my 6 year old East step deck frame is cracked

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by allan5oh, Sep 12, 2012.

  1. Junkyard Johnney

    Junkyard Johnney Light Load Member

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    I am only seeing what is in the photos here, and I am sure that there is more than one welder on a project like this in those plants. So with this in mind, many of the other welds could very well be perfect, it is just this affected area that we should focus on that seems to be quite poor. I agree with Wideload on this though, it is not a total loss, with the correct repair methods and materials along with the right guy doing it you will have a good unit again. I know what you are thinking, how could you ever trust it again, but I am pulling one right now I have welded on for several years and it holds up well, steel though. This is my last load today with it though as I purchased a new Reinke today, but I pulled this one for 7 years. Bad timing is all...
     
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  3. Junkyard Johnney

    Junkyard Johnney Light Load Member

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    LOL , now that is funny, good one, it goes either way.....thanks for the laugh I needed that one
     
  4. allan5oh

    allan5oh Road Train Member

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    Actually if I had noticed this a few weeks or months ago this wouldn't be a big deal. Right now it's a huge deal. Now I have to pull a company trailer giving up revenue while still paying for a broken trailer, and to top it off add storage to my truck since there isn't any.
     
  5. Junkyard Johnney

    Junkyard Johnney Light Load Member

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    Huge pain I understand, it may not help but, I saw a guy parked here tonight at the truck stop that had to get up tomorrow and drive an old Petebilt Cabover, all day, and probably the next day, just remember it really can get worse, time to pull up the boot straps and say ya that sucks but lets go get some money out there, yes?
     
  6. wideload

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    hey. if you got to drive a cabover it may as well be a peterbilt
     
  7. Calspring

    Calspring Light Load Member

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    It looks like they were just weak welds. Aluminum is not the easiest material to weld. I know someone whose East Dump trailer which is around a year old had a cracked in half right across the frame. He should be getting the replacement shortly. They also improperly/pretty much didnt welded the hitch onto the truck frame and if it wasnt for the pre-trip could have lost the trailer in the middle of traffic and god knows what would have happened.
     
  8. Col

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    I'm no welder so i probably need an education but Aluminum is more difficult to weld than steel right,
    so wouldn't it be better to have Ali trailers welded by a robot?
     
  9. allan5oh

    allan5oh Road Train Member

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    I will hear back from East on Monday.
     
  10. Semi Crazy

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    And have all trucks driven by robots too.
     
  11. Oscar the KW

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    But you better have a robot program the robot, wouldn't want a human to screw that up to. I hate seeing those robots in factory's, just another american without a job.
     
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