*MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR hug*
Sowwy...but glad you are ok...hurt a little, but ok. I got a case of Shiner
in the fridge :) I'm gonna be drinkin it. I got in a dog wreck last
night...my best friends dogs were so excited to see me that with
construction bucket in mouth, they decided to share it with my forehead (100
lb dog in force behind it) So I am now a knothead which looks as though I've
been in a fight :(
What time was this? Maybe I was feeling your pain when it happened cause
this was about 6:30pm last night when it happened. Well...get lots of TLC
from Mr. Bud!
Take it easy and I hope your baby does well.
Heather
http://dakotatruck.tripod.com/Dakota/DML - March 18th Tx Picnic
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Schwall <mschwall@flash.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 10:51 PM
Subject: DML: One of them days
> Well folks, as I sit here drinkin' beer, going over the days events, and
> trying to relax, I wanted to let ya'll know about my day. After work
today
> I went to the dealer to pick up my truck after having new carpet
> installed. Windshield leaked and got the carpet soaked. After being on
> order for over a month, the carpet finally came in and had it installed.
>
> On the way home from the dealer, I got stuck in typical Oklahoma
> traffic. Two lanes, 65 in a 70, both lanes going same speed. I'm
> following a late eighties/early nineties Chebby Silverado. I come over a
> hill behind the Chebby, following close to 1 1/2 car lengths behind, and
I
> see white tire smoke coming from the Chebby. I slam the brakes and try
to
> steer to the left to go into the median, but the front wheels were locked
> and I couldn't turn and slammed into the back of the Chebby. Air bag
went
> off, instrument cluster lit up like a Christmas tree. After the impact I
> could finally turn off the road to prevent an ass end collision on top of
> the a frontal. It happened too quick and I was too close with no advance
> warning since I couldn't see over or around the Chebby in front of me,
all
> I could do was mash the brakes. Fronts locked, rears didn't, but can't
> steer with locked front wheels.
>
> Cab filled with air bag propellant smoke and talcum powder. Had to roll
> down both windows to breath. Opened the driver door and it made a
> unhealthy creaking sound. Took a look at the front and saw a pretty
> FUBARed truck. Condenser and radiator were both punctured, front grill
was
> where the radiator normally sits, hood was buckled up, and pushed in a
good
> foot. Bumper was pushed down, about five inches from where it's supposed
> to be. Both turn signals were completely destroyed, headlights were
intact
> but cracked. Both fenders were buckled in the middle, and the paint came
> off like potato chips, solid curved pieces. Very weird paint on it.
About
> .040" thick and silver on one side and forest green on the other. Body
> shop guy was going to take a DA to it tomorrow and see how many coats are
> on. He says it might have been repainted due to assembly line damage,
> shipping damage, or dealer lot damage.
>
> I have stock 215 tires on it and the fenders were rubbing the tires on
the
> front side. It did a number on it. Brand new truck, bought it on
December
> 18th of last year. It was built in January of '99.
>
> Not a good day for me folks. I'm ok. My nose and chest bother me from
the
> air bag impact, and my knees bother me from hitting the dash. I was
> wearing my seat belt, but still slid up enough to wack the dash with my
> knees. I'm 6'5" so I have about 4-5 inch gap between my knees and dash
> normally. I'm glad I had the passenger airbag off.
>
> My advice is to practice hard braking folks. Even though your equipped
> with rear anti-locks, it does no good when the front locks. If the
fronts
> lock, you can't steer, you can turn the wheel, but you'll still go
> straight, as I found out.
>
> What a day. Time for another beer
>
> I had the truck towed to Bob Howard Dodge, a five star dealer, only to
find
> out they don't have a body shop there, so I had to go to their
recommended
> shop that they have all their body work done at. From the outside it
looks
> like a San Antonio West side shop. Real old crappy exterior, nothing
> fancy. Onc inside I see a $50,000 frame machine, and a very expensive
> forced downdraft heated paint booth. After talking to the owner, find
out
> the body and paint work is guaranteed for seven years, and he will use
all
> Dodge parts since it's so new, no aftermarket parts. Paint will be PPG
> urethane base coat clear coat, with 165 degree F baking. So it looks
like
> the Dak is in good hands. I will have pictures. The shop owner wants to
> document the repair process. It's one of those type wrecks :)
>
> Well folks, have a good one, if you don't drink one for me, I'll cover
ya'hh :)
>
> Mike
>
> PS For those that want to know about the Chebby, looking from the side,
the
> truck body was V shaped. Rear window was blown out, not broke, blown out
> into the bed. Briefcase behind the driver seat was crushed. Bed pushed
> into the cab putting a good 1 inch dent where it hit. Guy had one of
those
> fiberglass sport bumpers and it did no good. Frame protruded through it
> and it's what did the damage to by front end. Tail gate was bent, but
> still intact. He could drive away. Frame didn't look bent, looks like
the
> bed was bent on the body mounts. It looked weird, front and rear end
were
> higher than the center.
>
> __________________________
> mschwall@flash.net
>
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