Well last week my lady totaled her truck on the way home from work in an ice storm. She was unhurt but very upset as she just paid it off, and it was her pride and joy. It was a 2004 big black, 3/4Ton, Dodge Ram, 4x4, extended, cab pickup.
So we were down to just my truck a 1997 Ford ranger with over 250,000 miles, and my clutch just all of a sudden let go today. Yesterday I thought I hit a patch of invisible ice on a clear road, and got some spin but thought nothing else of it. Today heading into town in the other direction up a long ice free hill I felt the same thing, and gave it some extra pedal, and that was all she wrote.
I did manage to get it home but with a white knuckle ride of high speed down hill, with passing cars on a back country corner roads to make it to the top of my hill where my driveway road is. :lol:
So I'm just sharing, and venting here all at the same time as we are without transportation, and country living, and privacy is great. But, I think this kinda of living needs a "just in case kinda vehicle", and I'm chaulking this up to another one of those lessons learned. So my big plans are once again on hold. :nod:
It's always something!
So we were down to just my truck a 1997 Ford ranger with over 250,000 miles, and my clutch just all of a sudden let go today. Yesterday I thought I hit a patch of invisible ice on a clear road, and got some spin but thought nothing else of it. Today heading into town in the other direction up a long ice free hill I felt the same thing, and gave it some extra pedal, and that was all she wrote.
I did manage to get it home but with a white knuckle ride of high speed down hill, with passing cars on a back country corner roads to make it to the top of my hill where my driveway road is. :lol:
So I'm just sharing, and venting here all at the same time as we are without transportation, and country living, and privacy is great. But, I think this kinda of living needs a "just in case kinda vehicle", and I'm chaulking this up to another one of those lessons learned. So my big plans are once again on hold. :nod:
It's always something!