Almost crashed at 60mph!!!
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No need to slow down. Just get some studded and/or siped winter tires off craigslist. F*** s before trucks, man. Especially when you're 18.
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In a 2wd yota right foot finesse is critical when turning corners especially on wet pavement. My friends had 2wd's and all were prone to rear end sliding. Longer wheel base vehicles have less of this issue as you found in your other truck.
Add some weight to the back and it will help.
Find a wide open place to practice so you'll be ready if this happens unexpectedly. Even driving slow a patch of oil or accidental blip of the throttle will send you sliding on wet roads. Nothing but good old practice will teach you how to react when there isn't time to think.
Frank
Add some weight to the back and it will help.
Find a wide open place to practice so you'll be ready if this happens unexpectedly. Even driving slow a patch of oil or accidental blip of the throttle will send you sliding on wet roads. Nothing but good old practice will teach you how to react when there isn't time to think.
Frank
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personally i like bags of soil/compost instead of sandbags. i like them because they have more surface area to disperse their weight. also they help to grow me some tasty veggies when i'm done with them in the truck.
if it were me in that situation, i'd have let her crash and then go buy a 4wd
hope the girl helped you to "calm down" after the ordeal
if it were me in that situation, i'd have let her crash and then go buy a 4wd
hope the girl helped you to "calm down" after the ordeal
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Right now though the hunk of steel is between trucks, not needed in my Tahoe or my Trekker.
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Thanks guys. I definitely need to slow down. I'm curious to see the "actual" rear weight of my truck...I might just go ahead and weigh it today...and take some pics of where I slid out.
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I'm a little unclear, but did you slide because it was wet, or because it was snowy?
If you're going to be driving it in the snow often, I would HIGHLY suggest getting a good set of winter tires. They will make a world of difference.
If you're going to be driving it in the snow often, I would HIGHLY suggest getting a good set of winter tires. They will make a world of difference.
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i dident notice if anyone else said this but if your in a slide on a wet or snowy road DON'T HIT THE BREAKS! it can send you around doing 360's down the middle of the road faster than you can blink. you can push in the cluch this gives your wheels the best chance of regaining traction as you try to steer out of it. you want to steer the wheel in the dirrection that your back end is sliding too it takes alot of finness to keep from over stearing but the best thing to do is slow down so you dont slide in the first place!
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i dident notice if anyone else said this but if your in a slide on a wet or snowy road DON'T HIT THE BREAKS! it can send you around doing 360's down the middle of the road faster than you can blink. you can push in the cluch this gives your wheels the best chance of regaining traction as you try to steer out of it. you want to steer the wheel in the dirrection that your back end is sliding too it takes alot of finness to keep from over stearing but the best thing to do is slow down so you dont slide in the first place!
Oh btw - I've pushed the limits of this truck before. I've taken corners as fast as my truck can possibly go and turning as sharp and the tires will "give out" and I'll lose control. I like to know the limits of everything
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Wich on ramp??? I know that coming off of that highway on one of the northern Salem exits heading onto i-5 north I got my old MKII Jetta doing 100 around and onto the freeway with 3 hondas trying SOOOOOOOO hard to catch me I can only imagine trying that ina 2wd p/u with nothing in the bed... SCARRY...
but hey, I was about 18 when I did that so you've gotta learn somehow, just try not to kill anyone else no seriously I may be getting on with Salem Fire sometime in teh enar future, and if I find a white 2wd Toyota smashed to bits I'll not be too happy with seeing a board member hurt...
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but hey, I was about 18 when I did that so you've gotta learn somehow, just try not to kill anyone else no seriously I may be getting on with Salem Fire sometime in teh enar future, and if I find a white 2wd Toyota smashed to bits I'll not be too happy with seeing a board member hurt...
Cheers
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you can pm it to me.
sorry, back on topic:
screw the sandbags and fertilizer in the back. put a nice shell, roll cage and padded carpet kit in the back with a pass-thru rear window... oh wait... then it wouldn't be screwing the sandbags and fertilizer... would it?
sorry, back on topic:
screw the sandbags and fertilizer in the back. put a nice shell, roll cage and padded carpet kit in the back with a pass-thru rear window... oh wait... then it wouldn't be screwing the sandbags and fertilizer... would it?
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Wich on ramp??? I know that coming off of that highway on one of the northern Salem exits heading onto i-5 north I got my old MKII Jetta doing 100 around and onto the freeway with 3 hondas trying SOOOOOOOO hard to catch me I can only imagine trying that ina 2wd p/u with nothing in the bed... SCARRY...
but hey, I was about 18 when I did that so you've gotta learn somehow, just try not to kill anyone else no seriously I may be getting on with Salem Fire sometime in teh enar future, and if I find a white 2wd Toyota smashed to bits I'll not be too happy with seeing a board member hurt...
Cheers
Dave
but hey, I was about 18 when I did that so you've gotta learn somehow, just try not to kill anyone else no seriously I may be getting on with Salem Fire sometime in teh enar future, and if I find a white 2wd Toyota smashed to bits I'll not be too happy with seeing a board member hurt...
Cheers
Dave
Don't worry...I won't kill myself. haha
See you around!
you can pm it to me.
sorry, back on topic:
screw the sandbags and fertilizer in the back. put a nice shell, roll cage and padded carpet kit in the back with a pass-thru rear window... oh wait... then it wouldn't be screwing the sandbags and fertilizer... would it?
sorry, back on topic:
screw the sandbags and fertilizer in the back. put a nice shell, roll cage and padded carpet kit in the back with a pass-thru rear window... oh wait... then it wouldn't be screwing the sandbags and fertilizer... would it?
I want a canopy (shell) for my truck anyway. But I don't want a crappy metal one that looks like crap. I want a white fiberglass one MADE for my truck.
I can get the rear end to slide out with my 250lb dirtbike in my bed...don't think much is going to help
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