February Meet will be in Alvarado, TX
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From: McKinney, TEXAS
Saturday morning about 0645. We were in South Padre. My neighbor called me later that afternoon and said my truck had acquired several dents (as in the whole hood is dimpled like a golf ball). Have an a claim filed and am waiting for the adjustor to call (same with the adjustor for the roof, I am concerned it hit hard enough to damage the shingles enough to warrant replacing. Decking appears to be fine though). Hit the house hard enough to set off the glass break detector on my alarm system.
~Rob
~Rob
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No Adrenaline for me. Unless it involves my job!
My truck might get a 230+hp Smarty program when that comes out though!!
But this trans will be done by then anyway...
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Rob sorry to hear about your truck!!
That sux! A friend of mine from work (texasram2500 on DTR) has a 06 megacab that got hit pretty hard. He lives in the western side of McKinney, prob not to far from you. He started a thread here..... https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=192472As far as I can tell, no hail damage on mine.
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... We were in South Padre. My neighbor called me later that afternoon and said my truck had acquired several dents (as in the whole hood is dimpled like a golf ball). Have a claim filed and am waiting for the adjustor to call (same with the adjustor for the roof, I am concerned it hit hard enough to damage the shingles enough to warrant replacing. ~Rob
I hate it when your away and friends call with bad news. I have told my neighbor (watches house) and girl down the street (taking care of dogs), don't call me if anything happens. Handle it if you can but I can't do anything (except worry and ruin my weekend) from where I am.
Good Luck!
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Bad News - Good News!
-Bad - Batteries have been acting up. Sluggish cranking and dying quickly if working on truck (with doors open, for example).
They are Autozones Yellowtop Duralasts... max cranking power, etc.
-Good - Have had them 1 month shy of 3 yrs... which is full replacement value. No pro rating!
Only one tested badly but they, at my insistance (after explaining why), replaced both for Free!
Before you guys jump on me for buying junk, please note I average 7-10 starts a day and only got 2.5 yrs out of my factory batteries.
Most of you got what.... 4-5 yrs?
RJ
-Bad - Batteries have been acting up. Sluggish cranking and dying quickly if working on truck (with doors open, for example).
They are Autozones Yellowtop Duralasts... max cranking power, etc.
-Good - Have had them 1 month shy of 3 yrs... which is full replacement value. No pro rating!
Only one tested badly but they, at my insistance (after explaining why), replaced both for Free!
Before you guys jump on me for buying junk, please note I average 7-10 starts a day and only got 2.5 yrs out of my factory batteries.
Most of you got what.... 4-5 yrs?
RJ
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From: Dallas area
Bad News - Good News!
-Bad - Batteries have been acting up. Sluggish cranking and dying quickly if working on truck (with doors open, for example).
They are Autozones Yellowtop Duralasts... max cranking power, etc.
-Good - Have had them 1 month shy of 3 yrs... which is full replacement value. No pro rating!
Only one tested badly but they, at my insistance (after explaining why), replaced both for Free!
Before you guys jump on me for buying junk, please note I average 7-10 starts a day and only got 2.5 yrs out of my factory batteries.
Most of you got what.... 4-5 yrs?
RJ
-Bad - Batteries have been acting up. Sluggish cranking and dying quickly if working on truck (with doors open, for example).
They are Autozones Yellowtop Duralasts... max cranking power, etc.
-Good - Have had them 1 month shy of 3 yrs... which is full replacement value. No pro rating!
Only one tested badly but they, at my insistance (after explaining why), replaced both for Free!
Before you guys jump on me for buying junk, please note I average 7-10 starts a day and only got 2.5 yrs out of my factory batteries.
Most of you got what.... 4-5 yrs?
RJ
You can just look at it as me doing you a favor.... Killed them in time for you to get free ones!
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From: Celina, TX
Bad News - Good News!
-Bad - Batteries have been acting up. Sluggish cranking and dying quickly if working on truck (with doors open, for example).
They are Autozones Yellowtop Duralasts... max cranking power, etc.
-Good - Have had them 1 month shy of 3 yrs... which is full replacement value. No pro rating!
Only one tested badly but they, at my insistance (after explaining why), replaced both for Free!
Before you guys jump on me for buying junk, please note I average 7-10 starts a day and only got 2.5 yrs out of my factory batteries.
Most of you got what.... 4-5 yrs?
RJ
-Bad - Batteries have been acting up. Sluggish cranking and dying quickly if working on truck (with doors open, for example).
They are Autozones Yellowtop Duralasts... max cranking power, etc.
-Good - Have had them 1 month shy of 3 yrs... which is full replacement value. No pro rating!
Only one tested badly but they, at my insistance (after explaining why), replaced both for Free!
Before you guys jump on me for buying junk, please note I average 7-10 starts a day and only got 2.5 yrs out of my factory batteries.
Most of you got what.... 4-5 yrs?
RJ
Current ones still going strong (after my maintenance a couple weeks back).
JM
