Overload of the Day

Sad to see Truck Shop but thanks for sharing. Amazing how much cost to repair is for what in the 1st photo doesn’t look too bad. Cam

Looks are really deceiving.

If they quit using plastic and aluminum on trucks, these trucks wouldn't be totalled from hitting a plastic and aluminum 4-wheeler......

Shimmy1 said:

If they quit using plastic and aluminum on trucks, these trucks wouldn't be totalled from hitting a plastic and aluminum 4-wheeler......

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It had a heavy steel tube GX grill/moose guard, folded it up. Speed of the pickup was a factor. Can't make
them out of steel, too heavy and rust.

Truck Shop said:

Can't make them out of steel, too heavy and rust.

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They made them out of steel for over 50 years, plastic and aluminum are cheaper to build, more expensive at the parts counter......

MPG wasn’t a real high priority back then

Shimmy1 said:

If they quit using plastic and aluminum on trucks, these trucks wouldn't be totalled from hitting a plastic and aluminum 4-wheeler......

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Yea a 90’s truck when they still knew how to make em likely would have driven away from that with only minor damage.

Not true guys-I've worked this business plus towing for years. There is no strength in a fiberglass hood or
aluminum or steel hood. When there's 50 tons of momentum the damage is the same. I cleaned up a
wreck in the late 80's of a 74 4300 International that hit 7 elk on I-90 Easton. Completely ripped the
steer axle, fuel tanks, radiator and hood off. One went through the windshield and half of it ended up
in the sleeper. Driver survived.

What would help is people drive for road conditions.

yes, and I will add: If you know what goes on and are awake, you can let off the brakes and choose the ditch. People take a skid and leave their foot on the brake as it develops, instead of recovering. I saw a truck video of a multiple car and truck accident, and one truck driver was proper and got stopped right up against the jackknifed rig without touching it. Another was not, and almost made it past on the left but for a car that was doing the same thing.

And don't forget the crumple zones that are engineered into all vehicles nowadays to help human survivability in the event of a crash which means a lot of parts get sacrificed and destroyed

skyking1 said:

People take a skid and leave their foot on the brake as it develops, instead of recovering.

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When I worked for Schlumberger, ALL enployees had to take their in-house driver's training class in Kellyville, OK. 3 day course for LVT, with class, road, and range time. They have their own skid pad that they use to reinforce the fact that "the sliding wheel leads". If the front wheels lock, vehicle maintains straight. If rear wheels lock, back end comes around. If trailer wheels lock, trailer starts to come around. Their emphasis is to teach the driver not to allow the wheels to lock up by use of ABS, or when ABS goes out, quick pumping the brake pedal to apply braking force without locking wheels. You drive through the skid pad multiple passes. The instructor can lock up different axles independently so the driver doesn't know what's coming, and then has to respond appropriately with how we were taught. Great learning exercise, especially for people that never did donuts on a snow covered parking lot as a teenager.

56wrench said:

And don't forget the crumple zones

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That crumple zone saved me in 2017. I hit an oak tree at 55mph and walked away with a bruised sternum. Totaled my 2011 F-150; barely scratched the tree. It's still standing, tall and proud as ever. Don't drive exhausted, or even tired. A 15 minute drive home from work almost ended my life.

Bungee cords are best on the bouncy hitch platform. I wonder if the freezer is full of food too?

I have the dash cam footage of that wreck, I will see about making a video this weekend.
It will make your a$$ pinch right up.

An acquaintance posted this one up, Fast forward to 2 minutes 40 seconds to see how close he came to a head on from a jackwagon passing on top of a hill. He was so lucky be at that intersection.

This morning in Wisconsin.

there was video of that on the news. The guy got some good footage till he turned and ran.

If your going to take videos you have to stand your ground.

skyking1 said:

Bungee cords are best on the bouncy hitch platform. I wonder if the freezer is full of food too?
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My neighbors got a new range yesterday. Same crew of enormous men delivered it. They remembered the 8' chest freezerthey put in my cellar. What do you do with a freezer that big. I answered with one word: "bodies".

I got to ask Truck Shop, is that leaf spring the way it suppose to be or am I seeing right it was hard enough hit to unwrap it from the leaf spring mount?
I'm glad to be off the roads, I don't think my semi is seeing the interstate again till spring/summer era.

Spud_Monkey said:

I got to ask Truck Shop, is that leaf spring the way it suppose to be or am I seeing right it was hard enough hit to unwrap it from the leaf spring mount?
I'm glad to be off the roads, I don't think my semi is seeing the interstate again till spring/summer era.

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No-that spring is toast. The frame horn is broken away from frame that holds the spring. And it's as I
thought, the front 4' of frame rail is twisted inward about 4" in a taper to front. The steer axle is bent.
insurance investigator showed up yesterday and we both looked it over and came to the conclusion
it has a 98% chance of going for salvage. Totaled.