Post by ShadowsDad on Dec 23, 2019 10:06:55 GMT -6
I have yet to see a snow plow designed for a pickup truck that was designed to handle a hit from a stationary deer and a vehicle moving at 60mph. That's not what they're designed for. Too, every SP I've ever owned stated to never drive over 45mph with it installed. They can't be trusted to remain up and if it was to drop and hit a seam... well, I wouldn't want to be in that truck. One piece of crud in a valve can spell disaster at high speed or hit a bump and have a seal pop... not pretty. I never heard of it happening bu the possibility exists.
But, HD bumpers... I feel a story coming on. Many decades ago in a state far south of my present location (NJ/Maine) I was going home after 2nd shift and out of the dark came a rolling truck tire. I was doing at least 65mph and it was I80 in a very built up area, so there was plenty of traffic and I couldn't dodge it. That tire and wheel hit right in front of me but on a HD bumper that I had installed. The tire and wheel went off to hit many other cars that night, but for the moment I was only concerned with me. I pulled over onto what area there was to the left, next to the Jersey barrier since I was hit in the leftmost lane. The car had seen much better days, but it saved my young butt. The HD bumper looked like a pretzel since it had taken most of the damage. It was $ well spent IMO and had we remained living there I would have put another on it in a heartbeat. Not so much for deer, but for the other drivers on the road who clearly were clueless when even a small amount of snow blanketed the roads. If I was going to be forced to play bumper cars I wanted a good bumper for my protection. I don't have one today. I live rurally and headlights today are much better than back then. Too, with very little road traffic at night those better lights can be used in high beam most of the time. I've never seen the need for another HD bumper. Deer generally aren't a problem since they can be seen most times. In Maine moose are a big problem and many times they're fatal encounters. The problem is that lights when properly adjusted basically skim the ground (more or less). Moose anatomy has their black legs in the beams and their body mass, also black, above any light. By the time one sees them it's too late. Their legs get knocked out from under them and the body comes over the hood and into the front seat. Often, the driver dies, and the moose saunters off wondering what happened. Struck deer are given to the driver, but moose, never. They're given to soup kitchens and whatnot but I never heard of the driver getting it should the moose die. I've encountered one night time moose but it was on the road I live on and I was getting ready to turn into my driveway and was going slow. I realized at the last minute what that funky stuff was that was cutting out the view ahead. It's black legs were allowing distant view to be seen and not seen as they motivated the huge deer. I got close and could see the animal, but at speed I'd have been on it with no time to do anything other than hit it. Maybe the new safety features would hit the brakes (pedestrian braking)? I don't know and I really don't want to find out.
But, HD bumpers... I feel a story coming on. Many decades ago in a state far south of my present location (NJ/Maine) I was going home after 2nd shift and out of the dark came a rolling truck tire. I was doing at least 65mph and it was I80 in a very built up area, so there was plenty of traffic and I couldn't dodge it. That tire and wheel hit right in front of me but on a HD bumper that I had installed. The tire and wheel went off to hit many other cars that night, but for the moment I was only concerned with me. I pulled over onto what area there was to the left, next to the Jersey barrier since I was hit in the leftmost lane. The car had seen much better days, but it saved my young butt. The HD bumper looked like a pretzel since it had taken most of the damage. It was $ well spent IMO and had we remained living there I would have put another on it in a heartbeat. Not so much for deer, but for the other drivers on the road who clearly were clueless when even a small amount of snow blanketed the roads. If I was going to be forced to play bumper cars I wanted a good bumper for my protection. I don't have one today. I live rurally and headlights today are much better than back then. Too, with very little road traffic at night those better lights can be used in high beam most of the time. I've never seen the need for another HD bumper. Deer generally aren't a problem since they can be seen most times. In Maine moose are a big problem and many times they're fatal encounters. The problem is that lights when properly adjusted basically skim the ground (more or less). Moose anatomy has their black legs in the beams and their body mass, also black, above any light. By the time one sees them it's too late. Their legs get knocked out from under them and the body comes over the hood and into the front seat. Often, the driver dies, and the moose saunters off wondering what happened. Struck deer are given to the driver, but moose, never. They're given to soup kitchens and whatnot but I never heard of the driver getting it should the moose die. I've encountered one night time moose but it was on the road I live on and I was getting ready to turn into my driveway and was going slow. I realized at the last minute what that funky stuff was that was cutting out the view ahead. It's black legs were allowing distant view to be seen and not seen as they motivated the huge deer. I got close and could see the animal, but at speed I'd have been on it with no time to do anything other than hit it. Maybe the new safety features would hit the brakes (pedestrian braking)? I don't know and I really don't want to find out.