Been in a wreck?

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

Yeah, well that accident got me outta the FLD (which was my 1st truck and I owned for 4 years) into this baby



and I think you Canadians are just pissed we all dont drive Volvos down here like the rest of you frenchies

That's a nice ride...how do keep that ultra low bumper from getting dinged up with all the potholes at most T/S ?...or does it just look that low in the grass.

[Phantom433a]

I had to vote yes on this one...nothing on my record about it tho....cop couldn't figure out how to write it up.

I was pulling 22ft end dumps for a company east of St Louis and we were hauling dirt so they could pad I-70 and drop a bridge. It rained the night before and we were dumping on a slight angle (leaning to the left). We all watched the truck in front of me have his trailer sway side to side and Rocky said that before the day was over....someone was gonna lay it over. My turn was next . I got setup and hit the up switch.....trailer goes up and the piston leans to the left (I was sitting sideways in my seat with my hand on the switch). I only had one section to go before it was all the way down....no dice.....trailer lays over and yanked the truck with it, by the way....did I mention it was morning rush in St Louis? We were in the middle where they had HOV lanes and the trailer landed on the concrete barricade between eastbound and the middle.
I finally climb up and out of the right door and got over to the steer tire (still slowly spinning) and stood there while my buddies came running up asking if I was alright......oh yea, I'm fine, but I JUST SPILLED A FRESH CUP OF COFFEE!!!!! No one was hurt and there was no damage (other than the truck). I know I scared some people that day, what with dirt flying everywhere.
The officer was like "you had the brakes set and the truck was parked when it fell over"? "thats right" "uh....um.....I can't write this up.....I would get laughed at and I have NO clue how to charge you".

[RebelDarlin]

One. I was t-boned by a drunk who thought she could make the yellow light. She was off just a bit. It was one of those where the police told me if I had been wearing a seatbelt, I'd probably be dead. Luckily (some people think) I was thrown to the passengers side.

[dobry4u]

I had a deer run into the side of my Volkswagen. I still remember the nose smashing up against the passenger window. I will never wear musk oil gain!!

[SamIam_Murphy]

A friend of mine was in an accident and it was a doozy.....

The person who hit the tractor and trailer had fallen asleep at the wheel of an SUV. The SUV then
careened across the wide highway median --as my friend watched in horror while trying to decide
whether to slow down or speed up. She could not forsee where they would colide, she just knew
that it was going to happen.

Fortunately the SUV hit the tractor just behind the driver's seat (maybe missed the driver seat by
about an inch and a half!!

The sleeper was ripped open and there was a nice black tire track down the side of the trailer.
That tire track was plain to see and ran a good 20 feet down the side of the trailer.

Miraculously no one was injured!!! The SUV driver got out of the vehicle and walked around after
the accident. My friend was extremely shaken up and she is no longer an OTR trucker.

[rgordon212]

That's a nice ride...how do keep that ultra low bumper from getting dinged up with all the potholes at most T/S ?...or does it just look that low in the grass.

It has a 6" drop when I dump the bags and it looks low in the grass. If you look closely you will also notice that the front tire just barely touched the inside of the fender when she is dropped...... plus that truck dont go into truck stops, it has it's own heated bard that I park it in.

In fact, i got a buyer comming saturday to look at her and hopefully he will buy it so I can stop putting all my money into it and finish my 55 Chevy

[Windwalker]

I had a deer run into the side of my Volkswagen. I still remember the nose smashing up against the passenger window. I will never wear musk oil gain!!

I had a deer run into the side of the school bus I was driving once. No kids on, and when I got out and looked, it was knocked out and laying on the ground. I had venison on the brain, and by the time I got my jackknife open, it got up and ran away. No extra meat for the freezer that night. It did put a slight dent in the metal on the side of the bus.

[Southron]

Nov 5, 2010, Washington, PA. 11 miles from the WVA state line driving in blizzard conditions. My truck went into a skid and I hit the embankment on the left shoulder. Scheisser National fired me for it

[snoopyandpuppy]

Do I need to post pics of the accidents I have investigated.......there have been some bad ones.

[Windwalker]

I've never been a firefighter and never responded to any accidents. But in my years on the road, I've seen far more than I ever wanted to look at. Many minor, some INSANELY STUPID, and some that would make the most hardened of us feel sorry for the victims. With the weather up north and in the mid-west this winter, I have little doubt there are more than enough to go around.