Stupidist thing Youve messed up on your truck

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Nothing!..There was the time I was leaving for work in my`71,backed up,cut the wheels,and glanced at the house and noticed I left a light on.Don`t want to waste electric.So,I set the brake.You know the spring on the parking brake?Mine was broke.Don`t worry,you just hold the handle in while you push the pedal down.Did I mention the house was in the middle of a cow pasture?Or,that the truck was facing down a very big,steep hill,idling?Well,about 20`from the truck I hear a sound that closely resembles the sound my parking brake makes when you release it.There goes my truck barreling down the hill,knocked down a calf,ran over it(14.50x37"tires),kept going,jumped off the bank across from a shed,landed,and plowed through the wall where it was stopped(thank God)by a huge stack of dismantled barn lumber.Still idling,about warmed up now,with the front clip in the building,I hopped in and backed it out after locking-in the hubs so I could get one tire going up the bank enough to work it back`n`forth out of there.The only damage to the truck was whitewash marks on the windshield and both steering knuckle were bent at the arms where the tie-rods mount.Of course,I didn`t notice that until i tryed to leave later that day to borrow some stuff to butcher the calf(now veal)and the front-end was pulling right,the left,then right,anything but straight.My landlord was pretty decent about the calf and I just had to jack the building up to put the two posts that my tires hit back up on thrir piers and build a new section of wall,and whitewash.This was over 20 years ago and I never told anybody.So,let`s just keep this one under or hats.Don`t need any s/a comments about running little calves over,or tryin`to knock buildings down,or how much electric a bulb burns,or how much that spring costs,or...you know what I mean.Thanks,I knew you`d understand.