Moparornocar0346
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If you want to keep it you'll have to cut out the rustybits, coat the rest with something like POR 15 and box any sections that have that sort of damage.
Frankly, if it were mine it wouldn't be for very much longer.
Time for the pile its a frame that you could end up folding at a high speed then what use your head aint no fixing that
With enough time and money, anything can be fixed... but you have to ask yourself "how much is it worth to throw this money away?" If it were an heirloom, I'd be looking at the option of getting a cheap, high-mileage, clapped-out truck from the southwest shipped in and swap everything to that truck's frame. This is the only way to fix that extent of damage in a semi-cost-effective manner. Sure, the frame can be repaired and plated, but with that level of rust, you'd end up building an entire frame in the end.
it could hold like that for a long time, dont tow with it.
I had a chevy wrecker when I first started towing I bought and hooked up my old flatbed to the back, it broke the frame in the same area, first tow right after purchase.
Rule of thumb is dont buy rusty vehicles, its only a matter of time. you are past that and so was I with that wrecker,
Cheapest fix is to buy a section of frame and use grade 8 bolts bolt it directly to the existing frame, people do it on semis all the time. When I sold that chevy wrecker that is what the guy did to fix it.
You may be able to get a complete non running parts truck with title for about $300 or less depending on how hard you look are your ability to haggle, haul it etc.
Other option is to sell it asis and state its rusty.
it could hold like that for a long time, dont tow with it.
I had a chevy wrecker when I first started towing I bought and hooked up my old flatbed to the back, it broke the frame in the same area, first tow right after purchase.
Rule of thumb is dont buy rusty vehicles, its only a matter of time. you are past that and so was I with that wrecker,
Cheapest fix is to buy a section of frame and use grade 8 bolts bolt it directly to the existing frame, people do it on semis all the time. When I sold that chevy wrecker that is what the guy did to fix it.
You may be able to get a complete non running parts truck with title for about $300 or less depending on how hard you look are your ability to haggle, haul it etc.
Other option is to sell it asis and state its rusty.
yeah on second glance looks like only the inner section of frame, drive down south and pick up a whole non running truck for a few 100!I’ve towed with it several times and set the racked many times for repairs and it never buckled. The bottom of that is still strong I’m going to plate it temporarily and buy me a truck for the frame
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yeah on second glance looks like only the inner section of frame, drive down south and pick up a whole non running truck for a few 100!
Gotta make sure your brake lines don't have rust holes in it.
I haven't done this to my pickup but I've had steel bent to the dimensions of the frame and made a sleeve for the frame that is solid reinforcement. I've extended frames on mid size trucks and didn't have a problem. I stitched my welds to not weaken the connection to the frame. A couple of large bolts on each end would keep welds to a minimum.
Not as expensive as you might think and not terribly difficult. May have to raise the bed for access.