A few hours ago I was driving my new baby to Wally World and came down a dark off ramp and for a split second saw what i thought was a carboard box in the middle of the road. Then right before i hit it I realzed it was a large piece of firewood about 2 feet long and a foot in diamter. I hit it doing about 40. All i could think of was a smashed oil pan. I pulled over dragging the log with me and then backed up freeing the log. I looked and saw that the metal deflector with the plastic grill was bent and the grill smashed but everything else seems okay. So I went on my way to Wal-mart and see a truck parked there with a trailer full of the same logs. I left a note on his truck suggesting that he secure his load and explained what happend leaving my name and number. Hopefully I'll get a call HA HA. Id be happy with 50 bucks or so. That way i could bend the metal into place then get the grill from the parts yard. I'm very glad that defletor was there it semmed to save the oil pan. If i had been in my Camry I feel it might not have been as nice.

Wow that sucks! On the W126 it would have been by by radiator and probably the oil pan.

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1969 280SE
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2007 Tiara 3200

Same thing happened last fall on a road near me. A load of logs were dropping off of a flat trailer. I tried to stop the driver, but he seemed to be in a race. I could not see license plate to get a number. There were 4 or 5 pieces that came off of the trailer.

I hate to seem anal or 'Ralph Nadderish' about this, but unsecured loads are illegal, dangerous, and potentially lethal. Far too many things happen because of the irresponsibility of others.

Rope is such a simple tool! Too bad there are so many folks that don't know how to use it.

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1983 300TD Wagon
Even a broken watch is right twice a day

Glad you are ok, abd that the Benz was only slightly injured.

Yes tie down the loads, use a tail gate. Even a 16 ft trailer has a slot where you can use 2x12 as a tail gate.

As said earlier, rope is a cheap tool. Ratcheting tie downs are cheap tools also.

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

99 W210 E300 Turbo Diesel, chipped, DPF/Converter Delete. Still needs EGR Delete, 232K

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Gone and still missed...1982 w123 300D, 1991 w124 300D

Riding on a bike you learn never to follow a pickup truck. Ever. They can have stuff in there you cant see. One pot hole and you can get a fleeting view of what was in there.

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