Re: I shouldn't say this but........

From: Doug Fedeli (rdf@eznet.net)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 01:20:37 EDT


Chances are the rubber that the cab is mounted on flexed. Between that and the
bed mounts breaking you got the contact. Glad to hear you're ok.

Doug Fedeli

ABeerCan@aol.com wrote:

> I know! I know! I am gonna start a new curse! But I have to vent. My wife
> and I were on our way home today. And of course after two and a half months
> of no rain, we get a down pour today. Anyway, I was going down the highway
> and the car in front of me slammed on the brakes. I hit mine, the antilock
> worked on the back, but I don't have it on the front. The other car sees me,
> floors it and I think "Whew!! That was...... (BAM!!!!) **CK!!!!!" I was
> rear ended by a 91 Accord. She rolled my rear bumper under my spare tire,
> the bed smacked the back of the cab, it busted two bed mounts, bent the rear
> bumper brackets. Hell, she hit me hard enough to knock my pioneer cd player
> out of my dash!!! OK, now I have a question. The bed hit the back of the
> cab, however, it now rest where it should, even though the two mounts are
> broke (they are the ones right in front of the wheel wells). Did the frame
> flex that much, or did the bed actually move that far and ten settled back
> down? Oh yeah, my wife and I are fine, a little sore, but we'll be ok
> tomorrow afternoon. Thanks for the help. Yan cun san tuaon. There, I
> stopped the curse from spreading, maybe mine will be the last on the list to
> get crunched. At least I hadn't installed my roll pan yet!!!!!
>
> Will



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