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Title: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: LordWalrus on January 07, 2009, 01:49:43 AM: I see that phrase all over this site. Having never been hit by a truck myself, I'm confused. What do trucks hit like, and, what kind of truck is it best to hit like? Is an S10 hit like an F150 hit? Should I go to a Dodge pro shop?
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Dan Belcher on January 07, 2009, 09:52:35 AM: I've been hit like a truck. (A Dodge, actually) Trust me, it hurts. A lot.
Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Danes07 on January 07, 2009, 09:54:47 AM: Probably one of the worst and most overused phrases on this site. I always chuckle when I see it used. Any ball hits a ton if you use it on the right condition and throw it half way decent.

Unfortunately, I don't think it will ever stop being used...since most of the people that use it are just regular bowlers who don't realise that it really doesn't describe how well the ball hits.
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: jls on January 07, 2009, 10:10:24 AM: quote:
I see that phrase all over this site. Having never been hit by a truck myself, I'm confused. What do trucks hit like, and, what kind of truck is it best to hit like? Is an S10 hit like an F150 hit? Should I go to a Dodge pro shop?
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Did you mean, it clears the heads, turns the corner, kicks out the ten pin, and then hits like a truck???

I prefer a Ford F150.
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Monster Pike on January 07, 2009, 10:23:58 AM: My F-250 hits like a truck. But I used my Virtual yesterday for some practice & boy did that sucker hit like a truck. Peoples heads were turning everytime I hit the pocket. Holy sheet that ball has some monster carry.
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Big Jake on January 07, 2009, 10:46:56 AM: My FORD-250 Diesel hits like a bowling ball
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: 9andaWiggle on January 07, 2009, 11:13:12 AM: C'mon, "Hits Like A Truck" is old. The Brunswick Black Beauty "Hits Like A Truck".

These days, if it don't "Explode The Pins Like A Nuke" it ain't worth buying.

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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: jls on January 07, 2009, 11:24:00 AM: quote:
My F-250 hits like a truck. But I used my Virtual yesterday for some practice & boy did that sucker hit like a truck. Peoples heads were turning everytime I hit the pocket. Holy sheet that ball has some monster carry.
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Monster carry!!!! Well it's about time you used the darn ball. What were you waiting for???

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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: moooorich on January 07, 2009, 11:34:12 AM: I prefer "hits like a train" !!!
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: cooksey on January 07, 2009, 11:36:04 AM: I have been hit by a Dodge myself. Heavy SOB's. If the balls crippled the pins like the truck did me for a while. We would all be shooting 900's.

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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: scotts33 on January 07, 2009, 11:36:43 AM: http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=44

"The mushroom-shaped flip block creates an enormous snap on the backends."

For a mushroom like cloud after The Nuke hits da pins!
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: iowalefty on January 07, 2009, 11:40:07 AM: ......and then comes ball death, and the ball hits like a rotten tomato....

SPLAT!
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Necromancer on January 07, 2009, 11:49:07 AM: Well most of the people on this site aren't good at bowling so that explains the use of that phrase.
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Russell on January 07, 2009, 11:51:31 AM: quote:
Well most of the people on this site aren't good at bowling so that explains the use of that phrase.
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Im assuming you use it a lot then?
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Necromancer on January 07, 2009, 11:54:16 AM: quote:
quote:
Well most of the people on this site aren't good at bowling so that explains the use of that phrase.
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Im assuming you use it a lot then?
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No I don't say the ball hits like anything in any of my reviews. It is a stupid comparison - especially since after all the tournaments and even watching pros, very few hit hard because very few throw the ball over 20 mph to even resemble a hard hit. Pros hit flush not hard like newbies.
Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Nor Cal Bowler on January 07, 2009, 11:54:20 AM: I say we start a truck level meter from Ford Courier/Chevy Luv up to Mack/Peterbuilt
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: janderson on January 07, 2009, 02:16:21 PM: It hits like a truck and keeps the pins low. It's no good if it doesn't keep the pins low!
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: BrunsMike on January 07, 2009, 02:42:38 PM: I would rather not hear any comparison to how a ball hits like. Whenever someone asks me how the ball hits the pins I tell them "The ball makes a hard move off the break point" or some kind of variation of that. Thats what most people that bowl around here judge a balls reaction or hitting power.

Its a phrase that will forever be used unfortunately.
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: on January 07, 2009, 03:19:10 PM: "The ball hits like a TRUCK."

Does that mean it must be used by a truck driver?

Is a C.D.L. required to buy one?

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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Buzzhead on January 07, 2009, 07:58:17 PM: no but if peachless were here (for the older guys) he would say that some of his CPL hit like a truck......
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: CPA on January 07, 2009, 09:25:58 PM: I have been hit by a truck. A semi tow truck to be exact. None of my bowling balls hit as hard as that truck.
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Hogsharley on January 07, 2009, 09:32:16 PM: How 'bout "the ball hits like Ike Turner"?
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Maine Man on January 07, 2009, 09:33:02 PM: Someone needs to interview a bowling pin, and get their perspective on this "hits like a truck" thing.
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: LordWalrus on January 08, 2009, 06:56:57 AM: quote:
I have been hit by a truck. A semi tow truck to be exact. None of my bowling balls hit as hard as that truck.

Nice. This is the kind of testimony we can use to create a baseline. Let's see... According to CPA's profile, so far we have:

Semi tow truck > The One, Gamebreaker, T-Road Pearl and Maxim

Keep 'em coming!

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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: baltimora on January 08, 2009, 07:05:45 AM: my ball sometimes hits like one of those little japanese trucks from the 80's.
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: iowalefty on January 08, 2009, 09:30:03 AM: my triple x factor hits like a very large solid black cherry!
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Title: Re: Ball hits like a truck
Post by: Robadat on January 08, 2009, 10:01:45 AM: I got hit by a truck (http://"http://www.publiquip.com/photo/885355153.jpg") once.

It came down the road and turned the corner hard and hit me flush.

I woke up two days later...

No bowling ball will ever hit like a truck, not even a little one.

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