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Originally Posted by ChrisBlair
I am late to this party. Dammit.
MGD. That chart is great but...how does the tire get to contact the snow? Go someplace where there is fresh snow on the ground. Take a wash bucket and a full beer bottle with you.
Place the bottle on the snow. Note how far the beer bottle sinks.
Now pour that beer from the bottle into the wash bucket and place the bucket onto the snow. Compare how far the bucket sank compared to the beer bottle.
Now imagine that the diameter of the bottom of the bottle and the bottom of your bucket are your contact patches. Which one is more likely to touch pavement? How much more weight might you need to get the bucket to sink as much as the bottle?
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And then drink the beer and contemplate.