Saw it at the gravel pit....

[longbow]

A few days back I was at a gravel pit to visit a friend. They have a low pile of small gravel, about quarter / nickle size and he asked me to try and drive my truck over it. The mound was about 4 feet high and 40 feet long.

When I got 20 feet into it at 5 miles per hour it sucked me in and I could not move. We had to use a strap to my hitch and pull me back out with his truck. It was wet but not frozen.

Does this sound like a good way to trap a vehicle, if it was trying to bust in?

 

[jontheturboguy]

Yes, its called emergency run away truck ramp gravel. LOL!

 

[Flaregun]

Works for 18 wheelers on the interstate out west.

 

[IndyBeerman]

Works for 18 wheelers on the interstate out west.

Eagle Mtn. down south and a hefty fine for entering it!

 

[Colt556]

Yes, its called emergency run away truck ramp gravel. LOL!

Beat me to it. They have that in all the run away truck ramps in the mountains. If it'll stop a semi truck barreling down the mountain with no brakes it should stop about anything.

 

[Ashkelon]

Ha! Now that is funny

 

[paddling_man]

Yep... Monteagle Mtn in TN heading from Nashville down to Chattanooga - Smokies from Knoxville to Asheville on 75 and further past Asheville down Black Mtn.

Does a number on the truck suspension when they plow into one. I never saw it happen but I've seen the aftermath several times!

 

[Mr.Hoppes]

They have them in the north east too. MA has a bunch of them, and they get real upset if your auto breaks down and you use that run away as a break down lane.

 

[Scout]

Smokies from Knoxville to Asheville on 75 and further past Asheville down Black Mtn.

Do ya mean I-40? I drove a truck west through there once. The scenery was beautiful and I had time to enjoy as I had to gear down to 6th or 7th to get up the hill.