Winter Is Coming Dont Let This Happen To You...

dietz4ibanez · September 6, 2008

pennzoil29 · September 6, 2008

That was a good looking truck. I really like that year. The wheels were pretty sharp to.

dietz4ibanez · September 6, 2008

The question is why would you spend 36k did get a truck back from the deep waters and spend more money to get it fixed... Why wouldnt you get a new truck? I am sure that insurance paid for it all at least I would think... But if it were me I would leave it down there and my shorts and get a new truck.

minibike132 · September 6, 2008

They make you get it out on any lake I've been on, can't leave it. Fuel, oil, trans fluid, they want to minimize what gets in the water. Plus if it's not that deep your a hazzard to boats after the thaw.

alaska511 · September 6, 2008

you HAVE to remove them. Has nothing to do with him wanting it to. When I put mine through the ice in a river, 800 feet down a canyon, it took a 30 ton crane to snatch it.

I didn't want the damn thing, but the state patrol said I had to I got pics of that one, you would like it

minibike132 · September 6, 2008

you HAVE to remove them. Has nothing to do with him wanting it to. When I put mine through the ice in a river, 800 feet down a canyon, it took a 30 ton crane to snatch it.

I didn't want the damn thing, but the state patrol said I had to I got pics of that one, you would like it

Well hell yea, we all like to see a wreck. Sorry about your loss though.

alaska511 · September 6, 2008

you HAVE to remove them. Has nothing to do with him wanting it to. When I put mine through the ice in a river, 800 feet down a canyon, it took a 30 ton crane to snatch it.

I didn't want the damn thing, but the state patrol said I had to I got pics of that one, you would like it

Well hell yea, we all like to see a wreck. Sorry about your loss though.

LOL it's okay...the one and ONLY new Ford truck I ever bought. it was in 1996, truck was a year old. I will find the pics and scan them. No digital back then :)Got the new Vortec 5.7 extended cab z71 after that, so it was all worth it

thecraft · September 6, 2008

Here's an idea... don't drive on the ****ing ice!

alaska511 · September 6, 2008

I didnt, Kyle

2000DV4.8 · September 6, 2008

you HAVE to remove them. Has nothing to do with him wanting it to. When I put mine through the ice in a river, 800 feet down a canyon, it took a 30 ton crane to snatch it. I didn't want the damn thing, but the state patrol said I had to <img src="style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> I got pics of that one, you would like it <img src="style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Well hell yea, we all like to see a wreck. Sorry about your loss though. LOL it's okay...the one and ONLY new Ford truck I ever bought. it was in 1996, truck was a year old. I will find the pics and scan them. No digital back then :)Got the new Vortec 5.7 extended cab z71 after that, so it was all worth it <img src="style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

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I think we need to hear the full story of how this happened... EDIT: What the hell is up with the formatting on this site??!?

jhoff8487 · September 6, 2008

I didnt, Kyle

Then how did it go through? This is a story I've got to hear!

silverss05 · September 6, 2008

Why would you want to drive on the ice? I sure wouldn't, at least not in my truck and without a seatbelt too.

minibike132 · September 6, 2008

Why would you want to drive on the ice? I sure wouldn't, at least not in my truck and without a seatbelt too.

Ice fishin.

alaska511 · September 6, 2008

ALRIGHT ALREADY Back in Feb. '96 I went on a late night service call about 40 miles from my hometown in Central WA. It was snowing, and then turned into a nasty freezing rain, so I took my new Ford 4x4 since the company had no 4x4 service trucks. No problem. After I finished the service call, I headed carefully towards home creeeping along the glare ice in 4 hi, and came to the roadblock at the small mountain pass on I-82 between me and my house.The State Troopers were closing the pass until further notice, you couldn't even stand out there on the 3 inches of wet ice, it was nasty!I turned around carefully and headed back the other way, with plan "B" in mind. (Yes this is where I ****ed up) This plan consisted of going through the old road around the mountain, which is a river canyon road. I passed 15 cars in the ditch, smiling as my trust Fors was doing pretty good on this shit. I had deflated the tires to 12 PSI and had pretty good traction.I made it 15 miles when it happened. I was coming up a 1 mile grade, and a Peterbilt pulling a fuel tanker was coming down the grade with the trailer coming around in my lane. It was like a scene from an action movie.It was funny, I had not seen any other vehicles up to this point, knowing they had closed this road as well on both ends after I got on it.Anyhow, I slowed and got as far over on the gleaming shoulder as possible and missed the trailer by about an inch. My truck rolled to a slow stop, and I was so proud that I had not paniced and locked up the brakes.Like it mattered. The place I stopped was at a slight grade towards the 800 foot river below. The weight of the vehicle overcame the "friction" of the tires and I slid sideways off the shoulder.The truck ended up on a small snow berm 15 feet below. My lights shining on the ice covered river far below. I slowly opened the door, looked over the vehicle, looked over the slope I just slipped down, and said to myself "no problem"I walked up and down the 12-15 foot slope a couple of times, the ice was cleared and I saw no reason I could not back my shiny Ford off that berm and back onto that road. NOTE: This was my second and final mistake of the evening.I put it in 4 LO, left the driver door open, ready to bail out in case I had to, and slowly began creeping back up the grade in Reverse. It lost traction right near the top, and slipped right back down to that snow berm. I jumped from the truck and stared at it. I heard 3 cracks, and a crunching noise and down she went.Into the river. I had no GAP insurance, and had to fight with the insurance company for this $15,000 recovery, and had to pay a $1000 EPA fine (note the ATF on the ice)SHIT I typed all this, and I can't insert pictures!!! Well here are attachments: