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cbarm
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Ohh that looks painful but glad hes OK! What the hell did he run into??
89greendiesel
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how did you get that thing on the bed, 12k winch?
Glad he's ok....hopefully he can find another....
jrad235
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I've lost a belt in the middle of a turn before, that steering is a lot more difficult real quick.
lindstromjd
Black Sheep
There was a guy in the marketplace wanting to buy a good donor truck to turn his 91 f250 into an IDI... http://www.oilburners.net/forums/sh...buy-4x4-idi-in-missouri-or-surrounding-states
I bet your buddy could sell that truck as is right now. I happen to have a truck coming up for sale soon, too. Just in case he's interested in getting a new one. Arkansas isn't that far from Kentucky.
I bet your buddy could sell that truck as is right now. I happen to have a truck coming up for sale soon, too. Just in case he's interested in getting a new one. Arkansas isn't that far from Kentucky.
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GOOSE
Happy IDI'er
Glad that your friend is ok. That is a heck of a crash to walk away from, especially in a pre-air bag rig. It seems that these old trucks hold up really well when it counts the most.
FordGuy100
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It's only a flesh wound!
On a more serious note hope your buddy is doing ok. If he was sore the day of the accident he is going to be many time more sore or the next couple days. Truck did what it was supposed to, keep him alive!
On a more serious note hope your buddy is doing ok. If he was sore the day of the accident he is going to be many time more sore or the next couple days. Truck did what it was supposed to, keep him alive!
cbarm
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Lools like a minor ding...I know a guy who says he is a professional backyard bodyman n can fix that for about $300 haha
icanfixall
Official GMM hand model
Built Ford Tuff.. What more can be said.. Really glad the driver walked away but I know thats going to hurt much more as the days go by...
It's an IDI. Probably drove it on there.
Man, I know it sucks loosing power assist, but you guys these days are a bunch of creame puffs ! Assist is just that, you need to learn to handle the rig without it.
I cut my teeth on a 2.5 ton with no power assist ( and I do mean literally, was working in a warehouse at 16 and the boss comes in and says, " you just got yer license right... uh hu.. OK, you're the new truck driver, everyone else around here has too many DUIs
Went from that to semis with no power steering ( try backing one of those suckers with a heavy loaded trailer into a dock
Now maybe it's just because us old farts have a certain amount or orneryness left in us from a lot of hard living that that overcomes totally useless bodies, but I'm half crippled , can't barely stand up these days but I can still handle my truck in a stall out.
I STRONGLY recommend for those unaccustomed to handling heavy unassisted rigs, to find a dirt road, preferably curvy with nothing to hit on the sides, and making sure you can kill the engine without locking the steering, and make some practice runs ( if it's got ditches, have a friend follow with a chain) but learn what it takes to handle that thing like a man You will feel like you are stuffing yer foot through the floor and your back is going to tear the seat off the floor, but it WILL stop, you have the same brakes you've always had, you just dont have the pansy pan up behind the master cylinder doing all the pushing for you. Same with the steering 10 and 2 aint gonna do it, but it WILL turn. After a few trys you'll be an old pro and then you wont panic if you get in a bind out on the road
I cut my teeth on a 2.5 ton with no power assist ( and I do mean literally, was working in a warehouse at 16 and the boss comes in and says, " you just got yer license right... uh hu.. OK, you're the new truck driver, everyone else around here has too many DUIs
Went from that to semis with no power steering ( try backing one of those suckers with a heavy loaded trailer into a dock
Now maybe it's just because us old farts have a certain amount or orneryness left in us from a lot of hard living that that overcomes totally useless bodies, but I'm half crippled , can't barely stand up these days but I can still handle my truck in a stall out.
I STRONGLY recommend for those unaccustomed to handling heavy unassisted rigs, to find a dirt road, preferably curvy with nothing to hit on the sides, and making sure you can kill the engine without locking the steering, and make some practice runs ( if it's got ditches, have a friend follow with a chain) but learn what it takes to handle that thing like a man You will feel like you are stuffing yer foot through the floor and your back is going to tear the seat off the floor, but it WILL stop, you have the same brakes you've always had, you just dont have the pansy pan up behind the master cylinder doing all the pushing for you. Same with the steering 10 and 2 aint gonna do it, but it WILL turn. After a few trys you'll be an old pro and then you wont panic if you get in a bind out on the road
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