The Real Reason To Drive These Great Trucks!!
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The Real Reason To Drive These Great Trucks!!
Check out my excursion crash that left 4 of us including myself all ALIVE in a severe rollover. Pics are posted in the gallery. Show this to people who think these are obnoxious and fuel guzzlers! Cant put a price on safety! HAHA BUILT FORD TOUGH! and by the way it still rins and drives great! -Dan
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looks pretty bad, glad you're ok......but the pics are really small, got anything bigger. Did you walk away? the front seat roof area looks really smashed in, how bad were the injuries in the front seat. got any more details on the accident?
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Glad everyone was ok. Thats a really nice truck though and it looks like u put alot into her, srry for the lose of ur truck, but everyone in its ok so thats good. How many times did she role? I read in the caption that u sustained the worst injuries, how bad where urs?
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This is a serious question. I'm not trying to be a smart-a$$.
How significantly do you believe the lift kit, and thus higher center-of-gravity, contributed to the roll-over?
Glad you all made it through this!
Pop
How significantly do you believe the lift kit, and thus higher center-of-gravity, contributed to the roll-over?
Glad you all made it through this!
Pop
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Originally Posted by SpringerPop
This is a serious question. I'm not trying to be a smart-a$$.
How significantly do you believe the lift kit, and thus higher center-of-gravity, contributed to the roll-over?
How significantly do you believe the lift kit, and thus higher center-of-gravity, contributed to the roll-over?
That truck didn't have the rear shocks connected, though, which probably had the more significant factor.Then again, I've seen people roll Toyota Corollas. So, anything can happen. I had a friend who rolled his Ford sedan (can't remember what kind), and he still can't figure out how it happened.
What's most important is that you all made it through the wreck. A lesser vehicle in a similar wreck would have left you significantly worse off, that part is for certain.
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Originally Posted by SpringerPop
This is a serious question. I'm not trying to be a smart-a$$.
How significantly do you believe the lift kit, and thus higher center-of-gravity, contributed to the roll-over?
Glad you all made it through this!
Pop
How significantly do you believe the lift kit, and thus higher center-of-gravity, contributed to the roll-over?
Glad you all made it through this!
Pop
I had exactly the same reaction when I saw the pictures. Not to sound unsympathetic to his accident, but I've always wondered how the stability and towing abilities are affected by elevating the center of gravity of a 4 ton vehicle. I know it's offset somewhat by the larger/wider tire size, but the bulk of the vehicle mass is still sitting much higher on the suspension and it would seem that it would make the vehicle more prone to rollover during sudden emergency maneuvers.
Thank goodness everyone survived!
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Glad everyone got out mostly uninjured it seems! If you do some searchiong on the web you may see just how VERY lucky you really are. These trucks tend to kill in rollovers quite often. Many lawsuits about it against ford due to the roofs not being able to support a rollover in most cases. Seems your A pillars disnt hold up as well as id expect them too. You would think the driver/pass roof area would be the strongest. Ford truely was lacking in rollover protection in thier trucks for many many years.
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Originally Posted by FordCrusherGT
A lesser vehicle in a similar wreck would have left you significantly worse off, that part is for certain.
There are also many "lesser" vehicles out there that wouldn't have rolled over in that situation, I imagine. And there are many out there that even when rolled over like that wouldn't have sustained as much damage and have airbags everywhere to protect the occupants.
The Excursion may be big and burly and have great benefits to "safety" (size) but it is sorely lacking in occupant protection. We should not fool ourselves into thinking that size is everything when it comes to protecting our famlies and ourselves. Although it does count for a lot.
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Originally Posted by Monsta
"Lesser" how? Volvo's, for instance, lesser in size and power can actually support the weight of the car while on its roof unlike the Excursions who's front A-pillars collapse risking the the life of the front occupants. The roof structure just isn't strong enough to support the weight of the body, frame & drivetrain, especially at speed.
By lesser I was not referring to size, I meant in terms of structural integrity. A '71 VW Bug, for instance, is lesser. But my mom's Volvo S70 was not.
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As long as you stay shiney side up in an accident you should be very safe in an excurion compared to many otehr cars. The exceptions owuld be a high speed collision with an immovable object, or against a bigger vehicle VS say a dumptruck or frontend loader thats on the street for some reason.
Does anyone know if ford added the side impact door beams in these trucks? I know their older pickups did not have them due to their height.
Does anyone know if ford added the side impact door beams in these trucks? I know their older pickups did not have them due to their height.