Hit a bear, what about the bumper?

[jcmseven]

Absolutely, I feel having a full-sized truck likely saved me from significant injury. This bear was not huge, I estimate 150-200 pounds at the most, but it was an adult as best I could tell. It also bounced off the bumper area rather than flipping onto the hood. Of course, it is all speculation, but I would say with a small car, the front end would have significantly compressed or worse, the bear would have launched into the windshield. That would have caused some damage and likely injury. Every time I think that I could maybe save a buck getting a cheap small car to run my work route and park my truck, I think of how comfortable it is, how it gets reasonable mileage, the power it has and the safety of having a substantial vehicle around me, those thoughts ebb away.

John M

 

[timswi]

Absolutely, I feel having a full-sized truck likely saved me from significant injury. This bear was not huge, I estimate 150-200 pounds at the most, but it was an adult as best I could tell. It also bounced off the bumper area rather than flipping onto the hood. Of course, it is all speculation, but I would say with a small car, the front end would have significantly compressed or worse, the bear would have launched into the windshield. That would have caused some damage and likely injury. Every time I think that I could maybe save a buck getting a cheap small car to run my work route and park my truck, I think of how comfortable it is, how it gets reasonable mileage, the power it has and the safety of having a substantial vehicle around me, those thoughts ebb away.

John M

That's why my wife and I drive trucks....Gas mileage ain't everything.

 

[Newblue]

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Like those bumpers. Where did you get them?

The truck is Road Armor from WA and the Jeep one was custom built from Defelice offload in Waverly, In