REPLACE FRAME RAILS

How much did they quote? You can probably get some wrecked newer Volvo's with good frames on auction and swap everything over

 

Might give these guys a call, but not sure if they sell retail. Truck Frame Rails & Chassis Components - Vicon Fabricating Let me know what they say.

 

In the old days busted frame rails are fatal to any vehicle.

Today if you have a shop that can support correct frame rails for the application (Your tractor) and spend some weeks making sure the new rails bolt on correctly etc you can enjoy many more years out of that frame. (A idea would be to send old rails to scrap value. A junker would pay you cash money)

I recently had a vehicle totaled and they told me I would have it completely taken apart and the new frame put in. I told them no forget it and it sold to salvage after I got paid more than what I had in it. Thinking back after I spent sometime learning about frames today it was a mistake. But thats water under the bridge.

Go for it, but you need to be like standing over their shoulder in that frame shop and be a participant learning in what's involved in new frame. Anything is possible as far as I am concerned, even frames.

 

If your truck is a good one, then I guess it's really good.

In steel if they predrill the frame when they built it and take the stresses out of it and all that then its going to be a good frame. Just need to bolt everything.

I cannot deal with 15000 dollar bill in my current thinking but if it buys years and keeps you from having to commit to 150,000 for a replacment tractor then alls well I say. The shop is really need to do a good job. Its not that complicated if they really know what they are doing. I like the idea of predrilled alot.

 

That's pretty cheap, I remember someone posted here recently that it costed him $30k for the job

 

I could see that if they outsourced the swap instead of doing the labor in house

 

Unless you have a mag drill. That is well worth it and a good price.

 

Fitzgerald body shop in tn. you will have trucks back in a week