Broken Ram 3500 Dually Shows a Camper Can Still Overload a Big Truck
This Ram 3500 is awaiting a $17,000 repair job after an enormous slide-in camper snapped its frame.
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Not ot mention axle weight rating.Broken Ram 3500 Dually Shows a Camper Can Still Overload a Big Truck
This Ram 3500 is awaiting a $17,000 repair job after an enormous slide-in camper snapped its frame.www.thedrive.com
Yeah. They did everything wrong. But, this is RAM'S fault.Overloaded yes, but it appears that the weight bias is behind the rear axle.
Yeah, the frame didn’t buckle downward as it would by being overloaded with weight. It buckled upward (negative moment) - that must have been one heavy-a$$ motorcycleOverloaded yes, but it appears that the weight bias is behind the rear axle.
I titled the thread the way I did because of the owner. He says the truck should have x amount of payload. The person writing the article says there is no way to know the payload.The title of the thread is a bit misleading, and people so very badly want to make this an “over payload” argument, but some basic physics solves this equation, and can happen even if under payload.
Compound the below picture driving over some bumps, and it’s really no surprise:
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Where are the weld points on the frame?The title of the thread is a bit misleading, and people so very badly want to make this an “over payload” argument, but some basic physics solves this equation, and can happen even if under payload.
Compound the below picture driving over some bumps, and it’s really no surprise:
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The title of the thread is a bit misleading, and people so very badly want to make this an “over payload” argument, but some basic physics solves this equation, and can happen even if under payload.
Compound the below picture driving over some bumps, and it’s really no surprise:
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Pretty sure the writer of the article meant it was impossible for him to know, or anyone reading the article for that matter. The owner has no excuse not to know.From the article…
“It's impossible to know the exact rating of Pavel's truck…”
… unless one were to look at a sticker on the door jamb conveying exactly this information…
I do suspect they were over weight, but the bigger issue is how they were loaded. Those front anchor points. These front anchor straps were stronger than the frame!!
Being over payload exponentially exaggerates what you are showing in the picture. Making it most definitely about payload in the case of the Ramnin article.The title of the thread is a bit misleading, and people so very badly want to make this an “over payload” argument, but some basic physics solves this equation, and can happen even if under payload.
Compound the below picture driving over some bumps, and it’s really no surprise:
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Considering Society has been telling Everyone it's never their Fault, that Everyone is a Winner & should get a Participation Trophy, it must be Ram's Fault.Yeah. They did everything wrong. But, this is RAM'S fault.