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Old 09-09-2011, 12:19 PM
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So I was driving down a road that was sort of flooded. My trucks rear tires are bald as ****. The trucks rear end suddenly slid out and I hit and embankment. No big deal no dents no scratches. But some how a tree branch punched through my grill bent my transcooler, broke my radiator, shredded the serpatine belt, broke the plastic housing off the radiator. Not major but just enough to be a pain in the ***. I drove it like 2 miles home after that so I hope I didn't do damage to the engine or anything.
 
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Yet another story about running bald tires. Good tires are an investment. Hope no one was hurt.
 
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Yet another story about running bald tires. Good tires are an investment. Hope no one was hurt.
Speak for yourself. There's nothing like a story about innocent bodies being dismembered and flung about.
 
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The only thing hurt is my wallet when its all said and done.
 
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Coulda ,shoulda woulda. The wallet is gonna hurt now a lot more than getting at least a couple used tires would have. Doesn't matter now, like you said. But the first thing I would do, would be to get a couple tires, then spend what little money there is left, to try and get it running again.
 
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Seen enough blood and guts (usually no seat belts). Don't care to see more or hear the stories.
 
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Same here, although its more of the heard about them, rather than seen them in my case. My wife is a RN at a local hospital. Started off in surgical trauma, now in the ICU. Lots of stories.

And people wonder why I hate motorcycles...
 
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yeah the truck is back up and running. i pulled all the parts I needed from the junk yard yesterday and then took my truck apart and bolted all of the new stuff in. Everything is good. I forgot to take pics but I will take a couple of the broken parts and the radiator has a branch through it.
 
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Wow, I thought you said it was wrecked. I call Shenanigans.
 


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