MCBuggyCo
Seasoned Expediter
I made a run to Wisconsin about a week ago in a Chevy Express cargo van. It was smooth sailing until I came to a stretch of road that was open on both sides of the highway. The roadway was dry but there was a lot of blowing snow on it. I could see a small truck with a U-haul attached parked in the median. I suspected he had been hit by a wind gust, overcompensated, and ended up in the median.
Luckily my instincts told me to slow down because just then the back end of the van swung around 45 degrees and I was suddenly looking out my driver's side window at the vehicles that had until that moment been behind me. I proceeded to do my own version of the overcompensate and managed to swing the van back 45 degrees the other way and eventually back to straight.
My load was a grand total of 38 lbs so I suspect that contributed to the van's handling or lack thereof. Does it make sense to add weight to the rear like some people do with pick ups in the winter? Has anyone else had a bad experience with the wind?
Call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
I aint got me nobody
I dont carry me no load
(j.j. cale)
Luckily my instincts told me to slow down because just then the back end of the van swung around 45 degrees and I was suddenly looking out my driver's side window at the vehicles that had until that moment been behind me. I proceeded to do my own version of the overcompensate and managed to swing the van back 45 degrees the other way and eventually back to straight.
My load was a grand total of 38 lbs so I suspect that contributed to the van's handling or lack thereof. Does it make sense to add weight to the rear like some people do with pick ups in the winter? Has anyone else had a bad experience with the wind?
Call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
I aint got me nobody
I dont carry me no load
(j.j. cale)