It sucks wrecking a truck two or three years after buying it. A couple days would really depress the hell out of me
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the panels will never be straight and the paint is never matched perfectly. Not to mention the truck is still stuck on the lift. I know a guy that drives a wrecker and has had to recover cars from falling off the lift before. They get more damage being removed than for the intial fall. I would not want that truck back after paying 50K+ for it then having it go through this. It's not like it was lightly set there it was dropped. Dropping bends stuff, important stuff.
It sucks to have to deal with this but that's how it works sometimes. Insurance and a good shop will get it back in shape. Sometimes life just isn't fair.
Hopefully it all works out for him but it's also not clear to me why he should get a brand new truck. It was not brand new when it rolled into the shop, just slightly used.
Also, it looks like all four corners are supported still so it shouldn't have bent much of anything.
the panels will never be straight and the paint is never matched perfectly. Not to mention the truck is still stuck on the lift. I know a guy that drives a wrecker and has had to recover cars from falling off the lift before. They get more damage being removed than for the intial fall. I would not want that truck back after paying 50K+ for it then having it go through this. It's not like it was lightly set there it was dropped. Dropping bends stuff, important stuff.
It sucks to have to deal with this but that's how it works sometimes. Insurance and a good shop will get it back in shape. Sometimes life just isn't fair.
Hopefully it all works out for him but it's also not clear to me why he should get a brand new truck. It was not brand new when it rolled into the shop, just slightly used.
Also, it looks like all four corners are supported still so it shouldn't have bent much of anything.
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TOTAL BULLSHIT.
the panels will never be straight and the paint is never matched perfectly. Not to mention the truck is still stuck on the lift. I know a guy that drives a wrecker and has had to recover cars from falling off the lift before. They get more damage being removed than for the intial fall. I would not want that truck back after paying 50K+ for it then having it go through this. It's not like it was lightly set there it was dropped. Dropping bends stuff, important stuff.
Panels are never straight when new. Look down the side of ANY domestic truck and you'll see wavy metal. Most repairs are actually straighter than the original sheetmetal. Matching paint is a no brainer with modern paint systems.
You guys need to quit buying into all of those old wives tales about this shit.
Really.
OH, and 1000 times yes on deleting those ridiculous JC Whitney decals. WF?
I just hope they don't add to the damages when they take it down....
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A halfway competent recovery person should be able to get it down with very little damage. If they jack it back up on the corner that dropped then lower the whole thing, it won't be bad.
As I said before, about all the owner can hope for is repairs plus MAYBE a diminished value claim due to the damages.
TOTAL BULLSHIT.
the panels will never be straight and the paint is never matched perfectly. Not to mention the truck is still stuck on the lift. I know a guy that drives a wrecker and has had to recover cars from falling off the lift before. They get more damage being removed than for the intial fall. I would not want that truck back after paying 50K+ for it then having it go through this. It's not like it was lightly set there it was dropped. Dropping bends stuff, important stuff.
Panels are never straight when new. Look down the side of ANY domestic truck and you'll see wavy metal. Most repairs are actually straighter than the original sheetmetal. Matching paint is a no brainer with modern paint systems.
You guys need to quit buying into all of those old wives tales about this shit.
Really.
OH, and 1000 times yes on deleting those ridiculous JC Whitney decals. WF?
I dont do body work. I'm just sayin that the value of the truck already went down after drivin off the lot a week before this. How much more did the value go down after this? The truck has been wrecked is gona be on Carfax and shit. I'd want a new one or somethin.
I'd be gettin me a lawyer
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Texasgordo
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Hopefully he can work a deal to have those God-awful decals removed when they have it in the paint booth.
See what happens when you put dumb stickers on your ride?
But decals give the truck super powers
Bet they wrote it off. 
Looks like a new hood and fender and it should be fine.
Looks like a new hood and fender and it should be fine.
