time for someone to go out and buy the T shirt that has "I do all my own Stunts" printed on it! 

can i just say "you lucky mothermake the beast with two backser"  congrats on winning the battle with a concrete wall.  I dont think there many people in the world who can say they won that war.

Quote from: SpankyDuc on January 28, 2012, 02:20:15 PM
time for someone to go out and buy the T shirt that has "I do all my own Stunts" printed on it! 

That's actually a good idea, I think I might try to find one of those.





I also made time to fix it today...




First up was getting the pintle hook out of the receiver.  It was really jammed in there.

I ended up backing the truck up to a piece of equipment with a pipe between them and using a 3 ton chain come-along to pull it out.


Here's the damage.  (And that's what was left of the hitch pin sitting on top.)







Takes a pretty solid impact to do this sort of thing.







A little metal work and a light shot from a rattle can to mask the new steel and this's what we have.  As soon as the new paint gets a little dust on it, I don't think you'll be able to tell anything happened.   

looks like your handy with a grinder and welder.  that makes the repair work a little easier

Nah, it's all JB Weld and Bondo.

dont know if i would tow with j-b weld.  i hate the smell of that stuff...

 

Quote from: Rameses on January 27, 2012, 04:36:35 PM

If he were driving we'd probably both be dead.

good point.

Really nice job on the repair. Looks good as new.

By the way, congrats on the mad driving skills and the save. Glad you weren't hurt. Oh... and yes, JB Weld rocks!

Wondering what sort of Damage was done to the Wall. That sort of a hit must of left some sort of a Mark?

who cares about the wall as long as our peeps are safe and well

Quote from: SpankyDuc on January 29, 2012, 12:32:10 PM
Wondering what sort of Damage was done to the Wall. That sort of a hit must of left some sort of a Mark?

I've driven by the wall twice since it happened and I can't see any noticeable damage.

I'm sure there's at least a scrape on it somewhere, but no chunks missing from it or anything like that.

Try harder next time

Quote from: Monsterlover on January 29, 2012, 07:08:37 PM
Try harder next time

I'll have to see if I can get a tungsten hitch pin.  That was the weak link.