Broken Frame
Discovered today my passenger side frame rail Is fully severed. No idea how long it has been like that. Big TC's and rough roads don't mix well. Oh well, take it to a frame shop and splint it then sel...
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Don't sweat it!
I'm an engineer now, but before that I maintained a fleet of landscaping trucks in high school and those guys knew how to overload a truck! Had 2 different 1 tons that broke both rear frame rails, not at the same time. First time sent it to a shop to be fixed. The subsequent 3 rails I welded and plated my self mimicking the original repair. The repairs never failed. Those trucks kept getting beat on daily for years to come.
I'm an engineer now, but before that I maintained a fleet of landscaping trucks in high school and those guys knew how to overload a truck! Had 2 different 1 tons that broke both rear frame rails, not at the same time. First time sent it to a shop to be fixed. The subsequent 3 rails I welded and plated my self mimicking the original repair. The repairs never failed. Those trucks kept getting beat on daily for years to come.
