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May 2, 2006 | 01:59 PM

51dueller

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From: Saskatoon SK Canada

Ouch

Just a little while ago I was drilling a hole when the bit caught the edge and shattered. One piece cut through my glove and just clipped the end of my finger. The gloves came off and I ran to the house to get it bandaged. Meanwhile blood is running down my hand. Have you guys ever hurt yourself working on your truck?

BTW it's different typing with one less finger.

May 2, 2006 | 02:05 PM

Snowking

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From: Colonsay Sk. Canada

Sounds painful enough, the worst I can rember is when I was removing a rear end from a 65 I thought I had the jackalls straight enough but I think my dog was getting excited to play 9 cause I was kneeling) the dog I think set them off balance. I dodged the falling Mercury, but the jackall rammed me on the head. I think thats my worse truck injury (I can't remeber much from before that LOL)

I did have a pair of tin shears dropped on my head, I just saw my jacket cover with blood. (still makes me shiver)

May 2, 2006 | 02:36 PM

Fullcrew7.3

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Not from my truck, but when I was 16, working on my first car ('80 mustang), I was swapping the rearend and ended up dropping the whole rear end assembly on my chest. Not my brightest moment. It took some doing to get out and the x-rays showed nothing broken.

May 2, 2006 | 07:22 PM

Fomoko1

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Jackalls are dangerous, I had one slip, the handel flew up hitting my jaw hard enough to make it bleed and chipping my jaw bone.

May 2, 2006 | 09:24 PM

Bouts21

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They say projects are made from blood, sweat and tears, I think this thread proves two of the three!! Cut fingers, banged heads, pulled hair. Funniest, not the worst yet though I'm sure, working on some electricals under the dash of the Tbird, got my hair caught on a screw or something under the dash, couldn't pull up as I was laying upside down with my legs over the back of the front seat, steering wheel pressing on my chest, couldn't move sideways as the hair was pulling, couldn't bring my head down as the hair was pulling. finally held my breath and yanked a good chunk of hair out and got out of the mess!! I shaved my head after that, still bald. Then there's the time I got stuck under a 1/2 full gas tank that slipped off the jacks and landed on my chest, couldn't reach the cell phone.....

May 2, 2006 | 09:42 PM

Dustin1690

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From: Saskatoon Saskatchewan

Dont you just hate when you hurt yourself man those stories sound like they would hurt

May 3, 2006 | 12:22 AM

preppypyro

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From: North Central Rural Sask.

Actually so far I havent had any bad things happen. I do remember putting a turbo 350 tranny filled with fluid on my chest and bench pressing it into place one, that kinda hurt the next day!

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May 3, 2006 | 12:24 AM

66gpw

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From: Delisle/Vanscoy, Sk.

Mine were not from the truck, although I have had many scraped knuckles on the trucks.
The one that scared me was my 71 Lemans wgn. It was running and tightening the altenator bolt. Wrench slipped and hand went into the fan blade. My hand and arm flew up and behind my back. Did not want to look at my hand. Figured it would be half gone. No still intact, but very numb. Must of hit the flat of the fan blade.
Ths other is very painful. Crawled under my 66 fury to fix a gas tank leak. Found the leak and crawled out. As I was crawling out a drop of gas fell right into my ear. Extremely painful and throws your balance all off. Washed it out with water.
The old days of opening oil cans where you punch the spout into it. Had oil shoot up into my eyes. Did not hurt, just blurry for a few minutes til the oil washed away.