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Who in VIC can lengthen a Chassis? Cheezy?

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Who in VIC can lengthen a Chassis? Cheezy?

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I am looking into getting a Bedford cab chassis, and using it as a car carrier for my F Truck. I need to lengthen the chassis a little, so I can lenghten the tray. Who can do it, and have it approved? thanks
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Post by jtraf »

We did it oueselves on my dads old ACCO.....we went to the truck wrecker and bought a couple lengths chassis from another truck. Then we bolted it over the original chassis to the length we wanted.......

Bolted is the important word as welding was out of the question......Truck was then RWC and Rego'd without question.....

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The other truck chassis was bigger and fitted over the Acco chassis?
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Post by PJ.zook »

Cant you weld it if the weld is behind the rearmost suspension mount?
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No, I need to lengthen the wheelbase, so I can add more to the rear overhang.
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Post by Ice »

get a boilermaker to weld it, one with a workcover ticket then it will have to be x ray'd then your engineer should approve it

be sure whoever welds it knows its going to be x ray'd they will most likely warrent their work that if it doesn't pass they wont charge you

try going to a truck repair place they should be able to point you in the right direction
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Post by AdrianGQ »

got a simmilar problem at work at the moment guy brought a truck with the rear axel group in the wrong spot (wheel base too short by aprox 700mm) means a pay load about 6 ton less than should be not sure if he will get it moved or find another truck. will let you know if he decices to fix it where it is being done
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Post by Hales231271 »

Can try anthony at tueton engineering in Narre Warren.
He does alot of truck chasis work extensions etc and is very very good at it.

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Post by RoldIT »

Some useful reading ...

http://www.dotars.gov.au/roads/publicat ... b_06_h.pdf
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Post by YB.LOW4 »

Hales231271 wrote:Can try anthony at tueton engineering in Narre Warren.
He does alot of truck chasis work extensions etc and is very very good at it.

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Post by jtraf »

Yes, other chassis fitted over the top of the orginal chassis. Overlap was about 800mm and we used about 8 bolts to hold each side........No issue.....welding can weaken the chassis and cause failure......bolting won't...it was also cheaper by a long shot....
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Post by ISUZUROVER »

jtraf wrote:Yes, other chassis fitted over the top of the orginal chassis. Overlap was about 800mm and we used about 8 bolts to hold each side........No issue.....welding can weaken the chassis and cause failure......bolting won't...it was also cheaper by a long shot....
Some truck chassis are heat treated after manufacture and cannot be welded.
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