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Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? CashisKing #15224161 09/14/20
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slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,551 Likes: 68 TN	Some crackhead ran over my beagle out here on a dang dead end read we live on. It was a rainy day, I followed rainbow rings of transmission fluid for 18 miles to the parking lot of payday check cashing place. Bigger stain there but vehicle gone. Ole girl took out their transcooler I guess. Serves the bastards right.

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Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? DigitalDan #15224167 09/14/20
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,481 Likes: 27 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna
chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,481 Likes: 27 TX	Originally Posted by DigitalDan Well, I have an old F150. Nailed a ‘dillo one afternoon. In reverse. I smiled for a couple days. LOL ! "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? vapodog #15224173 09/14/20
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chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,481 Likes: 27 TX	Originally Posted by vapodog Originally Posted by chlinstructor Originally Posted by SamOlson Originally Posted by chlinstructor Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad Keep the vehicle straight. Apply brakes as vigorously as possible. Do not swerve.........unless speeds are so slow that you could not possibly lose control. ^^^This^^^ Thinking back I bet if I woulda punched it the pickup and trailer would have cleared the deer before they crossed. I’ve been lucky Sam. Never hit a deer in my 45 years of “legal” driving. Hit a few coyotes though. 🤠 famous last words.....I, too, went 40 years without hitting a deer.....then hit seven in one year..... Yep. Probably jinxed myself. 🤠 "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? RiverRider #15224177 09/14/20
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chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,481 Likes: 27 TX	Originally Posted by RiverRider Between high school and the Navy, I hunted a lot of jackrabbits and developed the habit of swerving to hit them if it was just a little juke move. In a pickup, no problem and they were thick as flies in those days. Fast forward four years, I brought a '76 TransAm home with my DD-214. It was four years old, but it was absolutely cherry. Back in those days, night cruising the rural areas and imbibing mass quantities of beer was a thing. Old habits die hard, and a guy can forget just how big jackrabbits can be in four years time. I can still remember hearing the sound of the front air dam ripping loose and making the trip underneath the car. The sounds were kind of like it was all taking place in slow motion and that's the way I remember the event. sigh I never did put a new front air dam on that car. Figured it was something that just wasn't going to last long. Andrew, I had a 1975 Model. With the 455 and Factory 4 speed. Good times! "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? CashisKing #15224239 09/14/20
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Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,529 Likes: 24 Filer, ID	With the price of a bumper that will actually prevent damage, it's often cheaper to get a lower deductible on your insurance and not worry about it. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

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Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? Rock Chuck #15224251 09/14/20
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SamOlson Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 43,997 Likes: 26 Hi-Line	Originally Posted by Rock Chuck With the price of a bumper that will actually prevent damage, it's often cheaper to get a lower deductible on your insurance and not worry about it. That's highly subjective.

Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? deerstalker #15224739 09/15/20
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ConradCA Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,612 Likes: 1 Santa Clara CA, USA	Small stuff your better off hitting than getting into an accident.

Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? SamOlson #15224803 09/15/20
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OP CashisKing Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 22,018 Likes: 18 Anywhere people are Less Stupi...	Originally Posted by SamOlson Originally Posted by Rock Chuck With the price of a bumper that will actually prevent damage, it's often cheaper to get a lower deductible on your insurance and not worry about it. That's highly subjective. I was headed to South Florida from Virginia about 2000. Found a shop somewhere in North Florida up against Georgia if I recall correctly. It was a fairly big shop with about 20 employees. I pulled in... they took measurements on my truck to verify (they had Master templates for all major truck types)... I then picked out what type of steel designed bumper I wanted... gave them a deposit and went on my way. A week later... heading back North they had it finished and installed it for me. Heck of a bumper I think it was around $200. They also did me a frame-to-frame front Reese hitch assembly. Had two perfectly aligned Reese hitches for removable wench... cooler carrier etc. I'll come back and add a picture if I can find one... Last edited by CashisKing; 09/15/20. Reason: Pic added If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.

Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? CashisKing #15224882 09/15/20
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StoneCutter Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 7,889 The RED part of MD	I had a little bird stuck in my grill a couple of weeks ago. Never saw it, but he must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Ronald Reagan

Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? CashisKing #15224989 09/15/20
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huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,954 Likes: 21 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	cash, that ain't a 'bumper', it's a frigging grille guard.

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Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? huntsman22 #15225320 09/15/20
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 22,018 Likes: 18 Anywhere people are Less Stupi... C CashisKing OP Campfire Ranger
OP CashisKing Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 22,018 Likes: 18 Anywhere people are Less Stupi...	Originally Posted by huntsman22 cash, that ain't a 'bumper', it's a frigging grille guard. Of course you are correct sir. What you are missing however is what you cannot see in the photograph. Cross mounted between the frame was a structural frame that houses two perfectly aligned Reese hitch females. This allowed me to install an actual front bumper made from a railroad rail. That truck has long been sold. Current versions involve a 5 inch round pipe sealed at both ends to serve as a air pressure tank from an on-board air compressor. With two symmetrical Reese hitch females it is also possible to have a fishing rod rack or a cooler carrier. I'm also experimenting with a gin Pole on a 1986 Toyota I am playing with now. I will post pictures later if we are successful. Old link... BUT IN PROCESS https://photos.app.goo.gl/3sUFcGjC5ATqtwYw7 Last edited by CashisKing; 09/15/20. Reason: Damn phone typos If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.

Re: Critters on the road - hit or avoid? CashisKing #15225433 09/15/20
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Skankhunt42 Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 4,892 Likes: 2	Took out a crow in the middle of town with my Goldwing passenger side mirror years ago, had a small bird wedged in my foot pegs another time. The biggest thing you'll hit around here is a deer (unless a horse or cow would get loose from a farm, and that rarely happens) and I've killed a whole lot of deer with my pick ups. So many that although I don't have a RH bumper or anything but I do carry a 100 dollar deductible on my comp. I've always told my kids no swerving, if you hit a deer you hit a deer. I'd rather you be okay than the deer.

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