truck and trailer total loss due to black ice
So it's been almost 3 weeks since we totaled our truck and fifth wheel. We were an hour from home enroute to Florida from Hamilton, Ontario when we hit black ice, lost control, went down an embankmen...
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Some of this advise is just disastrous!
If you are from Hamilton Ontario, you should know all about driving with icy roads. You should avoid it whenever possible. If you are skidding on ice, NEVER step on the brakes and NEVER step on the gas. It is all about steering into the skid.
I am from Upstate New York and brought my camper to Florida this winter. I was not going to be leaving NY until January and did NOT want to take chances with winter road conditions so I looked for an affordable storage facility that I could park it in until January.
I found a storage facility in Kentucky that charged $1. per linear foot per month. So the first weekend in November I towed the camper down to Kentucky, gave them $40. to store it for two months. The folks were so nice, they said that when we arrive to pick it up in January, we were welcome to stay overnight in it right there so we could take our time getting it hooked up and stocked for the road.
The nice thing about this was also, if the weather was still bad when we were heading home, we had the option of dropping it off and returning once spring had sprung.
FORTY DOLLARS for that big hunk of peace of mind!
If you are from Hamilton Ontario, you should know all about driving with icy roads. You should avoid it whenever possible. If you are skidding on ice, NEVER step on the brakes and NEVER step on the gas. It is all about steering into the skid.
I am from Upstate New York and brought my camper to Florida this winter. I was not going to be leaving NY until January and did NOT want to take chances with winter road conditions so I looked for an affordable storage facility that I could park it in until January.
I found a storage facility in Kentucky that charged $1. per linear foot per month. So the first weekend in November I towed the camper down to Kentucky, gave them $40. to store it for two months. The folks were so nice, they said that when we arrive to pick it up in January, we were welcome to stay overnight in it right there so we could take our time getting it hooked up and stocked for the road.
The nice thing about this was also, if the weather was still bad when we were heading home, we had the option of dropping it off and returning once spring had sprung.
FORTY DOLLARS for that big hunk of peace of mind!
