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Old 05-09-2007, 03:57 PM
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Default My Cummins is Big, Bad, and will pull almost anything I hook it to...

But it is no match for an extension ladder at 65mph...

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I was heading home from a meeting this afternoon coming down I-64 by Richmond, All of a sudden the car in front of me hit the brakes and swerved into the other lane... and there it was.. a 24' Extension Ladder... I looked up my brakes and looked for a way out... Jersey wall to the left. Honda to the right. In a split decision I decided that I would most likely kill the guy driving the Honda when I changed lanes and ran him over... and surely the Jersey wall would do more damage than the ladder... So I hit it. And this is what it got me....







Paint scratched off the rear drivers side door. Rear quarter panel dented in. Drivers side tail light broken and the bumper bent a little with the paint scratched off... all this on a truck that’s two months old... I should have hit the Honda...
 
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Old 05-09-2007, 04:02 PM
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Dang...sorry to hear about your bad luck....yea the Honda might have done less damage, but hey, you spared an innocent motorist at least
 
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Old 05-09-2007, 04:03 PM
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a little ol aluminum ladder did all that? Wow those dodges bend easy...
 
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Old 05-09-2007, 04:07 PM
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If yo took an alluminum ladder to the butt at 65mph you would be a little worse for ware also.
 
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Old 05-09-2007, 04:10 PM
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was it laying across the lane or what ?
 
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Old 05-09-2007, 04:12 PM
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yeah... The car in front of me hit it and I had no warning.
 
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Old 05-09-2007, 04:22 PM
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i had the same thing happen once years ago except instead of a ladder, it was a recliner lounge chair
 
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Old 05-09-2007, 04:57 PM
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so did ya bring the ladder home or was it trashed too

Clay I remember the story about the recliner heheheheheeee
 
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Old 05-09-2007, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Whitmore
so did ya bring the ladder home or was it trashed too

Clay I remember the story about the recliner heheheheheeee
Destroyed.. And what I didn't get the grill of the camero behind me caught.
 
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Old 05-09-2007, 09:25 PM
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Sorry about the new truck, but that ain't anything a rabbit took out the grill and condenser on my powerchoke.
 



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