Tacoma747
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2005
- Location
- Winston-Salem
Saturday was an exciting day, Bryan (from NCTTORA) knows exactly what happened, and many thanks to him for stopping by, and also to an unknown Toyota driver that helped me out a ton.
Story starts:
I was going down Speedway Blvd, looking for a used race car parts store someone had told me about, couldn't find it so I was making a u-turn in front of Tom Johnson's camping center. Apparently I was going too fast, and the truck decided it wanted to try an acrobatic stunt. Lets just say it gave it one heck of a try, but didn't complete it.
About 30 seconds after the rollover, I was out of the truck, and VERY soon after that a red toyota goes by, turns out he stopped. After asking me if I was OK, he asked if I wanted to sell the truck, BIG NO from me, so he offered to roll it back over, we hooked up the chain, and in notime it was back on all 4's. The cop showed up, wrote the report, didn't give me a ticket, and was on his way. I got some friends to come pick it up, as it is not driveable (at least not comfortably), plus the cop said I couldn't(he had nothing to worry about there). Bryan Hilton was driving by, and stopped, kind of odd that two Toyota guys showed up to help before the cops ever go there.
I will have to replace the windshield, drivers side window, and roof. The doors should be salvageable, but will never be like new I am sure. I am glad my front bumper is slightly higher than the hood, as my hood still opens fine and isn't even scratched (well, at least not from this).
I am thankful I had the rollbar (just wish the cage was finished), and the seatbelts. Both me and Rebecca walked away, I have a very minor scratch on my arm, and she was unhurt, but will probably be a little sore.
Well, here are pics, although I wish I could have gotten one of my truck upside down with Lowe's Motor Speedway in the background...
Put some oil in it when I got home, and it runs fine, but I will probably need a new alternator or battery.
Go here to see the pics: http://www.rockdustfab.com/gallery/Rolled-Taco
If anyone knows of a donor cab, I will be needing one shortly.
Story starts:
I was going down Speedway Blvd, looking for a used race car parts store someone had told me about, couldn't find it so I was making a u-turn in front of Tom Johnson's camping center. Apparently I was going too fast, and the truck decided it wanted to try an acrobatic stunt. Lets just say it gave it one heck of a try, but didn't complete it.
About 30 seconds after the rollover, I was out of the truck, and VERY soon after that a red toyota goes by, turns out he stopped. After asking me if I was OK, he asked if I wanted to sell the truck, BIG NO from me, so he offered to roll it back over, we hooked up the chain, and in notime it was back on all 4's. The cop showed up, wrote the report, didn't give me a ticket, and was on his way. I got some friends to come pick it up, as it is not driveable (at least not comfortably), plus the cop said I couldn't(he had nothing to worry about there). Bryan Hilton was driving by, and stopped, kind of odd that two Toyota guys showed up to help before the cops ever go there.
I will have to replace the windshield, drivers side window, and roof. The doors should be salvageable, but will never be like new I am sure. I am glad my front bumper is slightly higher than the hood, as my hood still opens fine and isn't even scratched (well, at least not from this).
I am thankful I had the rollbar (just wish the cage was finished), and the seatbelts. Both me and Rebecca walked away, I have a very minor scratch on my arm, and she was unhurt, but will probably be a little sore.
Well, here are pics, although I wish I could have gotten one of my truck upside down with Lowe's Motor Speedway in the background...
Put some oil in it when I got home, and it runs fine, but I will probably need a new alternator or battery.
Go here to see the pics: http://www.rockdustfab.com/gallery/Rolled-Taco
If anyone knows of a donor cab, I will be needing one shortly.
