I guess I could add a few 100 posts related to this but one of the best happened to me while I was totally sober.
Right out of college I had a brand new F150 2wd and was living on my brothers land in a 25' camper, life was good! One Thursday night I was packing the truck up for a camping weekend with a group of college friends that I had planned to meet Friday night after work at a private farm one of the guys owned. I had a few beers after work and decided to drive the truck down next to the camper to load up. After loading my Honda XL175 and all my gear I decided to leave the truck there till I went to work in the AM Friday. My camper was parked on a “slight” hill with a much larger hill below me. Well 1st thing in the AM I look out and its raining full bore! I hop in the truck and try to back up the "slight" hill and no dice all I get is tire spin. No one is around to ask for help so I decided to get my brothers old Allis out of the shed to pull my truck up the "slight" hill. I hooked up some chains and made sure they would not come undone. Well the trucks steering wheel was locked in a straight position and I had to go a little to the right. My brand new truck 3 months old was coming awfully close to some trees so I stopped to unlock the steering wheel and found out the Allis brakes would not hold. Trying to get the tractor into reverse I popped the cutch and the chain came undone. It was a real slow motion scene watching the truck rolling away and gathering speed. I hopped off the tractor and made a mad dash to catch the truck just has it went nose 1st over the steep end of the hill. It rolled about 80 yards and crashed into a huge maple tree. The rear went so high in the air I saw the whole underside of the truck. The Honda flew at least 30 more yards down the hill and it tossed two cases worth of beer in every direction. There I stood looking at my totaled truck, Honda and the beer. Never again will I try to do a two man job alone!
Right out of college I had a brand new F150 2wd and was living on my brothers land in a 25' camper, life was good! One Thursday night I was packing the truck up for a camping weekend with a group of college friends that I had planned to meet Friday night after work at a private farm one of the guys owned. I had a few beers after work and decided to drive the truck down next to the camper to load up. After loading my Honda XL175 and all my gear I decided to leave the truck there till I went to work in the AM Friday. My camper was parked on a “slight” hill with a much larger hill below me. Well 1st thing in the AM I look out and its raining full bore! I hop in the truck and try to back up the "slight" hill and no dice all I get is tire spin. No one is around to ask for help so I decided to get my brothers old Allis out of the shed to pull my truck up the "slight" hill. I hooked up some chains and made sure they would not come undone. Well the trucks steering wheel was locked in a straight position and I had to go a little to the right. My brand new truck 3 months old was coming awfully close to some trees so I stopped to unlock the steering wheel and found out the Allis brakes would not hold. Trying to get the tractor into reverse I popped the cutch and the chain came undone. It was a real slow motion scene watching the truck rolling away and gathering speed. I hopped off the tractor and made a mad dash to catch the truck just has it went nose 1st over the steep end of the hill. It rolled about 80 yards and crashed into a huge maple tree. The rear went so high in the air I saw the whole underside of the truck. The Honda flew at least 30 more yards down the hill and it tossed two cases worth of beer in every direction. There I stood looking at my totaled truck, Honda and the beer. Never again will I try to do a two man job alone!
