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Description For the trucks that have lost their brakes heading down the mountain passes, they have these ramps filled with tons of sand to stop the trucks.....Its crazy, I have seen it happen many times...
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Stroody [2012-11-30 22:47:42 +0000 UTC]

Tis lovely capture

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martintinaz [2011-12-28 02:12:20 +0000 UTC]

I have never seen a truck lose it`s brakes the times I have been in the mountains ...I bet that is crazy...

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candysamuels In reply to martintinaz [2011-12-28 07:05:03 +0000 UTC]

yes, especially if you see them coming up behind you very fast....lol

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martintinaz In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-28 19:52:24 +0000 UTC]

MG..Get out of their way!!!
I don`t live in the mountains but I only live 2 hours from the Great Smokey Mountains
in NC...My two favorite places to be is at the ocean and mountains...I love my
rocks and water..

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candysamuels In reply to martintinaz [2011-12-28 20:31:28 +0000 UTC]

yes me too, wish I had water here..I'm jealous, do you live by the ocean??

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martintinaz In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-28 23:03:21 +0000 UTC]

No.. I don`t live by the ocean...but I live in between the ocean and the mountains..It
takes me about 3 and a half hours to get to the Outer Banks..But Ya no what...we need
to move to Santa Babarba so we can have the best
of both worlds

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candysamuels In reply to martintinaz [2011-12-28 23:17:44 +0000 UTC]

lets go,I'm game for all of it ...I know its like that in Laguna also, but expensive to live there..

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martintinaz In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-28 23:48:37 +0000 UTC]

well..we would just have to take our business out in the streets beacuase
we can take photos and you can draw your ass off.....and you know the tourist love them..

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candysamuels In reply to martintinaz [2011-12-29 05:06:51 +0000 UTC]

hahah I have no problem with that, if we head to the other side like St Mary's Georgia, its so much cheaper and we have the ocean anyway The condo I have here is 850.00 a month and for the same out there, with beach, is 450.00 I was going to move there before I had to move fast If I could have stuck it out till Sept I was moving to ST.Mary's, its a military town hahah, lots of soldiers and the beach, it is beautiful, my niece has a house there..they rent it out.I researched it for months, then had to go quickly so I stayed here, I was really sad about that..someday I'm still going..although now my niece is not there so I will be on my own..scary but I really want to move by the ocean....

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martintinaz In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-29 18:33:26 +0000 UTC]

That would have been nice but you had to do what you had to do......$850.00 is
a house payment...

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candysamuels In reply to martintinaz [2011-12-29 19:01:51 +0000 UTC]

yes almost..my house payment was over a grand..it was worth 200 thousand..this is a very nice place..Its not too expensive in Colorado..

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martintinaz In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-29 19:09:37 +0000 UTC]

wow...I know its was beautiful..

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LilRedWagon [2011-12-27 14:27:07 +0000 UTC]

Kinda' like in N.H.R.A. Drag Races .... (There are SAND PITS at the END of the SHUT DOWN/long run just IN CASE the CHUTES don't OPEN or BRAKES fail!).

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candysamuels In reply to LilRedWagon [2011-12-28 18:12:51 +0000 UTC]

yes, isn't that crazy? they just bury the auto ...lol

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Juno-Janus [2011-12-27 11:37:49 +0000 UTC]

Indeed dear, it's amazing!

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candysamuels In reply to Juno-Janus [2011-12-28 18:13:25 +0000 UTC]

thanks Juno..your kitty avatar is so cute...lol

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Juno-Janus In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-28 18:21:28 +0000 UTC]


My pleasure my dear friend, you're welcome! Happy New Year to you!

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candysamuels In reply to Juno-Janus [2011-12-29 05:14:03 +0000 UTC]

wishing you the best!! you already are the best..

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Juno-Janus In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-29 09:03:59 +0000 UTC]

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Johhy55 [2011-12-27 09:27:02 +0000 UTC]

Pretty!

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candysamuels In reply to Johhy55 [2011-12-28 18:13:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks hon..

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davincipoppalag [2011-12-27 07:50:09 +0000 UTC]

yea.. good to have them...it happens here on just regular steep hills... and in places they have these runups

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candysamuels In reply to davincipoppalag [2011-12-28 18:14:22 +0000 UTC]

this is such a drop that it lights up the brakes on those big rigs..

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davincipoppalag In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-28 18:23:39 +0000 UTC]

yea..they can go right through their brakes on a steep grade

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HMissXX [2011-12-27 06:56:06 +0000 UTC]

amazing photos, sweetie! is everything ok?

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candysamuels In reply to HMissXX [2011-12-27 07:12:31 +0000 UTC]

yes..she is good..thanks honey will note you..

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HMissXX In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-27 07:15:24 +0000 UTC]

so glad to hear that! I'll be expecting your note, sweetie! ups! I think it just came!

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Patrick2011 [2011-12-27 04:27:46 +0000 UTC]

its time to do daring stunts

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candysamuels In reply to Patrick2011 [2011-12-27 05:23:53 +0000 UTC]

yes.. they try to do several of them in those big trucks hahah

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A-Very-Tall-Midget [2011-12-27 04:21:09 +0000 UTC]

I'm hoping you didn't have to use it!

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candysamuels In reply to A-Very-Tall-Midget [2011-12-27 04:22:50 +0000 UTC]

no, cars are not allowed, just the big rigs..

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A-Very-Tall-Midget In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-27 04:38:29 +0000 UTC]

Ahaha fair enough

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vfrrich [2011-12-27 04:07:38 +0000 UTC]

Its sure something to see truck having to take this ramp.

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candysamuels In reply to vfrrich [2011-12-27 04:24:52 +0000 UTC]

it is wild..it buries the front of the truck into the sand.... This one goes up the mountain and has about 4 feet of sand..

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vfrrich In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-27 04:34:07 +0000 UTC]

Its sure is and scary to the trucker, even if its the safer solution.

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candysamuels In reply to vfrrich [2011-12-27 05:28:20 +0000 UTC]

yes because they are flying down that mountain..

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druid69 [2011-12-27 03:29:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Thats scary. I guess they use their emergency brakes after they stop, or, just shut off the engine and let it sit still that way.

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candysamuels In reply to druid69 [2011-12-27 03:48:33 +0000 UTC]

this one heads straight up the side of the mountain..some of the others are in 15 feet of sand and they are buried..its very scary to see, have to be towed out ..but better then the alternative..cliffs...lol

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druid69 In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-27 03:52:20 +0000 UTC]

I hear that. I drove out to Arizona from Michigan when I was in elementary school, and, I've seen more than a few old trucks over the side of various cliffs along the way.

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candysamuels In reply to druid69 [2011-12-27 04:00:41 +0000 UTC]

they have to use their brakes so much going down this pass that they are on fire by the time they are down..it is crazy..

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druid69 In reply to candysamuels [2011-12-27 21:52:31 +0000 UTC]

It seems to me as though someone could have come up with a better solution by now. The way that electricity can be used to create drag should mean that you could generate electricity with with the motion of the truck and use it to add to the resistance of trucks moving down steep grades.

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candysamuels In reply to druid69 [2011-12-27 22:38:22 +0000 UTC]

hey, no kidding..there should be something.it is crazy to see them out of control..

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