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Old 01-09-2009
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Default I got hung up and had to walk home! Advice needed on the 4WD system

How embarrassing! Hung up on a little hillock at the end of my home block. My wife pulled me off .... Let me rephrase that .....My wife rescued me in her Suzuki Grand Viagra!

What I don't quite understand, is that I thought that the brake activated traction control stops any elevated wheel from spinning and directs all power the the remaining wheels on earth. I had just one wheel at the front and one at the back spinning and digging neat holes in the soft dirt and not moving me forward. This is the same as the old Landcruisers that I used to drive in the 1970s. I thought Wranglers were better than that. Or, was it because I was bellied out and the chassis was taking the weight of the car and none of the wheels were putting any real force onto the ground?

Does anyone understand how the system works? Please!
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