Here are a couple of pics of our S-D earning it's keep, one is of it working and the other is of it working so I can play with my 77. This is the main reason I bought this S-D, so I could pull my 77's. -Ed

https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=63371&width=0

https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=63370&width=0

 

Just so everybody knows that work trucks sometimes look like they have been working. I had just pulled my trailer off a job site while it was still froze so the trailer is clean.

Denny

 

This one earned it's keep by being one stout truck

This was 65mph into a big East Texas Pine tree

after hydroplaning not a freaking scratch!

 

WOW That must have been a ride? It looks like the passanger wasnt wearing a seat belt by the head print in the windshield? hopefully it wasnt your dog! Glad to hear the Ford tough saved you!
JT

 

Great pics. Love the ones pulling doubles

 

Both the passenger and I were belted and we escaped serious injury. He had a fairly good rope type burn on his fat belly from the seat belt. I had slight bruised knuckles and neck scrape from my shoulder belt.

The punched spider on the windshield is from the passenger air bag cover. It is controlled by a steel cable on the upper right corner and when the air bag explodes the cover swings up and to the right, away from the passengers face. It is what hit the inside of the glass.

There are a few more pics in my gallery. I am most impressed that after that impact the entire cabin is not compromised at all. All four doors and windows were still square and working as new. The entire drive train collapsed down and sideways.

I am trained as an Army aircraft crash investigator. If I had not been the driver and walked away I would have thought this crash not survivable. This is my first (hopfully last) air bag event, and I am impressed at how well they worked. No black eyes, no sore chest, I did hit my left hand knuckles pretty hard on the door window when the air bag forced my hand away from the steering wheel. Insurance guy told me that air bags save broken arms by making you let go and just let your body and face decelerate the motion.

My partner and I were both out of the truck and laughing hysterically when folks started stopping to see what was wrong. took a while for them to get it that we were the occupants. In fact it looked like one fellow was going to kick my butt because he though we were drunk and caused the accident and were laughing at some poor slob that had just bit the dust.

1 May 04 sober, mid morning, in a light rain, East of Jasper Texas. Doing 55-60 and went to pass, go up to 65 and water in truck wear groove hydropland the left side tires and I lost it off into the mud, crossed over to other side and smack into 75' tall 18" round Piny tree that later laughed at me and suggested a bigger truck.

 

Fredvon4, looking at the pics in your gallery, one question comes to mind...what the heck happened to the bed of your truck to flatten it like that??

 

The rear end was smashed when the truck rolled onto drivers side and tail gate came around and smacked the next tree in line.

 

Here goes. My F350 V10 with a trailer and my 3500 lb show car inside.

 

My truck after it recently returned from earning its keep, sanding this time after a ice storm, more pictures in my gallery.

 

I am just eating up all these great pictures! This thread is a real treat.

 

RVPULLER,

What kind of Aux. fuel tank do you have?

 

What is it that's so cool about snow plows ? I dunno, I just think they are fascinating. No, I've never had to push one around for hours, that may take some of the interest away, but being a non-snow plower, I just love snow plows and seeing pictures of trucks with snow plows attached. I might need some counseling ? Ken

 

I'll Give this a shot.....

it was a sad day, my little gas sipping shadow cracked a head, took it to the bone yard for a final resting place after realizing the inevitable.

On the brighter side the V10 drug that 22ft flatbed around with my poor dead car wihtout even a grunt.

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I think I did this right.