dpantazis
#12
imagine Snoopy on the roof typing away. i have to rant. you boys will understand.
So on the day of the first 'measurable' snow of the year, I am running late getting home, but not worried. Enough to cover the grass on the ground. Big Red has taken on worse weather. Last stop is grocery store before they close. Get out before they close, 5 miles to go home. Plow/Salt truck drives by going NB. I am going SB. Good sign I am thinking. NOT.
I no sooner do I CRAWL out of the driveway, the whole world is sliding underneath me. I am in 4 wheel drive, hubs are locked. WTF? Across one lane of 4 plus turn/suicide lane. Plow truck just drove by. Lights flashing. Didnt bother to look if he was spreading salt. Plow was not down, so he had to be spreading something.
Off the gas, cut wheels right see if I can get some change of direction. Second lane. Nothing.
Let go of steering wheel, still sliding sideways. Complete sideways, I don't mean quartering. Its like I am on oiled ball bearings going lateral.
Tap on the breaks, what do I have to loose. Nothing. Across the suicide lane now, and it almost feels like I am GAINING momentum. WTF?
Slide across the 4th/5th lanes and it feels like I am slowing down but not fast enough. WHAM, I hit the curb sideways. Both passenger side wheels hit. BOOM! Bone shuddering jar. From 5 maybe 10 miles an hour to sideways to slam.
Now I am freaked out. WTF just happened to my truck. Did I get pushed form behind or something? Spectacles Testicles Wallet and Watch. Check.
I get out to look for damage. Flat front tire. Rear is super saggy. Looks like a kids cartoon all floppy and pfft.
Then I hear a crash. Car driving NB has just spun out right where I came out off. Rear over teakettles.
I am dumb founded. Completely stupefied. Wondering if the plow truck that just passed is playing some sort of joke laying down snot instead of salt.
I pull off the road into drive-up lane for drugstore to change my tire. An hour in the snow with the widowmaker oem jack in the snow. Folks in the car appear to be ok, they are outside the car wandering about.
Best I can figure, low tire pressure plus side impact equals pop the tire off the rim catastrophically. Rear was partial loss of air pressure? Crawl home.
This morning , rear is at 10 psi. Rims look fine. Front tire pretty much roached from driving on it flat. See what happens tomorrow when I go see JLD's friend across the puddle.
dp
So on the day of the first 'measurable' snow of the year, I am running late getting home, but not worried. Enough to cover the grass on the ground. Big Red has taken on worse weather. Last stop is grocery store before they close. Get out before they close, 5 miles to go home. Plow/Salt truck drives by going NB. I am going SB. Good sign I am thinking. NOT.
I no sooner do I CRAWL out of the driveway, the whole world is sliding underneath me. I am in 4 wheel drive, hubs are locked. WTF? Across one lane of 4 plus turn/suicide lane. Plow truck just drove by. Lights flashing. Didnt bother to look if he was spreading salt. Plow was not down, so he had to be spreading something.
Off the gas, cut wheels right see if I can get some change of direction. Second lane. Nothing.
Let go of steering wheel, still sliding sideways. Complete sideways, I don't mean quartering. Its like I am on oiled ball bearings going lateral.
Tap on the breaks, what do I have to loose. Nothing. Across the suicide lane now, and it almost feels like I am GAINING momentum. WTF?
Slide across the 4th/5th lanes and it feels like I am slowing down but not fast enough. WHAM, I hit the curb sideways. Both passenger side wheels hit. BOOM! Bone shuddering jar. From 5 maybe 10 miles an hour to sideways to slam.
Now I am freaked out. WTF just happened to my truck. Did I get pushed form behind or something? Spectacles Testicles Wallet and Watch. Check.
I get out to look for damage. Flat front tire. Rear is super saggy. Looks like a kids cartoon all floppy and pfft.
Then I hear a crash. Car driving NB has just spun out right where I came out off. Rear over teakettles.
I am dumb founded. Completely stupefied. Wondering if the plow truck that just passed is playing some sort of joke laying down snot instead of salt.
I pull off the road into drive-up lane for drugstore to change my tire. An hour in the snow with the widowmaker oem jack in the snow. Folks in the car appear to be ok, they are outside the car wandering about.
Best I can figure, low tire pressure plus side impact equals pop the tire off the rim catastrophically. Rear was partial loss of air pressure? Crawl home.
This morning , rear is at 10 psi. Rims look fine. Front tire pretty much roached from driving on it flat. See what happens tomorrow when I go see JLD's friend across the puddle.
dp
