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Pictures of the lake that jumped in front of my truck
You guys asked so I went back to where the lake jumped out in front of me and took some pictures. It looks scarier in person, especially at night doing 35 or 40. Knowing there was a lake, not knowing how deep it was, and seeing all that smooth flat snow in front of me... Well it was disturbing to say the least!!
I'm really glad all I have to show for it is a small repair bill!!
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Man were you lucky!!
Is that called Lost Lake? 
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Yikes. Glad all's well that ended well.
Is it just my imagination, or in the second pic, has another truck tried to emulate what you did, and skidded down the grade until it ran into a little tree and stopped, just to the left there of where you attempted to launch the USS Lost Lake? 
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youre lucky that the ice was only 2" if it was 4" it would have let you get a little further before breaking. but ive no doubt youve played over all the "what ifs?" a thousand times by now.
ok, so... no more closing your eyes when you sing along with old willie nelson songs ...right?
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#1 reason I DON'T have GPS in my new car.
#2 reason I have handsfree Bluetooth in my new car.
No distractions.
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Dude ... Im thinking its time to change your name ...
You found it
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You couldn't find a carwash?
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Those darned stationary objects.
Like the tree that jumped out and smacked my truck in the tailgate when I was backing into a parking area at a local trailhead.
A hand sledge and a hunk of 2X4 took care of that.
My wife got a good laugh out of it.
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11-29-2013, 07:06 PM
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Wow, great to hear that the truck did not go completely into the water.
Or, as mentioned, if the ice was thicker, you could have been out there just a bit farther and then break through.
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11-29-2013, 07:12 PM
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I bet a Ford would have stopped. Just saying....
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Nah, that truck is a guy out on the ice fishing. I asked him how thick the ice is and he said it was more than four inches today.
The chunk I pulled from above my front axle was about 4" thick. I think two inches was a poor initial guess.
It was nerve wracking!
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As was mentioned. You might have had to change your name. How about Lost It In The Lake!
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That's spooky! Sliding backwards down an icy jeep road is fun too lol.Glad you're alright.
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ROFLMAO!!! Makes a change from trees and power poles, I guess. 
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Well.. if you're sliding with the breaks on...
shift into reverse with breaks on, then release the break and floorboard the gas!
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Hindsight being 20/20, you should have gone WOT in hopes you could make it to the far side. It can't be over a mile or so... Although I didn't end up in a lake, I have been in a truck headed the wrong way on ice with NO way to stop it. It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Glad everything worked out in the end.
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I bet a Ford would have stopped. Just saying....
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So, where the fish biting?
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It's called EXTREME ICE FISHING!
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If you let off of the breaks, you can steer again. Then pump them to slow down as you turn into the trees.
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If you let off of the breaks, you can steer again. Then pump them to slow down as you turn into the trees.
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For a while there, I thought it might have been a small lake. Can't miss that one!
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Whats that white stuff on the road? 
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Shorts and a Tee,
It's....
Why I live in FLA.
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Wow! Just wow and whew!
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Water-based paint someone spilled from a 10 gallon bucket.
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Well duh. The problem is you're too distracted taking pictures while you're driving instead of watching the lake as it sneaks up on you. You'll get him next time.
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Its plain to see from your pics how easy it is for something like that to happen. At least you don't have my kind of luck! If you did, when you went back to take your pics you would have slid right down the ramp again.
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Just glad
Just glad you got out ok and that we aren't reading about a tragedy in the news.
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Of course it is easy to Monday Morning Quarterback...
Did you consider steering into one of the trees? That may have been better than taking the risk of immersing a running engine.
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I was helping my dad roof once. He started sliding backwards off the roof. I still have to laugh every time I remember the expression on his face.
I bet yours was similar!
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I have heard of "flooding your engine" but you took it in an entire new direction.
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My GPS would have shown a lake ahead.
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well sure, thats how you make "j-hooks" 
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He put it into the lake because he was distracted by looking up directions on the GPS per his original post. That's the point. Main reason I don't have one, no need to take your eyes OFF the road without one, same with texting.
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Well.. if you're sliding with the breaks on...
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You may have thought this was a joke.. but I've used this trick several times. Works if you're 4X4 and not going fast.
Yes, we do have that "white stuff" in the mountains!
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Recalculating....recalculating...FROZEN LAKE DEAD AHEAD!
Glad you are alright, Lost. It makes for a great story, however.
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Same rule when it rains. A locked wheel does not steer, it must be rolling to steer. I have been trained to drive on a skid pad. When you lock the wheel, the car will go the direction that it was going when the wheel locked. You must let off of the brake to steer again. I have seen many panic and hit the brakes and wonder why turning the steering wheel does not make the car change directions.
I owned a 1962 Porsche 356B years ago. It would over steer or under steer depending on the accelerator.
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