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03-14-2010, 01:17 PM
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wrecked the 61 today
so i was driving the 61 c10 on a major road here in daytona. just cruzin and then BAM i hit the ground and i see my front wheel go rolling bye me. not relly sure what happined the lug nuts just came off or if they were just not torqued on all the way. so tons of damage to the truck.
ill get some pics up later today or tomarrow. p.s. i am now a huge beliver in optima batterys i had one in the truck and the hold down broke and it fell into the fan it put a big hole in the side. i drove the truck home with like that the sales guy told me it would work with a hole in it now i belive him
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03-14-2010, 01:24 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Glad you weren't hurt. Too bad about your rig. Is it repairable?
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03-14-2010, 01:36 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
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ya i can fix it not anytime soon i just droped every dime i had getting it all together over the last few months. i was hoping it would be dd  i was wanting to a swap to dis brakes up front i guess i will have to find a doner and just take the hole front end also need new fender,door,and maybe hood. not sure what else i was to pissed to take a good look right now ill look later or tomarrow. 
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03-14-2010, 02:14 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
I know how you feel on this one.... same exact thing happened to me a few years ago...
most of the sheetmetal needed to be replaced anyway but I wish it would have been under different circumstances.. good luck with the repair
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03-14-2010, 02:21 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
ya mine looks a bit like that
but my door is all jacked up
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03-14-2010, 03:46 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
most of the damage is under the truck
the brake/steering parts are shot but hey i found some body filler that po had put on so i can get rid of that
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03-14-2010, 04:22 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Bummer but it could have been much worse.
Note to self: Check lug nuts.
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03-14-2010, 06:53 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Note to self: Check lug nuts. No Doubt. Sorry to here about your truck. I'll say one thing I don't think if you loose a wheel on a new truck you could put it back on and drive home!
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03-14-2010, 06:55 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
very true
i got home and looked at all the damage under the truck and was like wow i cant belive i just drove like 20 mins threw traffic with all that f up!
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03-14-2010, 07:31 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Any determination of the cause? That's scary. Sorry about your truck bro.
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03-14-2010, 08:55 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Sorry man
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03-14-2010, 10:14 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
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03-15-2010, 07:33 AM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Or maybe it was overtorqued with an impact? Seems like you would have felt the wobble long before it actually came off it they were just loose.
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03-15-2010, 08:36 AM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
sent you a pm about some possible help. sorry to hear about the wreck
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03-15-2010, 08:42 AM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
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i was looking at it last night and a few of the studs were just spining with the lugs (i put some on to drive it home after) maybe the studs played a role.
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03-15-2010, 10:54 AM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Sorry this happened. I think that as much as we work on these old trucks, it may be a good idea to have a pre drive check list, kinda like a pre flight check list.
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03-15-2010, 11:01 AM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
 Okay - which neighbor is ticked off at you?Sorry to hear about the wreck - but you can fix it. Mac.
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03-15-2010, 11:13 AM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
sucks buddy, I just had the same damn thing happen to me a few months back. Dont giv e up it is fixable, my cab corner was crushed just like yours too.
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03-15-2010, 11:42 AM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
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that thought poped in my head im pretty thorough and i know my buds are usely on the ball and it is tuff to think that on of use left it like that but also hard to think that someone would dis like me enough to do that! someone could of been hurt bad or killed i guess ill never know for sure what happened.
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03-15-2010, 12:40 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
That royally sucks. I would hate to think someone set you up. I'm glad you didn't get hurt.
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03-15-2010, 01:19 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Would it be indelicate of me to say that you cleaned out most of the bondo and you're well on your way to a clean repair? When dealt lemons, make lemonade!
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03-15-2010, 02:02 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
I hear that check lug nuts note. I just lost my left rear tire doing 65 on the highway pulling a 6k trailer. NOT FUN. After lots of fish tailing I wound up jack-knifed facing east in the west bound lanes no more than 2 inches from the guard rail.
An hour and a half later I was back on the raod and drove the last 1400mi. of the trip incident free!
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03-15-2010, 10:34 PM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Man, I'm sorry about your truck. When I was stationed at Ft hood, Tx., I was driving out past the airfeild about a mile from the barracks when my left rear tire came off. The truck just dropped and I watched the wheel crash into a sweet late 40's early 50's car sitting in the parking lot across the road. Coolest car in the lot and my wheel had to hit it square in the passenger door!
I left him my name, unit, and phone number, and put the wheel back on my truck. I couldn't find any lugnuts, so I had to take some off the other wheels to get back. I pulled into my spot and guess what was laying on the ground? 4 lugnuts! Someone had tried to steal my rims and the lock lug stopped them. I never did find out who it was, and the guy with the coupe never called me about his car. Ever since I have a habit of looking at the lugnuts when I walk towards my cars. |
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03-17-2010, 01:12 AM
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Re: wrecked the 61 today
Sorry to hear about the truck.
Pctahlequah when were you at Hood. i'm here now and it's really bad. We've had a lot of people taking lug nuts off and keying cars.
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03-17-2010, 11:05 PM
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It was always bad around there. Had buddies get keyed, stereos stolen, wheels stolen, random window carnage....all in the parking lots of the barracks. I was glad to move off post when I got married. Rented a place out in the country near Harker Heights.
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