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DirtyOil
Sep 06, 2015Explorer
Bigfoot affair wrote:
Once again all the Ram guy's making up some kind of excuse why the truck won't go over a curb. The guy that owns this truck said he had it in 4hi and his foot to the floor...
Clicky
I believe that fellow needs a lesson or two or three on how to drive a 4WD pickup. This last February while attempting to cross a ice bridge in pitch black conditions at 4:00 am, my truck broke through the ice, seems sometime earlier water up stream of the bridge flooded over the original ice bridge then froze over. The layer of frozen water was about 5" thick. With all four wheels in the broken ice and about 8" of water I was able to back my truck up and out of the broken ice and water, that's 5" of ice over top of 8" of water... trick was simple... 4WD and in LOW. Because of the depth of water and the thickness of the ice above... some $1500.00 in parts later my truck and myself... tread lightly crossing ice bridges. I wish I had the old 2005 3500... with 6" of lift and 35" tires I could have made it to the other side easily.
P.S. My truck is auto 3500 4x4 with 3:42 gears and stock height with OEM size tires.
.... oh forgot to mention... I had to change my shorts as well. :o
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