I used to think fat, wide tires provided better traction in snow or mud.
Turns out it's not so.
Narrow, hard tires are better. The weight of the vehicle is distributed
over a smaller contact area, providing better traction.

RCE

RCE