That sucks but it ended a lot better than it could have thanks to the truck.

 

Glad to see both of you are OK, sucks to have that happen after all of the hard work and long hours that went into it. I had a similar thing happen years ago when I redid a 1986 F250 extended cab long box 4x4. Finally got it done and had a guy turn in front of me while I was doing 60 mph. Truck was a write off but I walked out unscratched.

Rob

 

After all the work you put into giving it new life, the EX returned a favor and saved yours. It sucks to see this happen to anybody. I am glad that you are relatively OK and in good spirits, since you are writing to us.

 

I honestly don't remember the accident, but apparently we hit a patch of ice. It launched us sideways off a steep bank. I guess we landed on the back side of the ditch and made quite a trench. I haven't been to the scene and it snowed now. I got scalped, among other things. I had my stitches, drain tube, and a fluid pocket removed today. My staples can come out this weekend. My wife's right arm was shattered. She had 2 surgeries involving bone and skin grafting. If it heals well she won't need another surgery. We have to be careful, her arm is very fragile at this point. She has a follow up Thursday. We are healing exceedingly well for as bad of shape as we were in. We both got our first helicopter rides. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers! This forum is awesome! I'm proud to be part of it.

 

Man I’m so glad you both are ok.
scary ride.
May your healing go well.
me and my family will keep you in our prayers.

 

Thank you. I wish I could remember what happened so I could learn from it. We own a semi, so I have over 3 million miles experience and have always been able to learn from a bad experience. I do wish I had fixed the lie-o-meter so I new what the temperature was. We were going up a hill so I fully expected it to downshift. It was like touching a pod key on Harry Potter. LOL

 

Sheeew! Glad y’all are “OK”(though sounds like you got banged up pretty good). Sad to see an X bite the dust, but it did it’s job and you can’t ask for more than that I suppose.

 

Driving on Ice is the worst. I had a spin out on black ice in the winter of 2002 on a late night driving from STL airport to Alton, IL. I was glad that my rental car stayed on the road and there was not a soul around me. It shook me up quite a bit. I just sat there wondering what happened. A few minutes later, I gathered myself and slowly left the spot and reached my destination without further incident. The other incident was coming home from an office Christmas party in 2011 when my rear wheel just decided to go sideways. This was even worse as there was traffic and I am glad that I just spun from the left lane onto the wide left shoulder in that spot. No damage to myself, car or others on the road. Just thanked god again for safely depositing me on the shoulder and drove home

 

I finally got a moment to pull this thread up on my laptop and see the damage. My heart is broken for you and your wife buddy. Seeing you guys really rework this Ex has been pretty special for me. It's devastating to see it all gone in the blink of an eye. Still, I'm immensely grateful that (relatively speaking) y'all are okay.

I had a crappy experience with ice once upon a time, though it's a whole different ordeal than yours. I'd JUST purchased my beautiful 2004 GMC Yukon XL 2500 8.1. This baby was everything I'd ever wanted; leveling kit, 34" BFG KOs, fully loaded, the works. I lived in Denver at that time, and was staying with my girlfriend at her townhouse, whose complex was 2 rows of townhouses split by a single long driveway on a slight but consistent slope. I was on my way to go work out one morning and so I hopped in the Yukon, let it warm up, then dropped it into (D) to head out. Well, apparently the grounds keepers hadn't done a thing to salt/sand that driveway, so once I pulled out, I slid at about ~5-10 mph all the way down the hill into a pillar at the entrance/exit. A hopeless, helpless snail's pace to doom. It still pisses me off, thinking about it.



Anyway, I'm glad your okay. Hang in there, prayers going out for y'all.

 

Thanks, we appreciate the prayers.