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Old 02-12-2012, 19:28   #1 (permalink)
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Default Icy roads this weekend!
Had the M52A2 out this weekend on the icy roads(we got about a foot of snow
Friday night).

I have to say that it is a little exciting to get a 18,000 pound truck skidding at a
45 degree angle on a road with deep ditches along both sides! It does indeed
have a "pucker factor" involved when driving the truck.

I slid on the ice and skidded fifty feet past my sons driveway.....

The truck is fantastic in the snow and mud, but this is a reminder to everyone that
the NDCC tires do not do well on "slick/smooth surfaces".
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Sounds like you wont be using a toilet anytime soon after that pucker factor event..
Be careful and drive safe.
San you say tirechains?
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The ice is bad with any tires. Glad there were no issues other than some dirty draws.
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Sounds like you wont be using a toilet anytime soon after that pucker factor event..
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San you say tirechains?
Tirechains and studs are illegal in michigan , they don't want damage the roads .
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Figures, Michagan is another backwards state. Would rather have accidents and people killed then repairing a pothole the next year.
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Figures, Michagan is another backwards state. Would rather have accidents and people killed then repairing a pothole the next year.

Repair? Potholes? What are they?
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Default not mil but cool and imagine the tires hhhmmmm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjAVY...&feature=share

Wish I could drive one of these but I dont think I would fit in it
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Tirechains and studs are illegal in michigan , they don't want damage the roads .
Yea, better not tear up the road with a Michigan truck



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