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Old January 5th, 2017, 08:00 AM
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Default Re: 1964 GMC "crustine" semi-build.

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Ed, looks like Medford got it good too! You able to still get Up your driveway?
Our driveway here near Medford is a piece of cake compared to the driveway we endured for 25 years at our old place, Tom. That driveway was 2/3 mile long and gained 400' in elevation from the paved road up to our house. The worst part was a hairpin curve at the top of a section with a 25% slope. I lost traction many times over the years in the middle of that hairpin going uphill in the snow. Going downhill in the snow was even worse -- came close to going over the edge more than once, sliding on the packed snow.

One of my former co-workers came out one time in the summer for a department picnic and never came back. She called it the "driveway from heck"! One time we had a guy in a service van try to come up the driveway. Near the top of the steepest part he lost momentum, started spinning his rear wheels, put on the brakes, and started sliding backwards down the hill. And this was in the summertime. He evidently freaked out due to gaining speed backwards, cranked the wheel to put the rear of van into the uphill side of the slope instead of risking going over the edge on the downhill side. This promptly rolled the van over onto its side. That was an interesting extraction challenge for the wrecker that came out to rescue him!

Then there was the time I jackknifed a trailer going downhill at the hairpin....
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Medford, Oregon
1962 1000 Pickup 401M & Muncie 318 with overdrive
1962 K1000 Suburban 401M & SM420
1965 2500 Suburban 351C & SM420 with Watson overdrive
1967 CM1500 pickup 351E & NP435
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