truckinbutch
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Rope broke , horse stumbled , and I didn't even
try to pull my pistol .
I'm so embarrassed . Borrowed my Dad's Sunday truck and borrowed a 2 horse trailer from a cousin to move my daughter's 2 horses from her place 6 miles to my farm .
Horses weren't hauling well on a twisty , steep up and down country road in the bumper hitch trailer.
2 miles into the trip they started fighting , one went down on his side under the other , and the trailer shifted like hell . Jerked the front of the truck over the edge of the road and we rode a 60 degree slope 70 feet into the trees on an angle until a friendly poplar tree stopped our descent before we went over a 50 foot cliff .
Following behind , my daughter and 2 grandkids watched this . Then I got to deal with two horses
upside down in a wrecked trailer and a frantic daughter while trying to stop copious amounts of blood draining from a broken nose .
Rescued the horses ok except for some minor scuffs . Nose stopped gushing and ; what the hell ! ,
it's been broke before . Got the daughter and grandkids settled . And then I had to go tell my Daddy
I'd crashed his Sunday truck .
That's when I considered pulling my pistol and using it on myself . "NOT !" I thought , "Way your day's gone , you'd screw that up too ."
try to pull my pistol .
I'm so embarrassed . Borrowed my Dad's Sunday truck and borrowed a 2 horse trailer from a cousin to move my daughter's 2 horses from her place 6 miles to my farm .
Horses weren't hauling well on a twisty , steep up and down country road in the bumper hitch trailer.
2 miles into the trip they started fighting , one went down on his side under the other , and the trailer shifted like hell . Jerked the front of the truck over the edge of the road and we rode a 60 degree slope 70 feet into the trees on an angle until a friendly poplar tree stopped our descent before we went over a 50 foot cliff .
Following behind , my daughter and 2 grandkids watched this . Then I got to deal with two horses
upside down in a wrecked trailer and a frantic daughter while trying to stop copious amounts of blood draining from a broken nose .
Rescued the horses ok except for some minor scuffs . Nose stopped gushing and ; what the hell ! ,
it's been broke before . Got the daughter and grandkids settled . And then I had to go tell my Daddy
I'd crashed his Sunday truck .
That's when I considered pulling my pistol and using it on myself . "NOT !" I thought , "Way your day's gone , you'd screw that up too ."
It's amazing how we can look back at an incident like this and laugh about it. I know that when things like this happen to me, I fasten the seat belt and get ready for the ride. Decades ago situations like this would ruin my day, I am lucky to have learned to go with the flow regarding situations you can't control. For me, finding something with a bit of humor, even if dark will help. Judging from this story you are now on the same path as me, but I'll have to keep a sharp eye on you because your driving skills aren't the greatest and I think you may be a menace behind the wheel 
Tell me TRUE ! Would you do that to your Daddy ? 
