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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #45 on: December 19, 2022, 03:33:10 PM »
There has not been a good truck made since International and Studebaker quit making them.
My dad owned two International Travelalls....a '69 and a '75.
Neither lived past 7 or 8 years Ohio road salt and poorly protected metal.
I remember my job was to check oil when I was about 8 or 9 and I couldn't get the hood to raise.
Turns out, the inner fender where the hinges attached were so rusty, the hinges collapsed into the fender well.
They did have some beefy engines and transmissions.
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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #46 on: December 19, 2022, 03:36:54 PM »
I would bet my next check the bed isn't the only non-factory feature on that truck. :chuckle:
Agreed.
We have 5-6 of these that come in here for service. Never seen a broken frame on one of them yet.
Used to be an F550, converted to single rear wheels. Crazy air suspension system, 40" tires, etc. 



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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #47 on: December 19, 2022, 04:27:25 PM »
I would bet my next check the bed isn't the only non-factory feature on that truck. :chuckle:
Agreed.
We have 5-6 of these that come in here for service. Never seen a broken frame on one of them yet.
Used to be an F550, converted to single rear wheels. Crazy air suspension system, 40" tires, etc. 





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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #48 on: December 19, 2022, 04:29:12 PM »
Dream rig there!   what they start at, half a mil?

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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #49 on: December 19, 2022, 04:59:38 PM »
Dream rig there!   what they start at, half a mil?
More than that now

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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #51 on: December 19, 2022, 05:08:24 PM »
Dang that's dumb

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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #52 on: December 19, 2022, 06:23:53 PM »
Dang that's dumb

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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #53 on: December 19, 2022, 06:25:51 PM »
Dang that's dumb

Covid caused a run on $750k RV’s. At least 2 of the owners sold their houses and bought these things and went mobile working from the road.
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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #54 on: December 19, 2022, 06:35:31 PM »
Dang that's dumb

Covid caused a run on $750k RV’s. At least 2 of the owners sold their houses and bought these things and went mobile working from the road.
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Man covid lock down in that luxury camper must of been rough.
Instead of avoiding covid ,they just keep driving into a new infection.
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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #55 on: December 19, 2022, 09:52:12 PM »
There is a similar discussion on tractorbynet.

They also mention airbags as a potential cause.

The going theory is, if they are over inflated it can take a significant load off the front and rear attachment points of the leaf springs and concentrate load where the airbag meets the frame, putting high stress on a single point of the frame.

I have no idea if there is merit to this but it was interesting discussion.

Tractorbynet is a good place. Have you been there since before Carl (Shieldarc) died?  He was an encyclopedia of welding

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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #56 on: December 26, 2022, 09:16:44 PM »
There has not been a good truck made since International and Studebaker quit making them.
My dad owned two International Travelalls....a '69 and a '75.
Neither lived past 7 or 8 years Ohio road salt and poorly protected metal.
I remember my job was to check oil when I was about 8 or 9 and I couldn't get the hood to raise.
Turns out, the inner fender where the hinges attached were so rusty, the hinges collapsed into the fender well.
They did have some beefy engines and transmissions.

I remember my buddy's family literally having a party celebrating their vehicle that hit 100,000 miles.  Nobody actually believed it was possible, we all went for a ride in it to see for ourselves.

They surely didn't have as much plastic, but they had an awfully short lifespan.

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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #57 on: December 26, 2022, 09:26:13 PM »
There has not been a good truck made since International and Studebaker quit making them.
My dad owned two International Travelalls....a '69 and a '75.
Neither lived past 7 or 8 years Ohio road salt and poorly protected metal.
I remember my job was to check oil when I was about 8 or 9 and I couldn't get the hood to raise.
Turns out, the inner fender where the hinges attached were so rusty, the hinges collapsed into the fender well.
They did have some beefy engines and transmissions.

I remember my buddy's family literally having a party celebrating their vehicle that hit 100,000 miles.  Nobody actually believed it was possible, we all went for a ride in it to see for ourselves.

They surely didn't have as much plastic, but they had an awfully short lifespan.

 I’m close to 600k on my 7.3
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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #58 on: December 27, 2022, 09:02:42 AM »
There has not been a good truck made since International and Studebaker quit making them.
My dad owned two International Travelalls....a '69 and a '75.
Neither lived past 7 or 8 years Ohio road salt and poorly protected metal.
I remember my job was to check oil when I was about 8 or 9 and I couldn't get the hood to raise.
Turns out, the inner fender where the hinges attached were so rusty, the hinges collapsed into the fender well.
They did have some beefy engines and transmissions.

I remember my buddy's family literally having a party celebrating their vehicle that hit 100,000 miles.  Nobody actually believed it was possible, we all went for a ride in it to see for ourselves.

They surely didn't have as much plastic, but they had an awfully short lifespan.

 I’m close to 600k on my 7.3
7.3 in a Toyota?
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Re: Truck Frames Breaking In Half.
« Reply #59 on: December 27, 2022, 11:21:44 AM »
There has not been a good truck made since International and Studebaker quit making them.
My dad owned two International Travelalls....a '69 and a '75.
Neither lived past 7 or 8 years Ohio road salt and poorly protected metal.
I remember my job was to check oil when I was about 8 or 9 and I couldn't get the hood to raise.
Turns out, the inner fender where the hinges attached were so rusty, the hinges collapsed into the fender well.
They did have some beefy engines and transmissions.

I remember my buddy's family literally having a party celebrating their vehicle that hit 100,000 miles.  Nobody actually believed it was possible, we all went for a ride in it to see for ourselves.

They surely didn't have as much plastic, but they had an awfully short lifespan.

 I’m close to 600k on my 7.3
7.3 in a Toyota?

 7.3 is made by International ;)
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