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Posted by Allan on December 05, 2003 at 04:00:32 from (148.63.132.164):
Mornin' All, As I’ve mentioned here before, I bought a couple of parcels of land up here in the hills because it is so pretty & nice in the summer. The fact is, the State of Nebraska has a State Park right across the highway from me; it is just a darned nice location. I should have looked at it in the dead of winter. Because, after the first 1” of snow, all of that “pretty” comes to a screeching halt. It is just almost an impossibility to get up this 1/8-mile drive in the winter. Sadly, the guy who previously owned one of the properties was killed when he was going down the drive and onto the hi-way on a snowy day and slid right out in front of a semi tractor-trailer. Okay, so reality sinks in, I understand full well that the wife’s Ford Windstar van is not going to be able to get in and out of here in the winter, so I go into town and buy a little Chevy blazer 4X4 to better be able to navigate the winter roads. Wrong! The first snowy day, I did the same thing; slid right down that road, the anti-locks working like crazy, and out and across the state hi-way I go! It really shook me up, but I regained my composure and went on about my tasks for the day. When I came home, the little Chevy couldn’t make it up the hill again! All four wheels are just spinning. Rats! Now, I’m mad! I’m leavin’ cuss marks on everything within earshot! Since I realize that my old beater ½ ton ’78 Chevy pickup has no problem at all navigating the area, I take the little Chevy blazer in to town and trade it off on a heavier GMC Yukon. At last, the problem is solved, I can come and go as I like with no concern for the weather. I don’t spin a wheel anymore and since that time, I haven’t given it another thought till yesterday morning. I’m having a contractor add a garage on the house and they are just finishing up all the little things that come with such a project. He has three men on the job plus the local electrician is putting in the wiring. Yesterday morning, we got 2 ½” of snow. The contractor gets up the hill with his Jeep Cherokee; the electrician comes in with no problems with a little Dodge 4X4 pickup. But, the three hired men have to leave their vehicles parked down along the hi-way and walk in. A Ford ½ ton 4X4, a small Chevy 4X4, and a small GMC 4X4. They can’t get up the hill! It must be in the weight distribution differences in all these different vehicles is all I can figure. They just are not all the same. For what it is worth, Allan
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