Honey, the tree just fell on your new truck...
 

About 6pm last night my wife calls me (I'm still at work) and says that the tree in front of our house just fell on my truck. As you can see it hit dead center on the cab plus there's some relativly minor damage to on the left front corner of the hood. The tree is still on it as I write this but it looks like the roof basically imploded leaving the doors intact but I havent tried to open them yet. The gap along the front edge oif the passenger door looks kinda tight. I guess the roof could be cut off and replaced. My initial thinking was the cab would need to be replaced but maybe it's not that bad but I'm still in shock as I just bought it july 6th. Does anybody have experience with this sort of repair? I'm in Pleasanton, CA (San Francisco east bay) and I need to find a good shop to repair it correctly if anybody knows someone.

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here's a few pics

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NOOOOOOOOOO!

Such a nice truck... DAMN TREE!

What made it fall?

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Aw man that is terrible. Sorry to hear that happened. That is a good looking truck minues the tree sticking out of it..

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SON OF A..........that sucks!!!

That just shouldn't happen to such a nice truck.

Looks likes it's time to build that "speedster" Cheyenne.

At first glance I would be more inclined to graft on another roof.

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Damn, that really sucks. :whine: Good luck on your repairs. Wish I could do something to help.

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I'd say, look for a donor cab, your homeowners insurance should cover that right?

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Man that really sucks bigtime as that was a sweet ride.

Hopefully your homeowners/auto insurance will give you decent money to put her back together and now be too big of a pain.

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Unbelievable! And such a great looking truck.

Good thing they make them out of strong steel.. otherwise it could have squashed it like a bug!

I guess you'll be looking for a cab top soon...

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That really is sad - such a beautiful truck! Good luck on getting it fixed. I guess on the bright side, it could have done alot more damage.

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That does suck it is such a bad a$$ truck. I guess time to milk the insurance company for some of that maoney you have been paying them.

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If it makes you feel any better, your truck is still nicer than mine even with the tree sticking out of it :) Seriously though, that REALLY sucks! Such a beautiful truck, too. Hope you get a decent amount from insurance to get it fixed.

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That sucks.

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That's terrible. Good luck w/ the repairs.

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posts like these are the ones that make my wife come into the computer room to see what I'm cussing about. "Ohhhhhhh mann I'd be F*^&%$#ng pissed !!!"

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Wow ... I can't even imagine how I'd feel if that happened to mine. That sucks ......

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Lol! that's some funny s**t.

I'm not sure what I would do if I had a truck that nice and a tree fell on it. I really hope everything works out and your truck gets fixed.

Albie

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I say it is time to take it out on the tree. Off with his head :)

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Sorry for the hard luck.. The good thing is that you or anyone else.were not in the truck when the tree fell. I guess I shouldn't ***** when a bird leaves his mark or I get a few fallen twigs on my truck after a rain storm. I know that a lot of the insurance companies you folks in the USA deal with have a zillion ways to get out of paying claims. I do hope you are somehow insured and the insurance company doesn't pull the "Act of God" crap on you !!!

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I say convertible. Man that looks really bad.

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I looked at the pic’s and got sick to my stomach, Man oh man what a bummer. Hope it all turns out OK.

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That really sux big time. Wish you were closer, I have a cab with good roof roof , rest is pretty bad that you could have. Sorry about the bad luck, hope insurance will cover that somehow.

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Man.... that SUCKS!
One question that no one has asked... is that tree on YOUR property... or CITY property... you may get to make a claim on the city.

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that sucks ... but what is even more amazing to me is the windshield didn't break ... or at least it doesn't appear to be broken :confused:

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Man that was a nice ride too .
if you report it to your insurane will they consider it totaled?
ive seen some nice Cabs forsale in Cali shouldnt have a problem finding one .
seen them for 600-700 bucks.

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I thought that to at first but it looks cracked at the top corner

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Even if its the city's tree you are responsible for the care and damage they cause at least round here. We had real bad ice storm a few years back and part of my oak tree landed on my neighbors work truck. The city just laughed at me when I asked them to cover the damages. My homeowners did cover it thank god.

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Ain't like that here. And in Cali, you can ALWAYS blame someone else.

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Man that SUCKS!!! That shouldn't happen to such a nice truck! I thought there were laws against it! I'd have to go Texas Chainsaw Massacre on that tree if it were me! I'd make Leatherface look like an amatuer by the time that I got done with that tree!

Good luck with the rebuild.I will be watching here for progress pics when you start rebuilding. I was thinking the same thing about the windshield. Looks like it missed it by the pictures that you posted. The doors look like they can be saved as well. You should be able to do a roof swap and save the rest of your cab.

I'm with these guys on the homeowners policy. I'd check first and see who is actually liable first, your homeowners insurance, or the city that you live in. That tree just might be out far enough that it could be the city's resposibility. Anyway, sorry to hear about your truck and keep us posted on what happens. ...Joe

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NOW THAT SUCKS! I teared up :whine: when I saw the pick.

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Man!! That sucks! That image is so saddening to me if you weren't in CA I would give a good cab off of 1 of my parts trucks to replace it! I can't imagine how you felt when you pulled up and saw that.:whine:

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gravity

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Hmmmmm, who 'da thunk it? :hm:

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That freakin SUCKS A$$! That was such a beautiful truck. Good luck with the outcome.
-Lance

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mans that is awfull, good thing is that no body was in it , or somebody wasnt walking by when it fell. and from the pics i see. id look for a donor cab, it would be a ton easier than to try and fix that one . and alot less headaches....you could just chop it roadster style for the rest of the summer. and by the way that a pillar looks who knows where all that energy went through out the rest of that cab

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I was about to say something about that... the underneath of the cab probably took a beating from the sudden weight. I'd just look for a cab... and maybe chop the roof off for now so you could drive it a little bit till the donor cab is ready.



Was it as rust free as it looks?

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Thats sucks man. I hate to see that happen to someone. Hopefully you can just put another cab on and be back on the road

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I'd also be VERY careful how I cut that tree. By the way it looks to have fallen if you cut it the wrong way you could end up with even more of it on the bed or front clip.

As big and heavy as that thing is it wouldn't take much to create a lot more damage. Most importantly you don't want that big ol' tree on top of you! It would squash you like a bug! Where is a crane when you really need one? ...Joe

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Total buzz-kill. Your wife said "your new truck" How long have you had it?
Please don't say you just bought it last week.
Bummer

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That's a real bummer! When a tree fell on Putters truck recently his homeowners wouldn't pay. They told him if it had belonged to someone else they would have paid.