Re: (ET) Low tire cause slippage?

["john briese" <goodguyforsure hotmail com>]

There was no slippage to be seen, not tire on ground, not tire on wheel, not 
belt on pulley.
It sounded sort of like I was in neutral, but I was not.?????


> From: Christopher Zach <cz alembic crystel com>
> To: john briese <goodguyforsure hotmail com>
> CC: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: Re: (ET) Low tire cause slippage?
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:54:22 -0500
>
> john briese wrote:
> > I was plowing snow for the first time in 2 months today! One of my back 
> > tires had very low tire pressure and when in D1 something was slipping so 
> > I could not get any forward motion. L worked ok.  When I got the tire 
> > pressure up, all was fine.  So was differential slipping as it should or 
> > do I have a problem brewing?
>
> Most likely the tire itself was slipping inside the rim. Inflating it 
> seated the beads.
>
> Elec-traks put out a lot of torque.
>
> Chris
> 70 degrees here today. Maybe I should till.