Things might be picking up or I got lucky. Probably lucky. I did that load for Graebel Van Lines into Brooklyn. I had to drive all day to pick it up and then all night to deliver it. Bohemian had 5 trucks on the east coast, Graebel gives me a load immediately going west. I figure if I hadn’t have done one, I wouldn’t have gotten the load I’m on now.

Driving south on I-5 in Oregon, through a construction zone, I’m driving around a curve and a deer is in the left lane. He must have jumped over the barrier in the middle trying to get across. He stands there for a second, then moves into my lane. I didn’t have anywhere to go, I swerved a little bit and hit him with the left fender instead of the center of my radiator. I see his head and neck hit the top of my fender right above the headlight and he goes under the tires on the left side.

After the initial crunch and crash, I hear a scraping sound and it doesn’t sound good. Luckily there’s a small shoulder before the shoulder gets closed from construction. I’m on the side of the road trying to bend my fender away from my front tire. The headlight is fine, but the driving / fog light on the left side is smashed and the fender is bent and cracked.

Thankfully, It’s drivable, headlights work, nothing major bent and no fluids are leaking. Pretty lucky from a pretty big deer, I’ve seen a lot worse damage done to a truck. I’ve always wanted one of these and it’s always been on my list of things to get for the truck. It’s on my Christmas list if anyone’s interested :) Click on the picture for the site. These are built for Moose and really big deer in Canada. Almost every Canadian truck has one of these bumpers. I’m sure they are a little intimidating if you’re the car in front of a truck that’s tailgating, oh well. They do work. In the fall, Ohio and Pennsylvania are dangerous driving at night from all of the deer jumping on the road.

I’m in San Jose now getting unloaded and if there’s nothing going south, I’ll be going home empty. It’s been way too long.