Looks like the same camper.
Looks like the same trailer.
Looks like a *different* truck (but similar).
Looks like a *different* location.
My conclusion: Same owner, different events.
Supposition: The owner did something stupid and broke his truck. Got a replacement truck that was similar but not identical. Did the same stupid thing.
Thinking through the physics... That would take a heck-of-a-lot of weight behind the rear axle to cause the front end of the truck to pop up. I cannot believe that Ford, or anyone else, would design a frame so weak that it would break in two. Not to mention if there really was that much weight behind the rear axle, that would have lowered the weight on the front wheels and made this a bastard to drive and brake.
This picture:
Look at where the front tie-downs are mounted. Total WAG on my part... What if they were welded in place by someone who didn't know what they are doing? If heated & cooled improperly, metal can lose its strength. It is not a big stretch on my part to see someone screw up a front tie-down install and weaken that critical part of the frame...
"I'm gonna redneck weld this in place so good that it will never break off."....and they end up with a weak spot at the most critical structural point of the frame.
Alternative possibility... Maybe a bad bump at too high of speed broke the frame downward, and the resulting weight distribution generated these pictures after it stopped?
Just one guy's armchair analysis...
-Eric
