wrecked my truck tonight

[ocbaud]

[C&C Chevy]

Sorry to hear that, Eric. There was no way I was going to get my truck out Wednesday night! Took my wife's Honda to work, and that was bad enough.

[magnethead]

at least it wasnt bad.

We were in my moms camaro going up a steep hill down the road and got stuck in a low spot on the road..I let my mom work the throttle and turn the wheel while i went all the way from 1 to OD and back again before a cadillac behind us walked up and said he'd puah us...we made it up too with his help.

[benscool1]

did you bend your bumper and grill trim too or was that there before?

[ocbaud]

Originally Posted by benscool1

did you bend your bumper and grill trim too or was that there before?

there before

[Captkaos]

Glad to hear this isn't as bad and what I initially thought. As for the Posi and Ice, it is the WORST combination you can get. Open diffs work better on ice.

[ocbaud]

Originally Posted by Captkaos

Glad to hear this isn't as bad and what I initially thought. As for the Posi and Ice, it is the WORST combination you can get. Open diffs work better on ice.

the posi is what got me home

i finally got to the side of the road and got one tire in the grass and it hooked up enough for me to get home

if i had an open diff. then, it would have just spun the other tire

[Senor_paco]

sucks in bad weather, sorry to hear about any kind of crash. even in the hill country of Texas, it takes a smart person to drive at all on icy roads. The hard part once you get going is stopping/steering. Many times I've driven a few miles an hour with the passenger-side wheels on the gravel shoulder. But that's living in the country, sounds kinda like you were in town. Still, your accident sucks. i hope you can get a new rim that matches.

[ocbaud]

Originally Posted by Senor_paco

sucks in bad weather, sorry to hear about any kind of crash. even in the hill country of Texas, it takes a smart person to drive at all on icy roads. The hard part once you get going is stopping/steering. Many times I've driven a few miles an hour with the passenger-side wheels on the gravel shoulder. But that's living in the country, sounds kinda like you were in town. Still, your accident sucks. i hope you can get a new rim that matches.

the rim isnt messed up. i made myself slide sideways and hit the curb head on, so that i wouldnt hit the side and possibly bend a rim

[Mike76251]

Man..........glad you were okay!
As for air dams, I bought one a few years ago at the local Chevy place for $30 or so.

[784X4GUY]

Oh...That's not that bad eric, should be a easy fix...Later Mike

[Blue Beard]

Nice being retired, snows...who cares...

Get the fire going, and a good bottle of Wild Turkey and wait it out.

[bigblock73]

Sorry to hear about the truck Eric, but it looks like a easy fix. Sounds like you midwestern folks either suck at winter driving or you aren't used to the ice. We get all sorts of crap up here in MN, I guess it just takes some gettin used to.

[benscool1]

Hey there Jeff, you're from the midwest too! We just aren't used to all the ice down here in central IL. We had 2 days of freezing rain before it snowed. Plus it doesn't help that this is only my 2nd winter driving(1st winter driving w/a license) and most of the 1st winter I drove a front wheel drive car, not a rear wheel drive truck. You MN guys are just more used to the really terribly winter driving I think.

[phantom dually]

Sand bags worked great for me in 16" of snow last week. My 94 fullsize would barely get out of the drive so i went to Home Depot and got 10 bags of sand at $3.58 each for a total of 600 pounds. Worked great and when the snow melted I took them back and got my $$ back!!