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Hmmm..

The easy answer is because **** will brake. :booo:

The drama of a PT case in High range on Snow and Ice at 50 to 80-MPH is only fun if you are safely outside the vehicle as a spectator! :cheer:

The hours that I spend at speed on patchy snow and Ice are huge.  If your Snowheeling is limited to busting trail on occasion in the hills then I completely understand your question. 

The difference between that kind of fun and running the mountain passes where you are driving through conditions that vary from bare pavement to drifts of snow make driving with a PT case a PITA!  Further as was pointed out above when you are in 4WD High the front and rear axles are locked together mechanically.  If you use the brakes you effectively use all the brakes at the same time and amount.  Bad **** WILL happen! 

Then there is the PITA of having to shift the T/C often at speed because you went from snow to pavement.  I do not recommend that you try it but imagine what happens when you come off a slick surface and on to one that gives you tremendous traction while in 4 high at 50+MPH!  I


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