My truck weighs 12k pounds. The disk breaks are the size of garbage can lids. There really isn't any trick to stop it.

Egads Jim! I thought my truck was a heavy beast!

What the heck are you driving...and does it say Peterbilt on the side of it??? lol

And you have a truck like this why, for hauling the meat for your chilli, moving houses, why?

It's just a simple F-350 with a 7.3 liter diesel engine. Actually, the same engine that they use in school busses. Except mine is turbo charged.
I originally bought it to pull a boat. Now I pull a camper sometimes. Mostly, it just moves me around. I am always confident that if I have an accident, I will be OK :)

the law of gross tonnage

lighter vehicles yield

Never had my brakes go completely out but about 18 mos ago I had my fucking hood fly up on me while driving down the road. Somehow I managed to bend the hood latch to the side and rather then going into the hole where it's supposed to latch, it went to the side. Looked perfectly normal when the hood was down, sounded normal when i closed it and everything. Luckily when it flew up ( and bent the shit out of everything in its path ) I was in the right lane and could just pull on to the shoulder, but whats scary is I was about 1/4 from being on the the interstate where I tend to do at least 70mph.

Yep, that's a BIG un! lol

Mine's a Chev Avalanche half ton chassis...ONLY weighs about 7k pounds. Still think I'd win the battle with most in an accident...as long as I steer clear of Jim! LOL!

I'm guessing that there would just be some bits of blood stained spun glass left if Jim's truck hit my Vette.

momentum = mass * velocity

So, if Jim was driving 30, and you were doing 120, and it was head-on, it would be a fair matchup. :)

Yeah but unlike JIm I have brakes.

In this case, using your brakes would cause you to lose. What you need to do if you see Jim coming at you head on is stomp on the accellerator -- every mph over 120 is a point in your favor. You might opt for the whipple supercharger to get you that extra, perhaps a little nitrous for the last 200 yards. Make sure you have the Superchips upgrade too. Use Avgas or octane boost. Eek every bit of performance out.

You can win that battle. You just need speed. :)

I've had it up to a bit over 180, it's terrifying.

so what you're saying is..... If she sees an out of control, brakeless Jim coming at her, she should floor it... vowing that if she's going, she's taking Jim with her??

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Ahhh...the ol fiberglass torpedo plan! Makes perfect sense :D