Post by account_disabled on Dec 26, 2017 14:21:02 GMT
Hi,
In the beginning, as the saying goes, "size was everything". The first sight of Bob Chandler's big blue Ford sporting those "immense" 48 inch Goodyear tires inspired legions of followers to create their own incarnations in a quest to construct THE BIGGEST MONSTER TRUCK ON THE PLANET! But, at that time this just meant a trip down to the junk yard to collect a pair of old military 2 1/2 ton axles and a set of discarded tractor tires which were then bolted, welded or occasionally tie wrapped on to the family pick-up truck. Little attention was placed on the load being placed on that factory truck frame.
As car crushing became all the rage so did frame breakage. The first attempts at solving this problem came in the form of what is affectionately termed as "fish plating". That is to say that steel plates were welded all along the bottom and/or outside of the factory frames to give them more strength. As most factory truck frames to that point were formed out of C channel some owners went the extra mile and "boxed" their frames which entailed welding steel plate to the outer edges of the inside of the frame rails thus giving them more torsional rigidity. But, as tire size went from 48" to 66" and in some cases 73", and axles went from 2 1/2 ton to 5 ton and bigger, additional steps were required to further strengthen those factory frames. In many cases a great deal of time was spent welding in "sub-frames" for additional structural support.
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In the beginning, as the saying goes, "size was everything". The first sight of Bob Chandler's big blue Ford sporting those "immense" 48 inch Goodyear tires inspired legions of followers to create their own incarnations in a quest to construct THE BIGGEST MONSTER TRUCK ON THE PLANET! But, at that time this just meant a trip down to the junk yard to collect a pair of old military 2 1/2 ton axles and a set of discarded tractor tires which were then bolted, welded or occasionally tie wrapped on to the family pick-up truck. Little attention was placed on the load being placed on that factory truck frame.
As car crushing became all the rage so did frame breakage. The first attempts at solving this problem came in the form of what is affectionately termed as "fish plating". That is to say that steel plates were welded all along the bottom and/or outside of the factory frames to give them more strength. As most factory truck frames to that point were formed out of C channel some owners went the extra mile and "boxed" their frames which entailed welding steel plate to the outer edges of the inside of the frame rails thus giving them more torsional rigidity. But, as tire size went from 48" to 66" and in some cases 73", and axles went from 2 1/2 ton to 5 ton and bigger, additional steps were required to further strengthen those factory frames. In many cases a great deal of time was spent welding in "sub-frames" for additional structural support.
For More Details: Marketing Communication Video
