I Flopped my truck over with a load of rocks.

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by D.Tibbitt, Aug 27, 2021.

  1. SteveScott

    SteveScott Road Train Member

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    Glad that we're reading about it from a first hand account instead of a newspaper obit. You were lucky my friend. Go buy a lotto ticket.
     
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  3. black_dog106

    black_dog106 Road Train Member

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    @D.Tibbitt Hope you are okay, after the adrenalin wears off.? Life sucked in your cab for a few seconds.
    Hoping truck repair, replacement isn't a huge struggle!
    Best wishes, EVERYONE here at TTR is pulling for you.
     
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  4. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    I honestly don't know what criteria they go by.

    When you're in the bush it's not a matter of "if" its a matter of "when." I grew up in the logging industry and of the dozens of drivers I knew or knew of, I bet 90% have put a truck on its side at least once. Don't beat yourself up over it.
     
  5. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Lmao u caught me
     
  6. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Did you have oncoming traffic before that happened?
     
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  7. cke

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    @D.Tibbitt glad to hear your ok. Metal and plastic can be replaced. You can’t.
     
  8. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    No , just me myself and i . the nearest truck was about 4 miles away. He got up there about 10 minutes later and said he heard me hollering on the radio for help.
     
  9. SmallPackage

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    Think about how much it costs just to have a fender, headlight assembly, or whole hood replaced these days after parking at a truck stop. Now If just a fender is smashed that means the whole hood is scrap in the eyes of insurance. Take out a grill. Now the radiator, cac, condenser,brackets, hoses, blah, blah gets written up by the adjuster to be replaced just for the heck of it. Thats just a couple examples of why insurance is wacked out. Just the out of pocket deductible can be $5000 and the repair in reality could be $2000 if handled correctly. Back in the day when stuff like that was actually bolted onto a truck you just replaced what was needed.
     
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  10. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    I talked to the service writer today at the shop its currently sitting at . trying to get his thoughts on what they would replace. Basically the entire panel on the sleeper passanger side, drivers side and hood (damage from recovery). Both side fairings. Mirror and brackets, fuel tank lines, cab airbags . that was just what we could lay eyes on . he said it could turn into more stuff once they get a look underneath.
     
  11. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    Sounds like a total it out situation to me.
     
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