Lifted trucks can be a lot of fun. Take them off-roading, and they’re in their element, bashing through muddy troughs and climbing steep inclines with ease. The thing is, adding a lift kit can make a vehicle slightly more difficult to maneuver around tight turns and narrow corridors, as evidenced by the mangled front end on this Chevrolet Silverado.
This video is brief, clocking in at a little over a minute in length, but it does show some of the aftermath of a collision between the lifted Chevrolet Silverado and one very stubborn stop sign. Shot from the passenger seat of a passing vehicle, we get a rotating view of the poor Silvy pickup perched on top of the sign.
According to the video description, the incident occurred August 2nd, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio.
“My husband and I had just gone grocery shopping for our family when we heard a huge bang and a large commotion when we walked outside we saw this craziness!”
By the look of it, the driver of this lifted Chevrolet Silverado misjudged a corner in the parking lot, cutting it too close and smashing into the stop sign. It’s possible that the driver lost control while driving over some wet bit of the parking lot, as judging by the puddles, it appears as though it had recently rained.
Regardless, the results are pretty clear. The lifted Chevrolet Silverado now rests on top of the stop sign, its driver-side front wheel jammed underneath it while bits of the suspension hang from underneath the wheel well. It looks like the driver and some of his buddies are milling around while a store employee snaps a few photos of the truck.
Meanwhile, the stop sign remains still standing. Oh, the irony.
So there you go folks. When it comes to lifted trucks, stick to the rocks and mud puddles, as parking lots can be dangerous.
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Lol, but you can see the concrete encasement on the stop sign, it was reenforced.
Someone was driving to fast and cutting corners to close.
Nobody is offroading in there type of lifted trucks, let a lone a crew cab long-bed.
I do it all the time in 2013 3500HD crew 4×4 Z71 long bed 6in lift front 4 rear etc… live in Southern Baja…
it’s a monster off-road and handles great highway, mild tweaked and tuned…
6.0 flexfuel, that’s right a gasser…
Your a idiot. Have a 04 2500HD with 8.1 and six inches under it with 37×13.50 on 20’s and she eats. Never been stuck,go places my buddies can’t in 4×4 in two wheel drive. Crew cab. Know how those are put in and if you’d have hit it with a ford it would have been a whole lot worse!!!!! Bow ties for life!!! No small PP either. Big ones can’t jump!
Right on Jim…
You tell’em Jim
Only guys with tiny little members need to lift their trucks to ride on the street. They are dangerous and should be banned. Some insurance companies won’t insure them.
Do you know from experience or what?
I purchased a Suburban of similar age which was already lifted – I just enjoy the way it drives and looks and yes, I’ve been off roading in a lifted suburban before. My lift is pretty close to what the guy in the picture has so I can speak from experience since my setup is almost identical in height and length to his. I am a responsible driver and have never had an collision in my vehicle (had a lifted suburban before this one so going on 7 years with no collisions). Not sure you know what you’re talking about. Additionally, insurance companies will insure any lifted vehicle but will NOT cover any parts you add to the vehicle aftermarket unless you get specific coverage for that . They are no more or less dangerous than any other 5,000lb vehicle driving on the road, it’s all about the driver. My son and I actually avoided a 5 car collision with significant injuries that literally happened about 3 car lengths in front of us because of my ride height so I’d advise you stand down before complaining about something you know absolutely nothing about. This country used to be about choice, and while I don’t use the suburban as my daily driver, I embrace my option to drive it whenever I like because *freedom*.
I suspect this guy just didn’t see the stop sign in his blind spot and was probably both driving too fast and cutting the corner too sharp.
Finally, my girlfriend would like you to know my member is definitely not “small”.
Send your girlfriend over here,,, I’ll show her what a real member looks like
The fact that you dolts feel the need to parade around the size of your junk tells us all we need to know about your actual situation…trucks or not.
Pretty sure I was responding to Virginia but thanks for trying.
Who cares who you were responding to. The only people who feel the need to defend their size to random strangers online are the ones who desperately lack self-esteem as it is.
Like the old adage goes, the true wealthy never feel the need to flaunt it, they’re perfectly satisfied just living it.
Is this the place to point out that you don’t need a big organ unless you’re playing in a cathedral? 🙂
Yeah that’s what’s needed. More government to tell you if you can lift your truck.
You do know insurance companies are not the gov’ment right? They’re private companies. If I don’t want to insure a dumbass it should be my right not to. They can go to The General and try to get insured maybe.
Dave, The comment I was replying to said “…. They are dangerous and should be banned…” Banning means government. Insurance companies don’t ban things, they just don’t insure them. But you can still have them as opposed to the government which would not ‘allow’ you to have them.
Well I think you will find that in a large number of locations the local police are going to pull you over and ticket you ever time they see you. I guess if you are rich and afford the fines that’s great. Eventually they would probably just impound your vehicle.
Just curious, are you saying every person who has a lifted vehicle is a dumbass cause that’s how your comment reads.
In all states, auto insurance is a heavily regulated industry. The insurance regulators in most states determine of how they rate, what coverage is mandatory, how they manage their finances. There’s political-equity considerations (insuring poor people). In my state, there’s a uniform point system that defines “dumbass” which simultaneously caps rates. So no, it’s not your right.
Sounds like you have short person syndrome. Since you hate life you want to be sure everyone you meet is equally as unhappy.
This guy could have been driving a corvette 3″ off the ground and he probably would have hit the sign again!! . Face it, it has nothing to do with the vehicle, lifted of not.
He wasn’t watching where he was driving. If you think the truck is a factor then you’re a bonehead. There are some, like this guy, that just aren’t good at driving!!! Adding a lifted trick to this guy’s lack of driving ability may have gave him more EGO than he could handle.
Stop blaming the truck!
I totally agree with you Greg great minds think alike
Boo Virginia, turn the lifetime channel back on and mind your business
You need to loosen up boy!
Vergina,
you don’t know what you’re speaking of…
not in the least…
PS it’s not tiny…lol
that’s your latex talking…
That’s what happens when u go the wrong way down a lane in parking lot ….looks good on him…
Gotta be rolling at a fairly fast clip to do this kinda clip…..LOLOLOL
When a lifted truck is higher than it’s supposed to be the laws of physics are violated. When the body is lifted that high it has a lot of leverage over the suspension components so when an irresistible force meets an immovable object the weakest link is going to break meaning the standard suspension components. Maybe next time he’ll pay more attention to his driving than to saying “ hold my beer, watch this”!
Is nobody going to mention the Toyota Tacoma pickup with a bent frame in the first seconds of the video? That thing is going to snap in two on the next speed bump with the frame rusting problems these are notorious for.
Who cares about a Toyota
It’s not just the bed… look at the front wheels and how it sits…
Just another dumb ass redneck!
Maybe it was a cheesy quality lift job as well as a stout sign involved. At any rate it is pretty funny to see.
The sign is encased in a concrete Ballard. The concrete typically is 3ft or more in the ground depending on height and circumference. They are designed to stop vehicles. It’s no wonder there is so much damage.
Apparently not built “Like a Rock” any more!
Ha, ha, ha……
Only if he stopped at the stop sign. Stupid is what stupid does.
I just want to know why is it that if you have a lifted truck people automatically have a small dick and that your a redneck I mean honestly most of the trucks on the road now are just for show with these 4000 dollar rims and led underglow and with people that have jobs in the field like welders and loggers for a example we need a lift kit with bigger tires so we don’t get stuck cause sometimes we get into swamps and what we call drywall mud
It’s a HD half-ton so its not doing any real work after that lift was added a minivan would have a better payload capacity. He put in a lot of work in to hide that with that with the 3/4 ton towing mirrors and debadging the truck so i’m guessing he’s ashamed of it. You don’t put 24″+ rims on any truck you want to take off-road as they are worthless. Long bed crew has the axle length of damn school bus so no matter what you do it’s going to be awful in the mud or on the trail.
I’m calling it Butt stupid !!!
Sad……everyone knows that lifted long bed crew cabs make the best off-roaders…………lol
He was showing off, driving to fast in a parking lot. If he was driving safely he wouldn’t have done that much damage. It’s possible it was a cheap lift job or perhaps poorly maintain after hours of off roading. But at the end of the day if you drive safely that wouldn’t have happened.
At least he will not need a hoist to do the front end work!
Most likely someone who likes driving short through a lot, instead of treating it like a set of streets and empty lots. Unfortunate result.
It’s not just a stop sign it’s a metal post filled with cement. Some people are just stupid.
Yep, gotta love that tough Independent Front Suspension lol.
I’d heard of that setup breaking in the oil fields where solid axles dont, but I guess even parking lots are dangerous to it.
Looks to me like the wheel came off when he hit the sign and rolled under the truck. That wheel is what’s holding the truck up jammed between the frame and the road. The sign has hardly dented the side of the truck. But it is a good optical illusion.
That’s a pavement princess not a off road 4×4
Zippity dodaa zippity day my big trucks seen its last day. I was just spinning, spinning along when a big bad stop sign got in to my way. Zippity dewda zippity day i may go back to driving the right way
Typical Chevy and their front suspension components lifted from the Sonic parts bin on their HD trucks.
Hey folks hate to tell you this but GM is crap products. I worked there and for a while unloaded rail cars. There is nothing American in them. Steel is from Canada and Mexico. Engine and electronic components from S.Korea. they are just assembled here. We’re being deceived.
Dumbass!
At least no one was hurt.
Well heck, people do that anyways no matter what they’re driving. It just so happens that the sign is secured in a concrete post, and his truck was high enough for it to knock the wheel off. I saw a gentleman’s comment on here about the integrity of GM’s steel. Well, I hate to be the one to say, but all steel is not what it used to be due to being recycled so many times. It can happen to any truck these days.
I drive a truck but a majority of these guys who jack up their cars or have diesel trucks that spew extra smoke out are really assholes. They drive like that too. It is just not my opinion as I have had many people tell me the same thing. This guy was probably being careless and as far as GM cars go, what does this have to do with the make of the car
Lifting a truck is asking for trouble. First, your axle and your drive are still at the same height as before so you can’t even get more real clearance if you go off road. Secondly, you have raised the center of gravity and increased the risk of an accident. Thirdly, unless you have notified your insurer of the modification you have voided your insurance. Fourthly, in most states you are also breaking the law by driving a modified car.
Anybody that hits a 6″ steel pipe full of concrete is going to regret it I don’t care what you drive.
Have you ever seen an 18 wheeler do this with the back trailer wheels? Makes a large BOINK sound and the driver doesn’t know it!
Notorious tie rod issues magnified with the lift. Should have upgraded them while lifting it.
If this stupid ass would have been paying attention and not driving the wrong way on the road he would have been fine
The guy throwing off on gm must drive Toyota or Nissan.
I like in the video where what seems to be the driver is demanding to speak to a supervisor. Like, the sign was there and you hit it. Thats on no one but you and your pavement princess short stuff.
I don’t care what you drive a 6″ steel pipe full of concrete will mess up any vehicle.
“I don’t care what you drive a 6″ steel pipe full of concrete will mess up any vehicle.”
Umm, I’d like to see you rip a spindle off a solid front axle truck like what happens with IFS, as clearly demonstrated here.
Not saying you wouldn’t mess a solid axle truck up, that picture just shows why IFS isn’t heavy duty, no matter how GM tries to sell it. Well, they only try to sell it to light duty truck owners, because 4500’s and up are all solid axle…
I said “Stop”…. No,No,No,
Hold my beer!
I like how they tried to even suggest that the driver lost control on the puddle. That’s not enough to loose control in a otherwise dry lot. Even if he was going fast it’s just plausible, he simply drove into the concrete.
Looks like a ball joint failure to me, the entire spindle is detached, and still bolted to the wheel.
Not surprising, when you jack an ancient truck up to the sky, put oversized wheels and tires on it, but don’t bother to make sure the suspension is actually in decent condition.
I doubt the sign had much to do with what happened—he’s just lucky it happened in a parking lot, and not on the highway.
Not many vehicles can drive away after hitting a 6″ steel pipe full of concrete, Plus he was going way too fast for a parking lot, highway signs would have caused less damage because they are designed to break off their bases to save lives
Should have bought a FORD!!!!!
That’s right ! It never would have made it there in the first place , so the accident wouldn’t have happened .
Not many vehicles can drive away after hitting a 6″ steel pipe full of concrete, Plus he was going way too fast for a parking lot, highway signs would have caused less damage because they are designed to break off their bases to save lives
Cut thee corner to tight. Foot on the gas . Ameture lifted truck driver at best. I been driving them for years and there’s blind spots a normal truck doesn’t have and this Is an example of a rookie mistake. And as for u lift haters, don’t expect me to pull you out of a ditch next time ur minivan goes off the road. Clowns
You don’t need a lift to pull a minivan out of a ditch , genius .
You remind me of the redneck guy in a pickup truck I encountered once during an ice storm. I’d slid into a fairly decent sized hole with the front tire, managed to rock the car out, but it was impossible to pull on through without putting the back wheel into the same hole.
A guy with two buddies in an old truck pulled up, and offered to “pull you through, but I might bend your bumper)…the look on his face when I suggested I could borrow the 2×6 in the back of his truck and simply put it over the hole and drive out was priceless.
Wow i have seen it All now. What in the World was he Thinking.I KNOW ONE THING HE SHOULD B SHAME THAT IS SO EMBARRASSED.😂😄😅😊
I agree with other comments, I bet that truck rolled down the road shaking and really shouldn’t of been on the road. The under carriage was probably as bad as the rust spots on the exterior of the truck, even worse. He should be grateful it happen in a parking lot. I guess he will not be ” BIG PIMPIN “.
Little dick syndrome
Only little dick owners use that . Why are you so obsessed with peckers ? were you stating that because you know from experience because you have a little pecker ?
Wouldn’t have happened if it was solid axle. Newer trucks are built like Swiss cheese. I am going on 300K miles on my 83 3/4 GMC. That’s in Maine plowing snow every winter.
A solid axle does not fix stupid . Good for you and your ratty old truck .
It may be ratty, but it’s reliable. Gets me to work and back every day. That’s 55 miles daily.
Looks like he slightly misjudged the corner . Yep so much so that he turned in to the oncoming lane . You can fix the truck but you can’t fix stupid .
Rednecks. Don’t you just love them?
He ask to speak to a supervisor probably wants to blame the stop sign. “Yeah uh I was just driving casually along and your stop sign cut me off breaking my truck what is Walmart gonna do for me?”
Sir “We are going back inside to share the security video for a good laugh With each other while you call a tow truck, the police come and give you a ticket for stupidity. Then we are filing a claim against your insurance. Thanks for choosing Walmart bye”
Should’ve bought a Ram!!!
Lol it’s a Chevy alright ,
Nearly had this happen to me a couple of years ago on my SUV. The sign was not visible to me as I made the turn as my mirror and door post got in the way just for a nano second. I got lucky and only brushed the sign. LOCATION, Location, location!
offroad trucks in the city!! lol i saw alot of this trucks trying to park and hit cars .
Brodoser vs stop sign. The results will shock you!
Why is the Walmart CSM standing there close up videoing it for? shouldn’t a member of management be standing there not her?.. 🙄😑🤨
Walmart management in the office too busy laughing at the surveillance video
Small brainbox, big truck, huge repair bill.
Doesn’t matter what vehicle it was. When stop signs try to cross the road while texting the next stop sign across the lot that it’s taking it’s 15 minute union break, accidents like this will happen. No driver is liable if the sign is not hopping in a crosswalk.
Lol idiot that’s why it’s called a stop sign 🤣. Shouldn’t have made your truck higher. I’m sure if it wasn’t that high he would have seen it and how to turn… Can’t stop laughing 😹🤣
This guy could have been driving a corvette 3″ off the ground and he probably would have hit the sign again! Face it, it has nothing to do with the vehicle, lifted of not.
He wasn’t watching where he was driving. If you think the truck is a factor then you’re a bonehead. There are some, like this guy, that just aren’t good at driving!
Adding a lifted trick to this guy’s lack of driving ability may have gave him more EGO than he could handle.
Stop blaming the truck!
So I’m supposed to believe that driving at parking lot speeds, meaning less than 10 MPH a stop sign was able to rip the wheel, axel from the A frame of the truck, ripping brake lines etc. Either he was moving at quite a clip, or the workmanship of the truck is crap. I’m willing to be it’s the former not the latter.
Also these dudes with the big wheel trucks don’t know how to park or judge the weight of their vehicles as they speed like dummies on the road and cause terrible accidents.
I suspect the lower ball joint failed, due to age, and the ridiculous lift/wheel combination, the wheel caught the body, and the momentum of the truck carried the wheel on backwards, and pulled the upper ball joint, along with the entire spindle/wheel assembly backwards under the truck.
He’s lucky he wasn’t on the highway when the ball joint failed.
Cut that about 15 foot short. Was the driver blind or stupid?
If you turn down the RIGHT SIDE like your supposed to, you would not hit the stop sign on the left. Watched someone do the same thing at my local Walmart due to the same thing. Crushed the side of his truck bed in.
Maybe he was being a perverted looking at women’s big boobs and ass’s got him distracted.
There’s no way the sign caused that…. I’d definitely agree that the wheel assembly snapped off and forced him into the sign.
That may well be the case.
IFS trucks are nothing more the cars on steroids
These ballet trucks are useless.
Anyone else hear this guy asking for a Walmart supervisor as if this sign was somehow thrown into his path while driving and he deserves compensation. Hahah
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES. THIS GUY MUST BE REAL STUPID. But on the positive side idiots give us all something to laugh at. Is this guy from Alabama? LOL
He’s got all that driving skills from the Hillbillies Driving School…Yee-Haw !!!!
He’s got all those driving skills from the Hillbillies Driving School…Yee-Haw !!!
Pure stupidity wow just think how cool he feels driving down the road throwing rocks out of those tires at your car and windshield
Did your dad buy you that awsome truck?
We all make mistakes
The truck can be fixed but you can’t fix STUPID
Horsepower divided by inches lifted equals IQ.
Well, that explains all the Raptors out there….
Typical chevy truck
Lol a jacked up Chevy with low profile tires!!?? LMAO…come to Oregon and we’ll show ya some real pickups😂
The truck must be longer than what he’s compensating for.
Get it because owning something that you want to means you’re compensating. If you own a house with two stories or more, you’re compensating. If you have a motorcycle above 125cc, you’re compensating. If you use a boat when you go fishing, you’re compensating.
Looks like a faulty lift kit install and also a faulty driver
Well the sign said stop and that it did…
Walks big, talks big, but is just a sensitive little thing huh? They say the car is a reflection of the driver. There’s no question about the compensating.
Steel pole cemented in with stop sign attached wins every time. Nothing wrong with the lift as some stated. Any lifted truck would had the same out come if you had your head in your ass.
I know people would get mad for me saying this but, lifting should be illegal. It’s dangerous for anyone in a smaller vehicle. There’s a reason for bumpers to meet. People have been torn to pieces by lifted vehicles. Yes, inconsiderate people will say “I want my right to bla, bla, bla.” But, as someone just pointed out “You can’t regulate STUPID!”
“Yes, inconsiderate people will say “I want my right to bla, bla, bla.” But, as someone just pointed out “You can’t regulate STUPID!”
If you can’t regulate stupid, how are we going to stop traffic accidents? The root cause is the human, not the vehicle. Brand new $80K trucks have half the ground clearance trucks did 40 years ago, this is one reason so many are lifted now.
You do realize that the only reason we have all the extra mandatory safety garbage in cars is because people continue to refuse to use seatbelts, right? SUV’s are stupid heavy to try and keep occupants, not wearing seatbelts, from getting crushed in a rollover. Why do I GAF if someone doesn’t want to wear seatbelts and gets killed due to their choice? Hint: I don’t. I certainly shouldn’t be paying more for a vehicle, and mileage penalties for people that choose to not wear safety belts? Same for back up cameras, airbags, etc. Nice to have, but our vehicles would be substantially cheaper without them. And arguably don’t need them. If we did, no one would die anymore in vehicle accidents.
The break away didn’t break away! Sorry about your 🥀🤣
🤷♀️Welp, 🤷♀️ that wasn’t built FORD tough AT ALL! 🤣😂🤣
As far as lifted trucks being deemed illegal is absolutely ignorant. Do you say the same about semi trucks,dump trucks or school buses? Have you ever drove a lifted truck? Didn’t think so. All about the drivers abilities whether it’s a lifted truck or a damn peddle bike. Period. I’ve had a lifted truck with six inches or more under it since I was 18 and I’ve NEVER been in a accident. Drive one that’s been done right before you make moronic comments like previously
I see the stop sign won the battle #FamousLee559
Why is everyone hating on this guy and his small pp 😂
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Looks like poor navigation skills. Looks like there’s more involved in this incident besides turning, way to soon crossing over into oncoming traffic and with the front wheel and other components off or missing says that a little speed was involved along with not paying attention. It had to be said
After the first stop sign was destroyed by someone the manager was like hey, put a steel pole over the stop sign and fill it with concrete.
Well I think you will find that in a large number of locations the local police are going to pull you over and ticket you ever time they see you. I guess if you are rich and afford the fines that’s great. Eventually they would probably just impound your vehicle for the public hazard it is.
Edwards a moron too. Doesn’t happen in my neck of the woods. And if there so “illegal” why does Chevy offer lifted factory trucks. Just mad cuz you drive a prius!
Ok y so much hate????? No 1 can afford a play toy???? Like the 1 u have 2 use on your wife bc she is thinking about this same teuck???? U know u talked about it
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This car is no longer the type certified car as presented by the manufacturer for certification, because of big modifications of safety relevant parts.
Didn’t the owner lose the right to drive this car on public roads?
Or how does the individual car certification work over there in USA land?
Observer7,
It’s pretty obvious that the US is heading towards total anarchy. Regulations are being slashed or not enforced and the country is run by a band of criminals/kleptocrats. Americans are dying like flies, food banks are miles long and the country is quickly heading for bankruptcy like the ruler has declared multiple times before.
The outside world only has pity for this former power…
Did Vladimir’s comments piss anyone else off. This is a forum for wrench talk and commenting on CHEVY things not a place for political rants by a douche bag whose isn’t from the great country we call USA.
Why not buy a real high truck in the first place instead of heavily modifying what is basically a passenger car with an open trunk accessible to each and everybody? Like an Unimog, for example. The right choice when you need a real work horse.
Or is that just for show purposes, reducing the sturdyness of th car?
I enjoyed reading all the comments, I had a really good laugh at them. They were funnier than what that kid did to the sign.
El problema no es el vehiculo…es el conductor…
Si subes tu camioneta debes estar consiente que se maneja distinto…
“…First, your axle and your drive are still at the same height as before so you can’t even get more real clearance if you go off road…Fourthly, in most states you are also breaking the law by driving a modified car.”
Going to answer what I know, as you are wrong about these, utterly. Not saying I agree with the modifications, just saying I know some of the reasons and rules.
Utterly incorrect about lift. Normally done to clear larger tires, your axle to ground clearance will raise.
I would like you to show me some states that do not allow vehicle modifications. There are specific laws for specific states, but I can’t think of one that disallows all vehicle modifications. No aftermarket tinted windows at all? Come on, that comment doesn’t pass the common sense test.
This guy was probably doing something he shouldnt have. As for having a lifted truck in the USA its not illegal some states have laws about how high your license plate is from the ground and some states have tip tests the truck has to pass to see how easily it can roll over. Some states don’t have any laws so no it’s not illegal to have a lifted truck. Whatever this guy did was stupid so who knows what kind of lift kit or homade jerry rigged set up he was using but if it was a lift from a reputable company this should not have happened.
I’ll Stick with my Truck. I don’t have any problems on the road or off the road. As far as lifting trucks for going off road as long as it is done correctly then there is no problems. My Truck is only raised with a 3 inch body lift on the cab of the truck and a 6 inch lift on the bed of the truck to fit 40″x 17″x 16.5″ Ground Hawgs.
What a dumb ass! I’ll bet the driver isn’t thinking he’s too cool now with his truck all messed up.
I don’t know what it is About those yellow Poles in Walmart Parking lot but people keep hitting them for some reason. One person shove the Driver Fender all way up to the windshield
The other day on the ramp getting to the freeway on my 2012 gmc sierra (leveng kit)a car cut in to me i ended getting on top of the curve jumping into the dirt sppinig hard jumping back into the concrete,at leats i was drivin 55mph when this happened and nothing happened to my truck..i hate when ppl put big rims in litte rubber..loses all the porpoise of a truck worts of a pifted truck..so bad setting and probably a bad jodlb when they installed his lift kit.
And No the owner isn’t Gay, if that’s what all you are thinking.
Normal person let’s max out these her torsion bars to the max so we can have a higher frontend…. mechanic- I feel sorry for you (looks like the both ball joints snapped to do maximum torsion or some idiots do it yourself put way to much torque on the ball joint and snapped one while the other followed or forgot to put the nuts on Clearly the knuckle separate from the ball joints and then hit this sign probably monkey see monkey do still a monkey with a wrench
I made the same suggestion a couple of days ago…I suspect the lower ball joint failed, the oversized tire got caught under the bodywork as the oversized assembly moved backward, and the momentum of the truck let the wheel continue rolling backward along the frame, snapping the upper ball joint, and completely removing the wheel assembly…but it was implied that I didn’t know what I was talking about.
“I suspect the lower ball joint failed”
I wondered that too. Seen it happen more than a couple of times, but would be a heck of a coincidence to happen right where it did. Still possible.
Am I correct in thinking that the entire front suspension was torn off of the frame and pivoted around? I wonder if the suspension was rusted out and weak. Also, how do you manage to hit something like that concrete-encased stop sign?