Midwest Firework Disliker

[coldhammer]

Hello all!

I'm a new to the forum, but not new Ram owner - in fact, technically I'm not a Ram owner right now at all. On August 16, my '21 Laramie (Bjorn) that was a year old, with less than 10k miles on it, got set on fire by a kid who had the world's most unlucky shot with a bottle rocket - I'll post pictures and a video perhaps later. As some of you most likely will know our fight with insurance was long and drawn out until we finally reached a settlement that we could agree on.

I decided to join because I've been using a lot of the forum posts to help me to decide what to do to replace the dearly departed Bjorn - and I deeply appreciate it. Just placed an order with MD on Wednesday for a build that I can't wait to see (but will be patient for, ha).

Looking forward to contributing where and as I can.

 

[tom318]

Welcome and I'm definitely interested in seeing some pictures. Crazy things happen I guess but glad you finally reached a settlement and got the new one on order!

 

[coldhammer]

 

[Fatherof3]

They totalled that ? That‘ll buff out !

 

[CMil527]

Welcome!

 

[HemiDude]

I'm trying to figure out, from those pictures, what that bottle rocket hit that would've caught the engine compartment on fire

 

[Lufty]

Welcome!

 

[coldhammer]

I'm trying to figure out, from those pictures, what that bottle rocket hit that would've caught the engine compartment on fire

Not to sure - the only thing I thought about it is that your standard, smaller bottle rocket usually has a soft wood stick. That red one was a stronger plastic that withstood the heat from the fire - which was pretty intense. So figured it probably was a more powerful one. Smaller one may have been a bit of damage but salvageable.

 

[PurpleRT]

Woah lol


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[coldhammer]

Woah was about all I could muster at the time when I walked out of the gym to see it. We were warned multiple times as we came out but I thought “it wouldn’t be mine, nothing was wrong with it”. I didn’t factor in “kid with a firework”.

 

[Snekpete]

That's like bringing down an F16 with a rifle. Stuff happens.