| [GMCnet] When do we stop driving a motorhome? [message #357226] |
Sun, 26 July 2020 23:49  |
BobDunahugh
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Registered: October 2010
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
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Had a scary situation this weekend. Was using a friend's tractor trailer. To get my Yenko's to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Ky. From Cedar Rapids Iowa. The trailer is an enclose. Climate controlled 53 ft unit. Can haul 6 cars. With its hydraulic 2 levels. And it has extremely, fantastic braking abilities. With great car tie downs. That I'm very grateful for now. With the ZL1 Camaro. And the 5 Yenkos. The combined value comes in at about $2.1 million for the cars. At the bottom end. Plus, another million in the tractor trailer. ( Crazy nice trailer.)
We were on a 4-lane state route. We had a 38 ft diesel pusher run a red light in front of us. I never dreamed that a tractor trailer could handle that well. And stop that short at 60 MPH. We got a VERY good look. At an elderly man behind the wheel of the pusher. With his eyes the size of a golf ball each. And his wife screaming. By the why she looked.
When we got out. I was truly afraid to look inside the trailer. And see the carnage. As the trailer A/C unit had stopped. ( A safety had shut it down. ) Not the cars running into it. As two of my Yenkos. Are true one of ones. The only ones ever built by GM/Yenko. Everything survived fine. Took 2 years off my life.
The point here is. We ALL need to evaluate our driving skills each time we hit the road. No matter our age. For the safety of all.
Bob Dunahugh
Still with my Yanko's
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