my frame bend

[odogf150]

still in the shop i really hope they get around to it or if im lucky get it done today, maybe ill post some pics before and after up for you guys

 

[O'Rattlecan]

I'd like to see the before & after to see what you were talking about.

Ryan

 

[LEB Ben]

What kinda procedure is this shop using to square/true it up? I know some shops are super high tech with lasers and flux capacitors and others use a square and a come-a-long.

 

[odogf150]

^^ im not too sure with the procedure but i think the 2nd one, ill ask them should be done any time now.....

 

[odogf150]

looks like my photos are too large to upload but heres one, radius arm bent to hell and ttb bent at the pivot both brackets are fine no damage whats so ever ill get the pics up some way....

 

[73F100Shortbed]

Is the truck really balanced on a trailer hitch or am I just seeing things?

 

[Truckin4life]

That's a shop????

Or is that some fella ya know's shop that said he could fix it fer ya?

 

[73F100Shortbed]

That's a shop????

You mean your shop doesn't jack the vehicles up on logs and trailer hitches???

 

[Truckin4life]

I do all my own work, out side in the dirt, and i dont use logs and trailer hitches.

 

[73F100Shortbed]

Well look at you Mr. FancyPants and your jackstands

 

[Truckin4life]

My truck is to tall for jack stands and my car, is to short...

So i dont own any jack stands. I typically build a craddle out of 4x6"s
I have one i built for the front and back of the car and i have 2 i built for the truck. I trust them much more than a set of jack stands too. Wide base, wide top. solid 4x6"s lag bolted together. I typically work with the vehicles parked in the dirt. So jack stands tend to not be real stable sometimes. Again why i prefer my cradles.

 

[73F100Shortbed]

Got any pictures? Sounds like a good idea.

 

[Truckin4life]

I dont, but i could get some...

I toyed around with them for a few weeks, while working on the car. When i got them just how i liked it. Thats when it got lag bolted together.
Use a couple of 2x4's or 4x4's for braces across the middle and there ultra tough.

 

[73F100Shortbed]

Sounds like a better idea then jackstands. I'd like to see if you don't mind. always looking for safer ways to work on my vehicles since I don't have access to lifts anymore and usually have to work on the street or driveway.

 

[odogf150]

Is the truck really balanced on a trailer hitch or am I just seeing things?

lol hell yeah, that was the day after my wreck, i ran out of wood blocks so i 'improvised'

 

[odogf150]

That's a shop????

Or is that some fella ya know's shop that said he could fix it fer ya?

naw man thats MY shop, that pic was a year ago when i swapped the ttb's for 'newer' ttb's and ext. arms, my truck was in a real shop very cool guys

 

[odogf150]

alright fellas i got my truck out of the shop and got pics ill TRY to post them up in a minute....

 

[odogf150]

after bend

 

[odogf150]

if anyone knows can let me know how to get alot of pics up at a time, i seen some in the forum with 10+ pics in one post please let me know id like to share with you all my pics. i keep getting to big of a image for ftf forums....????

 

[Truckin4life]

Sounds like a better idea then jackstands. I'd like to see if you don't mind. always looking for safer ways to work on my vehicles since I don't have access to lifts anymore and usually have to work on the street or driveway.

I'll do what i can.