A treee fell on my ute windscreen.

Went to my grandson's yesterday morning to install some ceiling batts. Took
the ladder. Then went to my daughter's and parked on the verge. Taking off
the ute suddenly ceased forward motion as the ladder contacted a largish
(125mm) tree branch. As I sat there contemplating for a few moments, the
branch fell off the tree smashing the windscreen. The other end of the
ladder turned the tailgate into a pretzel. I have yet to check how much the
ladder is bent. Oh dear.

Theo

 

What I wanna know is, did anyone get a video of it?...

 

Thankfully not. You won't see that on youtube.

The lucky part is that the screen has two large fractures indented about 75
mm, and there's not a scratch on the paintwork. $300 for a windscreen is
pretty cheap compared to a bonnet.

Theo

 

Damn right there. And I'm glad it didn't do any personal damage!

Your insurance is not one of those that does the 1 free windscreen a year
deal?

P

 

No, the new screen is about $330 fitted at the office. They should be here
in an hour from now. It's the company ute.

Theo

 

If I break my windscreen at all, I am not going to your windscreen
replacement centre,

The one near me charges $185

 

I'm not going there either. They're coming to me. And yes, I know that costs
more, but going to them involves getting someone to pick me up and drop me
back there later.

Theo

 

True, but most places have an out service and the price is not that
different, if not the same

 

Well I paid $310 and am not unhappy. Windscreens also vary considerably in
price.

Theo

 

Prices vary wildly dependent on make and model of the car. Plenty of cars
have windscreens that cost over $1000 for example.

Cheers,
Dale.

 

I was shopping around for one for my Brumby and I saved about $150 off the
best price by not using the delivery or fitting but, as the Brumby wasn't a
goer, I had to pick it up with the R1100GS.
It overhung the panniers by about 1 foot either side but so far so good.
On the way home the lights were out and there was a copper directing traffic
so I had to place a car between him and me and then accelerate at the
correct rate so he couldn't see the mildly dangerous cargo as I went past!

 

If you had taken the time to clean the screen first, he wouldn't have seen
it

 

I expect I could have saved $100 if I'd been prepared to give up about three
man-hours of our time. Just not worth it for me.

Theo