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<blockquote data-quote="hlb3" data-source="post: 1310619" data-attributes="member: 16592"><p>3-4 years ago up at Walker Valley, we had been planning a trip for a few months up there, that just so happened to fall during one of the HUGE snow storms we had. We decided to go for it and hope for the best, turned into one of the worst trips out I've ever had. My tow-rig is 2wd, towed in ice/snow before and hadn't had any issues. I was going up a hill, made it most of the way up, the truck started slipping and walking sideways, I let off and I put the my foot on the brakes and the truck started sliding backwards down the hill, my buddy was right behind me, luckily he started backing up in time. I let my foot off the truck brakes and locked the trailer brakes with the booster and it FINALLY stopped right on the edge of the ditch, which was probably 15 deep. I couldn't get my Cruiser off the trailer because it was hanging over the ditch, we tried winching the trailer over, but the trailer was too heavy. So I tried to stick the ramps under the truck tires, gained a few feet each time before the truck spit the ramps 20 feet down the hill. One of the guys had a set of chains, they were for 31's (the truck has 32's), we tried them and they barely fit, we got the truck up far enough to get the Cruiser off the trailer, once we did that I got the truck up the hill and then just drove Cruiser the rest of the way. I vowed never to wheel in snow again after that.</p><p></p><p>Then last year, we were heading out to Tahuya, we had a dusting of snow here, but checked the weather before we left, said it was clear and was going to be clear the whole day, about 10miles from Belfair and its snowing, and had been for the whole night (thanks Weather.com). We decided to bag it and head for my buddies place in Gig Harbor. It took us 3 hours to get from Belfair back to Gig Harbor. Got stuck on a hill leaving Belfair, was almost all the way up and some genuouses decided to stop for no reason at the top of the hill and I was done. I had to unload the Cruiser to get going. Once we got past that, we loaded my Cruiser on my buddy's trailer since his Cruiser is actually street legal and I towed an empty trailer the rest of the way. After the big hill, the brakes on the truck started cooking, I thought it was the trailer brakes hanging up, but when we got to buddy's place, the drivers rear was smoking. After we left, about Lakewood I went to hit my brakes and found I pretty much had no brakes, the rear brakes were gone, about the only thing that was really slowing me down was the the trailer brakes. I tore it apart today and the rear drivers side was totally shot, all the friction material on the shoes fell out when I pulled the drum, the only thing I could see that was wrong was the the spring on the adjuster came off and the bar that the adjuster ratchets on was hanging there. Not sure if that was what caused the problem, I'm thinking that the parking brake might have hung up after the hill (I had it set) and that was what caused the problems. So $150 and 4 hours later, got everything fixed... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hlb3, post: 1310619, member: 16592"] 3-4 years ago up at Walker Valley, we had been planning a trip for a few months up there, that just so happened to fall during one of the HUGE snow storms we had. We decided to go for it and hope for the best, turned into one of the worst trips out I've ever had. My tow-rig is 2wd, towed in ice/snow before and hadn't had any issues. I was going up a hill, made it most of the way up, the truck started slipping and walking sideways, I let off and I put the my foot on the brakes and the truck started sliding backwards down the hill, my buddy was right behind me, luckily he started backing up in time. I let my foot off the truck brakes and locked the trailer brakes with the booster and it FINALLY stopped right on the edge of the ditch, which was probably 15 deep. I couldn't get my Cruiser off the trailer because it was hanging over the ditch, we tried winching the trailer over, but the trailer was too heavy. So I tried to stick the ramps under the truck tires, gained a few feet each time before the truck spit the ramps 20 feet down the hill. One of the guys had a set of chains, they were for 31's (the truck has 32's), we tried them and they barely fit, we got the truck up far enough to get the Cruiser off the trailer, once we did that I got the truck up the hill and then just drove Cruiser the rest of the way. I vowed never to wheel in snow again after that. Then last year, we were heading out to Tahuya, we had a dusting of snow here, but checked the weather before we left, said it was clear and was going to be clear the whole day, about 10miles from Belfair and its snowing, and had been for the whole night (thanks Weather.com). We decided to bag it and head for my buddies place in Gig Harbor. It took us 3 hours to get from Belfair back to Gig Harbor. Got stuck on a hill leaving Belfair, was almost all the way up and some genuouses decided to stop for no reason at the top of the hill and I was done. I had to unload the Cruiser to get going. Once we got past that, we loaded my Cruiser on my buddy's trailer since his Cruiser is actually street legal and I towed an empty trailer the rest of the way. After the big hill, the brakes on the truck started cooking, I thought it was the trailer brakes hanging up, but when we got to buddy's place, the drivers rear was smoking. After we left, about Lakewood I went to hit my brakes and found I pretty much had no brakes, the rear brakes were gone, about the only thing that was really slowing me down was the the trailer brakes. I tore it apart today and the rear drivers side was totally shot, all the friction material on the shoes fell out when I pulled the drum, the only thing I could see that was wrong was the the spring on the adjuster came off and the bar that the adjuster ratchets on was hanging there. Not sure if that was what caused the problem, I'm thinking that the parking brake might have hung up after the hill (I had it set) and that was what caused the problems. So $150 and 4 hours later, got everything fixed... :mad::mad::mad::mad: [/QUOTE]
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