It burnsss ussssss....
No, it's not the horse. But I still love her.
It was a stupid stoplight thing. We were sitting in line, the light turned green and the guy in front of me went go - NOSTOP and slammed on his brakes. You just can't stop 7,000 lbs of truck in 1 second so we went bump. Fortunately, the universe had a little pity and it was another 3/4 ton truck (damn Dodge didn't dodge!!). I hate to think how long I would have been stuck there had we eaten the back end of a dang Civic, even at all of the 3 mph or so I was moving.
His truck sat a little higher than mine and had a 4-way hitch on it, so it was not damaged at all (whew!). He looked a bit worried when he got out and saw I was a girl -- perhaps he feared histrionics? But I was wearing my wildlife agency uniform jacket and I saw him look at that and appear relieved that I may not dissolve into tears and scream. We ascertained that both parties were fine, we looked at my bumper, I said, "Meh, I don't care about dents, that's what BUMPers are for," we shook hands, we went about our business.
Actually, the only thought I had getting out of my truck was, OMG, PLEASE DON'T HAVE BENT MY SPECIAL SOLO PLATE!!! But it was unscathed and I could breathe again.
The dents truly don't bother me, it's just the gaps on the side where the whole bumper is twisted down. On the plus side, the Precious now does fit in as a true NC truck. Eventually, I suppose I will go junkyard diving, we have a good one nearby, but it's hardly an essential part. I crawled under when I got to work and nothing on the front end is bent, tranny cooler is fine, and all is well.
But next time you see the Flying Solo rig, it will just have a bit more...character.
No, it's not the horse. But I still love her.
It was a stupid stoplight thing. We were sitting in line, the light turned green and the guy in front of me went go - NOSTOP and slammed on his brakes. You just can't stop 7,000 lbs of truck in 1 second so we went bump. Fortunately, the universe had a little pity and it was another 3/4 ton truck (damn Dodge didn't dodge!!). I hate to think how long I would have been stuck there had we eaten the back end of a dang Civic, even at all of the 3 mph or so I was moving.
His truck sat a little higher than mine and had a 4-way hitch on it, so it was not damaged at all (whew!). He looked a bit worried when he got out and saw I was a girl -- perhaps he feared histrionics? But I was wearing my wildlife agency uniform jacket and I saw him look at that and appear relieved that I may not dissolve into tears and scream. We ascertained that both parties were fine, we looked at my bumper, I said, "Meh, I don't care about dents, that's what BUMPers are for," we shook hands, we went about our business.
Actually, the only thought I had getting out of my truck was, OMG, PLEASE DON'T HAVE BENT MY SPECIAL SOLO PLATE!!! But it was unscathed and I could breathe again.
The dents truly don't bother me, it's just the gaps on the side where the whole bumper is twisted down. On the plus side, the Precious now does fit in as a true NC truck. Eventually, I suppose I will go junkyard diving, we have a good one nearby, but it's hardly an essential part. I crawled under when I got to work and nothing on the front end is bent, tranny cooler is fine, and all is well.
But next time you see the Flying Solo rig, it will just have a bit more...character.