Guardrail

My new to me Ram now has a couple of hail dings in it, thanks to mother nature.

This is the 2nd hail storm in as many years with golf ball sized hail. Last year my Silverado sustained about $1900.00 damage to it. This storm wasn't near as bad, both vehicles have about 20 dings combined. The Chevy now has a fiberglass hood, so it was OK.

I may just fix the 3 dings in the hood of the Dodge. It sits too high to see the 3 or 4 small dings in the roof. (one more reason to like my CTD Dodge )

I guess I'd better think about putting up a carport. Anyone recommend a company that makes a good carport?

texaspower19

im in tulsa right now and been lightn pretty bad

Fronty Owner

got a little hail last night.
Tulsa and north looks like its getting hammered tonight.

edwinsmith

Those all metal ones with the curved "eaves" seem to be pretty durable and cheap enough.

Welcome to Kansas!

We had a good one here in Coffeyville about 4 years ago which did $13,000 damage to the property. Broke windshields, windows, ate the vinyl siding off one side of the house, not to mention the dents.

Edwin

Fronty Owner

ahh, spring time in tornado alley....

Ya gotta love it...

torquefan

Try one of those "paintless dent repair" places to fix your hood. It's cheaper than refinishing the panel, and you don't lose the factory finish or have paint that doesn't match in a couple of years.

Lrdchaos

Tulsa wasn't 2 bad...we did get a little hail, but I think the truck withstood the hits.

Mechanos

I was out running around when the hail storm blew threw. I started getting pelted with pea sized and then about 1/2" hail. I was real close to the local Sears store that has a covered garage and I was able to duck in there before the 2" hail started falling. After the storm passed I came back home and kept a close eye on the radar. I saw two more storm cells with large hail reported head towards me so I split. I kept tabs on where the storms were and how they were tracking by listening to the Sky Warn net on my ham radio. Armed with that info, I was able to drive around and completely avoid two more cells. Luckily, I was able to avoid any damage to the truck.

Guardrail

That's what I did last year, the Chevy came out looking better than it did before the hail storm. I put a fiberglass hood on at the same time, so that didn't even flinch when today's storm blew through.

Clunk

I useta throw old carpet and blankets on mine the few times we got fair hail before I got the carports....much cheaper than a good paint job...I just checked the phone book.

Chrisreyn

Clunk, check in to the metal buildings in some of teh farm and horse magazines you can pick up at TSC. You can get an old army quonset hut pretty cheap......it will keep this off your truck.....

edwinsmith

I thought we were talking about hail.

Chrisreyn

That pile under the tarp is top-soil, not " farm-fresh fertilyzer"....

mcoleman

Springfield had baseball sized hail Sunday night. I'm glad it didn't make it out to my area.

Dieseldude4x4

I can tell you one company to definately stay away from. Send me an e-mail and I'll tell you who to avoid like the plague. They built both of mine. I didn't learn from the first one I guess.