asmith
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And probably out.
Yesterday morning on my way to work Traffic came to a sudden stop. dodge dually diesel in front of me towing a flat bed trailer, with two giant bags of grain on it. slammed on his brakes and locked them all up, even the trailer. I slammed on mine locking them up, didn't think i would get her stopped in time but i did!! only to look in my mirror and and realize that the guy behind me is not going to stop. next thing i know i am looking up at the sky and ceiling of my truck. the back of my seat broke and I am in the reclined position. I sit up and am confused as to why i am so high up in the air. Then i realize he hit me so hard that i got pushed on top of the trailer in front of me all the way over the wheel wells and into the bags of grain when the highway patrol showed up he thought it was a two car accident until i explained to him that i was driving the green truck that was now on the trailer. anyway my truck took the most damage. he bent down my hitch which in turn sheared some bolts and bent the frame some. the bumper is all bent in and down and some of the mounting hardware is sticking through the bumper. my tailgate is smashed in and bent. the drivers side front tire is destroyed from being shoved into the trailer, i can put my hand into several of the gashes. I have a lumber rack that had lumber on it, the straps actually snapped. luckily the lumber stayed up there, just all jumbled. the cover actually came off my steering wheel. i thought my truck had an airbag, but i guess not. my guess is they are going to total it because of the frame. anyway onto some pics, i will get some more later today when i go by the yard to look at it.
part of the bracket sticking through
here is the trailer i ended up on ant the fender i destroyed in the process
I you look at the bags you can see where my passenger tire and the nose of the truck were pushed into it
Steering cover came off
here is the kicker, the truck that hit me was also a dodge diesel dually with a flat bed, towing a flatbed trailer. i was sandwiched between identical trucks, both white, both 3500s, it was kind of crazy. here is a pic of the truck that hit me.
Yesterday morning on my way to work Traffic came to a sudden stop. dodge dually diesel in front of me towing a flat bed trailer, with two giant bags of grain on it. slammed on his brakes and locked them all up, even the trailer. I slammed on mine locking them up, didn't think i would get her stopped in time but i did!! only to look in my mirror and and realize that the guy behind me is not going to stop. next thing i know i am looking up at the sky and ceiling of my truck. the back of my seat broke and I am in the reclined position. I sit up and am confused as to why i am so high up in the air. Then i realize he hit me so hard that i got pushed on top of the trailer in front of me all the way over the wheel wells and into the bags of grain when the highway patrol showed up he thought it was a two car accident until i explained to him that i was driving the green truck that was now on the trailer. anyway my truck took the most damage. he bent down my hitch which in turn sheared some bolts and bent the frame some. the bumper is all bent in and down and some of the mounting hardware is sticking through the bumper. my tailgate is smashed in and bent. the drivers side front tire is destroyed from being shoved into the trailer, i can put my hand into several of the gashes. I have a lumber rack that had lumber on it, the straps actually snapped. luckily the lumber stayed up there, just all jumbled. the cover actually came off my steering wheel. i thought my truck had an airbag, but i guess not. my guess is they are going to total it because of the frame. anyway onto some pics, i will get some more later today when i go by the yard to look at it.
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part of the bracket sticking through
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here is the trailer i ended up on ant the fender i destroyed in the process
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I you look at the bags you can see where my passenger tire and the nose of the truck were pushed into it
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Steering cover came off
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here is the kicker, the truck that hit me was also a dodge diesel dually with a flat bed, towing a flatbed trailer. i was sandwiched between identical trucks, both white, both 3500s, it was kind of crazy. here is a pic of the truck that hit me.
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