how about that snow??
I think it must be a guy thing too. 
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Originally Posted by cigarxtc
By the by, that ~310# of extra bed weight might not be enough. That rear end came around way faster than expected in the school parking lot. I need to add more. Be safe Ya'll.
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Originally Posted by MikeB 88
Remember, the more weight you add, the longer it takes to stop. you could also slide farther if you got on pure ice. worked wit ha guy long time ago. He put about 300lbs of rock in his Chevy. He lost it when he spun on ice.
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You know what, Mike? Yer right. I still have some iced roads in my subdivision. I was heading out this morning and misjudged my traction and came up on the turn too fast. When I hit the brakes she went a slidin'. I figured it's ok, I've got plenty of distance between me and that curb. So I let go of the brake and tried to steer into the turn. But that didn't work. My truck and I just kept slidin towards the curb. Crap.
Nothing to do but brace for the impact. So I straightened the wheels to they would roll over the curb instead of hit it sideways. BUMP...BUMP...!!!! 
Both right side wheels into some neighbors yard, and came about 10 ft from takin out his new fence. whew. Gave it some gas and got back on the road and back on traction. It's nice to learn those lessons without costing $$$$. Wish I had read yer post before I took off this morning. (At least there was no one around to witness my stupidity.)
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Same thing happened to my son in his Frontier, except he wasn't so lucky. He it hit a brick mailbox. Now he needs a fender (inner & outer), bumper, headlight, etc... Mailbox came out without a scratch. All it did was pull the footing up a bit, so it's leaning.
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Speaking of snow. It snowed all freaking day.
None of it stuck.
my school is crazy. Since we are rednecks. we dont have a real, core building. all of our buildings are broken up. We have a main building with computer classes, then a science and math wings, but if you have english (we have 3 tris of english) so you definatly hafto walk outside
If its below 5 degrees..out of school...
None of it stuck.
my school is crazy. Since we are rednecks. we dont have a real, core building. all of our buildings are broken up. We have a main building with computer classes, then a science and math wings, but if you have english (we have 3 tris of english) so you definatly hafto walk outside
If its below 5 degrees..out of school...
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