Hello to everyone. Today is a bad day for me . Got loaded heavy (pulling flat) . 41k on spread. 85k gross. Went back to the shipper. Had to take sharp left going uphill and booom . I almost #### myself . I thought trailer snapped in half . Anyways in need of a good shop to get it fixed . Coronado glider with 8k miles on it .
Any shop with a welder and a torch should be able to fix you up. That's not a place I'd be worried about the structural integrity of the frame. Heat it up and bend back, weld the seam up, clean up with grinder and slap on some spray paint. Id check the rest of the frame and make sure you didn't pull and cross members loose or anything. Had to have really wrenched on the frame to do that. Also maybe move your fifth wheel back to avoid doing it again
A rail cap or end crossmember would have avoided that whole scenario. I would be adding something there if it was mine after fixing it. Did a number on it, thats for sure. You can also see where the left rail and crossmember bracket are misaligned or have moved from original spot. I would take it to a frame shop and not Jimmy Bobs weld repair.
That is pretty idiotic that their isnt a cap or cross member right at the very end leaving all that hanging out just waiting to get caught
The problem with end caps are they get caught on trailer pin. Usually when dropping, but can also get in the way when hooking a low trailer. My old WS had one. Always had to be careful not to damage it. Every WS you’d see had a damaged end cap. I replaced one, it wasn’t cheap.
Definitely want to take that to a frame/collision repair shop. May be some frame damage or twisting with the energy involved in tearing the flange off like that.
That top flange could just be cut off on both sides if the clearance is needed to not hit like that. Lots of FL’s and Kw’s came that way. They mostly bent them down and weld them for cosmetics anyways. Pete is big on this. @Rideandrepair mentioned the WS with end caps. Lots of the old first ones. When they were White-WesternStar had straight cutoffs in the back with no tapered flange at all. Some would get cut down home made style to various shapes over time by there owners. Lol. I have 2 bare steel frames and 1 aluminum from that era that are all straight cut. The ‘85 FL coe I have is tapered and open on the top with no flange since new.
