Those pic have been all over the internet on other
Dodge truck forums already. There is definitely a
trailer attached to the hitch and can be seen in some
of the pics.
--- jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
> josh@stolarz.org wrote:
>
> > http://www.wreckedexotics.com/special/pickup/
>
>
> Wow, that's different! :-) I'm actually
> wondering if it was a
> *weakness* in the frame that may have saved the guy
> though. Unless
> he's carring a whole bunch of stuff in his bed, the
> center of gravity
> on that truck is definitely forward of the concrete
> rail its resting
> on. I can't tell for sure, but it *looks* like its
> got a Cummins
> badge, in which case, the center of gravity is
> WAYYYY in front of the
> split.
>
> I'm wondering if the frame may have had some sort
> of weakness, rust
> (its a 1993 or older after all) or a prior repair,
> which caused the
> frame to bend, but it wasn't quite weak enough for
> it to actually
> separate. If the frame hadn't bent, I should think
> that whole truck
> would have just teeter-tottered right over the
> side...
>
> I also wonder if he was hauling a trailer. Seems
> like he would
> have had to have something a lot heavier than the
> rear end of that
> truck back there to not go over the edge in the
> first place, and to
> hold the back end down while the frame bent like
> that.
>
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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> | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder,
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>
>
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