If you were sliding for 150 ft then you were driving one freaking unsafe vehicle. Blame it on the ricer all you want, but if you drive something dangerous that can't stop straight...........you are a threat to everyone's safety too. In Florida if the other driver stopped in front of you and your unsafe brakes/tires caused you to wreck your truck then you would each be 50% at fault and you would get an "Unsafe Vehicle" citation. At least the other driver would be responsible for 50% of the damage but the insurance company will give standard book value and being your truck is an antique that is 23 years old, that wouldn't amount to much over $500.
Amazing how everyone that has ever gotten into an accident on this forum ALWAYS is not at fault!!!!
Standard book value standard, but if you have done a lot of work to it and have it appraised they will give you more (but you pay more in premiums too) Receipts help too. And when something like that happens it seems to go on forever.
BTW $500 won't get much more than a parts truck unless you get very lucky. Scrap is over $200 a ton, so for all practicality that isn't much more than the scrap value of the ton and a half truck. A '91 (as far back as KBB goes and only 2 years off) 2.9 4x4 ext cab in good shape private parties at $3,325 (excellant shape is $200 more)
Trucks are not balanced very well, with the heavy end in front it wouldn't take hardly anything to get the rear end in occilations. Road conditions, crown of the road, darn near anything. Lock 'er up, front tire hits a bump, rear swings driver corrects and rear swings the other way...
Right before I hit a deer in my '150 the ABS had the stupid thing stuttering off into the shoulder because of the crown of the road. Take off the ABS and it would have been sliding, with an excited driver (who wouldn't be?) a little bit too much steering input and hold on.
And for my stupid moment I took an entrance ramp too fast in my Laser, caught some loose gravel and spun it out, did a 315 degree spin with a long slide at the end. I just remember looking out the DS window waiting for the roll... that never came. I have to admit the tire smoke going over the hood at the end was kinda neat almost like a commercial. I hope I made some kid's day on a boring trip thru Nebraska on I80... it had to have been quite a show from the interstate. Luckily no one was following so I just restarted the engine (5spd, snuffed it out with the brakes) backed it up so I could get it straightened out and went on my way.
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