Rehab1 Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 12 days later after the accident I picked up my new truck today. Interestingly I somehow feel more comfortable riding my V5F+ than driving the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 21 minutes ago, Rehab1 said: 12 days later after the accident I picked up my new truck today. Interestingly I somehow feel more comfortable riding my V5F+ than driving the truck. Great picture, and true statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 46 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: Great picture, and true statement Thanks! Time to add the same graphics I had on the other truck. Once again be careful on your wheel!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos E Rodriguez Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Rehab1 said: 12 days later after the accident I picked up my new truck today. Interestingly I somehow feel more comfortable riding my V5F+ than driving the truck. Are you going. To install flotation bladders on the truck just in case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos E Rodriguez Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Maybe a blessing in disguise. Gotway incompetence provided you with a new car and new electronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trya Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 @Rehab1 glad you are ok, and glad you seem to be your happy yourself again (just read the whole topic, I missed it 2 weeks ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatcat Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 It seems you are well on the way to recovery. Congrats to that, I'll down a whiskey on your behalf (raises a toast). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingfelder Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 On 6/18/2017 at 7:04 PM, Rehab1 said: Both my neighbor and I are safe but my wife is pissed at me for not going to the emergency room for a chest X-ray. I suppose I should get checked out after looking at the big dent my chest put in the fender but I feel fine. The other dent in the fender is from my hand pressing against the metal attempting to get free! My truck is probably totaled after being submerged for an hour. If that is not bad enough my wife's new KS 14C, my drone and new goggles, camera equipment, iPhone, all EUC chargers.. all gone. This was a bad hit today but it could have been much worse. We are alive! The material items can always be replaced! Here is some footage I shot while I was still in shock talking about my truck. Wow what a nightmare! So sorry this happened too you. What a shame about the truck being totaled ... I guess I'm surprised, since it still looks fine. Hope your health is okay. And what a bummer that you lost all that other stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingfelder Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 On 6/24/2017 at 10:03 AM, Rehab1 said: Just finished talking to the cops again. They found the truck! Ford F150 all bashed in with oil all over the driveway thanks to my behemoth 1/4 steel plate mailbox! The guy left an oil slick right to his house. Oh course everyone the police spoke to at the house denied driving the truck. It appears it was a disgruntled employee that took out 10 mail boxes along the 1/2 mile long route that belonged to many family members who own this company. He just decided to take a few additional boxes for the hell of it! Well he messed with the wrong box!! Going out to reset the post in concrete. My first instinct is that this is a great way for a bad person to deal with a "disgruntled" employee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 On 6/30/2017 at 4:40 PM, Carlos E Rodriguez said: Are you going. To install flotation bladders on the truck just in case? 23 hours ago, trya said: @Rehab1 glad you are ok, and glad you seem to be your happy yourself again (just read the whole topic, I missed it 2 weeks ago). Thanks! 22 hours ago, Scatcat said: It seems you are well on the way to recovery. Congrats to that, I'll down a whiskey on your behalf (raises a toast). Cheers! 8 hours ago, Dingfelder said: What a shame about the truck being totaled ... I guess I'm surprised, since it still looks fine. Yes only had 3k miles. Anytime water goes over the dashboard they total it. A salvage company then picks it up at the dealer, fixes it or parts it out but it will always carry the flood damage seal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Fire and water have become my enemy! 3 months- 3 accidents! The latest is a propane burn attempting to light an outdoor fireplace. The fireplace on/ off valve froze up. Not sure why but there was ice! Since I could not shut off the fireplace at the valve I reached in the cabinet beneath the flames to turn off the propane tank. Liquid propane dripped on my arm while I turned off the valve. This is getting ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatcat Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 2 hours ago, Rehab1 said: Fire and water have become my enemy! 3 months- 3 accidents! The latest is a propane burn attempting to light an outdoor fireplace. The fireplace on/ off valve froze up. Not sure why but there was ice! Since I could not shut off the fireplace at the valve I reached in the cabinet beneath the flames to turn off the propane tank. Liquid propane dripped on my arm while I turned off the valve. This is getting ridiculous! Time to visit a VooDoo master specialised in lifting curses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Scatcat said: Time to visit a VooDoo master specialised in lifting curses? The last time I looked @Hunka Hunka Burning Love has not listed VooDoo Master under his signature. He's a quick read so I'm sure he'll receive his honorary Black Magic Removal Doctorate by the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatcat Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, Rehab1 said: The last time I looked @Hunka Hunka Burning Love has not listed VooDoo Master under his signature. He's a quick read so I'm sure he'll receive his honorary Black Magic Removal Doctorate by the end of the day. @Hunka Hunka Burning Love, you up for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Doooon't tempt me! (Goes to Google chicken blood/eye of newt/powdered skull recipes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 8 hours ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: Doooon't tempt me! (Goes to Google chicken blood/eye of newt/powdered skull recipes). This scene looks a little like @esaj 's new work space he has be putting together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanghamP Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 On 6/30/2017 at 1:20 PM, Rehab1 said: 12 days later after the accident I picked up my new truck today. Interestingly I somehow feel more comfortable riding my V5F+ than driving the truck. Everytime I see a picture of a forum members I'm always struck by how much more physically fit they are compared to the average/common American. I've seen more obese Spandex bicycle riders on CF racing bikes (not hating them, good for them, I knew a few and they are turning their health around). Also, that has got to be one of the biggest differences between two motorized vehicles I've yet seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingfelder Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 24 minutes ago, LanghamP said: Everytime I see a picture of a forum members I'm always struck by how much more physically fit they are compared to the average/common American. I've seen more obese Spandex bicycle riders on CF racing bikes (not hating them, good for them, I knew a few and they are turning their health around). Also, that has got to be one of the biggest differences between two motorized vehicles I've yet seen. That's a good picture of Rehab1 there, for sure. Re fitness of EUC riders, I believe that only people with a certain confidence in their physicality would even consider trying to learn how to ride a EUC or, for that matter, a unicycle. For everybody else, the appropriate response is probably, "Hell no! You must be out of your mind!" Some of that confidence probably comes from feeling our bodies are still good working tools if we need them to be, and if we need to improve them or the way they work, we're not starting off from too far behind. I think we're self-selecting for being up to the task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Thank you for the kind compliments! Trying to keep my head from swelling up. My confidence for Red Dodge Ram Rebels just went down the drain! I had to leave my wife and grandson at the lake to have my new truck serviced! It only has 154 miles on it and I have had to jump start it 3xs. So I drove 60 miles back to Toledo and sit here at the service center on my day off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatcat Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 19 minutes ago, Rehab1 said: Thank you for the kind compliments! Trying to keep my head from swelling up. My confidence for Red Dodge Ram Rebels just went down the drain! I had to leave my wife and grandson at the lake to have my new truck serviced! It only has 154 miles on it and I have had to jump start it 3xs. So I drove 60 miles back to Toledo and sit here at the service center on my day off. You REALLY NEED that witch doctor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 I just learned something about the process for testing automotive batteries. This machine will literally generate a printout stating if my battery is bad or not. The bad news it can take up to 85 minutes to make that decision. The dealership will not replace my truck battery until this computerized, minimum wage employee confirms the battery is toast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Rehab1 said: I just learned something about the process for testing automotive batteries. This machine will literally generate a printout stating if my battery is bad or not. The bad news it can take up to 85 minutes to make that decision. The dealership will not replace my truck battery until this computerized, minimum wage employee confirms the battery is toast! So funny. When the decision making process is removed from people than they can use robots or minimum wage employees. What kills me is when highly paid people (in large bureaucracies, like government jobs) don't apply common sense when dealing with an issue, and instead spout 'programmed responses'. What's the point in paying that person good money. If they can't think then replace them with automation or low payed workers. That's my pet peeve for the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 God it takes long time for a new battery! I decided to pass some time and went for a ride on my V5F+ around the dealer's lot looking for my drown truck. At 1:40 into the video some employee is swatting bees off of a new car. It first looked like he had some form of bee zapper in his hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 45 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: So funny. When the decision making process is removed from people than they can use robots or minimum wage employees. Going on 2 1/2 hours! I believe these new deep cell batteries are more complicated to evaluate if there is a defect! I told the service department I had put a slow charge on the battery last night. It is just not accepting the charge. Oh well! Should be any time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 The ruling on the battery: Severe State of Discharge. Sounds like a medical disease. They brought it back to life with some expensive charger I unfortunately did not get to see. Time to go work on something productive: The Test Rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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