Well I am new to dodge forum and thought I would have a better 1st post then this but here it is. Left my house at 9:30pm and at 9:40-45 my 2001 ram 1500 4x4 quadcab went off the road and into some trees, peeled the right front tire off the rim, destroyed the right front fender, cracked my dashboard (was not cracked befor) and when they had the transmision and tcase in N the rear tires were locked up and draging. I was hoping to have a much better 1st post then this, will try and add some pics tomorow if i can get a ride into town.

 

That just bites. Was it weather related accident?

Aftermarket dash is available. You an doa search...I posted a thread related to hanging this recently. Welcome to DF. Hope you get it allback together.

 

Better to destroy the truck than yourself or others though. Should be fairly easy to get it back together, it'll just take some time and money.

You'll want to check the steering and suspension also. If it took the tire off the rim, I'll be willing to bet there's more damage than what you're seeing.

 

also leaking coolant and ps fluid, and bent a few more pices that i could not get good pics of.

 

progressive considered it a total loss, I only had the truck 17 days and other then the 1st down payment I never got the chance to make a payment on it.

 

Damn that sucks, got any pics of the truck?

 

I had a reply with some pics attached to it but it was never added. It was related to weather the road I was on was never plowed for 2 days and was very slick, was only doing 35mph on a road with a 50mph limit.

 

Man thats sucks, good thing is you were ok. Trucks can be replaced, lifes can not. Hope you get another 2nd gen. Maybe look into buying it from insurance and fixing it back up?

 

here is a list of the damaged parts, right front tire, rim, fender, cracked the ball joint, bent the inner and outer tie rods(left and right), bent the steering damper, bent the track bar, bent the trailing arm, cracked the steering gearbox, bent the sway bar, cracked the radiator, broken grill, cracked dashboard, broke the axle in the front, they did not tell me why the left rear tire was locked up. total distance the truck slid on the pavement was about 100 feet, then about 60 feet befor it hit the pine tree and other small trees.Truck was facing back the way I was going. I would have thought it would have been cheeper for them to fix it insted of paying it off (minus my deductable) but I guess im not in debt anymore for 3 years at a buy here pay here place. Its a sad day when you dont have a car/truck long enough to even use up all the gas from filling it up once, think I drove it 100 miles.

 

Man that's crazy, that's alot of damage.