How a DRONE and six State Troopers saved me from the SNOWPOCALYPSE

A truly harrowing drive home through SNOWPACALYPSE 2024!
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[@mmmmmmmfancy]

“Luckily they left the light on for me” 😂😂 Love this dude

[@KenHeron]

☺️♥️

[@zackleeFL]

Agree! HAHA!

[@avianorobc8847]

I cannot believe you let them drag your Mazda!

[@TentoesMe]

The day I left Northern Illinois for Oklahoma, it was 16 below with a mighty wind and heavy snow. Scraping ice off the windows, my polycarbonate ice scraper shattered. 30mph on I55 was reckless driving. Now and then I had to stop for whiteout conditions or for a car facing the wrong way. I could understand how that happened as the wind was always trying to turn the car around. I reached Broken Arrow Oklahoma the next afternoon and it was sunny and 48 degrees. My civic was a pretty sure-footed car.

[@jakekisiel7399]

Thank god Ken is alive! He is important to my laughter and thankfulness to human life. God bless Ken.

[@JohnHavord]

Good to see you are safe. Money well spent.

[@sumner407]

Man that was scary! Glad you made it safely home. Your adventure was well told by your video👍👍

[@KenHeron]

Thanks 👍

[@shutteringthrulife]

Wow! I am glad you made it home safe. Your story reminded me of a similar drive I did in the snow many years ago from Jackson, Tennessee to Cookeville, Tennessee. I was driving a 3rd Generation (1993) twin turbo Mazda RX-7. Talk about Zoom, Zoom! That car would fly!! Anyway, it was a white knuckle drive along I-40 with some scary moments, but I made it without incident. My guess on the tow bill is $250. Love your channel!

[@CrimsonTideGuy]

Glad you made it to Bama again, I once drove from Gainesboro, TN to Selma, AL in the snow

[@RonaldBrown59]

I have no guess on what the tow-truck charged you, but I'm glad you made it home safe, and the car wasn't damaged. You got more snow in the south than we got in NJ. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@zackleeFL]

DUDE!!! The snow looks CRAZY with the LEDs!!!! Freakin rad!

[@michaelwhouse46]

Love the color of the snow from the leds. Looked like your were flying in a laser light show.

[@scyz2807]

BTW - Ken, have you ever heard of traction cables? They are like tire chains but not the same. They are lower profile than chains but can really help "bite" into slippery road conditions. They don't cost that much, and can be a pain to put on, but can make the difference between moving forward (up a hill) or slipping sideways into a ditch.

[@KenHeron]

Thanks!

[@BlueDroneBlues]

"I had to stay at the Motel 6. Luckily they left the light on for me." - Classic Ken Heron humor. On my 16 Toyota Camry Hybrid Le I purchased Michelin Cross Climate 2's and they do absolutely amazing in the snow. They are on the top when it comes to an all whether tires. You'd drive away out of that little bit of snow like a boss in your car. AAA is a great help. Great footage and love the show Ken. Keep up the amazing work!

[@KenHeron]

Thanks bud! 😎

[@Nixontheman]

165

[@Nixontheman]

Edge of the seat Hitchcock thriller right here 😳

[@jakeriff95]

HAHAHA that trooper seemed real enthused with the "Let's go"

[@KenHeron]

Haha! True

[@mothman4676]

From my years on the local police department I can assure you that your rear wheel drive Crown Vic is a beast in the snow

[@dustinwilson492]

I feel for ya man. I live on top of a mountain in faulkville Alabama and was trapped for four days. On the fifth we tried to go to the store and made it about half way down before we gave up. RWD toyota 4runner just spinnin tires and losing ground and a car went off the road in front of us almost going off the side of the mountain. Thankfully a good Samaritan came back with a tow rope and pulled us up the mountain so we could go home. oh and i guess 600 for the tow..

[@DDsAerialViews]

Wow Ken you weren't kidding were you. What a trip! Glad you got home safe man, sorry I couldn't get to you. Oh! I'll skip the contest as I know the answer. We'll have a good chuckle together at the guesses.

[@lacrossed55]

Nice car. In 1991 my first car was an 81 RX=7. Miss that car. Lived in NH BTW

[@davidraborn3654]

Thank God they still leave the light on for Us! Thank You.

[@BobHerres]

Wow! and we all know, Ken always see the brighter side of things! Sorry that was a Tough Ride!

[@driewiel]

Moral to the story: To stay safe, always bring a 249 grams drone, and a 3 ton pickup truck with huge tires.

[@FPVSteve]

Ten dollars? 😂😂 Glad you're safe Ken! All the best.

[@richardhykes6939]

Once again your blessings kicked in.Glad you made it home an to Sweet home Alabama. Keep on flying my Friend. Git Er Don

[@kenkeng5824]

Fun video. Reminds me of days past. Florida man here.

[@KenHeron]

Glad you enjoyed it, Florida man.

[@Reddragondesign]

I would say about $175 for the Tow. great vid as always glad you are safe

[@hedgewoodtv]

When moving to ohio we got caught in a white out blizzard in Kentucky. It was terrifying. Glad youre safe man.

[@rarest_dude]

It was so funny to se you lock in when your car was sliding about, never seen you so concentrated 😂😂 Great that you made it back safely, Love your videos and cant wait for the (im gonna assume) RC car destruction, drones and rc are my two hobbies.

[@peter360adventures9]

Awesome. It was 37°c here yesterday and rain today.

[@ArtCoDroneSolutions]

Back in my early comedy road touring days I was going to a gig in Amarillo Texas from Denver in February. I spun out and got stuck 3 times on the way there. I was driving my 80 Honda Civic Wagon.

[@atomicdronez]

Snow drifting is FUN!!! I’m going to say your tow bill was $369. Hope it wasn’t more. Glad you got home safely and as always another awesome video!

[@AlvaFPV]

That was my guess 😑

[@DaltonDroneZone]

I feel for ya Ken. I drove a Chrysler Conquest during my wild and crazy days. It was a scary-assed car to drive in any kind of bad weather.

[@phillipcoshatt6845]

Wow pucker factor was extremely high on the way back home. Hated that I couldn't make it to meet up with the fly high group. Guess with this weather I will see you in March when it warms back up.

[@PikevilleDroneServices]

I’m gonna take a guess at about $850. This is exactly why I carry Roadside Assistance coverage on my phone and my car! Regardless of what I’m driving, I’ll be getting help. Glad you’re OK!

[@NorthernKitty]

Where I live, the conditions you drove in would be an average winter day, and I get around fine in my rear-wheel drive van even in significantly worse weather. 😋 But I understand why it would be a harrowing experience for you there. The road crews don't have the equipment or experience to keep the roads in great driving shape despite weather conditions, you and/or the the other drivers have very little experience with that type of slippery surface and almost certainly your car does not have snow tires (they make an incredible difference, but, I mean, why WOULD you have snow tires if you only need them once every several years?) If I lived THERE, I wouldn't even dare go out on the roads in those conditions despite decades of experience driving through it HERE. So very glad you made it home safe!!

[@xiiibujinkan]

I'm from there.....and my most used suggestion is to get your TNDL, you need to drive in Chicago for two weeks...preferably in winter....one either learns how to drive fairly quick....or you never drive again....either way is a W

[@Matbug1812]

Great video Ken! way to get the drones in! Are those really the skins you were running on the RX? I'm guessing $280 foe the tow.

[@serenestateofbeing1062]

Everyone knows snow chains but i use snow socks. Basically a fabric sleeve that goes over the tires and you can get anywhere you need to in the snow as long as you go 20ish

[@jlutz63]

It was definitely a bit sketchy riding with my friend with a truck that the front dif wasn’t working. Luckily he was a good driver! I live up here in Wisconsin and this weather is no joke. Our roads haven’t cleared up since we got the storm and this ridiculous cold freezes the roads up. My front wheel drive Camry sucks in the weather but I can’t imagine a rx8

[@pattysgardenfeathers]

I have a front wheel drive Mazda and it also can't deal with a slight incline with snow. And I have all season high performance tires. 😂

[@dljones61]

Once got caught in a freezing rainstorm on I-5 up Salem Oregon returning home from an anniversary weekend with the wife. Driving my 2 seater Toyota Mr2 was the same, it doesn’t like slow. The freeway was glass smooth with a steady building up of ice. It was also a white knuckle trip, I feel your pain and anxiety.

[@thesmann]

I use that line leave the light on for ya a lot but most look at me like what! glad some of us get it.

[@timrhea4238]

Glad you're okay, I was white knuckling it with you, nice story telling. As far as the towing cost, I'm going with $246.50!

[@wesmagyar]

I was driving a semi truck in that mess down in Texas. Was a crazy storm

[@JamesMerle-qi3uz]

You will LOVE your 4Runner, I PROMISE!!!!

[@orkboy59]

While not in a rear wheel drive sports car, I felt the same way (white knuckling the wheel) driving through New Mexico on my way home to Vegas after Christmas a few years ago.

[@maddercat]

So cool! i want to fly my drone in the rain and snow so bad but it hasn't done either where I live in months. LOL

[@stony1269]

"All this snow"! LOL!

[@scottmilano2940]

I had a similar drive in an S2000 when the county didn’t think they needed to salt the roads. It was the rush hour from hell. But I didn’t get stuck until I got off the highway and just ended up parking it.

[@PortalFPV]

I used to just love driving in the snow with my '93 Civic HB (manual of course). I do miss a normal hand brake for checking road conditions so I can adapt quicker. But yeah, a rear wheel drive anything in the snow....no thank you. Glad you got home.....eventually 😁 Oh, and I'm betting that tow bill was at least $275 (always carry AAA for peace of mind)

[@Mushroom-Motivation]

$130 sounds about right Ken, glad you got home safely mate.

[@junkpick]

$179.50? Glad you made it back safely ❄️❄️❄️👍

[@SCAerialsSteveCarpenter]

Wow, Ken. I've been there and done that! Thank goodness you made it home safely, except for the out-of-pocket towing fees. Were the Tow Fees $175.00 plus milages

[@randymorgan-droneovermichigan]

C'mon up north and drive. You'll become a pro in no time. What you went through with rear wheel drive is what used to be common before front wheel and all-wheel drive. My fav's were my old 71 SS Chevelle, and 69 442. Now that was a challenge in the winter.

[@finnybflyin]

KEN! Such a HEROING experience! Glad you didn't end up in a ditch. My guess is that first tow cost about $1,200.00. Cheers, Brendan

[@Scooba5791]

$1450

[@bbrazen]

ha! That's a dusting! Crazy how people react to snow in different regions of the country :)

[@lynsmith1096]

Bit of a nightmare journey for you there Ken but good you got home safely.

[@tomswenson2092]

What was the ceiling height and visibility when you were operating your drone?

[@SchubertTech]

I grew up with muscle cars in Tulsa, and we'd have similar happen to us. Super nice, then it snows, then it rains, and then freezes...and snows again. You see little fluffs not always realizing there is black ice under it. I've stood still on a road, but because a lot of our roads were "crowned," I'm sliding sideways off the road (on the black ice). Glad that truck helped you at the end. People like that are salt of the Earth and awesome in my book. Just out of curiosity, did you check your airspace class for those impromptu B rolls :) Hee hee.

[@1QKGLH]

$348 for the tow, that's my guess. I had a miata on summer tires when I lived in MI. We had a huge storm and I barely made it home. My 45 minute commute was over 3 hours that day. On I-75 the snow in the middle of the lane was dragging on my undercarriage. Similar experience with my heavily modded Volvo V70 R in TN and KY. Now I'm about 1,400 south of my old house in MI. No more snow lol

[@danielson101]

from Ontario here

[@MidnightSpeedNSound]

$230? Glad you're back safe. Been in that situation with a Miata once...

[@rodgersrcaviation2785]

I will say the fly high fpv guys got the sickest led strips I’ve ever owned.

[@hdlstns]

oh man, that was a sucky trip back. glad you made it safe though. All Wheel Drive on the next vehicle I am guessing. I figure for 1/4mi. tow and a government agency setting the rate should be about $265.38

[@scyz2807]

Hey Ken, what day was this? I started a trip from central New York State to JFK Airport, and back, on 1/6/24. It took close to (or over) 6 hours to get home - at about 30 mph - or less. I was driving a rented Chrysler Pacifica van that may(!) have had all wheel drive. LOL I never drove off the road, but saw many vehicles that had. The really bad weather came after leaving JFK Airport. The snow started falling about 30 miles, after dark, driving west on Rt 80 into New Jersey. To tell the truth, I wouldn't have minded having rear wheel drive. Front wheel drive may PULL you through the snow, but when those tires start to spin, due to the conditions being slippery or icy, then you have neither directional control or forward (pulling) control. But to tell the truth, I wish I had been driving my old 1996 Toyota Rav4. It had a "Center Lock Differential" setting and would then drive like a tank. All the wheels spun at the exact same speed! Oh how I loved that car!

[@KenHeron]

This was on MLK day

[@nemesis851_]

Perfect video, on how to change hair colour via stress

[@KenHeron]

Indeed

[@DroneManMurphy]

Why are you trying to drive in the blizzard? Pull over, go back, don’t start to start with😂

[@tomjohnson3418]

So much for the front wheel alignment 😢

[@walkman1269]

Be glad you didn't get stuck IN ALABAMA. It's early, early Saturday and I just got back home from South Alabama. When I left this morning from Southern Middle Tennessee and drove down south Highway 43 and Highway 72 (2 major 4 lane highways) had yet to be treated or graded. They finally ran a snow plow today on both. It was a stark contrast at the state line TDOT roads were great ADOT sucked. Tennessee DOT graded Highway 43 like 4 days ago just after the snow stopped and probably once before (I didn't leave house Monday or Tuesday dunno). Luckily Alabama didn't get near as much snow like half what I did here at home. (Lawrence County)... Oh yeah my guess is $632.

[@Virg73]

It's 7°F here in northrrn NY... lovely winter's day... my guess on towing charges... $150 fee + $150 labor = $300 bill.. rediculous...

[@burdfamfpv]

420$ tow charge, glad you made it home safely Ken 🙏

[@xiiibujinkan]

amazing all that weather related stuff on the part 107 study guides and testing...etc....and yet weather still seems to affect people who've been educated....

[@jbolf6]

$250 for the wrecker Ken? I am glad you made it home safe!!

[@howardandersen19]

$29.95 tow charge,that’s the price I would set for you Ken. 🤣

[@MavericksDrone]

The Shining Part 2. ($300?). Safely back to fly again... All work and no play makes Ken a dull boy... 😉

[@porsche558]

I live in the snow belt so RWD sports cars are summer toys only. For my everyday driving my Subaru Outback has gotten me though snow storms that have dropped a foot or more on the roads…..yes the front of my car was a snow plow but it kept going.

[@idonomuch]

My guess is $195. I wasn't brave enough to try my drone in the snow. Just got the Mini 4 for Christmas - good to know it can handle a little snow from time to time.

[@serenityfpv]

If your ever near Summertown or hohenwald TN, give me a holler!! Always been a fan, and never flown drones with even one person! Ha!

[@OldManTimeAudits]

Good Driving

[@thedjihobbyguygray3361]

I know you will get some brand new tires before you take that road chip next time😅😅❤

[@josephamaru5361]

Glad you made it safe ,I'm gonna say 500 for the tow

[@JakeSloan]

Good job steering out of those skids. Is it just me or did you hair get a little more white and fabulous from this drive?

[@TheDroneGeek]

Ken, you gotta get yourself a Jeep. xD Glad you're safe!

[@BlueDroneBlues]

Ken. RC cars sadly don't fly. - Cheers good sir! Glad you're home safe.

[@MetroDrones]

250.00 and safe travels Ken..

[@commissionhunter]

that's crazy I need to get my 107 to fly more! cant believe they charged you 378$ for that tow.

[@michaelwblade]

545.00 is my guess Ken. Hopefully you’ll plan better next time hahaha 😂

[@Dude3617]

Sounds like something my wife and mom would say lol

[@droneflixx]

I’d ask why you’d ever try to drive in that but I heard Ken made you do it

[@Rob-bo7yn]

4:40 you were going too fast for conditions. As someone from Florida now living in Maine and driving a Mustang, I've learned snow is not friendly to rear-wheel drive cars. Gotta take it slow. Especially in a state which isn't really equipped to clear heavy snowfall. Drive safe!

[@danielson101]

momentum is your friend Ken

[@aphinion]

Man... did you use summer tires? o.O

[@dronerob]

Excellent Skills to make it though that mess! Going with $350

[@timsmith382]

Glad you survived Ken, I would guess $472

[@virginiatrailcameravideos]

How many drones do you own at this point? Interesting that you have the Min 4 Pro. Cool.

[@SeanSullivan1958]

Love watching southerners try to drive in snow. That "storm" is what we northerners call a dusting. :)

[@kingisrael1532]

By the looks of that drive home looks like you had to change those boxers soon as you hit the door. At least you made it home safe.

[@KenHeron]

💩👍

[@MrRaymond1021]

You should have spent another day or two at the motel. That looks really messed up for a rear wheel drive. They probably got you for about $350-$375 Thanks for sharing ken, and be safe my friend. 👍👍👍

[@rhorstman100]

Good Work, Ken. Since the trooper called the wrecker... cost you way more I'd say $427.00 to tow you out.

[@tennesseebuckoutdoors4778]

I would have to say 325.00 for the tow. I know you got some great drone footage of the snow and can't wait to see it. Hey at least you didn't hit a tree.

[@Editer38738]

East knoxville got hit hard

[@_Dougaldog]

Glad to see you got home safely. No snow chains available at gas station ? Being from UK & knowing USA charges an arm and a leg for Ambulances (no pun intended), I'd say $575 for the tow.

[@grumpyvlogger]

What can I say? It’s amazing that people who grew up in northern climates forget all about driving in the snow after they move to the south 😂. Now that’s a run on sentence. Anyway I include myself in that group lol😊. Glad you made it back home safe.

[@KenHeron]

No, it's because I grew up in the north and know how to drive in snow that I made it home at all on shitty tires.