- Dec 4, 2011
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We've got a foot of snow on the ground already this morning, and after dropping my wife off at work this morning, I found a little present the city left behind... a pile of snow left in the street at one of the intersections. I hit it doing about 30 (couldn't dodge), and it grabbed the right side of the truck, threw me around and bounced me up over the curb onto the shoulder. Took out a small tree on my way through. The biggest shock was that there was no body damage, except to the front end. My push-bar took nearly all of the brunt of the tree. It's now pushed off about 6" to the right. Also split the cross-piece that the chevy emblem sits in, and mangled the bumper cover. So far the only actual damage I have found is that the bottom of the fan shroud has been pushed lightly into the fan. I was able to drive home without overheating, but I have a new job starting on Monday and need to get this figured out fast.
My worst concern is the wheels themselves. Fortunately there was so much snow packed up beside the street that I think I mostly slid up over the curb. There's no apparent scuffing of the paint on the wheels, and I didn't even pop off a center cap. I also didn't feel any wobbling on the rest of the drive home, so I'm crossing my fingers there.
So if its just the front-end issue, then I got really lucky. All of the doors still appear to be in proper alignment, the hood still hits the latch in the right spot, and measurements across the engine compartment appear to still be square. I'm waiting for the snow to melt back enough that I can get a good look underneath and see if the twisting of the push-bar did any damage to the frame where it's attached.
The last time we had a really heavy snow, it was in October while the leaves were still on the trees. I was enjoying the snow until large branches started breaking off of our tree.
My worst concern is the wheels themselves. Fortunately there was so much snow packed up beside the street that I think I mostly slid up over the curb. There's no apparent scuffing of the paint on the wheels, and I didn't even pop off a center cap. I also didn't feel any wobbling on the rest of the drive home, so I'm crossing my fingers there.
So if its just the front-end issue, then I got really lucky. All of the doors still appear to be in proper alignment, the hood still hits the latch in the right spot, and measurements across the engine compartment appear to still be square. I'm waiting for the snow to melt back enough that I can get a good look underneath and see if the twisting of the push-bar did any damage to the frame where it's attached.
The last time we had a really heavy snow, it was in October while the leaves were still on the trees. I was enjoying the snow until large branches started breaking off of our tree.