Taco SMASH!!!

Well to top off an already shitty day..Here's what happened to my truck on the way home from work....









Driver of a flatbed Ford attempted to make a speedy uturn in the middle of traffic. I was entering the turning lane as he was pulling into (or looked like he was pulling into) the parking lot of a small bar. As the thought "is this dumbass just gonna hop the curb?" rolled through my head he threw it into reverse and clobbered my truck as i was coming to a stop at the stop light.

Long story short..My truck was already totaled due to hail damage around this same time last year, and there's a very good chance he does not have insurance. So not totally sure how this is going to play out.

 

Well we exchanged info and i had a very fishy feeling cause he didn't want to call the police so i called them as soon as he left and we kinda got it sorted out. Sheridan being the small town it is, the officer knows him so he obviously has a record and he is quite positive he has no insurance. There were people all over but one guy was nice enough to stop and he gave me a phone number and name and everything. Also not totally sure on WY's policies, i'm a totaly n00b in terms of accidents and such. The officer told me to get a quote and drop it off at the PD and he said he'd give me a call tomorrow after he made our flatbedded friend a visit. Kinda hard to say whats gonna happen at this point.

 

dang that sucks

 

shitty man...
hope things work themselves out

 

Yeah hoping for the best. Worst case scenario is I start looking for a new cab and attempt a swap.

 

Sorry dude, that sucks

 

Damn, that sucks. Good luck OP.

 

Thanks dudes. Possibly going to pull some of the interior trim this weekend and see if i can pound some of the damage out. At least to where I can open/close my door properly.

 

Sorry to hear about your truck. Glad you're alright. Hope it all works out for you!

 

Well nothing spectacular happening yet...Officer called me a few days ago and asked me to come to the police station to identify some pictures of the guy that hit me but conveniently i was on my way to work and my boss wouldn't stop at the police station for me cause 'we had places to be'

Got a quote from a body shop the following day to drop off at the PD and the damage was around $5k. Still waiting to hear back from the officer to figure out the plan of action here. But kinda thinking i'm SOL since my truck only had liability and a salvaged title. Hopefully the dipshit that hit me gets what's coming to him.

 

5k for a new cab? Sounds a little on low side. Lesson learned, always call police at any accident.

 

I figured it would be a lot more honestly. My hail damage was around 6k. But yeah most definitely. I guess in Wyoming if the damage exceeds 1k then by law you have to call the police. I didn't know this being my first collision so the officer was totally cool about it. I was shaken up at the sight of my truck and wasn't thinking clearly but I will know that for future reference.

 

If you find that a repair shop wants to just weld in that section, let me know. I got a '98 xcab that I'm parting out. That section is in good shape on mine.

Later

KO

 

^Man, that's a bad day. Hey Shipps, I wish I'd alread sourced a double cab for my body swap. Then you could have my extended cab body.

 

Haha man that would be awesome..It'll probably remain like this for a while until i get a chance to attempt beating some of it out so you got plenty of time to look for a cab i'd be more than happy to take that one off your hands when the time comes!

 

^Cool... the timelines might work out. You never know...

You should probably buy my sliders too then! (That would've probably prevented most your damage)

 

I know it man! My sliders are in the process of being built so I'm kinda bummed I didn't have them. They would have helped I'm sure.

 

Yeah i guess you could consider that an upside to living in a smaller town lol. Haven't heard anything in a few days but hopefully something good will come out of it.