i'm on a personal high

[tomtoc]

last time it iced i was stuck in my driveway for 3 days in my 2wd open diff truck

i parked up the street last night, but either way i made it to work in 8" of snow this morning.

just an fyi

 

[Brian_B]

It is snowing here. Not deep or anything, but everything is covered. The explorer is running (warming up). I have a 50 mile drive each way to dialysis today.

It is supposed to ice later this afternoon. We will see.

Your info does not say where you are at. I am in North Central AR.

 

[tomtoc]

ahh, springfield mo

just heard on the radio as i am typing this mountain home schools are closed

 

[Skandocious]

Nice work Tom!

 

[tomtoc]

i was excited - no one else was at work to share my joy, so i thought i'd post.

 

[NeXtras]

we share your joy! Nice to know Fords with no problem

wait till you have to pull out a Chitty then you can say


am i taking after mr. charles much??? lol

 

[tomtoc]

well since this thread is over....

i tried to pull out a bush the other day. couldn't get it done. bush held strong and my tires just spun. since it was more of a traction issue than strength, i tried to park it and use a come-a-long attached to the hitch to manually pull it out. it was pulling the truck backwards, toward the bush. i was shocked...bush held strong

 

[Skandocious]

well since this thread is over....

i tried to pull out a bush the other day. couldn't get it done. bush held strong and my tires just spun. since it was more of a traction issue than strength, i tried to park it and use a come-a-long attached to the hitch to manually pull it out. it was pulling the truck backwards, toward the bush. i was shocked...bush held strong

Was this on ice or dry pavement?

 

[tomtoc]

dry pavement, truck was slightly uphill from the bush.

truck squatted as i ratcheted, but once it squatted enough, it just started coming backwards. i thought it was still squatting but my wife was standing next to it and said it was coming backwards slowly. sure enough, couple pumps later i could tell i was pulling the truck, not the bush. it was just a little evergreen about 4' high

 

[Skandocious]

dry pavement, truck was slightly uphill from the bush.

truck squatted as i ratcheted, but once it squatted enough, it just started coming backwards. i thought it was still squatting but my wife was standing next to it and said it was coming backwards slowly. sure enough, couple pumps later i could tell i was pulling the truck, not the bush. it was just a little evergreen about 4' high

Hahahahahha You must have been real proud, lol!!!

 

[tomtoc]

Hahahahahha You must have been real proud, lol!!!

it was just weird. i knew traction might be an issue trying to yank it out but i thought for sure i could winch it out manually

 

[TheRoadVirus]

That's crazy, your truck isn't exactly light either. What kinda tires you running?

 

[tomtoc]

That's crazy, your truck isn't exactly light either. What kinda tires you running?

no idea, nothing fancy - i'm sure whatever the stock ones are

 

[slmann]

last time it iced i was stuck in my driveway for 3 days in my 2wd open diff truck

i parked up the street last night, but either way i made it to work in 8" of snow this morning.

just an fyi

How are the roads down that way now? I'm headed down that way tomorrow.

 

[tomtoc]

http://ozarkstraffic.info/ - click on a camera to see a live pic
main roads look just wet. i'd assume the highways are almost dry, or will be by tomorrow

 

[slmann]

Thanks for the info.

 

[jr32560]

hey some of those trees and bushes are real tuff-nothing to do with the brand of truck-just tough ass bushes

 

[89frankenford]

did you check the bush to see if it had a ford emblem on it? it is built tough!

 

[TheRoadVirus]

Hahaha, you're good for a laugh buddy.

 

[jr32560]

might be a chebby-like a rock!