That's why they have insurance on those trucks.. To cover when the drivers
do damage like that. The damage is very obvious that it was done to the
vehicle while stationary. The only reason for leavign a vehicle in park
would be if it was wrecked that bad, burnt too bad to release it, or if it
was being done as a repo ( justified hurry) Otherwise, what we always did
was just lift the vehicle enough by one end to get under to disconnect the
linkage and manually shift them into neutral. It's usually not much more
than a clip, cotter pin, etc.. at most a nut & bolt..
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: DML: It's a big dent!
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2005, at 17:28, Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com wrote:
>
> > I would bet he
> > did this and when he lifted the rear wheels of your truck off the
> > ground, the
> > rear of the bed was against the drive shaft. That's how he dented it.
>
> I think you hit the nail on the head (along with James). For whatever
> reason he picked up the rear wheels of the truck with the back edge of
> the bed when he was loading or unloading and as I would expect the
> shaft doesn't like most of the weight of the truck on it.
>
> I talked to the towing company on the phone this afternoon, and they
> denied even the possibility of having done the damage, citing the fact
> that they used a flatbed and therefore couldn't have damaged the
> driveshaft. I happen to be meeting my dad over near there for dinner
> tomorrow, so I'll print out a couple of those pictures and see what
> they say. I expect further denial, and it's probably not worth taking
> them to small claims...
>
> The truck was towed from private property on request of the property
> owner (the Flying J truckstop in Pembroke at exit 48a off 90), so
> liability isn't as cut-and-dry as it would be if it was illegally
> parked.
> --
> Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/>
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