Was rear ended this morning

[56cbr600rr]

Wet roads. Hit was pretty hard. when I walked around the back, I expected to see significant damage. To of my surprise, I see nothing but the lightest of scuffs on the lowest part of the tailgate.


Best I can tell all the spacing of the bumper and truck bed are good. Did the hitch do most of the saving? He said he was doing 35, which I doubt. The damage would be worse.

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[wildtaco]

Hard to tell with the finger in the way... lol

 

[Freems]

Wet roads. Hit was pretty hard. when I walked around the back, I expected to see significant damage. To of my surprise, I see nothing but the lightest of scuffs on the lowest part of the tailgate.


Best I can tell all the spacing of the bumper and truck bed are good. Did the hitch do most of the saving? He said he was doing 35, which I doubt. The damage would be worse.

Look over closely the inside of the bed for metal movement, a friend last month his JT took a similar hit, it tweaked the bed in a curved downward at the tailgate, insurance is replacing the bed.

 

[40x40]

the photos remind me of what "Gunther" would show in the "Curtis" comic strip!

 

[rr11]

That's the reason I always leave my hitch in. 15 years ago I got rear ended in my F250, bent my draw bar, no damage to the truck. Granted it was a large hitch but it killed the Cady no other damage to the truck.

 

[Hootbro]

Nice looking booger picker.

 

[Rusty PW]

Nice nails.

 

[Pakdoc]

Steel bumpers are great! Add a tow hitch and impale their radiators....and just get a scratch on your ball.

 

[LouisvEarlleJT]

Looks like the hitch and maybe the spare took most of it? Either way I'd have insurance look it over just to dot the i's and cross the t's.

 

[Viper501]

side benefit of the monster pintle hitch

 

[Jchap1987]

Yall do know people can see your license plate in public right.

 

[AustyPosty]

I bought a used max tow package hitch receiver on FB marketplace and put in a ball hitch just so I could have some added rear end protection and hopefully discourage tailgaters

 

[DarthAWM]

https://ajkoffroad.com/products/hitch-skid-with-recovery-point-short

I haven't tested it for a rear end collision, but it protect the rearend off road really well

 

[56cbr600rr]

Looks like the hitch and maybe the spare took most of it? Either way I'd have insurance look it over just to dot the i's and cross the t's.

Surprisingly, I see nothing underneath that’s been pushed in. The spare area still has all of its shape.

 

[SargeDiesel]

Wet roads. Hit was pretty hard. when I walked around the back, I expected to see significant damage. To of my surprise, I see nothing but the lightest of scuffs on the lowest part of the tailgate.


Best I can tell all the spacing of the bumper and truck bed are good. Did the hitch do most of the saving? He said he was doing 35, which I doubt. The damage would be worse.

Not a dig... but why do people always hide their tag ? It's not like you drive around with it visible 365 days a year... seen by millions of cameras and public information ?

Real question, genuinely curious ?

Foremost, I'm glad you are okay... hopefully nobody was injured.

By the way, thats a skinny finger...

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