Well the two major Hail storms in 3 weeks here in north Texas really did a number on our house and my new Ram dually Laramie longhorn. House is being repaired as we speak in the tune of over 40,000 in damage. My truck is going into the body shop in 4 days and will need a new roof, hood, passage side rear door , power tow mirror, new windshield, cracked lenses and major body work and paint. Not sure how long it will take for repairs. Had to cancel our Florida trip too and may delay our up north trip too. New camper received no damage since it was in covered storage. Important thing is no one got hurt. Still a bummer..

I saw an interview with a body shop owner in Texas last week, he said he had two years of work lined up after the hail storms.About 10 years back a hailstorm hit an Airstream rally, the total damage to the rigs was said to exceed $1,000,000.Of course some of the folk will just take the payment and never have the dents removed.

S ucks man. Nothing like getting your new truck beat with a ball peen hammer. Know that good body shops do better paint work than the factory both in appearance and durability. If you're one to keep up your vehicles by sanding and buffing out scratches then use this to your advantage to get extra coats of clear coat applied. Then you can clean up surface scratches and swirls with less risk. Just looking for an upside here, lol.

You guys get unreal storms back there. I was in Dallas last month for work and got caught up in a thunderstorm with rain and hail trying to get from the airport to my hotel and I couldn't see a thing going down the freeway. Bumpy ride in on the plane too.Hope your home and auto insurance does what it's supposed to do for you.

I guess that is why GOD created over passes haha... I keep a good eye out for storms with my WX RADIO and WX RADAR apps and if I am heading into harms way I will pull off and camp out for a few hours...People get pretty angry when the over passes get filled and usually the biggest and baddest guy wins haha...These folks are not stopping to visit haha...Google imageRoy Ken

I've seen a few YouTube videos of the hail you guys had. Wow! Saw some where the hail busted out car windows, house windows, and beat people up trying to take video images. Some hail almost as big as baseballs. When tagged under, "weird weather" it was labeled correct!

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Jarlaxle
Explorer II
Apr 24, 2016
Wonder what the Paintless Dent Removal guys could do with the truck. Probably a lot less than $10K!
billyray50
Explorer
Apr 24, 2016
patperry2766 wrote:
With the flooding last year, the tornadoes at Christmas and now the multiple large and damaging hail storms, we have had more than our fair share of foul weather lately.

I shutter to think how much homeowners & auto insurance is gonna go up over the course of the next couple of years.

Well our house just had a new roof and gutters installed last weds. Need 10 windows replaced still and also waiting on two new AC handlers.. Another threat of storms and large hail forecasted for Tuesday. Truck is going to body shop that day in afternoon too. Hopefully will be inside if it hits. Live in Wylie where 12,000 homes and thousands of autos and trucks were damaged.
patperry2766
Explorer II
Apr 24, 2016
With the flooding last year, the tornadoes at Christmas and now the multiple large and damaging hail storms, we have had more than our fair share of foul weather lately.

I shutter to think how much homeowners & auto insurance is gonna go up over the course of the next couple of years.
Redterpos3
Explorer
Apr 24, 2016
We had a hail storm several years ago, we experienced the softball size hail as well. It was hard to believe, but I picked them up! My house roof, car roof and moonroof, etc. Hail is extremely damaging and overwhelm the local body shops. About 1 hr after the storm came through we had trucks driving through from several states over giving out business cards to fix everything.
Grit_dog
Navigator
Apr 24, 2016
W5CI wrote:
They should Total your truck IMHO

Total a new truck with a $70k sicker for hail damage? Lol. It's suggestions like this that cause insurance prices to keep going up!
Even if $10k doesn't fix it, $20k would fix the truck, buy new tires, a lift kit and steak dinner on the way home!
billyray50
Explorer
Apr 23, 2016
W5CI wrote:
They should Total your truck IMHO

I thought insurance adjuster would total truck after coming to my residence. Estimate is only 10,000 total with all the damage? Taking truck to bodyshop Tuesday for estimate and speak with them. I think it is a lowball estimate.
W5CI
Explorer
Apr 23, 2016
They should Total your truck IMHO
Fordlover
Explorer
Apr 23, 2016
Interesting. The only hail storm I've been in that was bad enough to do damage was in Denver Colorado. We did get some marble size hail back in January and I was stuck in traffic, nowhere to go. But I can't find any damage on the truck or my 4 wheeler I was pulling.

Good luck OP, hope they are speedy repairs.
FishOnOne
Nomad
Apr 22, 2016
Me Again wrote:
And we cancelled on April trip for Arizona to home via Texas! Guess it was a REALLY wise decision! Chris

I wouldn't go as far as saying "wise" but more like "lucky"! :W
FishOnOne
Nomad
Apr 22, 2016
I think I would trade that truck in on another one after it gets out of the shop. Good luck....

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