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So I just hit a deer on my way home....the truck is fine but my grill guard......well.......it has seen better days. Ill post pics when the sun comes up. 250 bucks well spent i guess 
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HOLY *****!! Thats just NASTY and funny at the same time......Dammit Josemer09
JoeHemi, Thats why i used to have my grill guard on and it gave me reassurance. Not that its not on, sometimes I do get worried about the same thing.
JoeHemi, Thats why i used to have my grill guard on and it gave me reassurance. Not that its not on, sometimes I do get worried about the same thing.
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Don't think Bambi made it in that one. But look at the bright side, the venison has already been tenderized... LMAO!!!
Seriously, I've never hit a deer, but have had a good half dozen close calls. Was on my way to fish a bass tourney on Clarks Hill Lake on the Ga/SC border about 13 years ago, was hauling my bass boat about an hour before sunup and came around a curve to a HERD of about 8 or 9 deer just milling about on the road. Dunno how I missed them or didn't jack knife the boat trailer.
But a good quality grill guard is a great investment. Often it'll make the difference between driving home or having to call a flatbed...
Seriously, I've never hit a deer, but have had a good half dozen close calls. Was on my way to fish a bass tourney on Clarks Hill Lake on the Ga/SC border about 13 years ago, was hauling my bass boat about an hour before sunup and came around a curve to a HERD of about 8 or 9 deer just milling about on the road. Dunno how I missed them or didn't jack knife the boat trailer.
But a good quality grill guard is a great investment. Often it'll make the difference between driving home or having to call a flatbed...
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^^ yeah and if they werent so dang ugly i might get one.
A guy I work with totaled his first Ram (04) from hittin a deer at 70mph. The next week he got another ram (07) and put a grille gaurd on it. Good thing too, cause 2 months later he hit another deer and smashed the grille gaurd. Saved the truck though -- only 3k in damage to the headlights, grille, and front bumper. He now has another grille gaurd on it. The way I see it, he's already paid for 4-5 of those things in savings!
A guy I work with totaled his first Ram (04) from hittin a deer at 70mph. The next week he got another ram (07) and put a grille gaurd on it. Good thing too, cause 2 months later he hit another deer and smashed the grille gaurd. Saved the truck though -- only 3k in damage to the headlights, grille, and front bumper. He now has another grille gaurd on it. The way I see it, he's already paid for 4-5 of those things in savings!
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Yeah I would have to say that really sucks but grill guards definantly make the difference. Weed I don't see what you are so worried about, if anything you will have the deer lodged in the bottom side of the truck dragging it around and leaving a bloody trail every where you go.
Then the cops can just follow that around to find you!
Then the cops can just follow that around to find you!
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Don't think Bambi made it in that one. But look at the bright side, the venison has already been tenderized... LMAO!!!
Seriously, I've never hit a deer, but have had a good half dozen close calls. Was on my way to fish a bass tourney on Clarks Hill Lake on the Ga/SC border about 13 years ago, was hauling my bass boat about an hour before sunup and came around a curve to a HERD of about 8 or 9 deer just milling about on the road. Dunno how I missed them or didn't jack knife the boat trailer.
But a good quality grill guard is a great investment. Often it'll make the difference between driving home or having to call a flatbed...
Seriously, I've never hit a deer, but have had a good half dozen close calls. Was on my way to fish a bass tourney on Clarks Hill Lake on the Ga/SC border about 13 years ago, was hauling my bass boat about an hour before sunup and came around a curve to a HERD of about 8 or 9 deer just milling about on the road. Dunno how I missed them or didn't jack knife the boat trailer.
But a good quality grill guard is a great investment. Often it'll make the difference between driving home or having to call a flatbed...
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Actually, rocket, I kinda wish I could have kept my old winch mount when I swapped out my old M9000 for the better XD9000i winch, you wouldn't believe how much heavier it is than the one I have now, and mounts with eight Grade 8 bolts as opposed to six. But the "i" series Warn winches won't mount to them.
They are both solid 1/4" steel, but the old one is rated for all the way up to a 16 ton winch and offered a much taller "shield" in the front.
They are both solid 1/4" steel, but the old one is rated for all the way up to a 16 ton winch and offered a much taller "shield" in the front.
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Yeah I would have to say that really sucks but grill guards definantly make the difference. Weed I don't see what you are so worried about, if anything you will have the deer lodged in the bottom side of the truck dragging it around and leaving a bloody trail every where you go.
Then the cops can just follow that around to find you!
Then the cops can just follow that around to find you!
LOL......you do know those b*stards jump right?