Broken Frame on a RAM 3500
You may have seen pics of this truck and camper floating around the interwbez for the last few weeks. Here's an article about it that was published earlier today. Broken Frame on a RAM 3500
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Groover wrote:3 tons wrote:towpro wrote:
Wonder if this is related to the Frame Flex (or lack of) shown in this video?
https://youtu.be/_f3CAnH7WIM
That clip demonstrates the uber strength of RAM’s hydro-formed frame, but if used improperly, ain’t nothing infallible…
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Too stiff can be bad as it lets you get into the material fatigue zone more quickly. That may be why chassis/cab trucks use less rigid C-channel frames with thicker steel. Better to flex than break.
True enough, that’s why widgets need to be used per their manufacturer’s stated ratings, though I’ll stop short of speculating on (e.g. as out side of my lane…) the purported merits of C-channel vs Hydro-formed frames - Fact is, none of us here are privy to whatever the ‘failure chain’ was that took place - most likely it was due to a multiplicity of issues…JMO
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