5th wheel accident photo from Ford-Diesel.com

[Neal Cassady]

Nasty looking accident.



http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=126241&a=1690475&f=0



Here is the forum link.



http://forums.ford-diesel.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=24&t=003167



Dave

 

[Shovelhead]

WOW!



I liked Campsters comment: "If you get hit by a fiberglass RV in your "Super Dooty", you might lose?"



Glad the people were OK.

 

[Batman]

Like someone on the Phord site wrote, I'm surprised that the hitch head came off of the mounting rails.

More reason to have a dually.

Glad the people survived, sad for the dog though.

 

[redneckdr]

wreck

think the insurance co will consider the truck "totalled", or tell the owner to rebuild it???

 

[klenger]

How did anyone survive?

 

[Okie-Go]

It is sad anytime there is an accident of that magnitude.

 

[CharlieMiller]

scary site

I'll bet it happened so fast they didn't know what happened. Glad to hear they were OK - Truck & camper can be replaced but people can't. I have an office mate that lost his rig(travel trailer) about 2 years ago due to an updraft - scary feeling he said. He walked away without a scratch. He now has a new 5ver and Phord f350 PSD dually. Loves that dually but too bad its a phord - been there done that and will never have another.

 

[MoparDave]

This happened almost a year ago, it made it onto my local news because the family lived in the area. They where very lucky, every time I see that photo I recheck the weight of the truck and camper to make sure I’m not over.

 

[MidwestMotorman]

WOW

I think those people used up eight of their nine lives. I think the odds of survival, with no major injuries, were one in a million. I think they must have had their seatbelts on.

 

[Jumbo Jet]

That might be the same story I saw last year. The couple had just bought the truck and the trailer.



Was the first trip with the trailer. The story I read had ice on the off ramp that contributed to the accident.



One of those rides that you lived to tell the tale!!