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Glad to here you guys are O.K. The Burb and trailer can be replaced.

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I've used that trailer to deliver a 4X4 Burb to qksilver in NC (about 2200 miles) and brought back a 67 swb w/454 back the other 2200 miles w/not even so much as a wiggle. I even had this Burb on the trailer for 4-500 miles again nothing, then WHAM!! I guess I'll load for bear even though I am hunting birds from now on!! The load leveler is a great idea and I am even in the market for a 3/4-1 ton diesel so I can haul and save fuel at the same time.

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Man, I feel for ya! I'm really glad you and your family are okay.
Those pics are hard to look at...I'm just glad noone got hurt.

Two weeks ago I bought a trashed '69 C-20 parts truck with no motor or tranny and was towing it home on my Dad's small car trailer without any trailer brakes. I didn't have to go far, and only a few miles on the freeway, but without a motor the tongue was really unweighted.
I barely made it up to 55 when the trailer started swaying so bad I actually thought it was gone. My heart darn near stopped and I literally couldn't breathe. There was a lot of traffic behind me and I could just imagine the carnage with it coming loose. I slowed it down, but it took until I got under 40 for it to stop rocking. I pulled over and checked everything (including my underpants), then kept it under 45 all the way home.
I know a "near miss" story isn't going to make you feel any better, but I'd shove that POS parts truck off a cliff if it would bring that burb back for ya...

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Thanks, thecatseye66 I appreciate that. I really am completely OK with it, now. I will find another and since I have had children, my car hobby has taken a backseat as I have more important things to care for. I never thought I'd say this, but they are just inanimate objects. Yes, even my original 70 rs/ss, 4-speed, AC car would go if my wife or children needed something. I can always find another (it may cost more than a house, but again all worldly possessions). A very dear friend of mine as well as being one of my employees just lost a daughter 4/28 in a car accident, so I have a good perspective on this. Wrecking this Burb pales in comparision to the hole in your heart from losing a sibling or a child, or a loved one for that matter. I lost my brother a year ago 6/4 and I can tell you this, losing the Burb seems smaller than a grain of sand on the road of life, especially since my wife and three kids were in the Yukon with me. I could have lost them and nothing in this world is worth that!

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I just want to say that I`m glad you`re alright and have a good head about it.It`s a damn shame about the Suburban.I don`t know if this helps,but...
...bought for $16,000,another $28,000 into it,$12,000 from insurance:










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Special K- no disrespect intended but "28,000 into it...".... 28 GRAND?!?!?!?!?

Was there 25K in cash in the glove box? :confused: It was a nice looking truck but man I can't see where there is 28K ADDED to it...that would give you a total of 44K in the truck...and you got 12K from Ins. Co.?

What a shame that you lost a very nice looking work truck- just curious about the upgrades.

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Yup.Good math,that`s what I figured,about $45,000.About the cost of a new Duramax without any improvements.The truck was set-up just the way I needed/liked it and was as good as new with excellent body/paint,new drivetrain,300+hp,adjustable suspension,go anywhere capability,tunes,and unique.
I provided a list for the insurance company to get that much.I could give you one,too.Utility beds are $5,000.The motor was $8,600.I had a new NV4500($1,800)and NP241($800)in it,converted from a dual-mass flywheel to a solid($1,800)and I had a Centerforce Dual Friction clutch assembly($500).Intercooler($1,300),hood($700).I changed the grille and front fenders and added Bushwacker flares.Overall paint job.The ARB air-locker/compressor and air bags.There was a Hellwig sway bar on the rear and Edelbrock shocks all around.Changed gears from 3.73 to 4.10/discs on rear.The bed was Line-X`d in a custom color as well as the surfaces on the rack(over $300 for each item.L.e.d. lights run around $90 x 4.Weld Outbacks/SuperSwamperSSRs($1,800).The custom tonneau cost $325.About $1,500 in the stereo.I bought the towing/camper mirrors from GM piece by piece @ $350.EGT,Boost,and oil temp guages in pillar pod.The seat upholstery cost $325.4" BD mandrel-bent exhaust and custom cold-air intake to work off the scoop.I built the rack,but the steel cost a good bit and it was powdercoated/lineX`d.I also made a pair of rub-rails with diamond-plate for a step that were powdercoated.There was a Honeywell 12v generator in one of the bins.I had to pay for some labor on some of it,too.I owned it from 4/98 to 10/04,so it was over a time period.Yet,it only had 130,000 miles at 9 years old (1/2 what I put on mt`92).But,the insurance company considered that high miles.I also got dropped,I was not Charged.It all adds up.

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70 RS/SS, sorry about your Burb. Real nice truck you had.

Tim, sorry about your truck, too. That must have been a nice work truck.