Duramax vs. Bear
 

Well last summer i got into a little scrum with a black bear on 17 goin upstate (NY). Well lets just say the duramax won, but with a few scratches.... just body damage, no harm done to the frame or engine thank god, total in damages was over 10,000. I hit the prick broad side at about 75 mph lol and also took out about a bakers dozen of those big traffic cones that are about 3ft tall with the rubber at the bottom haha. Oh and he was just a little guy at about prob 250lbs

and yea i have a PA behind the grill haha:U:

Holy Crap man! Glad it didnt hurt anything important. Its amazing what 250 lbs of meat and bones will do to a steel and plastic frontend aint it?

Damn! A Bear? I go up to New Mexico every winter but the Bears are sleeping then.

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Ouch!!:ouch:

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get ya a good front bumper on there when ya rebuild:U:

Damn thats cool that it didnt mess anything up too bad. I agree with Whit put a big front bumper on and next time that bear wont be much of a problem lol

could have been worse with multiple bears?

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haha yea it was pretty amazing the radiator wasnt even touched. Although, i think if it were a deer the radiator would have been gone and maybe some other stuff along with it bc deer are taller ya know. when i hit him the bears body was prob no higher than my bumper u know so it hit the bumper and just went under. the damage to the grill and lights and side panels were probibly from the traffic cones haha.

After the troopers came and took care of the bear and saw the damage to my truck they asked me if i wanted to keep the animal... i wanted to say some wise ass remark bc my truck wasnt drivable since the bumper was pushed all the way into my front drivers side tire (which they pointed out to me! haha)... but i had to be respectful bc theyre cops... and i had a lot of fireworks in my tool box haha. :w2:

ouch, time for a ranch hand.

they're bullet proof

heres a couple pics about 6 months after the accident, cant even tell!... and a few additions... i got the grill the day before the trip and was gunna put it on the truck but didnt have time.... good thing i didnt. And theres an intake thats not in the pics... shes an infant bomber but she'll be a blown out bomber shortly haha.

i plan on puttin dual 4" MBRP exhaust, turbo back... but i dont want to void my warranty so im still deciding on that one.

is that still the same license plate :D

lol no, thats from giving someone a little love tap haha, i pushed my buddys dodge neon though an intersection. It wasnt a busy one but a few ppl saw and were entertained lol.

lol

Wow I would of thought a bear would of done more damage.

LOL we use to push each other around with our plows when I lived up north. It gets people attention when 2 trucks are playing bumper cars.

I thought a 250 pound bear getting hit about 75 would of done a whole lot more damage,looks like you got lucky. Glad no one was hert or your truck was damaged more than it was.

wow ive hit plenty of deer but never a bear, at least no harm was done to the frame or engine.:c:

i was shocked too when i heard the news from the body shop that it was just body damage... really! the only damage the bear really did was bend my tow hook on the right down a little, and just screw my bumper up. the rest was the dozen traffic cones i hit after tryin to get control of the truck back after impact haha.

I would imagine thats Crazy a BEAR first person I have heard of hitting a bear. I would have kept the animal fo the pelt and stuff they make nice rugs. Why couldn't you have hit something cool like BIGFOOT? Million dollar reward for that animal. :choochoo:

haha he can hear us diesels comin, he hears the turbo screamin and runs the other way haha :madd:

I just missed doing the same thing to a bear last summer up by lassen park. Was rolling about same speed and saw this big ole black bear come flying across the road this thing was prolly close to 500 but it was after something good thing too as he would have done more damage as my truck sits up higher

i almost got to hit a cow today, but i wasnt driving my truck :madd:

I'll take a deer or a bear any day over a cow!....

ya cows aren't fun buddy totaled a truck from hitting one almost stopped the truck but they are fun to play bumper cars with when they won't move

haha damn, cows, 500 pounder, whos hit a moose?? anyone?? haha.