What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[iamdub]

Last night, on the side of the road in 36° temps with 18MPH winds, I swapped the spare onto the right rear corner.

Back story: Coming back from my brother's house, some jackasses in mildly lifted crew cab trucks blew past us, weaving around the other cars. There were very, very few cars on the road, but they made it a point to fly up on them, ride their bumpers for a few seconds, then zip around them and swerve back in front of them with just a foot or two of bumper clearance. Really, just the typical Louisiana-douchebag-in-fullsize truck stuff they all do to assert their ****** superiority. They were obviously following each other. One had a rocking horse in the bed and the other had something that I couldn't identify due to the short viewing window. They sped off into dark until their tail lights vanished. About a minute later, I rounded the blind corner under an overpass and my headlights hit the back of both trucks parked on the roadside with a couple of the Louisiana ********** standing at the tailgates and watching traffic. Right then I noticed something in the road and swerved, but was too late. Whatever it was, it immediately flattened the right rear. I pulled to the side of the road and, as I was getting the girls situated, the two trucks blew by me again. Makes me wish I had a spike strip on hand.


The tire is trashed with a 4" gash and steel threads showing. For now, I'll swap the de-clads back on and grab a used matching tire off Facebook Marketplace or something. Factory-equipment Dueler H/L Alenzas are everywhere. I also found just how crappy the factory jack is and how it is useless on a lowered rig. So, I'm gonna see if I can get a tiny, but sufficient floor jack or heavy duty scissor jack that'll fit in the factory location. I'll carry a piece of 2x8 for footing in case I'm not on pavement. It was also the first time I used the extendable lug wrench I picked up last month. It worked great and is much more convenient than carrying a 4-way and/or relying on the limited leverage from the factory wrench.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RF95TDC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[swathdiver]

Last night, on the side of the road in 36° temps with 18MPH winds, I swapped the spare onto the right rear corner.

Back story: Coming back from my brother's house, some jackasses in mildly lifted crew cab trucks blew past us, weaving around the other cars. There were very, very few cars on the road, but they made it a point to fly up on them, ride their bumpers for a few seconds, then zip around them and swerve back in front of them with just a foot or two of bumper clearance. Really, just the typical Louisiana-douchebag-in-fullsize truck stuff they all do to assert their ****** superiority. They were obviously following each other. One had a rocking horse in the bed and the other had something that I couldn't identify due to the short viewing window. They sped off into dark until their tail lights vanished. About a minute later, I rounded the blind corner under an overpass and my headlights hit the back of both trucks parked on the roadside with a couple of the Louisiana ********** standing at the tailgates and watching traffic. Right then I noticed something in the road and swerved, but was too late. Whatever it was, it immediately flattened the right rear. I pulled to the side of the road and, as I was getting the girls situated, the two trucks blew by me again. Makes me wish I had a spike strip on hand.


The tire is trashed with a 4" gash and steel threads showing. For now, I'll swap the de-clads back on and grab a used matching tire off Facebook Marketplace or something. Factory-equipment Dueler H/L Alenzas are everywhere. I also found just how crappy the factory jack is and how it is useless on a lowered rig. So, I'm gonna see if I can get a tiny, but sufficient floor jack or heavy duty scissor jack that'll fit in the factory location. I'll carry a piece of 2x8 for footing in case I'm not on pavement. It was also the first time I used the extendable lug wrench I picked up last month. It worked great and is much more convenient than carrying a 4-way and/or relying on the limited leverage from the factory wrench.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RF95TDC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Went through that front last night too, was about 80 at my folks house, we drove the front, wind pushing the truck around and some light rain and came out of it in the 50s.

Do you think they sabotaged you or were they victims of the same road hazard themselves?

Merry Christmas!

 

[FrankU]

Factory jack - Useless as a full bottle of ****** at a senior citizen ******* party.

 

[FrankU]

Merry Christmas to all !

 

[Rocket Man]

Last night, on the side of the road in 36° temps with 18MPH winds, I swapped the spare onto the right rear corner.

Back story: Coming back from my brother's house, some jackasses in mildly lifted crew cab trucks blew past us, weaving around the other cars. There were very, very few cars on the road, but they made it a point to fly up on them, ride their bumpers for a few seconds, then zip around them and swerve back in front of them with just a foot or two of bumper clearance. Really, just the typical Louisiana-douchebag-in-fullsize truck stuff they all do to assert their ****** superiority. They were obviously following each other. One had a rocking horse in the bed and the other had something that I couldn't identify due to the short viewing window. They sped off into dark until their tail lights vanished. About a minute later, I rounded the blind corner under an overpass and my headlights hit the back of both trucks parked on the roadside with a couple of the Louisiana ********** standing at the tailgates and watching traffic. Right then I noticed something in the road and swerved, but was too late. Whatever it was, it immediately flattened the right rear. I pulled to the side of the road and, as I was getting the girls situated, the two trucks blew by me again. Makes me wish I had a spike strip on hand.


The tire is trashed with a 4" gash and steel threads showing. For now, I'll swap the de-clads back on and grab a used matching tire off Facebook Marketplace or something. Factory-equipment Dueler H/L Alenzas are everywhere. I also found just how crappy the factory jack is and how it is useless on a lowered rig. So, I'm gonna see if I can get a tiny, but sufficient floor jack or heavy duty scissor jack that'll fit in the factory location. I'll carry a piece of 2x8 for footing in case I'm not on pavement. It was also the first time I used the extendable lug wrench I picked up last month. It worked great and is much more convenient than carrying a 4-way and/or relying on the limited leverage from the factory wrench.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RF95TDC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That sucks. Do you think those guys put something in the road?

 

[iamdub]

Went through that front last night too, was about 80 at my folks house, we drove the front, wind pushing the truck around and some light rain and came out of it in the 50s.

Do you think they sabotaged you or were they victims of the same road hazard themselves?

Merry Christmas!

They weren't victims, they caused the road hazard. The other truck that wasn't hauling the rocking horse lost whatever it was when they took that corner too fast. Part of it was still hanging over the side of his truck. I don't know what it was, but it was wooden and obviously had some sort of metal brackets on it. Now that I think of it, I'm wondering if it was the frame for the rocking horse and the horse itself was in the other truck. When I hit the stuff in the road, I heard a metallic sound that was very much like a spring or springs on concrete.

 

[iamdub]

That sucks. Do you think those guys put something in the road?

Not intentionally, but they still did. It's a lefthand turn that is sharper than 90°, and the turn begins as you're still under the overpass. Due to the hill, you can't see what's ahead until after you've made the turn. There's also no lights. They have oversized guard rails cuz people that don't know that curve are always going too fast. There's all kinds of junk and car body parts piled up against the rails.

Thinking back on their stopped positions and where the debris was, it looks like they took the turn too fast and whatever large wooden framework-type thing they had rolled out, hit the guard rail and skid back into the road. It had already been hit by another truck and car since they were ahead of them on the side of the road. I was lucky number three and caught whatever remnants just right to slash my tire. The drivers of the first two vehicles looked to just be checking their tires and were fine so they left.

 

[Sparksalot]

I had a similar sabotage thing happen in rural Louisiana. Straight road but very dark, no other vehicles around. All of a sudden I saw a damn tire in the road, and hit it dead on.

I still don’t know if it was propped up or what. I drove back by the spot and could see rubber slide marks on the pavement.

my white explorer had a very distinct black ring on the front. Tore the bumper and grill up. Broke a fog light. The worst part, or best depending, is that is was my company car.

also shows you how much stock lights are limited.

 

[Rocket Man]

Not intentionally, but they still did. It's a lefthand turn that is sharper than 90°, and the turn begins as you're still under the overpass. Due to the hill, you can't see what's ahead until after you've made the turn. There's also no lights. They have oversized guard rails cuz people that don't know that curve are always going too fast. There's all kinds of junk and car body parts piled up against the rails.

Thinking back on their stopped positions and where the debris was, it looks like they took the turn too fast and whatever large wooden framework-type thing they had rolled out, hit the guard rail and skid back into the road. It had already been hit by another truck and car since they were ahead of them on the side of the road. I was lucky number three and caught whatever remnants just right to slash my tire. The drivers of the first two vehicles looked to just be checking their tires and were fine so they left.

Damn that sucks. Glad you’re all right and it didn’t cause you to crash. I hit a chunk of steel on an interstate in darkness and heavy rain. Never saw what it was but it slashed a tire and put a dent in the underbody. I was able to get to the shoulder.

 

[Doubeleive]

Last night, on the side of the road in 36° temps with 18MPH winds, I swapped the spare onto the right rear corner.

Back story: Coming back from my brother's house, some jackasses in mildly lifted crew cab trucks blew past us, weaving around the other cars. There were very, very few cars on the road, but they made it a point to fly up on them, ride their bumpers for a few seconds, then zip around them and swerve back in front of them with just a foot or two of bumper clearance. Really, just the typical Louisiana-douchebag-in-fullsize truck stuff they all do to assert their ****** superiority. They were obviously following each other. One had a rocking horse in the bed and the other had something that I couldn't identify due to the short viewing window. They sped off into dark until their tail lights vanished. About a minute later, I rounded the blind corner under an overpass and my headlights hit the back of both trucks parked on the roadside with a couple of the Louisiana ********** standing at the tailgates and watching traffic. Right then I noticed something in the road and swerved, but was too late. Whatever it was, it immediately flattened the right rear. I pulled to the side of the road and, as I was getting the girls situated, the two trucks blew by me again. Makes me wish I had a spike strip on hand.


The tire is trashed with a 4" gash and steel threads showing. For now, I'll swap the de-clads back on and grab a used matching tire off Facebook Marketplace or something. Factory-equipment Dueler H/L Alenzas are everywhere. I also found just how crappy the factory jack is and how it is useless on a lowered rig. So, I'm gonna see if I can get a tiny, but sufficient floor jack or heavy duty scissor jack that'll fit in the factory location. I'll carry a piece of 2x8 for footing in case I'm not on pavement. It was also the first time I used the extendable lug wrench I picked up last month. It worked great and is much more convenient than carrying a 4-way and/or relying on the limited leverage from the factory wrench.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RF95TDC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

bummer, add some rain to that scenario and it makes it really ******* miserable