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Old 09-19-2010, 09:58 AM
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Default Re: Frame Stretching

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Originally Posted by 9W Monighan View Post
My words are exactly as Steve's As soon as you load the frame maybe even under it's own weight the frame's gonna sag. 30 years ago I used to help a guy stretch short wheel base tractors into triaxel coal buckets. We added the splice then doubled the frame rails and bolted the whole works. I never liked the idea but you just had to know the guy
Exactly , I have seen the result of a poor frame stretch and it's not pretty
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