Bad crash near our home

[85_Ranger4x4]

Also in my F-150 7700 Series that was hit head on and totaled. The other driver admitted to reaching for his cell phone when he hit me
*That truck held up amazingly!! Look at my truck then look at his car

MY TRUCK

Maybe he was just trying to kill that plate?

The three things to take note of are that a living tree, unlike a stop sign, is much tougher as it has more moisture and is more flexible--a living oak trunk is much more sturdy than a dead piece of lumber. The only reason you dry it is for dimensional stability--you make it weaker when you dry it. Secondly, a living tree has roots that can go down 50', even if it is fairly small, and those downward roots come out of a lot of places--not just a single tap root below the trunk--that tree has a lot of mass below the ground, and going off in a lot of directions--including straight down. Lastly, the mass above the trunk also plays a huge part. All of that mass above the point of impact plays a huge role in the results of your crash. If the tree was only 6' tall, you might run it over. Even if it is only 6 inches thick, it might have a couple thousand pounds above the point of impact--that mass is something you have to deal with if you plan on running over the tree. The net result of it all is that even a semi will be stopped by a pathetically small tree. A small vehicle like a 4-ton dually pickup doesn't stand a chance.

They say that there is just as much tree below ground as there is above as a general rule of thumb.

 

[Will]

I think it's true, but my experience in digging up trees with a backhoe is that there are a lot of really tiny roots that wouldn't contribute much to the trees defence in a collision. We dug up a maple last year that we dug out all around it, but could not pull up the stump. By the time we got it free, we had dug under the tree and found roots going straight down from the roots coming out parrallel to the ground--a lot of straight down roots. We had to dig under the tree as well as around it. A tree send out roots like crazy to find water. This was an extreme case, but is shows how well anchored a tree is. A 6" trunk has the planet securing it at one end and 2-tons of ballast above it ready to shrug off a dually truck above.

 

[Mr 85Ranger]

Maybe he was just trying to kill that plate?

If he was it didn't work because there is NO way to kill an IH!!
**The tag still lives on my 4-wheeler still crumpled up from the wreck**

 

[Cobra5150]

Do you also go dig up gram every so often to see if you can revive her?



What is with all these 8+ month dead threads getting opened back up again?

Nevermind....

 

[shane96ranger]

There have been few revivals around TRS lately.

But the way I look at it, this shows that people are using the search function. So I'm not going to gripe.

 

[Blake.]

yeah. its old. but, its a good topic to be reminded of.

one of my friends was killed when he rolled his truck. he got ejected and the truck rolled over on top of him. they say if he woulda worn his seat belt he would have been ok.

another one of my friends hit a tree leaving my house. i heard his truck hit the tree. i drove toward him to see his truck facing the opposite way of the direction he was traveling. and the front bumper was smashed all the way up to the cab. both doors were jammed shut and he had to climb out of the window to get out. he had a nasty bruise across his shoulder and chest and another across his waist from the seat belt. if he hadnt been wearing his seat belt, his face would have met that tree with that same force.

so in my book:
seat belts-2
no belts -0

 

[straycat]

Dudes!! Old post...lol...but a good post. 2 nights ago my wife and I were coming home for the movies just before dark and we watched a girl two cars in front of us zig zagging over and back in her lane and the oncoming lane and we thought she might be texting. She was holding her cell phone in her right hand and had her left arm dangling out the window and then she left the road and hit one of the oak trees that line our roadway. She just left the road went hard right and she just plowed into a tree at about 30 mph (lucky for her she was doing the speed limit). The impact took off her front bumper (2007 Ford Escape) crushed her right fender and knocked out two side windows on the right side of the SUV. The air bags deployed but she was fine and she was buckled up. She was 17 and a cutie. My wife and I waited for her parents to come and then we left. Her parents called the cops before they left their house. I should have taken pics since I have before but this was different. She needed somebody to console her and my wife is a school teacher and they can relate to each other. Hope she won't do this again!!!!!

 

[shane96ranger]

Dudes!! Old post...lol...but a good post. 2 nights ago my wife and I were coming home for the movies just before dark and we watched a girl two cars in front of us zig zagging over and back in her lane and the oncoming lane and we thought she might be texting. She was holding her cell phone in her right hand and had her left arm dangling out the window and then she left the road and hit one of the oak trees that line our roadway. She just left the road went hard right and she just plowed into a tree at about 30 mph (lucky for her she was doing the speed limit). The impact took off her front bumper (2007 Ford Escape) crushed her right fender and knocked out two side windows on the right side of the SUV. The air bags deployed but she was fine and she was buckled up. She was 17 and a cutie. My wife and I waited for her parents to come and then we left. Her parents called the cops before they left their house. I should have taken pics since I have before but this was different. She needed somebody to console her and my wife is a school teacher and they can relate to each other. Hope she won't do this again!!!!!

Dang, I wish you would have taken pics. My 06 Escape (older body style, but still) has all of the curtain air bags. I'm not exactly sure why, but the front seats also say "air bag" on them as well. I've wondered how well they will do. I'm not wanting to find out for myself though, just curious.

EDIT: I guess the front seats have side impact air bags in them.

 

[straycat]

Like I said, I wanted to take some pics but the girl was just shaken so badly and very upset and needed somebody to console her. I would have felt like a leech taking pics. My wife has students around her age so she is good with kids. Now, if there were nobody standing near the crash I would have!! That Escape was messed up.

 

[det107]

Top 15 dangerous cities to drive in

It seems that Florida had made the list in 4 places:
#1 Fort Lauderdale
#2 Orlando
#11 Jacksonville
#12 St. Petersburg

 

[adsm08]

Again?

Cat, you need to move.

 

[adsm08]

Dang, I wish you would have taken pics. My 06 Escape (older body style, but still) has all of the curtain air bags. I'm not exactly sure why, but the front seats also say "air bag" on them as well. I've wondered how well they will do. I'm not wanting to find out for myself though, just curious.

EDIT: I guess the front seats have side impact air bags in them.

Because your seats have airbags in them as part of the side curtain system.

 

[press 1 for english]

Mistakes, medical condition crashes are forgiveable. DUI, racing, speeding, and distracted driving are inexcuseable but generally people that do these assinine things are underinsured or uninsured. Not wearing seatbelts in vehicles equipped with airbags can cause more injuries.....in a solid front end collision you can slide under the airbag and seriously injure your ankles, knees, and legs in general.
The girl who was killed in the collision should have screamed or told the idiot driver to slow down since he was going 70 in a 30.......at the least grab the gear selector and threw it into low or park. A shelled transmission is better than a totalled vehicle or injuries.
If you aren't gripping the steering wheel properly when the aibag deploys, your arms could get fractured quite easily.

 

[adsm08]

The girl who was killed in the collision should have screamed or told the idiot driver to slow down since he was going 70 in a 30.......at the least grab the gear selector and threw it into low or park. A shelled transmission is better than a totalled vehicle or injuries.

A lot of modern transmissions won't allow that. They won't make a downshift that will damage the trans. It will neutral out or stay in it's current gear.

At that speed, if thrown into park, at best it would just strip out the pawl and gear.

 

[wrecking-crew]

Putting it into reverse still works. Sorta. We found that out in class on a Ranger no less.