Sons new truck hit

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Yeah his truck only has 12,000 miles on it but will see what they say. As for the shop...it's owned by a high school buddy whose dad died when we were in 5th or 6th grade so him and his brother inherited a barn full of cars that they worked on. They built a 1990 Mustang from 2 wrecked cars and put a 460 in it with air, power brakes and factory hood, which they were told could not be done...lol. It was in Hot Rod magazine a year or 2 later. But he is one of the best body men I know but being the owner he doesn't do much of the work anymore but his guys are top notch. And they handle insurance claims. He said his shop is rated as such that he can authorize repairs for State Farm, etc if there is something unnoticed when it was quoted.
 
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So now last night they were coming home from their camping trip and the tailgate popped open while driving and dented the tailgate on the trailer jack and broke the plastic housing for the top of the trailer jack. Also blew the fuse for the trailer jack. I know there was a recall for tailgates opening but his is a 2021 and I don't think it covered those? So he has had a rough week...lol
 
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So mine got damaged tonight...ugh. Went to Home Depot to get materials to rebuild my deck. Got a pallet with 14 80lb bags of concrete and the guy was loading it with a forklift. Apparently he wasn't very good with it. He set it down on the inside edge of my wheel well and dented it in but I have a bedliner so can't see how bad it is but you can feel it from outside in the fender well. Then when he went to back up he must have still been in forward and went up against the lip of my tailgate. I didn't notice that until we got home but there is a small wrinkle just at the top edge of the tailgate where the black plastic guard stops. Not really a big deal as neither are very noticeable.

But had 14 80lb bags of concrete (1100lbs), 3 6x6x 10's, 4 2x10x12's, 2 2x8 x 12's, and a bunch of misc stuff. Easily 1500lbs. truck squatted 2.5" at the rear wheel wells (41.25" loaded and 43.75" unloaded)
 

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Sounds like both you and your son are having the same type of week I had a couple of weeks ago when I was hit twice in two days.
 

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I hate reading these stories. Beat of luck to both of you getting fixed up.
 

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The dealership that i use, has not done any body work for several years
Other Dodge dealerships have started using outside body shops around San Diego.

The body shop that i use looks like a dilapidated shed, they are approved by most insurance companies.
They even work on aluminum bodied Ford trucks

When i wanted my 2009 Ram bumper & tailgate fixed, they called a Dodge dealer up north about 100 miles, the parts came in the next afternoon.
I could have had the truck the following day, except for the priming & paint
 
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Yeah they still haven't got the parts. They told him likely in October some time
 

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Very interested to hear how the diminished value thing goes. My brand new '21 got hit last year and I was never able to recover any diminished value at all.
 

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Very interested to hear how the diminished value thing goes. My brand new '21 got hit last year and I was never able to recover any diminished value at all.

What reason did they give you for refusing to give you diminished value, we all know that any time a vehicle is in a wreck it lowers its value compared to one that has never had an accident...
 
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Some states don't do diminished value. I hope my son pushes for it but have a feeling he won't
 

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What reason did they give you for refusing to give you diminished value, we all know that any time a vehicle is in a wreck it lowers its value compared to one that has never had an accident...
My insurance co (SF) said I would have to go after the at-fault driver on my own, which I did, but his insurance company said they don't pay DV. So my only recourse is to get a lawyer and fight it. Not worth it for a couple thousand dollars.
 
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My buddy owns the body shop that will be doing the work. In talking to him in the past sounds like he handles the whole thing but it's up to my son to push for it
 
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