Firewood strikes back

[DuelburnJake]

I figured I'd upload a couple pics of what happened two weeks ago. A little background. I bought my first house in 2011. It was a fixer upper with old growth trees all over the property. Because of its elevation if I cleared the land off to the side of it I would have a nice view overlooking the upper valley here. So I had two acres clear cut and keep some of the wood off of them. I wanted to keep it all but I had no cash to work with the foresters so i ended up trading some of it. Anyways, I had it cut so that no trees would fall on the house and ruin the roof, as this was the state it was in when I purchased it. Well two weeks ago I woke up to a tree on my truck! Totaled my truck! Its all cut and split now and in the drying pile but the trucks going to put a dent in my budget as it was paid off and my insurance company thinks its worth nothing... It doesn't look bad it these pics but the tree was the top of a 40 foot oak and it first landed on the roof crushing it in. Than bounced from the front of the cab towards the bed, crushing the bed in as well... The tree got its revenge! It'll be a sweet day two winters from now when i start burning it for heat!

 

[teutonicking]

I figured I'd upload a couple pics of what happened two weeks ago. A little background. I bought my first house in 2011. It was a fixer upper with old growth trees all over the property. Because of its elevation if I cleared the land off to the side of it I would have a nice view overlooking the upper valley here. So I had two acres clear cut and keep some of the wood off of them. I wanted to keep it all but I had no cash to work with the foresters so i ended up trading some of it. Anyways, I had it cut so that no trees would fall on the house and ruin the roof, as this was the state it was in when I purchased it. Well two weeks ago I woke up to a tree on my truck! Totaled my truck! Its all cut and split now and in the drying pile but the trucks going to put a dent in my budget as it was paid off and my insurance company thinks its worth nothing...

Use the Force, Jake!

 

[StuckInTheMuck]

Tis merely a flesh wound!!

 

[Coal Reaper]

still looks like a good wood hauler and a strong puller to me!

 

[DuelburnJake]

Some pics of the damage.. I'm going to buy it back. Its still derivable just looks like hell. I use it for work so I have to have a presentable truck when going to job sites so she'll probably get sold as a pulling truck, It has a built cummins in it running around 500 horse so I've already had a few offers. Still hauls wood fine!

 

[PapaDave]

No prob, that'll buff right out.
Is the frame bent? I doubt it from the size of that branch.
Looks more cosmetic than anything, or is there more we can't see?
Let 'em fix the bed.
ETA: Ok, so worse than at 1st glance.

 

[DuelburnJake]

No frame damage but it tweaked the whole cab and got all four doors. the thing must have had some speed when it fell!

 

[Paulywalnut]

Amazing it didn't break any glass or windshield.

 

[DuelburnJake]

It did crack the windshield but not that bad. I'm lucky I can still drive it! I still have a lot of wood to move around! I'm trying to get 3-4 years ahead as the majority of the wood I cut was oak which takes forever to dry.

 

[rdust]

Bummer!

The problem was you had your mirrors flipped up when you weren't towing anything.

 

[DuelburnJake]

I had been hauling my companies 10,000 lb dump trailer on Friday and got home late, was too lazy to fold them down and re adjust them. The tow mirrors on Dodges suck when they are tipped up, not enough range of movement for good vision.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Welcome to the forum Jake but that is too bad about the truck. At least it wasn't totaled.

Funny that we had two branches break off an oak and come down on our steel barn. Made a terrible racket and I feared what we'd find. Fortunately it hit in such a manner that the only damage was a slight ding in the eave trough. Pure luck.

 

[ScotO]

Did the insurance co. see the notch you cut in the tree the night before it fell??
Just kidding bro.....welcome to the site. Hey look at it this way......trucks are replaceable, your family is not. At least no one got hurt.....thank God for that!