TC bends frame of Dually - pic
I apologize if this has been posted before, I just saw this. It's not 'shopped (We have to resize pics for the forum, I have the higher-res original and looked it over pretty close). You can see obv...
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The tie downs kinda look like a belly bar , it looks like its under the frame
With the extended frame trailer starting a rocking , proposing motion and with the added wt of the camper I can see how that would cause the frame to maybe fail , what I don't get is how you get a c channel to bend that much without tearing at the top flange , it seems to me it would have to distort and roll to the side and collapse to bend that much , I don't see how that could be fixed by just bending it back
Ford raptor 150 pickups had some similar bent frames in the same place that caused the same dump truck look
I guess Ford has always built in more flex into their frames for a reason
Dodges are more ridged ,
What dosent bend breaks or cracks , just different engineering I guess , I don't know which is better
I`ll be looking at my frame more often for sure
With the extended frame trailer starting a rocking , proposing motion and with the added wt of the camper I can see how that would cause the frame to maybe fail , what I don't get is how you get a c channel to bend that much without tearing at the top flange , it seems to me it would have to distort and roll to the side and collapse to bend that much , I don't see how that could be fixed by just bending it back
Ford raptor 150 pickups had some similar bent frames in the same place that caused the same dump truck look
I guess Ford has always built in more flex into their frames for a reason
Dodges are more ridged ,
What dosent bend breaks or cracks , just different engineering I guess , I don't know which is better
I`ll be looking at my frame more often for sure
