The one ton swap thread (1 Viewer)
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I was involved in a rollover in a 100 series and it is truly a terrible feeling. I had to duck as well or else I wouldn't want to think what would have happened.
I am very glad to see you are OK. Better trucks will come hopefully.
Reality is the 80 is an old truck and it did well for the standards of the time it was produced but really it isn't a safe place to be in a roll-over compared to many modern vehicles and other more modern land cruisers.
They improved rollover structural strength with the 100 and greatly so with the LC200.
For the folks who offroad alot and wheel these older trucks on very steep angles I really would recommend roll cages/helmets when driving off road.
Each crash has different circumstances but its best to be safe.
All the best and I hope you never experience something like this again.
Not online, but in Calgary, the only place I think that would tackle that is E-mortal Customs. They might be able to pull an estimate up for you.
You might be able to fix your skull with one of those dent pullers they sell at Auto Zone. If you don't feel up to doing it yourself, have a friend or neighbor do it.
Ouch!
Oh, c'mon! It will only hurt for a little while....
Maybe talk to Brink Fab in Sylvan Lake
After Looking at those roll over pics makes me question taking the family in the truck on the trails.... but caging it adds all sorts of other problems.
I also track BMW's and for perspective on the safety of modern vehicles vs this vintage, a modern M3 is 2.5 times stronger in a roll over than a fully caged 1988 E30 M3 DTM spec race car. I am sure a similar stat exists between the 80 and 300 series.
I also track BMW's and for perspective on the safety of modern vehicles vs this vintage, a modern M3 is 2.5 times stronger in a roll over than a fully caged 1988 E30 M3 DTM spec race car. I am sure a similar stat exists between the 80 and 300 series.
I haven't seen this level of damage on an 80 that was rolled rock crawling or running trails. I think this level of damage is reserved for higher speeds on paved roads.
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Ya, 30 km/hr.. Got it in, drove 3/4 of a city block along a playground zone and BANG!
The cons of a taller vehicle perhaps, but that thing is bent good now.
I'm not the one with the dented head...Ok. You go first
holy s*** I just found out about this someone told me about an 80 at an auction with Cummins swap I Immediately thought of you I hope you're doing ok!
Well... the tires look great.
