So you may or may not know that I'm an EMS helicopter pilot. So on Xmas eve, the weather was clearing during my work shift so I had to make it the 20 some miles into work at 5am even though the roads were closed due to ice and drifting snow. This was the result... Pics of me recovering my truck with my Bobcat..
What happened was on US 30 doing about 40 mph through various clear pavement and scattered packed snow/ice, took it out of 4x4 b/c there was enough clear sections. Hit a patch of black ice, plus a 30 knot crosswind at the same time, just pushed the back end right around with no chance of countersteering, I was along for the ride. No injury at all. Stood up on the passenger door wondering how to get out when I realized the engine was still running. Killed the engine, then a nice lady in a minivan on her way to work at Cabelas stopped and gave me a ride to work, kicked out the sunroof to get out....All my xmas presents to my family were in the back of the truck, scattered like a lawn sale... Roads throughout the state continued to be closed through yesterday so never had a chance to make it home for the holidays..besides, that would be a cold *** ride some 150 miles in 5 degree temps on a tractor doing 15mph..
Some pics of the drifts in my yard I had to clear to get out of the driveway...I know some of you canucks and n'easterners this is nothing, but it sucks when you're not used to it...But it was the ice that was the problem, road crews refused to put out any sand or salt.
What happened was on US 30 doing about 40 mph through various clear pavement and scattered packed snow/ice, took it out of 4x4 b/c there was enough clear sections. Hit a patch of black ice, plus a 30 knot crosswind at the same time, just pushed the back end right around with no chance of countersteering, I was along for the ride. No injury at all. Stood up on the passenger door wondering how to get out when I realized the engine was still running. Killed the engine, then a nice lady in a minivan on her way to work at Cabelas stopped and gave me a ride to work, kicked out the sunroof to get out....All my xmas presents to my family were in the back of the truck, scattered like a lawn sale... Roads throughout the state continued to be closed through yesterday so never had a chance to make it home for the holidays..besides, that would be a cold *** ride some 150 miles in 5 degree temps on a tractor doing 15mph..
Some pics of the drifts in my yard I had to clear to get out of the driveway...I know some of you canucks and n'easterners this is nothing, but it sucks when you're not used to it...But it was the ice that was the problem, road crews refused to put out any sand or salt.
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