I'll say this ONCE and anyone who quibbles the point becomes the target of years of pent up Rage...
Fully boxed frames SUCK FAGGOT A$$HOLES.
And here's why:
They are made of pieces in lighter steel that is pressed with smaller, lighter *(cheaper)press machines, with cheaper dies....
and these pieces are welded together.
These frames because they are fully boxed Can (and do) trap and retain moisture and these frames can (and do) rust from the inside>out. The 1998-up trucks are already being scrapped from terminal frame rust, while many earlier C-channel frames are and will continue to go strong for decades...
I have the front half of an '01 supercab that I have because I was anticipating buying my uncle's '04, but I was in the hospital when it was time for him to trade it in, so I missed out.
He traded it in because it would no longer pass state inspection because of FRAME RUST!.
I will be building a 1998-up supercab truck but before I do that ENTIRE FRAME will be stripped, cleaned and spend the weekend in a molten zinc tank to be galvanized inside and out so I KNOW it will never rust out on me...
Either that OR I will fabricate an entire frame out of heavy walled rube from SCRATCH!!!
And on this I'm thinking of using three pieces of 2x2" tube stacked together and welded to a
piece of 1/4" plate on the out-board side...
AND I will either use the frame tubes as an air tank or a reservoir tank for the lube oil system.
If it is pressurized and cracks I will know it has done so PDQ... and won't have much problem finding the crack either...
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