With the California drought the locals are saying that a lot of the wildlife in the Sierras is coming down to the water on the ranches and farmland. One deer did not make it across 395 north of Reno. Came to a controlled stop in a ¼ mile and spent most of the night dealing with towing.
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A couple of comments
The bumper on the 2012 3500 is next to useless. The plastic looks OK in the picture but it was pushed completely into the engine taking out the radiator, turbo cooler, all the belts and pretty much everything else on the drivers side of the vehicle. Looking at it there is nothing holding the plastic in place except for the ends of the frame that sit at license plate height. Anything hitting above the license plate stops when it hits the engine.
A deer can do a lot of damage. We do a lot of night driving on rural roads for over 30 years, this is the first time we have hit a deer. This adventure has me thinking about that. Already looking for a front brush (deer) guard.
And questions.
This is being repaired but the process is incremental since more problems are being found as the repair progresses. My big question, to the group, is with both the radiator and turbo cooler taken out at the strike and taking a quarter mile to get safely stopped, what are the chances that the turbo or motor have been damaged?
My wife was driving at the time and we have had several discussions about how a 4 ton van is not an autocrosser and there is no chance you could safely dodge something that appears on the road. She kept is straight and we didn't even spill the coffee. Earlier that day an unfortunate gentleman did dodge, ran of the road and died.
Ron
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A couple of comments
The bumper on the 2012 3500 is next to useless. The plastic looks OK in the picture but it was pushed completely into the engine taking out the radiator, turbo cooler, all the belts and pretty much everything else on the drivers side of the vehicle. Looking at it there is nothing holding the plastic in place except for the ends of the frame that sit at license plate height. Anything hitting above the license plate stops when it hits the engine.
A deer can do a lot of damage. We do a lot of night driving on rural roads for over 30 years, this is the first time we have hit a deer. This adventure has me thinking about that. Already looking for a front brush (deer) guard.
And questions.
This is being repaired but the process is incremental since more problems are being found as the repair progresses. My big question, to the group, is with both the radiator and turbo cooler taken out at the strike and taking a quarter mile to get safely stopped, what are the chances that the turbo or motor have been damaged?
My wife was driving at the time and we have had several discussions about how a 4 ton van is not an autocrosser and there is no chance you could safely dodge something that appears on the road. She kept is straight and we didn't even spill the coffee. Earlier that day an unfortunate gentleman did dodge, ran of the road and died.
Ron
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