Re: It's a big dent!

From: DR CHALLENGER (drchallenger@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jan 06 2005 - 18:59:43 EST


in ny if it was towed while illegally parked they are not liable for damage
done.

>From: James <sixpack_dak@rogers.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: Re: DML: It's a big dent!
>Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 18:14:07 -0500
>
>
>You're right, that is one big honkin' dent. They had the deck of the
>flatbed raised off the ground. That's a trick I used quite a bit doing
>theft recoveries (I used to drive a flatbed tow truck) to keep from having
>to drag the truck all the way from where it is sitting. You just drag it
>until the front wheels are on the deck, tilt the deck up a little and then
>suck the flatbed up under the pickup until you're almost to the back of the
>truck, put the deck back on the ground and drag the truck the rest of the
>way up the deck. Drizzle a little tranny fluid on the deck (if it's an
>aluminum deck) and it's just like sliding the wheels across ice. That is
>the best way to minimize the possibility of causing damage to a vehicle you
>don't have keys for or can't get into neutral. My guess is they had the
>deck too high when they were sucking the flatbed under your truck and
>tagged the drive shaft. That's pretty much the damage I would expect to see
>from that.
>
>I'd go after the towing company for sure for the repairs.
>
>Why did the truck get towed anyhow?
>
>
>
>At 04:29 PM 06/01/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>In my rear driveshaft, that is.
>>
>>I was just out looking to pull my rear driveshaft to test, and in the
>>daylight looking at it from the proper side, it was pretty fscking
>>obvious:
>><http://home.tepidcola.com/dented_shaft/>
>>or in case my DNS change hasn't propagated:
>><http://66.67.204.89/dented_shaft/>
>>
>>Naturally, the towing company says there's no way they could have done it
>>on the flatbed, but I find it rather odd that the scrapes in the dent are
>>not at all radial, meaning the shaft was still (ie the truck in park) when
>>it happened, whatever it is that happened.
>>
>>I guess I'm glad I did what I did to keep the rear driveshaft stock so if
>>it ends up cheaper than re-tubing I can just get a junkyard replacement.
>>
>>I really want to know what the hell they did to my truck now....
>>Anybody have a spare club cab driveshaft hanging around?
>>--
>>Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/>
>>'98 Dakota SLT 318 4x4 SFA & 35s
>>'84 RamCharger Royale SE 360 4x4 stock
>>mobile.612.618.4652 home.585.935.7129
>
>



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