How to keep those wheels from spinning

[thegreentuatara]

I took the truck out last weekend after it had been raining. I went with a friend in a hilux and one in a LWB land rover - they had M/Ts or SATs on and I had my 31in ATs on. I embarrassed myself twice by getting stuck in a greasy clay rut where they sailed through

At the time, I couldn't think of anything much cleverer than making more noise and spinning more mud - it didn't work. I thought about it when I got home and remembered something I had heard about applying the footbrake to add resistance to the spinning wheel so that the rear diff would send a bit of power to the other side and I could get a bit of traction.

This is great I thought but then I remembered that I have ABS ('96 Bighorn). Can anyone tell me whether this will still work with ABS? Can I turn it off?

[geeves]

I think there is a switch to turn off abs but dont know which one. Have a play the right switch will bring up a warning light. You can do the same thing with the handbrake but the little drum isnt designed for this and will eat a lot of pads. I dont know how abs will behave but I imagine it will complain.
Best trick for this situation is mud tyres. Where are you as there might be a few cheap deals around.

[thegreentuatara]

Thanks for the info, I'll try to find that switch (I suppose I could pul out the fuse?). I'm in Wellington and yes, I am looking for somw mud tyres, prob 32 x 15s.

Cheers
Nick

[geeves]

Belive it or not Tonys tyres can match the discounts given to the 4wd club I belong to by a member of that club. On the Maxis tonys price was only 5 bucks above the wholesale and included fitting

[Yarno]

I would suggest that the ABS would work well due to the way it works. It would apply brake pressure to the spinning wheels which in turn would transfer torque to the other wheels with traction. Give it a go I say.