Not A Great Day Yesterday

[Granite Grinder]

Travelling back from Calgary, hit a patch of black ice outside of Lake Louise,
Lili performed her duty faithfully, I walked away unscathed after hitting the centre concrete barrier at 80Km/h. She died, I lived.

 

[Granite Grinder]

Lili is is a towing compound in Banff, I need to bring her home. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[missioncruiser]

Glad you are okay Phil. Good luck with the recovery, I always thought the 5 speed in the 62 was pretty cool and definitely worth saving.

Jeremy

 

[sailor]

Holy s***! Glad you are ok!

 

[Glenn-BJ74]

WOW what a close call - glad you are OK -

Why don't you post on USHIP - see what kind of bids you get

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Holy bejeezus. Glad to hear you are OK.

You must to find a way to save the 62. FWIW if ICBC writes it off it is possible to get it back. Many say its impossible now a days but I had a friend pull it off recently. He said it was a bit of a fight.... but doable. Good luck.

 

[jvanhove]

I am very happy you are OK!!!
The truck is replaceable, you are not.
Perhaps some RMLCA guys are coming to the coast over the olidays, you never know...

 

[sailor]

Bet Phil didn't even spill his 'Julian' when he inverted!

 

[cruiserpilot]

If you get a truck and trailer and need a hand, I've got time to go with to help retrieve it. Send me a PM if you do that. ICBC might bring it back to Vancouver?? You will have to see what ICBC will do first I think, but I really hope it is recoverable.

 

[Dangil]

Scary! Glad to hear you are ok. Did it roll more than once?

 

[BCR4619]

Ouch! All that matters is your safe and sound!

 

[Helomech]

Jeebus! So glad you're OK Phil. Sorry to see your truck like that.

 

[kim]

WHoa. I'm glad you're ok, Phil. The trailer is insured but i have no truck big enough for that kind of a load.

 

[ikeedikeed]

Yowzers. And you walked away? Good job LC! Sorry, I don't think I can help with the recovery.

 

[Granite Grinder]

Scary! Glad to hear you are ok. Did it roll more than once?

Kinda barrel rolled, hit the centre concrete barrier almost head on, truck went up in air, kinda rolled onto it's side, then onto the roof.
Fortunately, the kids weren't with me
Sorry Graham, my coffee spilled

 

[sailor]

At least you maintained a sense of humour- Looks like the roof and A pillars held up well. I understand a land rover defender would need a cage of some sort to come through such an experience as well, the stock roof tends to fail quite easily. Hope the 80s are equally stout, and X2 on glad you were sans kiddies...

 

[bj70_guy]

Holy crap - sorry about your truck, but damn glad you're ok Phil!

 

[LanceCruiser]

Glad your OK Phil. Sorry to see your LC in that position especially after you got it back on the road this past summer. I wish you the best of luck in salvaging it.

You could turn her into a soft top convertible???

 

[Tmax]

holly crap. crazy. walking away from that is awesome.

 

[Enigma]

Glad you are safe and sound Phil!