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min9861

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after a horrific accident that happened to me and my truck about a year ago, im in a brand new 2010 sierra crewcab with a 5.3 !! so far im loving it. here is a picture of my truck at the tire shop.

 

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs004.snc1/2...9_6342128_n.jpg

 

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs004.snc1/2...2_3259244_n.jpg

 

 

nobody was hurt. this happened at philips tires while the worker was lifting it up, one side slipped out and my truck fell. Totalled. i have some parts from it. headers/ rims/tires/ ss bumpercover etc. but ill post up pictures of my new truck soon! it feels good to be back on the forum

lsuguy Senior Enthusiast

lsuguy

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wow that blows about your old truck.

But congrats on the new one!!

jblakeney Senior Enthusiast

jblakeney

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That sucked dude.... Sorry about your truck..... Hope the new one is quitttea replacement unit.... Look forward to seeing some pictures of the new one all modded up.

 

My second 2 post lift I had. It was up about a month. Their was a weld on the base plate the broke...... I had a car up and walked out of the shop... About the time I got completely outside I heard POP errrrgg blashhhhhhhh........ Along with that glass sound..... But the lift company paid up.... It was a 87 Iroc on the lift (Car was a TOTAL LOSS). My buddy was pissed about the Iroc... Till they paid up with lower mileage car that was in WAY BETTER SHAPE..... Ahhhhhh, I so wish I had a camera phone at that time.... It was around 1998 or 1999.

 

They of course was at my shop the next day to remove the lift. They ended up replacing it with a newer model lift and came back and adjusted it a year later and checked out my lift while they were their. Same 2 guys that came when it broke too boot..... They were the company's engineers. I have nottta problem with them after it all happened they keep it all business like and had NO PROBLEM making things right.

 

But I currently have a different brand lift. That company now sells 2 piece upright post...... So lift 4 is from another company. The new one is a BendPak.... Jack rabbits that pored the new slab did not get it flat...... I am going to have to pore some more concrete beside that pore and cap over that goof up... It is off about 5 inches......... I did not realize it till that thing was up.... But I have dealt with it for almost 3 years....

 

Jbo

 

EDIT: BY THE WAY THEY NEED TO TRASH THAT LIFT!!!!!!!!!!! It is time for them to UPGRADE to some newer technology in lifting.

C. Charles Hahn Senior Enthusiast

C. Charles Hahn

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Their was a weld on the base plate the broke......

 

They ended up replacing it with a newer model lift and came back and adjusted it a year later and checked out my lift while they were their.

 

By no means am I trying or intending to be a jackass, but since I've seen it several times in several posts/threads I just wanted to give a quick reminder about the use of "Their" vs. "There" vs. "They're":

 

Their is used to describe a group of people other than yourself having possession of something, e.g. "That is their property."

 

There is used to describe a location or specific object, e.g. "There was a weld on the base plate..." or "....while they were there."

 

They're is another way to say "They are."

 

:dunno:

jblakeney Senior Enthusiast

jblakeney

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Their was a weld on the base plate the broke......

 

They ended up replacing it with a newer model lift and came back and adjusted it a year later and checked out my lift while they were their.

 

By no means am I trying or intending to be a jackass, but since I've seen it several times in several posts/threads I just wanted to give a quick reminder about the use of "Their" vs. "There" vs. "They're":

 

Their is used to describe a group of people other than yourself having possession of something, e.g. "That is their property."

 

There is used to describe a location or specific object, e.g. "There was a weld on the base plate..." or "....while they were there."

 

They're is another way to say "They are."

 

:dunno:

 

 

 

HAHA, ehhhhhhh...... Don't make me feel like I am in that final English course in college again.................. jk (thank god for writing labs, only way I made it writing papers)

 

Yeah I need to remember to read before I submit the post... Bad habit.... Brain spells "their" nearly 99% of the time, no matter of the situation.

 

That little squiggly green line in MS Word has ruined me...

 

Jbo

Tdeaux45 Enthusiast

Tdeaux45

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WTF? Heads would literally ROLE if some jackleg at a tire shop let that happen to my Pride and Joy.

 

I don't know why but this comes to mind when I see those pics. I relate everything to movies. Pulp Fiction, Vincent Vega.

 

 

: Tell me about it. I had it in storage for three years, it was out for five days and some d!ckless piece of ish fudged with it.

Lance: They should be fudging killed. No trial, no jury, straight to execution.

Vincent: Boy, I wish I could've caught him doing it. I'd have given anything to catch that a$$hole doing it. It'd been worth him doing it just so I could've caught him doing it.

Lance: What a fudger!

Vincent: What's more chickensh!t than fudging with a man's automobile? I mean, don't fudge with another man's vehicle.

Lance: You don't do it.

Vincent: It's just against the rules.

C. Charles Hahn Senior Enthusiast

C. Charles Hahn

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WTF? Heads would literally ROLE if some jackleg at a tire shop let that happen to my Pride and Joy.

 

Yeah, the tire company would be the ones paying for my new ride if that happened.

vester Enthusiast

vester

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It's just a truck. I look at accidents like this as an opportunity to get a newer, better vehicle. When the company is at fault this clearly, it makes your negotiation for compensation that much easier.

 

So why was the vehicle totaled out? From the pictures, the damage looks minor. I am assuming that the frame was bent too badly or there was just too much body damage that we cannot see in the pictures.

jblakeney Senior Enthusiast

jblakeney

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After a fall like that... I would have a new truck........ That thing will more than likely NEVER roll straight again. The resale on it probably is like 17400 so 80% 13940. I could easily total it for that. Plus if it went on the shop insurance and not your comprehensive.

 

Either way it was a bad thing for the tire shop but if their equipment was that old that the lift slipped with what a 5000 lb truck pressing down on the lift arms that is 1250 per pad on the lift.... It does not even look like they were working on it when it fell off the lift. All 4 tires on are on it. What were they doing to it?

 

But I am guessing.

 

Radiator

Condenser

Dryer

Transmission cooler

Front bumper

Front bumper brackets

Headlights both sides

Passengers side head lamp support bracket

fog lamps?

Park lamps both sides

Grill

Radiator Core support

Passengers front fender

Hood

I would do ball joints upper and lower at least

Probably was a good bit of rocker damage

Under body??????? Floor

Fuel Tank?

Drive shaft (if it bent more than likely cracked the transmission case..)

That frame has a lot of directional tension applied to it its probably twisted.

COMPLETE paint job... No blend job. If the paint on the underside was messed up it would have to be painted as well.

 

That would have been atop my shopping list for the insurance company before I would have considered keeping it. But that probably would have been the short list. Of course OE with OE... So new stuff from GM not the aftermarket. Just too much stuff for me to trust it would have to be replaced.

 

It is just metal and no body got hurt (I hope). But I would have been after a new ride....

 

But that is just me....

Jbo

jdubya Enthusiast

jdubya

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I don't see how they could consider that truck a total loss. Did the frame bend or did the tire company say they would buy you a new truck to keep the piece?

 

I could see something like this happening to me. Stupid sh** happens to me all the time. It's crazy...

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