Just rolled my truck

Hey everyone, thanks for all the condolences! its a shitty deal but i'm glad it went how it did, could have turned out a lot worse in a lot of different ways.

here's the story
a girl i'm seeing was coming down from up north to stay the weekend and i got a call from her at 11:30 saying that she rolled her xterra off the highway. me and my roommate grabbed a bunch of recovery gear and headed out. the roads heading out of klamath falls were all completely dry so i was doin about 65mph to get to her as quick as i could safely. we made it about 15 miles out of klamath falls when we came to a section that has the lake on the left and a huge drainage ditch on the right that is filled with water from the lake. the section was probably a 2 mile straight stretch of road and we were about half way down it when the truck pitched sideways, i tried to correct it but the entire road was a sheet of ice and was nothing i could do, i slammed the breaks hoping that we would stay in a straight line and slide down the highway to a stop but the road was arched in order for water to drain off it. we were sliding side ways for a good 200-300 yards at over 50mph and the truck slowly was sliding closer to the shoulder on the opposite side of the road. when we hit the shoulder i pretty much new it was over, we slid about 60ft on the gravel side ways and were almost to a stop it seemed like when the truck tipped up on to its side and then slid off the road into the drainage ditch about 15-20 feet down and landed on its top. probably one of the scariest moments of my lift. me and my room mate were sitting there hanging up side down made sure each other were alright and got of the truck.

overall i'm thankful that there was no cars coming in the opposite lane because someone would have been seriously hurt or killed and also that we didn't start flipping when we hit the gravel at around 50mph. we got extremely lucky that it rolled over so slowly. its a shitty deal but i'm just keeping positive thoughts and happy that it didn't turn out worse. the truck can be replaced and it will be as soon as i get everything sorted out.

as for the armor! everything held up great! the bumper is unscaved and it landed on a bolder that was about 3ft tall. we tipped on the passenger side and pivoted off of the slider and almost left the passenger side unscaved compared to the drivers. the slider has a dent about half the tubes width deep where you can see it landed on a rock. all of the damage on the right side was caused from them rolling it back over.

thanks again everyone i appreciate all the kind words. i hope to get back on the trails as soon as i can!

 

Looks like it's just a flesh wound


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Compared to the Top Gear brutally beaten Hilux

Glad no life was taken; dignity maybe

But in the end, you and your friend walked away from it so cheers to that!

 

eeek!

 

Holy Hell Man!
That SUCKS!
So glad you are ok.

But even after being rolled your truck still looks badass!! I know that's of no consulation to you, just saying.

 

Not to jump in here, but many auto insurance companies have serious issues with aftermarket parts for automobile replacement. Most companies use the VIN#, year and mileage to find you a comparable truck to replace. You clearly have some nice gear on the truck. Check with an agent to find out about your accessories, and possibly strip them.

Cheers, and hope everyone is safe and well.

 

glad you are ok, you didn't mention the girl you were going to get though. she's ok too I'd hope?

 

Jesus man I'm sorry... Wanna buy my truck? Jk jk black ice is a mother just for future reference if you ever hit black ice again or anyone else don't hit your brakes it just makes it that much worse just let it roll and a lot of the time it'll help you steer better than sliding on your brakes I've done it plenty of times and kinda learned how to control it a lil better

 

damn man see where chivalry gets u?? but im glad to hear u and ur roommate r okay. agreed that it would have turned out alot worse but it didnt so im sure ur counting ur blessings!

 

Hey Tim, glad to hear you guys are ok.

 

No!

Hey Tim, It has been a rough year in so many ways. Glad to hear YOU are still standing.

 

ya man just looking forward and glad no one got hurt

ya we'll see what insurance tells me, i've never been in a wreck before so i have no idea what this is going to be like and what to expect as far as money or anything

i'll just chop the top off and make it a convertible

 

Good to see you guys made it with out being seriosly hurt man.

 

I know that stretch of road, and there's a lot of bad places you could have ended up. Glad to see you are still OK.

 

ya if i had went went off the other side of the raod i would have been in about 10ft deep freezing water. about 30 minutes after i got my truck out someone else rolled their car off into that water and actually died so ya again i'm very thankful

 

holy crap!

 

damn dude! really sorry to hear about this, but so awesome you were able to walk away!

 

Glad your alright man. Sucks to end up with 2 rolled rides. Any pictures of the XTerra, as a former owner I want to see how well it held up.

 

This would probably cause a shit storm thread just for people fighting over things..

Glad your all ok man, hope the insurance kicks in gear and helps you out getting a sweet ass new rig.

 

Intense story man!! Sounds scarey..

I love how the bumper still looks new tho lol

Just cut off the top and make it a dedicated soft top trail rig

 

ya its in a town 20 minutes north so were going to go check it out tomorrow and get her subs and stereo out of it. i'll post some pictures of it as well.

haha ya i could just build a sweet roll cage over the top of it or remove the body entirely and start from scratch.