Thanks for the info, its a 2010 Iveco Stralis, my budget is only $1000-1500 and a fitter and turner friend said its not a big job to heat and straighten, unfortuantely he's on the opposite side of Australia from me. I just bought the rig and didn't see it when I first inspected as it had a trailer on it. I honeslty can't see it taking a pro more than 1 day ($1500 tops) to fixThere are places/shops that can straighten that, but it takes some real experience to get it right.
What type/model of truck is it? Almost looks PacCar but not sure. Personally from my experience
it's a re-rail on that side. I've done some and just not that bad to do. Even with a blank rail &
mag drill it goes pretty fast, I replaced one in a 379 Pete-blank rail-drilled, slid into place by
myself in a little over two days. A rail-$3,500 or more, I would bet at least $5,000 to straighten.
Maybe down there, but here it would cost.I honeslty can't see it taking a pro more than 1 day ($1500 tops) to fix
Normally done on a hydraulic carriage built just for that purpose.So the big question..... How
Trucks with high tensile frames say not to weld or heat them. I'm curious about the welds on this frame. It looks like it had a new section put in in the past. The weld is in an odd place and certainly doesn't look like a factory weld. It doesn't matter what someone wants to pay to repair it, if you want it repaired right you have to pay what it costs. If you try to do it on the cheap you might just be fixing it again the right way for even more money.I'm no frame expert but I don't think frame rails are something you want to be putting a lot of heat in to. Seem to recall they cold bend frames to straighten them. I could be wrong on that though.
I'd love to make fun of those guys, but I've done so much work that looked just like that. Not the right tools, not the right supplies, but have to make do with what's available.Ain’t no fixin’ that without a new rail.
But, alas, my friends at Adeel’s Truck Repair in Paki, always prove me incorrect.
I meant how did it get bent in the first place.Normally done on a hydraulic carriage built just for that purpose.
Well--that's a good question-the fact it's the top of frame pulled out, I would figure interferenceI meant how did it get bent in the first place.
That is a fact, correct. The owners dad has a tractor that was in a nasty about 2.5 years ago.and if it's not done right it can memory back.