NEWS STORY: Ford/Lance guardrail bridge

[EricCO]

https://kdvr.com/2019/11/26/watch-live-pickup-with-camper-dangles-on-edge-of-i-70-guardrail/

[bookmaker]

We were out there when that happened. We were not in our camper, but I can assure you there was ice everywhere. We happened to be in Estes Park where it snowed 33" in 24 hours. Drove back to Denver the following day.

Of course being drunk didn't help any.

[K_Mac]

Suspected DUI doesn't automatically mean alky haul, especially in CO.,weren't they the first to legal-eyes maryyouwanna ? lol

[Grit_dog]

^ Lol, the sad part is, some of the "door sticker drum beaters" might actually say you should abide by that.
Btw, I don't have one of those letters, whether it came with the truck or not, I can claim plausible deniability. Lol. That's tdz speak right there!

I will, at no expense to you, give you my truck in exchange for yours, so you can haul a TC with a clear conscience.
That's how I am. Help out my fellow man with completley altruistic intentions....cross my heart!

[towpro]

My 2015 4wd Ram Diesel dually with aisin trans and 4:10's came with a slip of paper in glove box that said "this truck is not recommended for use with slide in camper".
I met a couple others that had the same notice in the glove box and we compared build sheets:

we all had "Snow plow prep group" which consisted of a transfer case skid plate and a bigger altinator. I guess Ram did not want us snow plowing with truck campers loaded 🙂

[jaycocreek]

jimh425 wrote:

jaycocreek wrote:
I just took mine off for winter driving..

Really, I thought you needed it to snow plow. 😄

Naw.I plow snow with this..The 2WD-DRW is used to pull out stuck 4X4's..LOL...To much weight can be worse than not enough weight!

If I had a choice of the truck camper loaded in snow and ice or unloaded,I would choose unloaded around here..I prefer adding my own weight to a pickup for traction..With a truck camper(mine) it's 4000#or nothing..To much..

[towpro]

deltabravo wrote:
The news truck has a flux capacitor in it. Did anyone else catch that?

I saw that, thinking "where can I get one, for my motorcycle"

[Old_Days]

It was a lot of snow that day, Arvada 16 inches, Boulder had 22 inches of snow. I was up in Leadville in May and it had 12 inches on the ground and still snowing, really don't like being out in those conditions.

[jimh406]

jaycocreek wrote:
I just took mine off for winter driving..

Really, I thought you needed it to snow plow. 😄

[specta]

Glad it wasn't worse.

It wouldn't bother me to travel in bad weather with my camper.

I have what it takes. 😉

[jaycocreek]

Truck campers can be a good addition in the ice and snow yet they also can be a bad addition because of the weight magnifying any slippage, especially down hill.

I just took mine off for winter driving..

[Grit_dog]

Yup, No one knows the situation surrounding the incident. Super icy early season snow? Yup appears that way. Did the driver get cut off by another vehicle possibly out of control? Alkyhaul may or may not have been a factor. Good news is it ended about as well as that could.

[jaycocreek]

Drivers condition may have caused this accident, however it could have just as easily happened with no input (or lack of) from driver. Would have been an opportunity to educate or at least mention as many are unaware that conditions on a bridge, overpass etc, can be MUCH worse when crossing them.

Ditto and take note the recovery vehicles are chained up...That says alot...

[AnEv942]

I hate stories like this, more so the sensationalism..
Once stopped the truck wasn't 'teetering' or 'dangling' and if it could roll would have rolled back onto road.
IF the driver indeed was DUI-will be paying for it a long time-however its the fact that driving under the influence ends any other comments, other circumstance are glossed over-end of story. Thats a disservice..Ya dont drink and drive-you make ignorant decisions-stupid reactions, innocents can suffer and even if not your fault -it is.


Chipping ice to lower outrigger

Drivers condition may have caused this accident, however it could have just as easily happened with no input (or lack of) from driver. Would have been an opportunity to educate or at least mention as many are unaware that conditions on a bridge, overpass etc, can be MUCH worse when crossing them.

[jaycocreek]

Another 4X4 in the ditch. Just say'in. (laughing)