Well, I was in an accident yesterday, thought I'd share the photos of the carnage. His car didn't stand a chance.
I was waiting in line for traffic to start moving, the light turned green and I began accelerating. At the time I was stopped, there was no one behind me. As I was pulling away, the guy in this car was fast approaching. I checked my mirrors expecting him to change lanes and since I didn't have enough speed to get out of the way I stayed where I was.. well, he missed seeing my truck for reasons I have yet to find out and made a pretty solid connection with my bumper and tow hitch.
I say I don't know his story because he departed in an ambulance and the officer said he would be summonsed for 'following too closely', at the very least I'd say.
Other than my sore neck, the truck faired relatively well; however, my insurance is already throwing out the "total loss" words without even looking at it. In addition to the damage in these photos, the frame is tweaked at the mounting points for the bumper and hitch, and the impact was enough to cause the bed to contact and dent the cab on the driver's side. The body looks straight and the reveal between bed and cab is even now, so I'm assuming it just flexed and returned to it's original shape. Regardless, I'm already looking for a donor truck to swap this drivetrain into. I had intended to use this as a tow vehicle for a travel trailer and now I don't know if I'll ever trust this frame 100%. I'll consider your opinions if you have them in regards to that!
I'm in the Virginia area so if anyone knows of a truck with good body and frame for sale with clear title I'd be interested! I'm not overly concerned with the configuration (2wd/4wd, manual.. etc) but I would prefer 4wd with the ZF5, doesn't matter cab size, drw or srw, as long as it's clean
I was waiting in line for traffic to start moving, the light turned green and I began accelerating. At the time I was stopped, there was no one behind me. As I was pulling away, the guy in this car was fast approaching. I checked my mirrors expecting him to change lanes and since I didn't have enough speed to get out of the way I stayed where I was.. well, he missed seeing my truck for reasons I have yet to find out and made a pretty solid connection with my bumper and tow hitch.
I say I don't know his story because he departed in an ambulance and the officer said he would be summonsed for 'following too closely', at the very least I'd say.
Other than my sore neck, the truck faired relatively well; however, my insurance is already throwing out the "total loss" words without even looking at it. In addition to the damage in these photos, the frame is tweaked at the mounting points for the bumper and hitch, and the impact was enough to cause the bed to contact and dent the cab on the driver's side. The body looks straight and the reveal between bed and cab is even now, so I'm assuming it just flexed and returned to it's original shape. Regardless, I'm already looking for a donor truck to swap this drivetrain into. I had intended to use this as a tow vehicle for a travel trailer and now I don't know if I'll ever trust this frame 100%. I'll consider your opinions if you have them in regards to that!
I'm in the Virginia area so if anyone knows of a truck with good body and frame for sale with clear title I'd be interested! I'm not overly concerned with the configuration (2wd/4wd, manual.. etc) but I would prefer 4wd with the ZF5, doesn't matter cab size, drw or srw, as long as it's clean
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