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<blockquote data-quote="Oak" data-source="post: 1532765" data-attributes="member: 51519"><p>Started freezing rain shortly after my shift started this evening.</p><p></p><p>I just spent four hours getting home from local sort. Twenty two miles in the country. F150 4x4, by the way.</p><p></p><p>The first half was semi ok at 25 mph. Then the pavement changed from chip and seal to a smooth blacktop. It went to hell after that. 10 mph was too fast. </p><p></p><p>So now it's 5mph. About six miles from home, negotiating a curve and hill I started slipping sideways. I had already been, on occasion, using the grass with the passenger side tires. Not this time.</p><p></p><p>I ended up on a steep embankment in the snow, about a car width off of the pavement. The more I tried to go forward and back the closer I was getting to the tree line, so I parked it. Called the wife and told her I was going to be napping in the truck.</p><p></p><p>I had a full tank of gas, my carhart bibs, an extra coat, pillow and a blanket, two bottles of water, and even had a loaf of bread.</p><p></p><p>I was just about to get comfy and get some sleep when a jeep passed by. I flashed the headlights, but it kept on going. Shortly here he came back. He knew not to stop where I was or he'd be on top of me. Turned out to be a guy that lives about a mile from me that uses his jeep to plow snow.</p><p></p><p>The pavement was so slick I couldn't even crawl across the road on all fours. I had to use my extra coat in my hands to get across on all fours.</p><p></p><p>By the fire now. Let me tell you, there's no place like home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oak, post: 1532765, member: 51519"] Started freezing rain shortly after my shift started this evening. I just spent four hours getting home from local sort. Twenty two miles in the country. F150 4x4, by the way. The first half was semi ok at 25 mph. Then the pavement changed from chip and seal to a smooth blacktop. It went to hell after that. 10 mph was too fast. So now it's 5mph. About six miles from home, negotiating a curve and hill I started slipping sideways. I had already been, on occasion, using the grass with the passenger side tires. Not this time. I ended up on a steep embankment in the snow, about a car width off of the pavement. The more I tried to go forward and back the closer I was getting to the tree line, so I parked it. Called the wife and told her I was going to be napping in the truck. I had a full tank of gas, my carhart bibs, an extra coat, pillow and a blanket, two bottles of water, and even had a loaf of bread. I was just about to get comfy and get some sleep when a jeep passed by. I flashed the headlights, but it kept on going. Shortly here he came back. He knew not to stop where I was or he'd be on top of me. Turned out to be a guy that lives about a mile from me that uses his jeep to plow snow. The pavement was so slick I couldn't even crawl across the road on all fours. I had to use my extra coat in my hands to get across on all fours. By the fire now. Let me tell you, there's no place like home. [/QUOTE]
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