Why do I carry all this C**p

[jonela]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but.... you do know accidents can happen anywhere don't you :nenau

True , but all you can do is as above take care and treat all other road users as idiots.
The rest is just luck.. its a risk just getting in the car these days.!

 

[Bat21]

.... Really makes you realise how lucky you are sometimes... Thank god you were in that patrol mate and not something else!!! :bow

Yes you never know what's just round the corner.... or in our case, steaming up behind you

Took a long time to get back to any sort of normality as far as psychological issues are concerned. Even now 4 years on and I still see the negative in everything, the what if this happens, what if that happens.... even doing everyday tasks. I was never like that before....

.... I notice there are 2 pieces of red box section under the rear end, what were they?

They were Hi-Lift jack jacking points Al :thumb2

 

[Bat21]

.... its a risk just getting in the car these days.!

I'd say yours is a liability not just a risk

 

[AlexD333]

Yeah you can't live thinking like that. Yes you had a very close call but you cant let it ruin the rest of your days, get out there and enjoy yourself and be grateful for what you have :thumb2

 

[solarman216]

I'd say yours is a liability not just a risk

So what do you reckon of mine then plus two dogs? and this is after I binned two big buckets of what was loose stuff on the floor, so this is the tidyest it has been for a very long time, Rick

 

[solarman216]

and more

 

[Bat21]

.... but you cant let it ruin the rest of your days, get out there and enjoy yourself.

We do get out there.... but the event certainly changed how I think without thinking about it, if you see what I mean,

I used to think PTSD, was all in your mind (no pun intended).... how wrong I was.

 

[jonela]

So what do you reckon of mine then plus two dogs? and this is after I binned two big buckets of what was loose stuff on the floor, so this is the tidyest it has been for a very long time, Rick

whats the 25lt drum with the tube attached ? some injeneus heath robinson gizmo I bet !:thumbs

 

[solarman216]

I have done a lot more than a million miles in all sorts vehicles, the only bad accident I have had was in the 70's in a 32 ton artic, an object came through the windscreen and knocked me out at 50 mph on the M6, went up a bank and rolled back onto the road and into a bridge support taking the top of the cab off, had I been seat belted my head would have gone, wife and 4 year old daughter were with me, (that is how I know what happened) we all survived and six weeks later was back driving a 32 again never looked back, I learnt not to dwell, specially as I was carrying a hazardous cargo, it does not bear thinking about if that lot had been ruptured, so I never did worry about it, Rick

 

[solarman216]

whats the 25lt drum with the tube attached ? some injeneus heath robinson gizmo I bet !:thumbs

It is a pump for charging Solar systems with antifreeze, Rick

 

[Sweety]

I consider myself safe too and being a biker the only way to survive is to treat everyone else on the road like total idiots :thumb2

But it didn't stop this happening.... I hate to think what would have been the outcome if I had things rattling round in the back

I remember that crash very well IIRC you were on your way to Morocco or coming back

Rick love how your dog had to get in the pic:lol

TBH apart from my sub box the is mostly empty, carry my tools under the back seat, have bits in with the jack or in the back door

 

[jonela]

It is a pump for charging Solar systems with antifreeze, Rick

I assume you mean solar water heating, how dose that work then,? I thought they were just continuous flow through systems between the panel and tank?

 

[Bat21]

.... an object came through the windscreen and knocked me out at 50 mph....

I sometimes wonder if the 'knocking out thing' is a blessing.

Lucy who was in the Patrol with me can remember nothing about the accident following the initial impact and she is fine.

I can remember everything, from seeing him bearing down on us, the initial impact, the sliding up the motorway on our side, the impact with the Armco, the numerous rolls and then coming to rest upside down and shouting Lucy 3 or 4 times before she answered me and thinking "Oh my god she's gone". Then sitting there (albeit doing a headstand ) trapped not knowing weather the thing was going to go up in flames any second..... then the trauma of feeling helpless for almost an hour until the Spanish firemen cut me free, all the time this was going on I hadn't got a clue what was happening as I can't speak Spanish and the firemen spoke no English.

 

[solarman216]

I assume you mean solar water heating, how dose that work then,? I thought they were just continuous flow through systems between the panel and tank?

that is correct so how do you get the antifreeze into the sealed system if not by a pump, Rick

 

[solarman216]

I sometimes wonder if the 'knocking out thing' is a blessing.

Lucy who was in the Patrol with me can remember nothing about the accident following the initial impact and she is fine.

I can remember everything, from seeing him bearing down on us, the initial impact, the sliding up the motorway on our side, the impact with the Armco, the numerous rolls and then coming to rest upside down

I have experienced that when banger racing you see it coming and can do nothing about it, of course no one else is in the motor in this case, and with the the 5 point harness no hurt to me, but the point is life goes on, one life live it, regards Rick

 

[exosteve]

first time ive seen this accident report.and pics.

Ive always thought who is this almighty adventurer bat21.dont see him on here much:nenau

everytime I put the forum on I see your truck as it was.

I admire you for you spirit for adventure I love the truck you built.
gutted it is gone,glad your here to tell the story.

it hasn't put you off adventure I hope

 

[Banshee]

first time ive seen this accident report.and pics.

Ive always thought who is this almighty adventurer bat21.dont see him on here much:nenau

everytime I put the forum on I see your truck as it was.

I admire you for you spirit for adventure I love the truck you built.
gutted it is gone,glad your here to tell the story.

it hasn't put you off adventure I hope

me too buddy!!!! Christ Alive Bat!!!!!! I'm so glad you both walked away, that looks horrible

Without you we wouldn't have this great forum and great bunch of guys

 

[firebobby]

I have attended many RTC's in which people have lost their lives or walked away.
You were both very lucky to get out of that and walk away, it's very hard when the casualties don't speak the local lingo, we have more foreign drivers over here now.
Some accidents I have attended are just unreal, and you think, how the F did you get out of that, or a few inches the other way and they would still be alive, it's that close some times.
I believe, that if your numbers up, it's up.
Did you do the lottery after that BAT

 

[Bat21]

Ive always thought who is this almighty adventurer bat21.dont see him on here much:nenau

.... it hasn't put you off adventure I hope

It didn't put us off Steve, but it has changed the way I see things.... I always seem to focus on the negative (what can go wrong) in everything I do.... but it's getting better.

Hasn't knocked my adventure spirit at all, been back to Morocco 3 times since then. This was last years trip, hit the full screen button top right once the page opens.

me too buddy!!!! Christ Alive Bat!!!!!! I'm so glad you both walked away, that looks horrible....

It wasn't just the accident that was horrible, what happened in the week after was almost as traumatic. We were then lucky enough to have two friends drive down and pick us and our kit up, a round trip of 1,920 miles for them.

.... I believe, that if your numbers up, it's up.

I believe when we are born we each have a expiry date on us somewhere.... clearly neither of us was 26.04.09

 

[firebobby]

Very true , and the lottery ??