So a horror story just rolled into the shop...

greasytshirt · Nov 25, 2014

Here's a brand new truck that rolled in. 250 miles. The body had just been "installed" by a "body company".

My job was to get the lights working. But this crack was the first thing I saw. http://i.imgur.com/SPJQObK.jpg

They had put the body on the chassis, then decided to weld on the liftgate. They stopped when the body boards caught on fire.
http://i.imgur.com/g0bCJSi.jpg

Here's the other side of the burned body board. They couldn't have filled that gap no matter how hard they tried. http://i.imgur.com/sStniK4.jpg

The two frame rails they we trying to join were of two different heights. No problem. Just ignore it! http://i.imgur.com/bzlacy5.jpg

I welded this good when I was 8. http://i.imgur.com/O7DR023.jpg

Now back to the wiring. Hmm, I think I found a couple minor discrepancies. http://i.imgur.com/Tc0Gp87.jpg

You dumb *******s. This wouldn't have survived the first winter. http://i.imgur.com/P9Psz2G.jpg

There was stuff literally twisted together by hand.
http://i.imgur.com/GV82MQH.jpg

An hour later, it looks a lot less stupid. http://i.imgur.com/MwG5vDH.jpg

Someone actually paid money for this butchery. We can't give this thing a passing DOT inspection with that giant crack forming.

Dynamite 1 · Nov 25, 2014

Unbelievable !!!!!!!!!!!!!

greasytshirt · Nov 25, 2014

Dynamite 1 said:
Unbelievable !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I said the same thing when I realized that "*******s" is in the swear filter. Y'all really limiting some fine cuss words.

But seriously, I don't even know what the plan is at this point. It's not leaving here until that's fixed, but there are some clear obstacles to repairing it correctly.

Lawrence · Nov 25, 2014

Thanks for the post and making EO'ers aware that there are some shops that do horrible work.

Doggie Daddy · Nov 25, 2014

Lawrence said:
Thanks for the post and making EO'ers aware that there are some shops that do horrible work.

It doesn't take long to figure that fact out.

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kg · Nov 25, 2014

greasytshirt said:
Here's a brand new truck that rolled in. 250 miles. The body had just been "installed" by a "body company".

My job was to get the lights working. But this crack was the first thing I saw. http://i.imgur.com/SPJQObK.jpg

They had put the body on the chassis, then decided to weld on the liftgate. They stopped when the body boards caught on fire.
http://i.imgur.com/g0bCJSi.jpg

Here's the other side of the burned body board. They couldn't have filled that gap no matter how hard they tried. http://i.imgur.com/sStniK4.jpg

The two frame rails they we trying to join were of two different heights. No problem. Just ignore it! http://i.imgur.com/bzlacy5.jpg

I welded this good when I was 8. http://i.imgur.com/O7DR023.jpg

Now back to the wiring. Hmm, I think I found a couple minor discrepancies. http://i.imgur.com/Tc0Gp87.jpg

You dumb *******s. This wouldn't have survived the first winter. http://i.imgur.com/P9Psz2G.jpg

There was stuff literally twisted together by hand.
http://i.imgur.com/GV82MQH.jpg

An hour later, it looks a lot less stupid. http://i.imgur.com/MwG5vDH.jpg

Someone actually paid money for this butchery. We can't give this thing a passing DOT inspection with that giant crack forming.

Did you repair the welds? It would be interesting to see pictures of the re-worked joints.

Stay safe
KG

greasytshirt · Nov 25, 2014

kg said:
Did you repair the welds? It would be interesting to see pictures of the re-worked joints.

Stay safe
KG

Nothing has been done to the welds or frame yet. The truck is parked, waiting on various people to make decisions.

T270_Dreamin · Nov 26, 2014

Is that a Hino?

greasytshirt · Nov 26, 2014

T270_Dreamin said:
Is that a Hino?

Yep. We sold them the truck, but we don't have the means to install a body that large. The customer found this low-bid shop to install the body.

We need to purchase some sort of body lifting apparatus.

ttruck · Nov 26, 2014

I would not have moved the trk. without looking at the install first those were some scary fotos,
ur a good man for pointing out to the owner,and does he have a good lawyer,lol.

Slo-Ride · Nov 26, 2014

greasytshirt said:
We need to purchase some sort of body lifting apparatus.

Can you simply jack up the box and crib it in place then pull truck out from under it? Hire a wrecker to pull it off??
Was someone trying to extend those frame rails?
If so, Im thinking that should have been done with a double frame/insert and thru bolted in place.
Looking at that work I'm thinking the integrity of the frame rails may have been compromised? I know rails can be welded but ya better really know what your doing. Someone has a big repair coming..

greasytshirt · Nov 26, 2014

Slo-Ride said:
Can you simply jack up the box and crib it in place then pull truck out from under it? Hire a wrecker to pull it off??
Was someone trying to extend those frame rails?
If so, Im thinking that should have been done with a double frame/insert and thru bolted in place.
Looking at that work I'm thinking the integrity of the frame rails may have been compromised? I know rails can be welded but ya better really know what your doing. Someone has a big repair coming..

We have a forklift, we can lift it up enough to weld it properly. Hino has good guidelines on how to do this stuff correctly. We've been doing frame work like this for quite a while.