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Yea that's about how thick the ice was. I choose to avoid most spots if possible because I didn't wanna change a tire out there. My buddies jeep tried to go through one and he almost got stuck. The ice was about 5 in he's thick. He ended up backing out and driving through the outside so his drivers side was in it a little. Me being me I had to wade a little further in then he did. Next thing I know my truck is being sucked in. I feel the front drop alot and the rear starts sliding in. I was doing about 5mph. I threw it in reverse so quick and put my foot to the floor. Going forward wasn't an option. I ended up getting out and laughing about it but tue whole time I heard the ice slamming the front and sides. Luckily nothing got damaged and didn't blow a tire. Needless to say I wont do that again. I had it in 4HI with the traction control off already so I got really lucky. Ii will be doing some more underbody armor when I do the lift. If I have enough money rock sliders to replace the plastic stepsrichardekirby wrote:Very cool. Nice pics. Looks like some of the stuff we went thru this weekend. Saturday morning we were busting thru water/mud holes that had about 3" of ice on them. I was concerned about cutting a tire or damaging something underneath the truck.
I recently added the engine and T case skid plates. I scraped them up pretty good out there. I'm also glad I got rid of the plastic steps and replaced them with metal ones. I've really beat the hell out of them the past few weeks. I'm sure I would have sufferd rocker panel damage without them.NYPathfinder wrote:I will be doing some more underbody armor when I do the lift. If I have enough money rock sliders to replace the plastic stepsrichardekirby wrote:Very cool. Nice pics. Looks like some of the stuff we went thru this weekend. Saturday morning we were busting thru water/mud holes that had about 3" of ice on them. I was concerned about cutting a tire or damaging something underneath the truck.
I really haven't hit the step rails to much considering what I've gone through and im at stock height/tire size. So im gonna hold off for a few weeks till i find something i like or find someone local to fab some up. Ordering my lift this weekend along with some more skid plates. I don't plan on going off roading again till I get everything done.richardekirby wrote:I recently added the engine and T case skid plates. I scraped them up pretty good out there. I'm also glad I got rid of the plastic steps and replaced them with metal ones. I've really beat the hell out of them the past few weeks. I'm sure I would have sufferd rocker panel damage without them.NYPathfinder wrote:I will be doing some more underbody armor when I do the lift. If I have enough money rock sliders to replace the plastic stepsrichardekirby wrote:Very cool. Nice pics. Looks like some of the stuff we went thru this weekend. Saturday morning we were busting thru water/mud holes that had about 3" of ice on them. I was concerned about cutting a tire or damaging something underneath the truck.