From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 09:47:11 PST
The Goosey Gobber strikes again!!!
You need a better welder!
Joe
--- Steve & Jeanne Keith <cckw@attbi.com> wrote:
> We got about 12" of snow over the past two days and
> the old 42 Cheby 4x4 did
> a fine job keeping the 1/4 mile driveway to the POD
> and son in laws place
> open. It was tough on the truck and I had to plow
> faster than I normally do
> to try and throw the light snow over the existing
> banks.
>
> Yesterday, I decided it was time for some gas so I
> proceeded to Concord NH 5
> miles away. I had thought about leaving the plow at
> home, but it is such a
> pain to get it back on , I decided to drive to the
> big city with it on...
>
> On the longest hill (3/4 mile) going down I hit a
> bump and heard a funny
> noise. I also observed (I am very observent...) that
> I could no longer see
> the angled corner of the plow. I assumed that maybe
> the chain had jumped off
> of the hoist assy. Stepping on the brakes sent the
> truck into a skid on the
> snow covered roads. Plan B. let off of the brakes
> and gas and slow down
> slowly.
>
> When I finally stopped at the bottom of the hill and
> got out, I could not
> believe what had happened. The welding (not mine)
> had broken and the cross
> angle iron that the plow mounts to had come off of
> the rest of the plow
> frame. The plow was being pushed/dragged face down
> in the road, just in
> front of the tires, only being held back from going
> under the truck by the
> hoist chain! WOW! Can't quite imagine if I had
> passed over it....
>
> Needless to say, the angle fittings were all broken
> or ground into nothing.
> Hopefully the plow is not bent, nor the cylinders
> etc.
>
> A good neighbor stopped and we hooked the back end
> of the broken off plow
> frame over the hoist cylinder and I carried it home
> that way....
>
> Always an adventure!!!
>
> Steve AKA Dr Deuce
>
>
>
>
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