Truck slid off the trail and into a tree

Mad Cow · Aug 15, 2011

I left early Saturday morning to take my daughter out fishing for some silver salmon. We followed a buddy of mine to where he thought the boat access was. Well we ended up down a narrow trail that was fine for him in his toyota but my big ram ended up being too heavy for the trail. The trail gave way and we slid off the trail down through brush and stopping by slamming into a tree in reverse. Good news was the boat and motor that was in the bed of my truck took most of the impact crushing both. The bad part was the boat was in the bed so now the bed of the truck is smashed up into the cab. I have deep scratches all over the truck and some tore up wheels due to climbing a mountain in the truck to get out. I am thinking about $9,000 in damages to the truck but I will find out more tomorrow. Good news about the trip is my daughter caught her first salmon.

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Mad Cow · Aug 15, 2011

Rather not share pictures. Just looking at the truck makes me sick to my stomach. I have not even washed my truck since. Waiting for insurance adjuster tomorrow.

ROKTMAN · Aug 15, 2011

Sorry to hear man.Glad everyone was ok though.

nim81 · Aug 15, 2011

Man that's tough to swallow. Just glad to hear everyone's ok!!! and hopefully the insurance will cover everything.

Oh and congrats on your girls first salmon!!

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05singlecabHEMI · Aug 15, 2011

damn, sorry to hear. i was the same way when i dented my door. one of the first things i said was "why couldnt you hit the other side so i dont have to look at this" hope all goes well and smooth with the insurance people.

The Assassin · Aug 15, 2011

Glad you guys are ok!

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quietpeen · Aug 15, 2011

oh damn that sucks. Glad nobody was hurt

wermbang · Aug 15, 2011

Glad your alright, and congrats to your daughter on her first salmon

sullivan · Aug 15, 2011

Glad your ok, things could have been worse.

Im grilling alaska salmon myself here later today.

AV8B6015 · Aug 15, 2011

That sucks. Good thing it didn't go worse, and hopefully it'll be fixed in no time.

bigbadram1500 · Aug 15, 2011

Wow, sorry to hear, glad everyone is ok and hope everything goes well with getting it fixed back up.

KGBIGCOUNTRY · Aug 15, 2011

Sorry bout the truck bud, sounds like it could have ended up way worse though. It will be fixed in no time.

myoung84 · Aug 15, 2011

Damn that sucks! Hopefully insurance will make it better than new...

RubberFrog · Aug 15, 2011

Dude, this is almost too crazy to believe. We have to see pics!

EJM05 · Aug 15, 2011

RubberFrog said:
Dude, this is almost too crazy to believe. We have to see pics!

^What he said!! This is crazy! I cant believe this happened!

0212353 · Aug 15, 2011

yeah, you gotta share some pics!!

nim81 · Aug 15, 2011

we know it hurts J.T. but theyre right, we need some pics man..

Mad Cow · Aug 15, 2011

Ok I dropped the truck off at the body shop. I leave to go out of town on wednesday so it should be good to go when I come back in a few weeks.
The damage to the paint can mostly be buffed out so that will save the insurance company some money. They have to replace the tail gate, bed of truck next to the cab, fender flares, and tail lights. I am working on the insurance part on the boat so I hope I break even on this but it looks like I will be down almost a grand in this.
I will have the truck shop that did all my work throw on my adjustable shocks while I'm gone seeing how they will have my truck to rhino line the new bed.

reefguy89 · Aug 15, 2011

damn that sucks glad everything is getting fixed.

Truck slid off the trail and into a tree

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