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For OT lifted truck drivers: blinding wave of water when you hit ponded water on road
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:26 am
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:26 am
Wife drives a 1996 Z71 that is lifted. Great truck - very reliable and she drives it to work 5-6 days per week.
To get home, she drives down country roads. The one closest to the house has ponding issues where water accumulates on the road. When she hits the water, it floods over the hood and windshield - a wall of water blasts the windshield. I drove it in a bad rain and it obscures all vision for 3-4 seconds.
Is there something that can be done to divert the water? The wave of water doesn't occur when I drive my Suburban through it.
Thank you.
To get home, she drives down country roads. The one closest to the house has ponding issues where water accumulates on the road. When she hits the water, it floods over the hood and windshield - a wall of water blasts the windshield. I drove it in a bad rain and it obscures all vision for 3-4 seconds.
Is there something that can be done to divert the water? The wave of water doesn't occur when I drive my Suburban through it.
Thank you.
This post was edited on 2/18/25 at 5:06 pm
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:28 am to chinhoyang
Maybe slow down?
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:28 am to chinhoyang
Slow down going through the puddles?
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:29 am to chinhoyang
Make it super squatted
That should solve the issue
That should solve the issue
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:29 am to chinhoyang
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Is there something that can be done to divert the water? The wave of water doesn't occur when I drive my Suburban through it.
It's the wider tires on the truck causing the water.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:29 am to chinhoyang
Stop driving lifted trucks.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:29 am to chinhoyang
If you actually had to go down unimproved roads you would own a Subaru or something.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:30 am to chinhoyang
Who weighs more, you or your wife?
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:32 am to chinhoyang
3 points for posting pic of wife
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:32 am to chinhoyang
More pics of truck
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:32 am to Mingo Was His NameO
My wife is tall and slender. Excess weight is not an issue and never has been an issue.
So, I weigh more.
So, I weigh more.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:32 am to chinhoyang
Hey I know her
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:33 am to Paul Redeker
I wasn't going that fast when I had water blasting the hood and windshield.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:41 am to Shexter
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It's the wider tires on the truck causing the water.
this...the wider the tire, the more water being displaced.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:33 pm to chinhoyang
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I wasn't going that fast when I had water blasting the hood and windshield.
Go slower than that then.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:36 pm to chinhoyang
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When she hits the water, it floods over the hood and windshield - a wall of water blasts the windshield.
I thought lifted trucks were supposed to mitigate shite like this? Is she driving 60mph into a foot of water or something?
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:37 pm to chinhoyang
Lift the front only for that wheelie effect! Also, the more neon lights shining underneath the truck, the better. Enjoy my friend.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:07 pm to chinhoyang
I am going to assume you have wider, all terrain or mud terrain tires on this truck. Those tires are NOT designed for high speed efficient water displacement like "normal" tires. Therefore you have to slow down. It's not hard to figure out.
This post was edited on 2/17/25 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:10 pm to chinhoyang
I don’t think either of yall should be driving this truck.
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