JHOLLAND1
Titanium
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- western washington state
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0t--class 8 truck frame straightening
- Thread starter JHOLLAND1
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Interesting set-up.
We had a local shop in Meadvill, "Teeds".
And they made their own frame machine (and building addition with pit)
much like a car frame machine (chief ez-liner comes to mind)
They had pix showing dumping semi trailers that they had straightened along with the aforementioned class 8 trucks.
However, they did it with the truck mostly intact.
We had a local shop in Meadvill, "Teeds".
And they made their own frame machine (and building addition with pit)
much like a car frame machine (chief ez-liner comes to mind)
They had pix showing dumping semi trailers that they had straightened along with the aforementioned class 8 trucks.
However, they did it with the truck mostly intact.
idacal
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Aug 9, 2011
- Location
- new plymouth id
Looks like it works. must be financially feasable to straighten those frames with wide sections. I know on standard trucks installing new frame rails isnt that bad and not that expensive. I did a paystar last year.
JS
Stainless
- Joined
- May 5, 2005
- Location
- Republic of Arizonia
I knew a guy that used the trees in his front yard and a winch truck to tweak everything...
john.k
Diamond
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2012
- Location
- Brisbane Qld Australia
Most use railway rails set into concrete,and a selection of hydraulic rams and chains.....I once bought an ex army truck that the grunts had turned into a banana with the winch,bend was just short of busting the transfer case ......anyhoo,I took it to a truck aligner,they removed the fuel tanks ,and had it back straight in a couple of hours work....they had used a lot of heat,but it wasnt a heat treated chassis,so just a repaint...........I turned a $500 write off into a very low mile 4x4 truck I sold for $7000......
