My VX ran over me

[Marlin]

Well, she finally got me back for the rhino lined hood...lol. Let me set the scene:
VX is nose downhill in my driveway. I am under the truck, head by rear driver's tire, feet sticking out drivers side facing forward. I have all the bolts out for the rear drive shaft, just trying to get it to pop out so I can install my newly rebuilt one. After the PITA the front was, I had the sledge and chisel at work.

Few taps, its hot and I am getting pissed. One good whack! ****POP****CLANG!!!, VX is now parked on my left shoulder, face crammed in the side of the tire...

I am by myself, no phone, wife taking a nap with the youngest boy. Holy crap moment. That show "I shouldn't be alive" popped into my head as I realized what had happened. I think I may have yelled "SON OF A BITCH" in a self deprecating tone. I managed to move my legs back under the truck, I tried to wiggle out, but as I move downhill, so does the truck, making it worse.
Somehow, I used my right hand to pull the truck up hill/stopped it enough for me to wiggle out.....AGONY!!

I then watched the truck roll over me, (good thing I have those 34s, plenty of room ) down the hill across the street over the curb, **BANG** over the stop sign and into the neighbor's yard.

I remember seeing the drive shaft pop out as it hopped the curb! Mission success!!!!!!(Half cup full kind of guy)

I stumbled inside, woke up the wife and told her she had to drive me to the ER. ABout that time the doorbell rings, some guys driving by saw the truck in the yard and came to tell us. THey saw my shoulder, helped me get the VX back in front of the house and the parts out of the road.

Xrays came back nothing broken!! Doc thinks I tore some fancy word tendon that is right at the junction of the shoulder and the chest. I have tingling in my pinky/ring finger. I feel like a douche bag for not thinking of locking the hubs or setting the ebrake. What a dummy, life lesson learned. I was a few inches from being dead, if it had hit run over my head........

I will post some pics when the bruising comes through, I see ortho tomorrow.

[Marlin]

Whats weird is that the VX rolled down hill toward my feet, but there is no rash until further along. That must be from where I had to wiggle myself out from under the weight of the truck. Yikes, adrenalin is awesome stuff. I don't know how many times the docs tried to give me painkillers, not a chance. I need to suffer for this mistake.

[VX KAT]

She was really tryin' to get you back!
Glad you're still in one piece!!!!!!
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OK, now a little humor...hopefully it will make you feel a little better.....


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. "I was a few inches from being dead, if it had hit run over my head........"
So let me get this visual right...it was your head that stopped it then?....NOTE TO SELF....DO NOT USE SKULL AS A WHEEL CHOCK....THERE'S SOME DRAWBACKS TO SUCH USE.
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I bet your front Marlinstein bumper is OK...and flattened that Stop sign!
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(Half cup full kind of guy)....Umm, NOT! Mr. Zombie revolution and survivalist!
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OK, enough kidding, you know it's all in fun and SERIOUSLY glad you weren't smushed......make a terrible stain on the concrete driveway..

[vt_maverick]

That's terrible. I think you should sue the city for allowing your house to be built with a sloped driveway, this was absolutely foreseeable and criminally negligent on their part IMHO. I would also sue the maker of the stop sign, if they're going to label it "Stop" then it damn well be able to actually stop your car. I would say you should sue Isuzu for not equipping the VX with an under-vehicle emergency brake, but their medium duty truck business might claim innocence.

Now take yourself down to the local social services office and get some disability!



Yes, I am j/k.

[Marlin]

She was really tryin' to get you back!
Glad you're still in one piece!!!!!!
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OK, now a little humor...hopefully it will make you feel a little better.....

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So let me get this visual right...it was your head that stopped it then?....NOTE TO SELF....DO NOT USE SKULL AS A WHEEL CHOCK....THERE'S SOME DRAWBACKS TO SUCH USE.

.No, my shoulder stopped it. Almost my head.
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I bet your front Marlinstein bumper is OK...and flattened that Stop sign!
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.Not a mark on the VX!! The bumper saved me from some serious VX damage.
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(Half cup full kind of guy)....Umm, NOT! Mr. Zombie revolution and survivalist!
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Half full, not stupid..
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OK, enough kidding, you know it's all in fun and SERIOUSLY glad you weren't smushed......make a terrible stain on the concrete driveway..
Nothing that murattic (spelling? Too lazy to check) acid wouldn't clean up.

I do feel lucky, now the HOA is gonna think I took out the stop sign on purpose...lol.

[circmand]

I was a few inches from being dead, if it had hit run over my head........

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What Dr Suess may have written if he had done this? Dont feel to bad. I have been run into by my car. A Plymouth Valiant with a bad tranny. Reverse became forward and I was pinned between the front bumper and a 4 ton AC Unit

If it had benn going faster it could have been a disaster

[Marlin]

What Dr Suess may have written if he had done this? Dont feel to bad. I have been run into by my car. A Plymouth Valiant with a bad tranny. Reverse became forward and I was pinned between the front bumper and a 4 ton AC Unit

If it had benn going faster it could have been a disaster

HAHAHAHAHA!!! You crack me up. This is karma for hating on the poor people

On FB, my dad went on to explain to me how I should have put it in neutral, parking brake, wheel chocks and so on. Thanks Mr. Hindsight.

The docs asked me several times if I wanted loritab or morphine, he even wrote a script, which I had them shred.

If I am not crying, I don't need opiates. Damned drug dealers, very persistent.

[Ebenezr]

OH Man the Lord was with you bro!. I had a similar event 6 months ago when I was under mine. I accidentally triggered the shift selector from park to neutral and it started to roll. I spun around and was out from under that truck faster than a New York second.

[MeowMix]

That's rather terrifying! Glad to hear you're okay, and without even any broken bones; you're a lucky guy. Lessons learned indeed. Was the torn tendon one of the deep rotator cuff tendons; the supraspinatus by chance? That one is commonly torn in trauma situations...

[Triathlete]

Our very own Darwin Award contender!




Glad your okay...


...now learn how to use wheel chocks or at least a big rock!

[TheGanzman]

OH Man the Lord was with you bro!. I had a similar event 6 months ago when I was under mine. I accidentally triggered the shift selector from park to neutral and it started to roll. I spun around and was out from under that truck faster than a New York second.

Question: If "the Lord was with...(him)", wouldn't the accident have not happened at ALL?

[Marlin]

Question: If "the Lord was with...(him)", wouldn't the accident have not happened at ALL?

, my wife said something along the lines of someone looking out for me. I said, lets say it did hurt me bad, would he get credit for that too? Gotta take the good with the bad. Only Obama can take credit for the good and blame someone else for the bad

As for the rock chock, no rock is big enough to stop my VX, ever seen Secretariat? That is like my VX with rocks.

[Gussie2000]

I spun around and was out from under that truck faster than a New York second.

As a NY'er i know pretty well how fast is a new york second....man you were very,very fast .....

[Marlin]

Was the torn tendon one of the deep rotator cuff tendons; the supraspinatus by chance? That one is commonly torn in trauma situations...

Not sure, I see ortho tomorrow, they said it was too swollen to tell a whole lot
then. They wanted to let ortho deal with it. I have tingly/numb pinky/ring finger. When I move arm at the shoulder level, it feels...empty. Not sure how else to describe it. It feels like there is a dead spot, like it should be moving but it isn't.
My lats are sore as hell too. I am gonna be hurting tonight, come 2am....let the tears fall.

[RickOKC]

Wow, glad to hear you're ok!
(I'd make fun of you, but it sounds like something I'd get myself into. )

On a lighter note... I first saw the thumbnail photo on the main page while on my smartphone and it lost a little bit in translation due to the tiny size.

I was wondering why you were posting a picture of Plumber's Crack w/Diaper Rash.