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Curb jump

Great White North Eh said:
Which one of the Dukes were you? Bo,Luke Billy Bob? :p Seriously though practicing out of control driving is a good way to become a better driver! At least when you pass the age of doing stupid $#!t. The problem is younger drivers don’t or can’t learn evasive driving in the modern ABS / auto transmission cocoons.:rolleyes:
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I pretended I was Bo Duke when I was a kid!
 
RockaRhyme said:
That doesn't look bad, I'd guess you're fine. Here's the real question, did you let of the brake just before the tires hit so they could roll up the curb and to help the weight settle a bit more to the rear? Doesn't guarantee there'll be no damage, but it helps.

Anybody ever pop their stick shift in reverse when sliding in the snow? I did it once when sliding down a hill to a stop sign in an old YJ and was surprised it worked. My other fun one was coming down a snowy road and a car coming the other way lost control and came into my lane heading for the rear quarter panel... I was able to get out of their way, but kissed the curb and got spun around. Now I'm sliding down the hill backwards towards stopped cars at an intersection so I popped it in first and gunned it, was able to stop the slide and to drive out of the way of the cars that had been behind me who had also lost control by that point. I wouldn't wish a wreck on anyone, but I may have smiled a little watching them slide into the stopped cars in my rearview as I drove away now in the other lane headed the opposite direction. That was the last time I took my 4x4 for a joy ride in the snow... just not worth it.
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Once I realized I was sliding I let off the brake to straighten out and took the route over the curb.
 
Great comments! This was my first time driving the truck in the snow to learn the capabilities. I was driving a little aggressive because some other drivers who shouldn't have been out were clogging up the road. This was a good lesson on how the truck handles. Drives great straight in 4WD. Stops pretty good with the anti-lock brakes. Does not corner worth a damn in icy snow mix. The rest of the next couple days were fine. I really love to drive around in the snow during the storm and right afterwards. I also have about 400-500 lbs. of sandbags in the back of the truck.
 
yeah, driving around in a 2 door 30 year old jeep and 4 ton pickup are very different things... I enjoy exploring after a snow storm too, but that's a lot of mass to redirect for sure. I've been toying with getting a set of snow tires and wheels, but living in MD we don't get a ton of snow and I work from home.
 
Truck is most certainly damaged beyond all repair. You should probably just cut your losses and sell it to me for about 300 dollars in scrap value so I can save everyone and take it permanently off the road.;););)
 
It's a HD truck, probably needs such jerking once in a while to shake off the snow and salt.
I vote for: It's all fine, no issue! You have big tires, big springs and a lot of resilience.
 
LateToTheParty said:
If you have the stock 20s and stock tires, I'd give them a good look over, but as long as no visible damage to the wheels, would assume all is good to go. If you've added more rubber and/or gone down in wheel size, I'd be less concerned.
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I have the 18" tires. Having the extra rubber is a good thing in this case!
 
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