Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Just when I think I've gotten old enough to where I won't do stupid things anymore... . I prove myself wrong.
So it was a cold morning, warming up the truck in neutral to get the transmission warm. Left my good, heavy, rubber chock over at my in-laws when I was cutting wood. I was almost to the top of the hill, so I used the plastic one that I use on the wife's car.
I go across the yard to pick up a glove that the dog chewed up. When I turn around, I notice that the truck is moving really slowly... . uh-oh!
I ran over (in my old, pudgy sort of way) and watched something that should have been on one of those video shows where all the guys get hit in the (well, you know. ) The wheels were turning to the right, so it wasn't straight down the hill. If it had been straight, I would have had to replace the side of my garage.
But even though it wasn't as bad as I thought, there was a considerable thud when the tree stopped the downhill travel. Instead of making a good check of everything to see what the overall damage was, I took the other course of action... . I drove it back uphill so the wife and her daughter wouldn't know what just happened!! :-laf
I smashed my old running boards that I took off last year, ran over some small decorations that I had placed on the ground for my entry into the White Trash Yard of the Month contest.
The left rear quarter is buckled. Taillight smashed in. Toolbox slammed forward into the back of the cab. I went to the body shop guy already and he said depending upon what I could get a new bed for, that might be the best way to go. I have split seams on the front corner of both sides of the bed, where the side panel meets the front. So replacement is what I'm looking at.
Luckily the flare fenders were ok, so I don't even need to get a one ton bed. If I replace it, it would also be a good reason to finally replace the sending unit in the fuel tank.
So my best guesstimate of the cause of the chock failure was the weight plus the vibration of the idling. The brakes not being adjusted is, of course, my fault. It is one of those things that I have "been meaning to get to. "
So here I stand. Village Idiot once again. Please be gentle. You know I'll do something again real soon.
The pictures are here
https://www.turbodieselregister.com/user_gallery/displayalbum.php?&userid=12842&albumid=18337
So it was a cold morning, warming up the truck in neutral to get the transmission warm. Left my good, heavy, rubber chock over at my in-laws when I was cutting wood. I was almost to the top of the hill, so I used the plastic one that I use on the wife's car.
I go across the yard to pick up a glove that the dog chewed up. When I turn around, I notice that the truck is moving really slowly... . uh-oh!
I ran over (in my old, pudgy sort of way) and watched something that should have been on one of those video shows where all the guys get hit in the (well, you know. ) The wheels were turning to the right, so it wasn't straight down the hill. If it had been straight, I would have had to replace the side of my garage.
But even though it wasn't as bad as I thought, there was a considerable thud when the tree stopped the downhill travel. Instead of making a good check of everything to see what the overall damage was, I took the other course of action... . I drove it back uphill so the wife and her daughter wouldn't know what just happened!! :-laf
I smashed my old running boards that I took off last year, ran over some small decorations that I had placed on the ground for my entry into the White Trash Yard of the Month contest.
The left rear quarter is buckled. Taillight smashed in. Toolbox slammed forward into the back of the cab. I went to the body shop guy already and he said depending upon what I could get a new bed for, that might be the best way to go. I have split seams on the front corner of both sides of the bed, where the side panel meets the front. So replacement is what I'm looking at.
Luckily the flare fenders were ok, so I don't even need to get a one ton bed. If I replace it, it would also be a good reason to finally replace the sending unit in the fuel tank.
So my best guesstimate of the cause of the chock failure was the weight plus the vibration of the idling. The brakes not being adjusted is, of course, my fault. It is one of those things that I have "been meaning to get to. "
So here I stand. Village Idiot once again. Please be gentle. You know I'll do something again real soon.
The pictures are here
https://www.turbodieselregister.com/user_gallery/displayalbum.php?&userid=12842&albumid=18337
