Hit a DEER and need a new bumper
 

i'm a new o/o driving a 2006 Coronado, i hit my first deer going about 70mph and put a big dent in the middle of my bumper. Anyone know a good web-site/shop for a good aftermarket chrome bumper? i live in GA.

Re: Hit a DEER and need a new bumper
 

How about a new deer? :D

www.iowa80.com has bumbers. They can range from $400 to $1,500

There is a company in Texas called Dawson that sells fenders, hoods and bumpers (I believe). I don't know their number but they advertise in some of the trucking magazines.

Ive been driving almost 8 years and hit my first deer this past friday, i felt bad for the deer but all it did was knock my fairing a lil bit, just pulled back into place, the impact wasnt as bad as i thought it would be though :lol: i was doing about 55-60mph,

Dont feel bad, marcel. I've hit 4 in the last 2 years. That's how long that I've been running line haul for SYSCO. Of course, I run in north west Texas.

I was running up 83 between Junction and Abilene here in Texas and I was getting up some steam to pass this ol' Pete rock hauler in front of me. Suddenly, a blur from the left and WHAM! that old Pete bisected that deer.

I swear, I'd never imagined just how much $#!+ and blood is packed into a deer. It looked like a damn slasher movie on the white Pete- and on the front of my Freightliner.

-p.

Yeah freightliner they just replace the whole hood tho...its about 1k as I remember for one. For the buck I brought down....you know as a citi-boy I never knew what, 'deer in the headlight look' meant till then lol....the stupid thing followed me from one side of the highway to the other, at least I learned a good lesson when to kill my lights lol

if you run like the sysco trucks do here in this area(super slow).....when you hit the deer you spun it around, the deer got up off pavement, started running and caught back up with you and started beating on your door :lol: :lol:

Well, we run 65. That's as fast as they get. :x
Luckily, I just winged them. Didnt do a lot of damage on the truck, but I there are bookoos of deer out here. I've hit a pig, too.