Gary’s post about the truck with the bent frame reminded me of an incident we had at our shop a few years ago. One of our accounts that we took care of their trucks for was The Humane Society. Prior to us taking over that account their trucks had been taken care of by the city where they were located. Over the years as they upgraded their fleet with newer trucks they would remove the custom built box on the rear of the old trucks and then install them on the newer ones. What we did not know (and obviously nor did they) was the trucks were not rated to carry the heavy custom utility beds. What they were “supposed” to do was install a structural support plate near the middle of the frame in what is known as “the crinkle zone.”
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