Wreck i saw today.... reminds me why i drive a truck

[bitchin85]

saw this today leaving work. the truck was stopped and the maro came flying up and didnt see him. that things a goner and the trucks unscathed.. reminds me why i drive one of these tanks!

[IMG] By shevrolay at 2010-09-02[/IMG]

[GMC91]

Thats exactly why I love my 76 too..But was anyone hurt?

[bitchin85]

Originally Posted by GMC91

was anyone hurt?

i dont know i pulled up and i didnt see any ambulances or anything when i was there. air bags were off in the camaro. but i dont know for sure if anyone was hurt. i hope not, but they could have left before i showed up

[hitcher]

yea i know just what you mean . this was me in my 82 hitting a concrete bridge at 60mph . walked away with a few cuts to my face . i dread to think what would have happened if i wasnt driving this

[355bullet]

follow that camaro!!! ls swap!! lol

[Liz]

Years ago, a friend of mine was driving his dually. He got hit in the pass side by a Yugo. The truck was a full loss,(ins wise) frame bent etc..

[motornut]

my 78 got side swiped he left his mirror behind ,drove around looking and found the car,only damage was his mirror,my 87 got hit while parked a honda accord moved it,from the red marks(where front tires were)moved the body mounts,tire went threw the window cops told the chick lucky no one was in the pass side,they would have been killed

[big10ratrod77]

Originally Posted by *****in85

saw this today leaving work. the truck was stopped and the maro came flying up and didnt see him. that things a goner and the trucks unscathed.. reminds me why i drive one of these tanks!

[IMG] By shevrolay at 2010-09-02[/IMG]

that is why i have a reese hitch lol

[PRattenbury]

I had a cop flip his lights on and cut me off by taking a left turn from the opposite direction from me, right in front of me. I slammed on my brakes but it was wet on the road and I slid. I managed not to hit the cop, but the Crown Vic behind me plowed into my chrome step bumper. Wasted the front of the Crown Vic, but didn't even scratch the bumper of my truck. Kinda jacked up my neck. But amazingly I didn't sue. Anyway, the cop asked if anyone was hurt (he saw what he caused). We said no, and he said he'd come back, but he had an emergency call, and had to go. The poor guy in the Crown Vic had his wife in the car. They were both unhurt but upset, and the guy was apologizing all over himself. I just told him I was fine, and there was no damage to my truck. I gave him my license and phone numbers, and said I wasn't gonna go after anyone, but if he needed anything he could feel free to get in touch. Never heard from him or the cop again.

[old Rusty C10]

ive had similar accidents where i was struck in the rear buy a passenger car and I always came out ahead in the damages department too

[3r!c84]

Originally Posted by big10ratrod77

that is why i have a reese hitch lol

my moms honda pilot got rearended the other day and had the hitch in(she complaned it was in she didnt want to hit her leg on it..) but got hit pushed the whole hitch under the truck. no body damage but blew the spare tire and mangled up the hitch.

[Chlsnk]

That is exsctly how I got hit (truck pictured in first post) the car went right under me all it did was bend my leaf spring

[Hazieview]

That's weird. I have a '98 z28 camaro and an '81 chevy (and a 2010 tahoe and a 2001 dodge.) We are selling the camaro and we are nervous about people wanting to test drive it because that thing has a lot of power with all the work done to it.

This wreck makes me glad about all our choices we're making so far.
Sell the camaro, only let people test drive it who have the cash, and
KEEP THE '81! haha!

[HTX86chevy]

This was my 1st square body 84 swb. i bought it dirt cheap about 1yr ago because the body was in great shape. i worked night shift and had been putting in crazy overtime. when i found this truck for sale i couldnt wait, i took the 4 hour trip to pick her up right after my shift ended. i fell asleep on the wheel while pulling the 84 with a tow bar. 84 was trashed but the 01gmc was unscratched.

[RuralRoute C-30]

Don't worry too much about a rear end collision when in the 1-ton. Previous owner bullet-proofed the rear with this 1/4" steel plate hitch design welded to the frame. Once thought about painting a bullseye around the receiver.


Mark

[78 Chevyrado]

Originally Posted by RuralRoute C-30

Once thought about painting a bullseye around the receiver.


Mark

I like it! I need one of those that'll slide into my receiver hitch...

[Clyde65]

back in 1987, I owned and drove a 71 GMC 3/4ton with 1 ton everything ( not sure why it had all this) anyway, I put a 6" steel ( 1/2 in thick) tube on the rear of my truck as a bumper, I was coming home one night, and a guy with a brand new F*&d pickup hit me as I was stopping for a stop sign, he was going over 50MPH, other than the killer neck ache I had, my truck was unhurt other than a scratch. He had a 6 hr old totaled truck with the cops doing the field subrietey test on him repeatedly.

[78 Chevyrado]

I got hit in the side by a lexus doing 45 or so, i was amazed that there wasnt more damage to mine. her front bumper was moved way back, even dimpled her doors. she made it from center cap to center cap on me.... the door still opened and shut fine. the worst was replacing half the rocker panel and 3 of the cab bolts which were bent. IIRC the damage repair for me including parts was about $900 or so. i can live with that.

[spudz]

got ran off the road passing two cars at once. The rear car decided he wanted to pass the first car while I was passing him, he hit me the the passenger front wheel with his 4 cyl mustang, I spun out and backed my tahoe into a swamp 70+ mph. rolled atleast 3 times. landed passenger side down with water up to the radio and my ex girlfriend underwater buckled in. We both got cuts on our hands from the broken vent visors climbing out of the truck and were sore for a week but were both fine. Had it towed right to my house from the wreck, let the oil settle back down to the pan overnight and it cranked right up and still drove fine except for the lack of glass lol. even took it to a mud run and pleased the crowd afterwards.

[Chevy623]

Originally Posted by 3r!c84

my moms honda pilot got rearended the other day and had the hitch in(she complaned it was in she didnt want to hit her leg on it..) .

God i hate when that happens lol!

When i was about 14, i was chasing my step-brother one night [He punched me in the shoulder and took off] and he ran behind my father's suburban. i went right behind him and didn't see the hitch in the dark and whacked my knee on it. Man it hurt lol.

[78 Chevyrado]

Originally Posted by spudz

even took it to a mud run and pleased the crowd afterwards.

Now that's making the best of a crap situation... I like you're style dude!

[jonessmc87]

i was stopped waiting to take a left turn in broad daylight. I got hit by a 2003 bravada doing 50. he never touched the brakes. It was obviously a total loss for him, and because i had the ball mount in, the airbag sensors never went off in his bravada, the 3 balls and the hook put a nice 4 leaf clover in the radiator and right through the front of the block.

reese hitch btw.









both front seats got bent because i had a passenger. all the dash trim popped out. i hit the steering wheel and bent that. i drove home no problem. had a helluva concussion tho.



It even broke the fuel pump in half. it was still hanging by the pickup straw so i was still able to drive it.

[hitcher]

Originally Posted by jonessmc87

i was stopped waiting to take a left turn in broad daylight. I got hit by a 2003 bravada doing 50. he never touched the brakes. It was obviously a total loss for him, and because i had the ball mount in, the airbag sensors never went off in his bravada, the 3 balls and the hook put a nice 4 leaf clover in the radiator and right through the front of the block.

reese hitch btw.

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thats one reason why i always leave my ball hitch in the reciever

[gchemist]

My truck with a roll pan, wins - two! Two full size Dodge trucks to the shop! Why following too close. Truck brakes crazy from 70 MPH. Neither truck had a chance to slow down. The rear is just high enough they hit the rear sill on the bed. My just got new a new tailgate and louvered skin.