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tree's hurt!

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by devilsalmostfree, Dec 16, 2010.

  1. Dec 16, 2010 at 2:54 PM
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    devilsalmostfree

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    ok, well it sleeted here last night, woke up early (to make it to work on time), check the road in front of the house...no ice on the road. go down the road about .2-.3 of a mile, yep, found some ice, then a tree to the bed of the Taco. thanks to the dunlop at20 tires, took me almost an hour to dig myself out. there was a few 3-4' pine logs that gathered up together, that i had to move out from under the drivers side frame! come to find out, work wasnt going to start until 4 hours from usual time...if only i would have know! heres some pix, going to try & get pix of the scene tomorrow!

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  2. Dec 16, 2010 at 3:02 PM
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    monoman

    monoman Time to get dirty!

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    OUCH! That sux. At least your ok.:rolleyes:
     
  3. Dec 16, 2010 at 3:11 PM
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    Time for a flat bed!!!!!
     
  4. Dec 16, 2010 at 3:18 PM
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    yeah, it does suck, ill get it fixed as soon as i can. yeah i didnt get hurt, so im thankful for that, thanks!

    no way, i will get another bed & a paint job, if this bed cant be fixed!
     
  5. Dec 16, 2010 at 5:25 PM
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    shitroc

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    damn that sucks dude, just what ya need right before christmas to eh. that bed looks like it might be repairable,ya may not need to replace er. fingers crossed for ya.
     
  6. Dec 16, 2010 at 5:41 PM
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    tacomakid96

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  7. Dec 16, 2010 at 5:42 PM
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    hey thanks man. im thinking that it can be repaired. going to take it to a place & see what they say!
     
  8. Dec 16, 2010 at 10:46 PM
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    If it were my truck I'd put money into replacing those tires you're blaming way before even considering fixing that bed. It looks like the tailgate even still works...
     
  9. Dec 17, 2010 at 1:35 PM
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    yep, i called today & got a quote for some firestone a/t's. gotta call a few more places tomorrow. im not going to fix the bed for a while, im in no big hurry with it. yes, the tail gate does still work. i did push 1 of the smaller dents out today!
     
  10. Dec 18, 2010 at 11:32 AM
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    heres where i hit the tree, & it took me nearly an hour to get out & back on the road! just got back from getting my Firestone Dest. A/T's put on, i feel it wouldnt have taken around an hour to get out with diff. tires, accident may not of even happened, too late for that though! in the 1st pic, the tree to the far left is the 1 i hit, no damage to the tree.
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  11. Dec 18, 2010 at 12:42 PM
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    ouch. For some reason I was picturing a lot of snow... maybe because it's dumping here.
     
  12. Dec 18, 2010 at 1:19 PM
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    nope, sorry, no snow! it had snowed at the 1st of the week, but not much. this happened on thursday morning, & i just took the pix of the area today.
     
  13. Dec 19, 2010 at 8:06 AM
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    cut the tree down ha ha
     
  14. Dec 19, 2010 at 4:47 PM
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    thought about it, but the damage is already done. it also kept me from hitting another tree, in maybe a worse place on the truck, & may have caused an injury...who knows? im just glad there was no more damage then what there was!
     
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  16. Dec 20, 2010 at 3:13 PM
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    im sure it will, im not going to complain. it could have been worse. just looking at the threads today, i noticed that 2 or 3 other people had it alot worse then i did. no room for me to complain about a small dent that will be able to be fixed.
     
  17. Dec 20, 2010 at 3:33 PM
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    Gr8WhiteTaco

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    Your dent ain't got nothing on my dent :p
     
  18. Dec 20, 2010 at 4:29 PM
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    lol, i was thinking that my truck kinda matched ur's now!
     
  19. Dec 21, 2010 at 9:52 PM
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  20. Dec 23, 2010 at 7:49 AM
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