Ed,
That's one of the reasons why I went and found a desk job. I drove a
wrecker for 13+ years. Did repo's, tresspass towing, police rotation and
auto clubs. Got hit twice on the highway. Once was when I was on the right
shoulder loading a disabled car onto the back of a flatbed. I walked around
to the right side of the truck to grab a chain out of the toolbox and this
drunken asshole slams the car sending it through the head rack of the bed
and rolling his car over. Pisser was, the highway was 5 lanes wide with
shoulders and we were the only ones on the road that night. I guess the
flashing amber lights distracted him. The other time I was waiting on the
shoulder with the strobes on at an accident scene and this buthead who
didn't want to wait in traffic comes blowing down the shoulder slamming into
me, sending me into the state police cruiser parked in front of me. I did
the same thing you did, smashing out the rear window of the truck with my
head. Hurt like a mother for a couple of days. Completely wiped out the
wheel lift and did a fair amount of damage to the wrecker body. They got to
hit you pretty damn hard to damage a wrecker.
Hope your all right and the boss better have given you the rest of the day
off.
Walt Felix
88½ Dakota Sport 4x4 and 2000 Ram 1500 QuadCab Sport 4x4
Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.COM
http://WWW.Walt-n-Ingrid.COM
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>
>Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 06:34:50 -0500
>From: "Preacher" <preacher@carolina.rr.com>
>Subject: DML: Re: Ever had one of those days......AGAIN, DEJA VU!!!
>
>Ed... buddy.... Pal-o-mine.... time to find a deskjob! LOL
>
>I know how dangerous it can be driving a tow truck.. I did Repo work for a
>while and had a couple of close calls, not with irate ex-owners , but with
>idiot drivers who seem to think that tow trucks are part of the scenery.
>Why
>is it that people think they automatically have the right of way with tow
>trucks, bigrigs and ambulances?
>
>Glad to hear that you are OK..... Hope that broad in the Mitsu is sore for
>a
>LONG time !
>
>Preacher
>99 5.2L CC 4x4 SLT+
>http://www.bastaards.org
>
>- ----- Original Message -----
>From: Ed Halterman <OLZNUT@webtv.net>
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>; <socaldurangos@onelist.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 1:23 AM
>Subject: DML: Ever had one of those days......AGAIN, DEJA VU!!!
>
>
> > This really sucks. I got rear-ended again this morning and this time
> > ended up in the hospital with a slight concussion. How you ask? Well, I
> > just finished moving another accident from out of the freeway lanes, and
> > I was PARKED ON THE SHOULDER filling out my paperwork, then "WHAM!" some
> > dumb lady slams into the back of my tow truck with her Mitsubishi
> > Galant. No skidding, just crash. Another case of HUTA-itus. She even ran
> > the on-ramp meter light!! This time, since it was a off-center hit (the
> > last one was direct rear-end) it pushed my 10,000lb truck forward about
> > 5 feet, causing me to crack my head against the back window, smashing it
> > out in the process, buckled the bed, bent one of my wheels, popped a
> > tire, and bent the axle to a point where to drive straight now, I have
> > to keep the wheel at 2 o'clock. She couldn't open her doors!! This
> > REALLY sucks!! And once again, thank god I wasn't in the Dak!! I still
> > love my job, (been doing it for 6+ years) but it's making me
> > wonder............But when one of the people in the other wreck comes up
> > and tells me how I saved his life by moving him out of the middle of the
> > freeway about 2 minutes before I got hit, that makes it worth it to me.
> >
> > Ed "Olznut" Halterman Sunland, Ca
> > '97 Dakota SLT+ CC Auto, 239 V-6, 200hp
> > '66 Olds Toronado Deluxe, 425 V-8, 400hp
> >
>
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