Bad crash with Little Zeus today!!!!!!

[1985 kenworth]

i was out today and while my wife was shopping i decided to run my truck(i usually have one or 2 with me most times...play time is any time)anyway i was in full throttle when i decided to walk to a good place to sit down when i tripped on a rock and my thumb (i have throttle and steer on the same stick)from the jerk motion moved the stick to the left just as zeus in full throttle was close to a cement curb,and then POW!!! right into the curb left front corner head on .the damage is worse than it looks,i bent the frame in 3 places,the front left leaf spring/shackle assembly ,front crossmember/bumper mount is bent and shifted to the right.the front left headlight rock guard also(will have to make a new set).thankfully no damage to the body thanks to the bumper i got from russisloud took most of the hit and because its solid pushed and shifted everything back.let me tell you all this ,if a baseball scout would have been there and seen how far i threw that freakin rock..i would be a signing a contract to be a professional baseball player right now

[1985 kenworth]

here is a close up of the bent things.in spite of all the damage the truck still reversed and drove back to where i was standing in tears.i guess i just inherited a parts chassis now

[Bigrigger]

Sorry to hear about the wreck Dwayne! That's the hardest part of this hobby... I'll take that parts chassis off your hands and ease your pain! You should be able to fix the damage, right?

[ryman]

Man that sucks... I feel for you, but the body and paint job was saved and now we will have the rebuild thread
"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic Truck. Zeus will be that Truck. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster."

[Lil Giants]

BTDT too it is painfull to see your 1st born crash so hard ...& so much of your 1st creativity & igenuity destroyed in a split second OOPS! I think I may have invented a new language that day... some of the words that had rolled off my tongue.

Perhaps in 6months we could merge this thread into JDH429's thread "Funny now, not so funny then"

[Mama Sue]

Sorry to hear of Zeus' misfortune. I agree with Lil Giants, in time it will be a funny now, not so funny then.

[tc1cat]

Sorry to hear and see you misfortune with Zeus Now I have a question for you- Do you have a gear reduction unit in the truck? If you didn't, shame on you!! If you did, this is the worst crash I have seen. Even Travis' and Benny's demolition derby didn't have this results Just a good thing everything is rebuild-able unlike an airplane which is start from scratch.

[Radio Control Trucker]

THE BODY IS INTACT

You can rebuild, make it like new and improve anything you want this time

It hurts to have a wreck, I know (I've done it)
But it can be fixed, as long as you were not injured in the fall.

- RCT

p.s. And maybe someone should find out just were that rock you threw went

[kaptain Jack]

Dwayne, you can make better,stronger,faster!!!!!
If you need a hand,come over.

[1985 kenworth]

thanks everyone i needed a good laugh..however i did start the teardown this morning and it seems there is more damage than i thought.hey lynn i don't have a gear reduction in any of my trucks,i don't even have a speed limiter on my real truck simply because i am responsible enough not to speed and ususally when i am out somewhere there is always a over zealous kid trying to run after my truck while the parent usually stands there and thinks its funny until i get pissed and tell them the real cost of replacing this "toy as they call it" the other reason is i do a few parades each year and the pace to walk to keep up i would never be able to do that with a gear reduction in any of my trucks..trust me i feel bad that this has happened first time in 4 yrs of having this truck)and it will never happen again (hopefully) i will be beside the truck from now on or i will stop the truck ..sit down ..then start running the truck again

[1985 kenworth]

it seems the entire frame from the front to about midway and the crossmembers are crooked and the driveshaft (pmd) one of the eyelets in the rear u-joint is broken and the tranny housing is cracked .not sure if there is damage inside as the front frame is out of alignment but i will be checking that out today.i always have a spare set of kinghauler frame rails so i got the extensions out and started to build again with new rails .will keep everyone posted ..oh and yea watch for my wanted kinghauler parts postings soon

[1985 kenworth]

RCT i got a good laugh from your comment ...thanks.i wasn't injured in the fall but i did twist my ankle abit..it really sore this morning

[Supermario]

Sorry to hear about the crash Dwayne. Glad to hear your getting right on it and will have her all fixed up and ready for the Clifford show
I'll try and help out with parts anyway I can, let us know what you need

Mario

[Radio Control Trucker]

I happy I made you laugh, but I'm sorry you hurt your ankle Dwayne, as well as Zeus, Try not to strain yourself too much or you could really hurt yourself

As far as the rebuild, I'm just thrilled that the body wasn't damaged. I've seen the work you've put into her and it would have really broke your heart if it had cracked

Please post pic's for the group. I'll definitely be watching for a rebuild thread

My folks figure that no one needs to look for the rock you threw, it's probably in orbit with how upset you were

- RCT

[1985 kenworth]

[BRICKNICK]

****......man down ....man down.....we need a rebuild stat, nurse prepare this man's tools and work bench.LOL Knowing your builds you will have her up and running in no time and looking better then ever.

[1985 kenworth]

i am working on it right now..thanks all and sorry about your internet lostinoz i....umm.....was under .....ummm.....stressed....yea thats it...stress

[1985 kenworth]

i will be posting the rebuild thread in the highway trucks section in an old thread about zeus

[Stuff]

needed a reason to stretch it right :P

[Straywolf]

Don't worry Zeus will not die, i googled "Can Zeus be killed?" and the answer i got was "The Greek Gods were immortal, and were never depicted as in danger of "dying" - altho Cronus tried to kill the Olympians at birth by swallowing them -which didn't work, and they could be injured like Ares was during the Trojan War."

So all Zeus got was a little banged up but i am sure the rebuild will be one to look forward to.

But i am sorry to hear about your crash


Mike