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earthwalker
Cultural Editor & middleweight arm wrestling champion/Intermountain Region
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posted December 16, 2017 04:28 AM
When I checked the news last night seen a picture of it.
One reason I hate that valley now. Way to many stupid people in a hurry to go no where.
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Leonard
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posted December 16, 2017 08:26 AM
All I can say is, I have been involved in Black Ice and it's a lot scarier than it sounds. Without warning you can lose complete control of your vehicle, and wind up in a ditch or even over a cliff, no other vehicle in sight. If there is another vehicle, it's that much more dangerous. I don't have a solution?
Good hunting. El Bee
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Kokopelli
SENIOR DISCOUNT & Dispenser of Sage Advice
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posted December 16, 2017 10:49 AM
Black Ice was just one of the reasons I moved from Olympia to Arizona.
Four wheel drive means little to that evil shit.
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earthwalker
Cultural Editor & middleweight arm wrestling champion/Intermountain Region
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posted December 16, 2017 01:27 PM
That stretch of road is notorious for that stuff and the speed limit is 80 mph.
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Dave Allen
Hi, I'm SUPER DAVE, IN CHARGE OF Q STUFF (and Goat Leader) "I'm really not trying to be a dick".
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posted December 16, 2017 01:56 PM
earth walker nailed it. I had a thread about 80-MPH-somewhere a year or two ago.
Way too fast !!
Went to town this morning, snowed a bit last night. Foggy as shit !!
Spread straw out for the goats & chickens.
Sun is pokin' thru now. Lovely
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Leonard
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posted December 16, 2017 06:00 PM
My black ice adventure was in Austin, Nevada, right on the continental divide and on 8A or whatever they call it now, I can never remember? We did a 360 and resigned to be along for the ride. It was one of those slow motion deals where we knew we were in deep shit. Hands off the wheel, no brakes, just rode it to a dead stop. Just lucky. Never forget it.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Moe
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posted December 16, 2017 07:51 PM
I experienced black ice numerous times every winter in SE Alaska where I lived for 15 years. In a place like that the answer is studded tires. Here in Oregon those conditions only last a few days and don't occur every winter. Tough call.
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Paul Melching
Radical Operator Forum "You won't get past the front gate"
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posted December 17, 2017 03:16 AM
Had a friend in my youth that had just put a dual quad 409 in his 55 Chevy Leaving the garage he gave it a tap and we went downhill on 5th St. East
we glided down the road for a couple of miles with no control of the car watching as the view passed latterly across the windshield. Luckily we came to rest as the road flattened unscathed. Palmdale Calif. circa 1965 or thereabouts.
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Leonard
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posted December 17, 2017 08:30 AM
There was this one time up at Big Bear. If not for a 3" curb, I would have crashed into the corner of a wood house. My 74 Dodge and fat tires, no stopping it 'cept for that curb. I had about 6 little kids in the back of the truck, don't think any of them noticed? Come to think of it, wasn't black ice at all, just compacted icy white snow. Shit like that can give a man nightmares!
Good hunting. El Bee
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