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Frame damage after towing

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This is under 2019 ram 1500 DT this is behind the axle on the driver side I need some opinions on this My frame was bent in the shop straightened it out and what happened is a crane put its claw down on the front of a trailer I was towing and bent the back half of my box down and separated the top of the box from the back of the cab so the gap was uneven they're straightened it out this is what I found underneath this looks suspicious to me and I'm just curious if anyone else has some insight on this as the adjusters coming today
 

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This is under 2019 ram 1500 DT this is behind the axle on the driver side I need some opinions on this My frame was bent in the shop straightened it out and what happened is a crane put its claw down on the front of a trailer I was towing and bent the back half of my box down and separated the top of the box from the back of the cab so the gap was uneven they're straightened it out this is what I found underneath this looks suspicious to me and I'm just curious if anyone else has some insight on this as the adjusters coming today
 

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Hard to really tell from the pictures exactly what's going on. I would guess those are the points where they applied pressure to straighten the frame. I'm guessing you are worried about possible weakness it may cause for future towing?
 
Hard to really tell from the pictures exactly what's going on. I would guess those are the points where they applied pressure to straighten the frame. I'm guessing you are worried about possible weakness it may cause for future towing?
Exactly very worried about being able to toll with it and then having more problems down the road and not being in the shop and not being covered I found another picture
 

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Hard to really tell from the pictures exactly what's going on. I would guess those are the points where they applied pressure to straighten the frame. I'm guessing you are worried about possible weakness it may cause for future towing?
I got $110,000 mi on the truck now obviously at first I wanted them to total it out but at this point I just want my truck back it's been in the shop like 60 days but I don't want to take my truck back if I can't tow with it it's not something I do all the time I don't tow all the time but I told enough where it's worrisome but I've also told some really heavy stuff before and I didn't have any issues so I don't know what to do I feel like this is an issue and My towing capacity is definitely limited now
 
I got $110,000 mi on the truck now obviously at first I wanted them to total it out but at this point I just want my truck back it's been in the shop like 60 days but I don't want to take my truck back if I can't tow with it it's not something I do all the time I don't tow all the time but I told enough where it's worrisome but I've also told some really heavy stuff before and I didn't have any issues so I don't know what to do I feel like this is an issue and My towing capacity is definitely limited now
I would try to find a local shop that specializes in frame repairs and talk to them. The shop that did the work is obviously going to say their repairs are perfectly fine.
 

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