Un freaking believeable!!

04GMC8100HD · October 22, 2003

I hit a d**n bear with my new truck! I've only had it 2 months and it's going to the body shop. Now the one good thing is that this incident shows me how well my truck is made. I hit a 300lb bear dead in the center of the bumper running 70 mph pulling my racecar and only did $865 damage and didn't even break a light or the grille. Maybe I'll get it fixed in the next week.

Randy

tgdiver · October 22, 2003

Dang, I hit a deer with my 2001 F-150 Reg Cab, and it hit the front drivers side corner of the truck, spun off, hit the drivers side, and then went under the back wheel. $2,500 Damage. Granted, the front qtr panel, door, and bed panel had to be replaced. The bumper was slighly bent down and the drivers headlight was broke. I was running about 50 mph when I hit it. Whats really crazy, the deer got up and ran away. When the cop showed up to do an incident report, he said there were four other deer hits within that same 3 miles of road that evening, and it was 8:30 pm. I guess I need to contact the PETA lawyers to start a lawsuit against MS. Somehow, Mississippi must be responsible for that deer running out in the road. Any lawyers in the house?

TJ

JimWilson · October 22, 2003

While it REALLY suks that you damaged your new truck, $865 is absolutely nothing for body work in this day and age. Was that just the bumper? If it was me who t-boned 300 pounds doing 70 it would be more like $5000 damage, with my luck anyway. Did the airbag go off too?

04GMC8100HD · October 22, 2003

No airbag thankfully, and the $865 consists of new bumper and braces, new lower valance, and some other odds and ends I'm not sure about. Oh ya, that also includes having the new lower valance painted.

Randy

1BADHD · October 22, 2003

I mowed a deer at 70 mph last winter. Considering how fast I was gong and the size of the deer. All I had to replace was the bumper, grill and drivers headlight assembly.

99silveradoz71 · October 22, 2003

Well that's not bad for bodywork, it sucks that it happened, but at least you're ok

antig24 · October 22, 2003

It's to bad that happened, good to hear the damage wasn't that bad

k1500chevy97 · October 23, 2003

Dang that sux

Sounds like u guys need some ranchhands

Engineer · October 23, 2003

My wife's cousin hit a deer with his '00 F-250, the damage was $1200+, and this was with a relative doing the work! When he had his f*#@ in my shop we compared how his 4x4SD sat next to my 4x4HD, stock against stock, his was about 3~4 inches taller in the front, while mine was about 2~3 inches taller in the rear???. Any way it seems the taller truck should be impervious to more damage from an animal collision. I am also sure your bear weighs more than a white tailed deer. I guess this only serves to reinforce what we already know- GM builds a superior product.

BTW when I bought my truck, the first weekend I had it (five days old) I had to swerve to miss an elderly lady that had got onto the interstate going northbound in the southbound lanes. Talk about soiling my britches!!

MCourson · October 23, 2003

Dude that sucks. I hope you get it all fixed up.

Cpl Punishment · October 23, 2003

Last year ran over two deer and strained one through the grille guard. The first wot weren't two bad, they folded up and went under the tires <crunch, cruch, crunch>. The last one hit the Westin Sportsman bar. the front shoulder took the rightmost upright on the guard and the thing exploded, got thrown up in the air off to the side of the road. Was late to work, so I didn't stop. Later that day guys, would walk in and say "what the hell happened to your truck?". When I left that afternoon, I saw what they meant -- there was blood, fur and blubber all over the passenger side of the truck. No damage to the truck. The guard wasn't even bent up. These were all impacts going 70-75 MPH.

Now the two deer I hit with my Camaro are another story. $220 for ONE headlamp, plus. . . . . .

tbyrne · October 23, 2003

So um... what happened to the bear?

There was some pictures on the net a year or two ago. I think it was a car or a jeep that hit a moose. The vehicle was totalled!

04GMC8100HD · October 23, 2003

The bear is dead, someone else told me, because I didn't stop to see for myself. I figured it was, but just in case it wasn't I didn't want a pissed off bear after me.

Randy

1BADHD · October 23, 2003

The bear is dead, someone else told me, because I didn't stop to see for myself. I figured it was, but just in case it wasn't I didn't want a pissed off bear after me.

Randy

ROTFLMFAO!!!