2019 SIERRA CAB DENT

[johnnypayne66]

3 minutes ago, Donstar said:

I agree with those that this truck is finished and I believe it is a potential candidate for Junkyard Empire.  Andy and his employees would add fresh paint and wheels and make a huge profit!  I love that show!  I am particularly impressed with how well the truck held up under the weight of the tree.  If there was a passenger/driver in the vehicle at the time it would have been be a horrible experience but survivable.  Thank God there was no one onboard!

We were in the process of leaving the house to go next door to my sons house to get in his basement.  By the grace of God I was spared, five minutes and we would have been in the truck.  I agree the cab is well built for a rollover.  It only broke the passenger front glass and sunroof.  Windshield still intake but shattered.   Top of truck is resting on top of seats head support.   GMC, needs to see this maybe.  

[Donstar]

44 minutes ago, johnnypayne66 said:

 GMC, needs to see this maybe.  

It may be worth offering it as a real world testimonial to the safe design of their trucks. I never underestimate the amount of planning that goes into passenger safety for vehicles sold in North America.   In the 70's and '80's I thought I could create  safer pickups by replacing stock bumpers with ones made of heavy steel.  I believed manufacturers were making decorative substitutes for a once very functional and used part of a vehicle.  A friend with the same mindset (and bumpers) was involved in an accident that demonstrated we didn't know better than the engineers!  He and his truck were okay but both would have fared much better if the front of his truck was allowed to crumple as designed.  I am sure the height and strength of the front seats are intentionally designed to offer head protection as well as structural integrity during a roll over (or tree falling!) .  

[Thomcat]

If KBB is over $35K it's a close one......should have dropped another on the hood just to be certain. It should be totaled, but depends upon the insurance company and if they decide it is salvageable to save them bucks on the payout. Worse if a leased vehicle because the lessee plays no part in making the ultimate decision on the disposition. 

 

If B pillars, seats and interior are intact my gut says they'll try to go for a repair. .....new roof, sunroof, door straightening & new skins curtain,  and repair/replace mechanisms if necessary, etc......possible the frame is still OK, depends on factors if tree hit a soft spot, how much tires and suspension cushioned and if roots slowed the decent and softening the wallop.

 

Hate to be a gloom and hope for the OP that it is totaled, but even if is totaled this vehicle will live again. Insurance company will sell for parts and MAYBE remember to reissue the title for salvage. Some salvager will "find" a donor vehicle repair it, then bounce it through a few owners in different States to wash the title, auction it off to a used car lot, someone poor buyer will get a fantastic bargain for $4K under KBB and then start bellyaching to this and other forums that their almost brand new, low mileage vehicle has all types of problems and is a piece of crap.

 

Unused airport runways, and mall parking lots loaded with a hundred thousand flood vehicles sold to salvage yards and/or auctioned off for parts.....many of them never saw a crusher and loads of bargain hunters are driving around with mud inside the rusting frames, corroding electrical connectors, etc. And how about flood owners without sufficient insurance coverage that did a DIY on the water cleanup and dumped them in trade for a dry new one - no Carfax on those?

 

That''s why I buy new...worth the extra bucks......once the cherry is broken by a previous owner it is a used car no matter what the shine or the mileage.

[Chris Callanan]

The thread title is super misleading...  that is not a "dent" 

[Joe98]

First off,  glad you and your family are okay.  A horrible tragedy obviously, but like everyone says...it can be replaced.  Hope it all works out for ya.   Good luck.. 

[Ralph Ciardullo]

Mother nature always finds a way to complicate peoples lives. Super glad you and the family are fine. Although what is damaged is replaceable...I only hope you get a good value return from the Insurance God for your truck. 

[johnnypayne66]

2 hours ago, Thomcat said:

If KBB is over $35K it's a close one......should have dropped another on the hood just to be certain. It should be totaled, but depends upon the insurance company and if they decide it is salvageable to save them bucks on the payout. Worse if a leased vehicle because the lessee plays no part in making the ultimate decision on the disposition. 

 

If B pillars, seats and interior are intact my gut says they'll try to go for a repair. .....new roof, sunroof, door straightening & new skins curtain,  and repair/replace mechanisms if necessary, etc......possible the frame is still OK, depends on factors if tree hit a soft spot, how much tires and suspension cushioned and if roots slowed the decent and softening the wallop.

 

Hate to be a gloom and hope for the OP that it is totaled, but even if is totaled this vehicle will live again. Insurance company will sell for parts and MAYBE remember to reissue the title for salvage. Some salvager will "find" a donor vehicle repair it, then bounce it through a few owners in different States to wash the title, auction it off to a used car lot, someone poor buyer will get a fantastic bargain for $4K under KBB and then start bellyaching to this and other forums that their almost brand new, low mileage vehicle has all types of problems and is a piece of crap.

 

Unused airport runways, and mall parking lots loaded with a hundred thousand flood vehicles sold to salvage yards and/or auctioned off for parts.....many of them never saw a crusher and loads of bargain hunters are driving around with mud inside the rusting frames, corroding electrical connectors, etc. And how about flood owners without sufficient insurance coverage that did a DIY on the water cleanup and dumped them in trade for a dry new one - no Carfax on those?

 

That''s why I buy new...worth the extra bucks......once the cherry is broken by a previous owner it is a used car no matter what the shine or the mileage.

It’s going to be traded in if they fix it. I’m going too be raising my voice if they go that route. 

[johnnypayne66]

6 hours ago, Donstar said:

It may be worth offering it as a real world testimonial to the safe design of their trucks. I never underestimate the amount of planning that goes into passenger safety for vehicles sold in North America.   In the 70's and '80's I thought I could create  safer pickups by replacing stock bumpers with ones made of heavy steel.  I believed manufacturers were making decorative substitutes for a once very functional and used part of a vehicle.  A friend with the same mindset (and bumpers) was involved in an accident that demonstrated we didn't know better than the engineers!  He and his truck were okay but both would have fared much better if the front of his truck was allowed to crumple as designed.  I am sure the height and strength of the front seats are intentionally designed to offer head protection as well as structural integrity during a roll over (or tree falling!) .  

Yes they really do know better. 

[fishlessam]

That will buff right out,lol.

[L86 All Terrain]

"Dent" Yup, I would say that's a dent alright. 

 

She's done for, Insurance doesn't swap cabs. Frame probably got tweaked a bit too if the tree did that much damage to the cab. Hopefully you got a good deal on it and your payout is more than what you paid. 

[johnnypayne66]

9 minutes ago, L86 All Terrain said:

"Dent" Yup, I would say that's a dent alright. 

 

She's done for, Insurance doesn't swap cabs. Frame probably got tweaked a bit too if the tree did that much damage to the cab. Hopefully you got a good deal on it and your payout is more than what you paid. 

That would be great to just break even.   I paid cash up front, so I don’t have gap insurance.   

[eppieguy]

Anytime the windshield posts are bent it's a total for the most part. I think the posts are bent. 

[jlong1984]

I'd say it's time to start picking out a new one, she's done for. 

 

 

[johnnypayne66]

On 1/14/2020 at 12:05 PM, johnnypayne66 said:

That would be great to just break even.   I paid cash up front, so I don’t have gap insurance.   

 

3 hours ago, eppieguy said:

Anytime the windshield posts are bent it's a total for the most part. I think the posts are bent. 

They did total it , just heard from them yesterday.   I already have another truck like I had less sunroof tide up. I went with frost white this go around.   Waiting on check to get here via snail mail.  

[johnnypayne66]

2 hours ago, jlong1984 said:

I'd say it's time to start picking out a new one, she's done for. 

 

 

I have one tide up as I speak.   Thanks for all the replies.