Never had on any of my trucks, however I did have a big steel bumper on a old F-150 that I had a winch mounted to it.
I hit a bear going down a logging road. It flipped up landed on the hood, flipped up again took out the windshield and chushed the passenger side roof and door supports. The truck was totaled as was the bear. Bumper and winch were ok thou. You hit a moose, I don’t care what you have on the front of you truck, it’s bending as is the truck.
This picture is from Newfoundland... but it was a moose and truck encounter. Just do a google search of Newfoundland moose and vehicle encounters, and just click on pictures... that will tell you what a moose can do
Where I live it’s mostly deer that get hit, and like me, the odd bear gets whacked. Save your money for your deductible on your vehicle insurance on the off chance you do hit something.
Take your time when traveling, see the sites and keep an eye open for wild life. The best places to have something suprize you would be on a sharp corner, an area where the Bush/ trees grow close to the road, or where there are steep banks leading up and down from the road. Critters like you are just having a great day until they walk out of the Bush, or step up a bank into your lane of traffic.
And always.... every important... never ever swerve to miss the animal. Hit the thing, and make sure you tell your insurance people that “the animal hit you”
A lot of people die when the swerve to miss a deer or some other critter on the road. They either swerve into oncoming traffic and cause a bigger ascendent or head off into the rhubarb which has other nasty surprises waiting for that unsuspecting driver.
Soup.
I hit a bear going down a logging road. It flipped up landed on the hood, flipped up again took out the windshield and chushed the passenger side roof and door supports. The truck was totaled as was the bear. Bumper and winch were ok thou. You hit a moose, I don’t care what you have on the front of you truck, it’s bending as is the truck.
This picture is from Newfoundland... but it was a moose and truck encounter. Just do a google search of Newfoundland moose and vehicle encounters, and just click on pictures... that will tell you what a moose can do
Where I live it’s mostly deer that get hit, and like me, the odd bear gets whacked. Save your money for your deductible on your vehicle insurance on the off chance you do hit something.
Take your time when traveling, see the sites and keep an eye open for wild life. The best places to have something suprize you would be on a sharp corner, an area where the Bush/ trees grow close to the road, or where there are steep banks leading up and down from the road. Critters like you are just having a great day until they walk out of the Bush, or step up a bank into your lane of traffic.
And always.... every important... never ever swerve to miss the animal. Hit the thing, and make sure you tell your insurance people that “the animal hit you”
A lot of people die when the swerve to miss a deer or some other critter on the road. They either swerve into oncoming traffic and cause a bigger ascendent or head off into the rhubarb which has other nasty surprises waiting for that unsuspecting driver.
Soup.
I put a Ranch Hand grill guard on the F450 before heading up the Dempster and later to Yellowknife and on to Fort Smith. Also added a plastic film over the headlight covers. Never hit a critter and hard to know how much damage we might have saved but we deflected quite a few good sized rocks with the screen.[img]
Click For Full-Size Image.[/img]
Click For Full-Size Image.[/img]
