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Mine was a few minutes ago when my '08 Ram Hemi Quadcab 4x4 Bighorn and I came to within inches of sliding off of a corner into Otter Creek, which is 50ft wide and 25 ft deep.
Just below my cabin the road turns to the left to follow the creek, it's covered in 3" of heavy wet snow right now, and I hit it in the truck in 2 wl drive at about 25MPH and the front didn't turn. I spun the wheel a bit, nothing, then tapped the brakes a bit, nothing, having no other choice I flicked it into 4x4 and tapped the gas. The tires spun and got just enough traction to pull the front around to the left.
I stopped and walked back to see that the right front was about 8" from the edge which dropped straight down 10 feet into the water. The road is dirt.
The adrenaline smacked me right when the steering wheel quit working and lasted till I got where I was going 20 minutes later. When I was fooling around trying to get the front end under control the creek was like the size of a drive-in movie theatre in my mind is I stared over the right front of the hood and saw only air, and water below.
That's what I get for going out in the middle of a bomb cyclone. lol
Just below my cabin the road turns to the left to follow the creek, it's covered in 3" of heavy wet snow right now, and I hit it in the truck in 2 wl drive at about 25MPH and the front didn't turn. I spun the wheel a bit, nothing, then tapped the brakes a bit, nothing, having no other choice I flicked it into 4x4 and tapped the gas. The tires spun and got just enough traction to pull the front around to the left.
I stopped and walked back to see that the right front was about 8" from the edge which dropped straight down 10 feet into the water. The road is dirt.
The adrenaline smacked me right when the steering wheel quit working and lasted till I got where I was going 20 minutes later. When I was fooling around trying to get the front end under control the creek was like the size of a drive-in movie theatre in my mind is I stared over the right front of the hood and saw only air, and water below.
That's what I get for going out in the middle of a bomb cyclone. lol