motorhome convert to pickup

[hr3]

No!!!!!! Here's some better ideas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918nQqzsK2A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zsGu2MCb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wap2wpjVHC0

Ya right you got a 1/4 mil. you want to invest let me know... lol

 

[stevecobb76]

I got problems
the frame is NOT box... it is U shaped. I couldn't tell before because the sheet metal covering it.
Now that I got the sub frame off and I can see under the sheet metal
some places there is a 1/4" thick top plate welded on
and in other places there is a diagonal plate inside the u but not all in the same places
and in some places the u frame is doubled up
here is a drawing I got pics comming later when I get my cell phone back.

please someone tell me what to do??
is this some sort of unified frame/body???
wtf
I think my hauler dreams just went out in the friggin garbage!!!

 

[George2615]

Nothing wrong with a C Channel frame. Most trucks use this type frame.
I have a 49 Chevy 1 1/2 Ton that has C Channel frame. It was originally a fire tanker truck. That C Channel frame hauled a 1000 gallon water tank on it. It was a cab n chassis when I bought it. I had a 10'6" x 8' flatbed built for it and I installed 2 x 10 hemlock deck. Made the rear bumper with trailer hitch also. I thought about mounting a goose neck hitch but I don't have a GN trailer anymore and the truck spends more time going to car shows than hauling anyway.

 

[stevecobb76]

Nothing wrong with a C Channel frame. Most trucks use this type frame.
I have a 49 Chevy 1 1/2 Ton that has C Channel frame. It was originally a fire tanker truck. That C Channel frame hauled a 1000 gallon water tank on it. It was a cab n chassis when I bought it. I had a 10'6" x 8' flatbed built for it and I installed 2 x 10 hemlock deck. Made the rear bumper with trailer hitch also. I thought about mounting a goose neck hitch but I don't have a GN trailer anymore and the truck spends more time going to car shows than hauling anyway.

no, this is NOT a c channel frame.
this is not a box frame.
It is a U as in the letter U shaped frame!
It is a unibody
that means I cant haul **** with it.
I could haul a lawn mower trailer and that is about the max...
project over
not even worth pulling the engine or tranny out of it.
I am calling the scap guy tomorrow to come get it!!!

SAW - "GAME OVER"
I lose..

 

[MossRoad]

How about some better pictures of the frame you're talking about?

 

[George2615]

Steve,
from the pics you posted (attached) where the spring perches are mounted on 1 pic and the frame on each side of the spare tire in the second sure look like a C channel frame to me.

 

[Jim Timber]

Sounds like he found some fish plates from where it was stretched.

We need more pics. You can't be this high strung getting into a project like this. You've gotta roll with what you uncover.

 

[stevecobb76]

yeah I am rolling with it... rolling with it right to the scrap yard.
the whole frame is u channel except the very front frame suspention area is boxed and it is bolted on..
I should have crawled under it before I started.
just not worth bothering with

 

[franklin2]

yeah I am rolling with it... rolling with it right to the scrap yard.
the whole frame is u channel except the very front frame suspention area is boxed and it is bolted on..
I should have crawled under it before I started.
just not worth bothering with

I don't know why you are scrapping this project? The frame you have was heavy enough to support a rv and all it's supporting equipment, why would it not be heavy enough to haul what you want with it? I am assuming the flat bed you would have fabricated would have strengthened the vehicle even more.

Your frame is just like a C-channel turned up and enclosed on top. It's essentially a boxed tube, should be strong enough. It was strong enough to require a dually axle in the rear.

 

[Jim Timber]

Does it run right now? Like can it be driven if there was lights on the back and licensed?