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Wild_Bill · 07-21-2004, 08:48 PM

Last week on our way out of town for vacation (of course), we were rear ended by a full size chevy truck towing two big generators. We were stopped at a red light, he probably hit us at about 20mph. I have a hitch with a receiver shackle installed, absorbed probably 90% of the impact. The only damage I took was from the top of his hood crushing the bottom side of the rear hatch. My rear bumper was not even scratched. Meanwhile his front bumper was a complete "V", bumper and grill shoved into the radiator, radiator shoved into the engine, DOA. All ended up fine, he was fully insured, I'm getting a new tailgate installed next week, no one was injured, just thought I'd share the carnage. Pics were taken with my cell phone so sorry they're so small.

07-21-2004, 08:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Wild_Bill Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Langley AFB, VA Posts: 302	Rear Hitch 1, Chevy Truck 0 Last week on our way out of town for vacation (of course), we were rear ended by a full size chevy truck towing two big generators. We were stopped at a red light, he probably hit us at about 20mph. I have a hitch with a receiver shackle installed, absorbed probably 90% of the impact. The only damage I took was from the top of his hood crushing the bottom side of the rear hatch. My rear bumper was not even scratched. Meanwhile his front bumper was a complete "V", bumper and grill shoved into the radiator, radiator shoved into the engine, DOA. All ended up fine, he was fully insured, I'm getting a new tailgate installed next week, no one was injured, just thought I'd share the carnage. Pics were taken with my cell phone so sorry they're so small. __________________ 97 SR5 4WD Yukon 4.88s, ARB locker Front/Rear, TJM T-15, OME Lift, 2" Body lift, Custom gauges, Panhard Drop, sliders, Nuke discos, Surco rack, lights, blue dash lights, etc. My Runner