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  1. PharmPhailPartsReplacer

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  3. Ken

    Ken Couch Commander

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    Did it start from the inside out or the outside in? :biggrin_2556:
     
  4. L.B.

    L.B. Third Generation Truck Driver

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    Hmmmm, high top condo with a hopper... Could be some low clearance issues! I've seen some pics of some bad ones before! Hope the Pete is OK!
     
  5. MC3529

    MC3529 Light Load Member

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    Rob I hope it is something that can be fixed.
     
  6. jpatasl

    jpatasl Bobtail Member

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    I was thinking the exact same thing..lol. The first thing I thought of was being bounced out of his seat into the roof as that's happend to me a couple times in snow cats....but now I'm wondering if the Purple Dino was so hungry he forgot he was in his truck and tried to go thru the McD drivethru..:biggrin_25523:
     
  7. benthere

    benthere Medium Load Member

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    did you have to let the air out of the tires?
     
  8. PharmPhail

    PharmPhail Road Train Member

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    Outside in.

    Had to pull under an auger to load fertilizer. It was a tight turn before that, then had to pull back a few times to line up. Just the way it was set up. I checked the height of the loader and it was fine, consulted all 6 of my mirrors the whole time. But I forgot about the 45 degree part coming up from the ground before it gets to the straight loader part.

    I heard the crunch. It probably wouldn't have been that bad at that point but I backed up real quick. It must have been right between the cab and the stack at that point because it peeled my roof forward.

    It's about a 1 1/2 to 2 square foot area of tears and about a foot rectangle that peeled back but was still attached on one end.

    They had a ladder and gorilla tape. I flattened it all back down, 409'd the area clean and taped the heck out of it.

    I'm officially ghetto now.

    I really thought I was over the stupid stuff, and I've been whispering to myself to be careful and take it slow both days I've been back out since things need to be perfect.

    I think it will hold for now but I have to figure out a way to water-proof it by the next rain if possible.
     
  9. Gears

    Gears Trucker Forum STAFF - Gone, But Not Forgotten.

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    Sorry to read of your unintended sunroof.

    Got to be pretty darn frustrating to say the very least. :biggrin_2552:

    Hang in there Pharm...
     
  10. Roadmedic

    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    Are you able to get silicon in the area of the wound?
     
  11. Ken

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    Can you cut it clean and install some glass? Might as well make it a true sunroof.. :biggrin_255:
     
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