It's toast

Stick a fork in it, it's done.

Let's all remove our hats and have a moment of silence for the Chevy Silverado 2500 HD. My Son totaled his the other night and to show the build quality, he walked away from it. He's got tossed around, beat and banged a bit and he's sore, but he's ok.

He lives in Central Illinois and it was spitting snow and sleet the other night on his way to work. Going around a curve the rear broke loose and he managed to sort of get it back, but went off the road, hit a 4 ft ditch and hit hard enough to bounce up through the ditch and ended up in a corn field. Suspension, upper and lower control arms and sway bar are still there.....sort of.... the front end has a definite upward tilt, so I'm pretty sure it bent the frame, one of the CV axles are broke off inside the transfer case, the right front tire is still attached to the truck by all the dangling parts but it's tucked up under the truck, so God knows what else is wrong and I can see all that just from the pics he sent.

The good news...

He's ok. Yeah, it was a nice truck. As long as my Son is ok, I don't give a single damn about the truck.

The night he wrecked was his last night before he started his 2 week vacation, so he has time to find another one. He has a little putt putt car to get around so he still has wheels.


I'm going up in the morning and get to go look at new trucks !!

Yes I just got a new one last year, but.....I get to shopping for new trucks ! .....and this time I don't have to pay for it !!!!!

a reply to: DAVID64

Modern cars come with their challenges and headache like the cost of maintenance for features we maybe didn’t even ask for.

But there is a common misconception that newer vehicles “aren’t made like they used to be”. That crumpling they do absorbs a lot of the energy so we don’t have to.

Happy to hear your son is OK. Insurance usually takes care of the things that can be replaced 👍

a reply to: DAVID64

Modern cars come with their challenges and headache like the cost of maintenance for features we maybe didn’t even ask for.

But there is a common misconception that newer vehicles “aren’t made like they used to be”. That crumpling they do absorbs a lot of the energy so we don’t have to.

Happy to hear your son is OK. Insurance usually takes care of the things that can be replaced 👍

I hope he had full coverage on the truck if it was a newer truck. I usually keep full coverage on my newer vehicles and have comp on the others so if a deer jumps out or a flying rock from someone's tire or ice hits the windshield, I can collect enough to repair it without any copay. Still have zero deductible on the comp on our car and truck.

The truck I have with the plow is an eighty seven chevy 5/8 ton with thirty three thousand miles on it. I just keep comp on that, if I do get into an accident, the parts are worth quite a bit to others who have that style of truck.

I'm glad your kid didn't get hurt in that accident, a vehicle can be replaced, but a severe injury can make life more difficult for the rest of your life.

a reply to: DAVID64

My neighborhood party store owner has a Tesla Truck...I said "why?"

Happy hunting!

PS Honorable mentions: Ford Raptor....those are really bad...4 wheel back axle!