cliffyp
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Well the unfortunate happened. My 1028 is not so happy. I was rear ended on my way home from work. I left work just before 2 am, bars close at 2 here. I was in a 30 mph zone going between 25-30. I was slammed into by a car that was estimated by several witnesses to be traveling over 80 mph.
The truck took it pretty well, all things considered. It looks like the impact was from about the pintle hitch and on to the right. It rolled my bumper under and lifted the right rear corner of the bed. The bed itself doesn't look damaged. It's too dark to see what's really going on under the truck. I'll post pictures of the truck tomorrow when I wake up and feel like getting out of bed. I can see that there was some contact with the right side shock and spring perch. I think this shifted my axle on the right side forward just slightly. I was able to drive the truck home about 20 miles. At 40 it felt fine, but if I got up over that then it started to shimmy a bit. I can see that the frame is bent/cracked where the bumper and pintle connections are, it doesn't look like the frame has any other damage.
There wasn't anything left of the car in front of its windshield, engine and all, gone. Eye witnesses said it had flames coming out after the impact as is skidded down the road another 50 yards or so. The impact lifted my rear end and turn me 45 deg so I went across on coming traffic, fortunately there was none, and I ended up and over the curb on that side of the road. My tailgate is covered in a mix of oil and coolant. The back of my head decided to remove my rear glass, that isn't the way the TM's state to remove it and it doesn't feel very good. The driver of the car was arrested on the spot and incredibly didn't seem injured. His passenger left in an ambulance because her legs were messed up from their dash coming in. As of now I don't know if he was insured or not. I have to call the officer tomorrow to get the report number and start the fun of trying to get my truck fixed.
I'm home and in bed now, 5 am. I'll try and get some shots of the truck tomorrow, for now ill just leave you with the back of my head
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The truck took it pretty well, all things considered. It looks like the impact was from about the pintle hitch and on to the right. It rolled my bumper under and lifted the right rear corner of the bed. The bed itself doesn't look damaged. It's too dark to see what's really going on under the truck. I'll post pictures of the truck tomorrow when I wake up and feel like getting out of bed. I can see that there was some contact with the right side shock and spring perch. I think this shifted my axle on the right side forward just slightly. I was able to drive the truck home about 20 miles. At 40 it felt fine, but if I got up over that then it started to shimmy a bit. I can see that the frame is bent/cracked where the bumper and pintle connections are, it doesn't look like the frame has any other damage.
There wasn't anything left of the car in front of its windshield, engine and all, gone. Eye witnesses said it had flames coming out after the impact as is skidded down the road another 50 yards or so. The impact lifted my rear end and turn me 45 deg so I went across on coming traffic, fortunately there was none, and I ended up and over the curb on that side of the road. My tailgate is covered in a mix of oil and coolant. The back of my head decided to remove my rear glass, that isn't the way the TM's state to remove it and it doesn't feel very good. The driver of the car was arrested on the spot and incredibly didn't seem injured. His passenger left in an ambulance because her legs were messed up from their dash coming in. As of now I don't know if he was insured or not. I have to call the officer tomorrow to get the report number and start the fun of trying to get my truck fixed.
I'm home and in bed now, 5 am. I'll try and get some shots of the truck tomorrow, for now ill just leave you with the back of my head
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