Groover wrote:
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.
3 tons wrote:
That clip demonstrates the uber strength of RAM’s hydro-formed frame, but if used improperly, ain’t nothing infallible…
3 tons
towpro wrote:
Wonder if this is related to the Frame Flex (or lack of) shown in this video?
https://youtu.be/_f3CAnH7WIM
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…
3 tons
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
3 tons
Groover wrote:
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.
3 tons wrote:
That clip demonstrates the uber strength of RAM’s hydro-formed frame, but if used improperly, ain’t nothing infallible…
3 tons
towpro wrote:
Wonder if this is related to the Frame Flex (or lack of) shown in this video?
https://youtu.be/_f3CAnH7WIM
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…
3 tons
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.
Yeah….no.
Try cheaper, more versatile, and generally not subject to a great deal of torsion from off camber articulation. IE can’t take a 1 ton where a Jeep would go and and can’t take a tractor trailer where a 1 ton would go.
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2017 Heartland Torque T29 - Sold.
Couple of Arctic Fox TCs - Sold
towpro wrote:
Just search internet on ram 3500 broken frames.
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Just search internet on ram 3500 broken frames.
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That frame failure sure doesn't look like a stress failure due to the very straight edge/line
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'16 Sprinter 319MKS "Wide Body"
towpro wrote:
Just search internet on ram 3500 broken frames.
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Just search internet on ram 3500 broken frames.
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Just enough to be dangerous with the ole internet, eh?
I say “eh” cause you probably don’t know where aboots that pic was taken. But the clues are in my decidedly regional Canadian inflection….hahahaha
One thing is for sure, all the “broken frame” pics out there, save for the ones due to rust on the poor folks that live in the salt belt are due to pretty extreme or repeated misuse or overloading. And it’s not a Ram thing or a Ford thing. GMs and Yodas break too.
Not Nissans generally, but most people aren’t silly enough to try to do real work with a Nissan product ! Lol