causeitflies

So, I'm sitting in the basement/rec room watching football and I hear this strange noise upstairs. I thought it was my wife coming home and falling in the door or something.
This is what I saw when I looked out the front door [X(]

causeitflies

Luckily my planes weren't inside...

SDCrashmaster

Bummer for sure. Surprised there's not more snow on the ground there.

hooker53

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ooH man. Mark. thats certainly no way to get some firewood is it!!! Hope your recovery is good!!! That was a football demon that caused that!!

AmishWarlord

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Is that a ficus?

STKNRUD

Looks more like a Pontiac Caravan

causeitflies

There wasn't much wind today but the old Maple just fell over. A few weeks ago we had 50 mph gusts and it didn't budge. The warm temps over the last few days caused all that snow to melt so the ground is saturated.

rcjets_63

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It's an Act of God (in the insurance business)

G4guy

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WOW! I am glad no one was hurt. Good luck on replacement.
Ron

ezflyr

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A little bit of compound, and that will buff right out !

John

causeitflies

I just put four new tires on it a few weeks ago [:@]
I just filled the tank up Friday[:@][:@]
Now I have to go deal with the "lot lizards" [:@][:@][:'(]

yeahbaby

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Dude!!!! holy cow a maple tree?

glad no one was hurt what a great excuse to get a new pick 'em up truck!!!

Stobe777

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...apparently no models were injured...? Good luck with the insurance company. Hope it turns out ok.

TP.

Jim Cattanach

Drain the fuel & get the new tires off before the insurance guys take it away.

NickC5FE

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Hey Mark-cut that bad boy up and seAson it Then sell it ! Maple has lots of uses in the hobby:-)

mongo

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see, this is what happens when ya pass on a perfectly good airplane flying day.

or at least ya can from now on remind yer wife when she has objections to yer going flying.

rjbob

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Maybe it was the ghost of Dean Martin that caused the tree to fall.

Jim Cattanach

To late now, but when you saw the fallen tree, you should have ran out & lay under it screaming. Think of all the jets that mental health trauma comp would buy.

madmodelman

It could have been worse, thank god you weren't sitting in it!

avicom

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Thanks God it was only your hauler and not your house! Could be worse. Don't you have a driveway or garage? Hum.... somebody just say it. A good excuse to get a pick up truk. Good luck in with new hauler search and happy recovery.

Alex

RCISFUN

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Hey Mark that sucks!!!!!!

Noting a little body work won't sure

BaldEagel

Who owned the tree? was it on your land? if not you could have a claim against its owner, I am sure there was at least two full scale heavy jets inside. LOL

Mike

RCISFUN

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Hey Mark I'm sure we could come up with some crash victims (Jets) to throw in the back of your van

causeitflies

My tree, my van. My next door neighbor is my insurance man and he's trying to figure it out []
My wife's car enjoys the garage while my vehicles are usually on the street. There's room enough to park about five vehicles in front of my house but I may have to squeeze it next to the garage in the alley. I've had several other close calls with trees on the street.

Was out looking for a replacement van today and saw a bunch of really nice cheap cargo vans. If I didn't need an every day vehicle and was thinking of getting a trailer, I think I would opt for a cargo van instead.
Rich, I'm sure you could have it fiberglassed back in shape in a few days

causeitflies

I was on Dean Martin Blvd checking out Honda Odysseys