Pat I watched a little of the news last night and I think its all the same storm, goes all the way over to the front range in Colorado and up through Wyoming. My family back in Colorado has been saying its been in the negatives there and some places in the state are forecasted to see 4 feet of snow.

We'll see if we get a snow day tomorrow. Around here the weather people are saying they haven't seen a storm like this one in 20 years. I asked about snow emergency protocol here at work, and they all looked at me and said "look at that truck you drive. You shouldn't have any problems." I told one of the main bosses that if I get here and the place is deserted, I'm hauling my happy *** back home.

I don't care if I do drive a monster, I want a snow day just like everyone else.

 

I here you about the truck thing. Same with my 06. I have about a 28 mile drive, most of it out in open country north and west of town, and when it's snowing and windy, it can get pretty bad. I'll be curious to see if it gets as bad as they say, the weather weenies here have been waaaaay wrong about this before.

 

lol. Indeed...it'll be interesting to see if this all materializes or if its just a bunch of hype. They cancelled schools here today and it really isn't bad out, only about 4 inches and visibility is good.

28 mile drive into the country..thats one of those things that's awesome - until it gets bad out.

 

Yeah, don't have to deal with all of the traffic in Omaha. It's not a bad drive at all, unless, like you said, until it gets bad out. I've been out there in the white outs, that gets a little scary. I was waiting for someone to drive into me, either from the front or behind.

 

Even with a truck like yours you can get into trouble, sometimes it can be worse. Deep snow, not as much, but slick, oh yeah. Windy and snow, bad news. I got myself stuck back in 97 when a 3 day blizzard hit South Dakota with my old 75 highboy. I couldn't see squat for the 1 1/2 miles tot he highway, when I decided to turn around and go home because I was pretty much ditch to ditch all the way, and had 15 more to go. Got disoriented and backed it right into the ditch. By the time someone came by an hour later, I couldn't get home, the drifts were too high. Didn't help it was right about then the chain broke in the transfer case...

 

I will say the 06 gets around much better than the 97. Might be because it's so much heavier. I'm careful regardless of what I drive, I have no desire to put any of the trucks in the ditch!LOL!

 

I find my old 86 diesel digs in better and goes much better than the 87 gasser. Trouble is, I let a good friend use it to haul cars with, and something happened that the truck lost power. It seems now after the fact that the electric fuel pump died, restricting fuel. He farted around taking off the injection pump, housing and all, so now it is out of time. I haven't had time to try to see just what to do, so it is out of commission. He is a diesel tech, but this has been kicking his behind. I tinkered with it turning up the timing, and it is better, but very powerless, which is not how it used to run. So for now, I have to run the gasser.

 

Roger, if you were closer to Omaha, I'd say take it to the guy that does all my diesel work. He works at Performance Ford in Omaha, and he is really, really good with the diesels.

 

Oh, I'll get it figured out, just have to have time. All my time lately has been devoted to college and work.In a little over a week, I will get a break for a few weeks from college. Hopefully will get a chance to deal with it then, as long as my sister or father don't break anything more... Just got a tractor finished that had a hole in the block due to a pitched rod. Welded a patch over the hole and rebuilt the motor...

 

Mine weighs in at about 8,000 lbs, which is nice when its slick out I have to admit, when I slide I usually don't slide too far. I'm pretty experienced driving in the snow so its pretty rare when I put myself in a situation where I slide at all.

That weight, though, sucks in really really deep snow. Out in Denver a few years ago we got about 3 1/2 feet. I went out and played in the snow and I did get stuck a few times because the truck is so heavy it just sinks, and then digs instead of walking ontop of it.

That doesn't sound like fun. I got stuck in a blizzard on a snowmobile once, it was dizzying and I got turned around really fast. Couldnt tell up from down, mountain from cliff. Scary stuff.

 

Yeah white outs are a real scarry drive, you can get disoriented real quick, I had to go up to Watertown, NY in a white out, I followed a truck up I-81 for what seemed like 100 miles, which was only about 25.

 

I drove from Denver to Cedar Rapids last year, and just outside of North Platte I ran into some of the worst fog I've ever seen.

Same type of experience as you Steve, I couldn't see squat. I just white knuckled it and followed a semi and hoped for the best..it lasted 20 miles and it seemed like it was forever and a day.

IMO the worst driving situations are ones where you can't see.

 

Yep, I'd agree with that. When I was stationed out in California, we'd get this fog, called Tule Fog (I just found out the name for it yesterday), and you could not literally see anything. I had to drive from the base, to Fresno when I lived there. 40 miles, not seeing a damn thing. The best part? Idiots would still pass you, even at night!

 

Yeah, I had many of those nights with a clear sky....LOL

 

Stationed...Navy? Marines? What do you do for a living Pat?

lol. Yeah..I finally gave in and went and got some glasses a few weeks back. They help with night driving. I look geeky now but, oh well.