A2 vs A3 crashed in the driveway-the aftermath

[voltedge]

Well old Deuce 1 and modernized deuce 0. This is what 14,000 lbs worth of truck rolling rather backing at you from the bed with no brakes does to another one that can't get out of the way quick enough. Lessons learned: deuces don't stop with the engine off and the air brake compressor not working. When using a logging chain to pull a dead truck and you can't get out of the way of a run away truck, hammer down on the throttle and drag the dead truck up the hill to keep from hitting you. Finally, after checking the damage once the wrecked truck is rolled back,don't restart the truck because the throttle could be hung and cause a second impact just as bad if not worse! Not sure which way I'm going to go with the A3, I'll either rob the modern upgrades and put on the classic and then sell the Caterpillar 3116 and Allison 4 speed automatic to someone who may need one or I may spend quiet a few greenbacks to repair it. It already needed a new cab swap to eradicate the massive amount of rust or a ton of body repair and the bed is used pretty well and rusted bad too. I would like to take the air steering, steering wheel, air ride seat,super single tires n wheels and the bed rails/cargo cover bows and troop seats off and install on the A2. I'm sure there are some other things such as the electric windshield wipers, plastic battery tray, solar battery maintainer kit, marker and running lamps, front bumper step and additional tow hooks, etc that I can swap too. At least no one was hurt and it was on some old trucks!

 

[cattlerepairman]

Condolences. Never fun. Glad that only metal and egos got hurt.

 

[porkysplace]

Running the chain through a piece of heavy walled pipe probably would have keep this from happening .

 

[mhassett]

Sorry to see your mis-fortune.
MHassett

 

[dawico]

Glad nobody was hurt.

 

[swbradley1]

No sense in pointing out anything except to say that so long as no one was hurt it's just a big toy that got broke. Not you.

 

[wreckerman893]

We've all had similar adventures. One of my deuces rolled downhill and hit my van trailer (some dummy forgot to set the parking brake) and cost me a new hood and grill. Salvage what you can and move on.

 

[FloridaAKM]

Ouch, that's a heart breaker. Glad no one was injured. Let her sit for a while & take another look when your head is cleared as to a plan of action. They are meant to be rebuilt, its a matter of time & $$$! Take care & be safe.

 

[Jeepsinker]

Just wait a little while. All the parts you need will pop up in the classifieds sooner than later and you'll be back in business.

 

[voltedge]

Thanks for the reassurances! I've found some replacement parts on eBay already. At least this has got me involved in swapping the cab like I had planned! So blessed not to have anyone seriously injured!
Notice the minor scrapes and lack of damage on the ole A2!

 

[wreckerman893]

Notice the minor scrapes and lack of damage on the ole A2!

Deuces are tougher than woodpecker lips.

 

[DevRev]

That a3 is trashed, I'll give you scrap value and remove it from your property ;D

 

[frank8003]

OOPS
Bring one of them here and We put a lift on the back to make it useful.
They look a lot worse than that and get driven on missions.

 

[Monkeyboyarmy]

That's one ugly truck. And then it gets all smashed up. At least your not hurt.

 

[turnkey]

Glad you can out to this ok no one injuried.....You did this all by yourself???? I am sure someone named murphy had a hand in this also.

 

[XchaosX]

That doesn't look all that bad, I bet you could straighten some of that sheet metal back out. I bought a wrecked deuce last year for parts and ended up putting it back together. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?11592y6-I-did-a-bad-bad-thing&highlight=

Wildchild really totalled out his deuce and put it all back together. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?79769-Totaled-Deuce-Gets-Rebuilt&highlight=

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

If you were trying to earn an aerodymanics design award..... You missed !

Glad no Soldiers, A or B, were seriously injured in the making of this Docu-Drama.

Carry on.

 

[rustystud]

Very glad you where not in the middle of that ! I know what can happen when heavy equipment is rolling around unchecked. Maybe someday I'll tell you what happened to a guy in the Marines with me in the tank unit.

 

[voltedge]

Since I've had a chance to reflect on the mess, I've decided to go ahead and tear it down and write a parts estimate like a body shop would and then get a good idea on the repair amount. Like I posted previously, the cab is rusted through in multiple locations and now it looks like a sardine can rip where the left hood hinge is mounted to the cowl. Ironically, this is the same area of the cowl that has had a hack repair with tons of fiberglass smeared over it. Will go ahead and do a complete cab replacement since this is the case rather than trying to patch an already bad patch job. Will update...
BTW>Thanks for the comments and support!

 

[Flyingvan911]

Glad no one got hurt. I agree with taking a second look at repairing the A3. From the pictures it looks like mostly damaged sheet metal.