How safe are our trucks?
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05-02-2012, 03:01 PM
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05-02-2012, 03:06 PM
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I've been hanging out on these forums for 5 years or more, the point is I must have read over 50 posts about crashes, and I can't even remember anyone not walking away.
My old boss had a saying: "I'll put a ton in front, a ton behind, I'll sit on the other ton, and let them try to get to me".
My old boss had a saying: "I'll put a ton in front, a ton behind, I'll sit on the other ton, and let them try to get to me".
#23
05-02-2012, 03:10 PM
how safe our trucks are
Sorry tryed to post pic and got side tracked. but its about 6000.00 damage i was a little banged up. lady i hit wnt by ambulance to the hospital. she was driving a 2011 Buick 4 door. and i know i totaled her car. Im having to replace the bumper, front core support, head lights, fog lights grill, hood hindges, left fender, plus re work the hood, right fender, blend the doors. not to mention i had hide away strobes in the head lights and in the grill along with 2 siren speakers in the front that look like crushed beer cans. fo some reson i cant post any pic of it.
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05-02-2012, 04:21 PM
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Bull bar is just going to collapse into your grille/lights and cause more damage. Unless you are getting an actual BUMPER, a bolt-on bull bar or brush guard is just a glorified light fixture.
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05-03-2012, 11:35 AM
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Ya i got to lookin at them yesterday. Not a good idea. I would put a full bumper setup on but I havent found one I liked yet. Price isnt really an issue cause i got quoted for 900 plus tax for all the bumper parts
Still does. I think it forgives me now.
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05-04-2012, 03:48 AM
That was April '07 and she's probably sleeping, it's 10:50pm and she has work at 6:45am. Yes she is fine lol. Very scary wreck!
She was on her way to work when a Tyson tractor trailer husband wife team ran off the road and overcorrected. I was the second on scene working the wreck(I'm a Firefighter). It took a couple hours to get her out, she was taken in via Air Evac. She spent a few hours at the hospital and months off work with two fractured vertabre.
Don't mean to hijack this thread but showing our Dodges should be biult just as good as the gen2. It's taken me a while to speak about it but I like to share because with luck, being looked down upon, and the hard workers she made it out alive. I've seen minor wrecks with DOA's and ones like this with minor injuries. Thing is if there was a passenger in her truck they'd have an A-pillar crushing them. I'm glad your wreck was minor and be happy you own a big rig. That's why I bought my Dodge.
She was on her way to work when a Tyson tractor trailer husband wife team ran off the road and overcorrected. I was the second on scene working the wreck(I'm a Firefighter). It took a couple hours to get her out, she was taken in via Air Evac. She spent a few hours at the hospital and months off work with two fractured vertabre.
Don't mean to hijack this thread but showing our Dodges should be biult just as good as the gen2. It's taken me a while to speak about it but I like to share because with luck, being looked down upon, and the hard workers she made it out alive. I've seen minor wrecks with DOA's and ones like this with minor injuries. Thing is if there was a passenger in her truck they'd have an A-pillar crushing them. I'm glad your wreck was minor and be happy you own a big rig. That's why I bought my Dodge.