We never put a brush guard on the old dually for fuel mileage in the beginning and just never added it later. The big tow hooks in front absorbed most of the Ford Taurus impact the guy was driving. Surprised at the lack of visible damage to it! Good sales pitch for Ford I guess. Hubby mach improved, no more wincing, whining or yelling today. Maybe on the up swing and no real major long term problems. Already cut back on meds and he actually stoked the fireplace once today. Yippie! Did take pity on him and took out the trash and bought him a cozy camo soft robe to recover in. Did some minor things on TC and finish tomorrow in time to smoke turkey for Christmas dinner with kids. Ah, yes, life is good. Actually ran into some former TC folks at camper place today. It was actually one we tried to look at before we night the old Shadow Cruiser, it was a Lance. Even stranger was that they used to own a hard side Shadow Cruiser years ago and are also planning an Alaskan trip next year in their new to them 25' Journey MH. Three months I think they said. Would love to travel along but probably won't make that trip. World is really small. Anyway, life moving along as I figured it would if we just kept moving. :)