All Aluminum ???

[gbohnstedt]

The XVENTURE Trailers are made of aluminum, including the frame. That's a pretty heavy duty application, so I assume that material could work just as well as steel, if properly constructed.

They are, but they are built with Huck bolts, their trailers are not welded.

 

[XVENTURE TRAILERS]

XVENTURE chassis' are produced using military grade aluminum "weldless" construction. There simply is no "field repair" necessary like you encounter with steel chassis'. With over 350,000 of these chassis' in deployment around the world we have never once had one of these chassis' fail. This is why Huck Bolted aluminum architecture is mandatory for todays modern light tactical military trailers. Aluminum is substantially more resistant to vibration and stress fatigue than steel of a comparable weight.

How good is our aluminum chassis? 10 Year Manufacturers Warranty good. Aberdeen Proving Grounds approved good. You will be hard pressed to find anything remotely comparable with that sort of backing from any welded steel chassis.

So lets put this in perspective; for off-road trailers that can handle from 500 up to 7000lbs GVW a welded steel chassis is the cheap way to build a chassis. Material is cheap, welding machinery is cheap, there are tons of talented welders in the workforce that will weld for cheap. Bottom line is you get what you pay for.

A Huck Bolted aluminum chassis requires specialized tooling, precision machining of all chassis components, and a qualified technician with solid experience using the Huck Bolt System.

The difference between the two finished chassis assemblies does not compare. Steel frames of similar weight compared to aluminum ones will twist, bend, and crack their welds. It's a gradual degradation to the structural integrity of the structure. When this occurs all the coatings are compromised thus starting a corrosion process that will ultimately evolve into repair work as well. The only way to really make it work to a comparable level is to radically overbuild the thing. Like the old M101 and M416. These are steel, heavy, and in most cases very well rusted and in need of welding repair.

The Huck Bolted Aluminum chassis' on the other hand is not only lighter in weight and substantially stronger than its steel counterpart, but also fairly impervious to corrosion in the first place. Regarding strength, each huck bolt provided 5000LBS of sheer strength per fastener and over 300 huck bolts are used in each of our chassis'. To my knowledge no one has ever bought an 1101 or 1102 that was in need of any chassis repair of any kind or rust removal.

That said, if you want to build a chassis that will never need repair, use aluminum and skip welding altogether.

Watch this to see how they are made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPxK6Mr0LLQ

 

[jwiereng]

XVENTURE chassis' are produced using military grade aluminum "weldless" construction. There simply is no "field repair" necessary like you encounter with steel chassis'. With over 350,000 of these chassis' in deployment around the world we have never once had one of these chassis' fail. This is why Huck Bolted aluminum architecture is mandatory for todays modern light tactical military trailers. Aluminum is substantially more resistant to vibration and stress fatigue than steel of a comparable weight.

How good is our aluminum chassis? 10 Year Manufacturers Warranty good. Aberdeen Proving Grounds approved good. You will be hard pressed to find anything remotely comparable with that sort of backing from any welded steel chassis.

So lets put this in perspective; for off-road trailers that can handle from 500 up to 7000lbs GVW a welded steel chassis is the cheap way to build a chassis. Material is cheap, welding machinery is cheap, there are tons of talented welders in the workforce that will weld for cheap. Bottom line is you get what you pay for.

A Huck Bolted aluminum chassis requires specialized tooling, precision machining of all chassis components, and a qualified technician with solid experience using the Huck Bolt System.

The difference between the two finished chassis assemblies does not compare. Steel frames of similar weight compared to aluminum ones will twist, bend, and crack their welds. It's a gradual degradation to the structural integrity of the structure. When this occurs all the coatings are compromised thus starting a corrosion process that will ultimately evolve into repair work as well. The only way to really make it work to a comparable level is to radically overbuild the thing. Like the old M101 and M416. These are steel, heavy, and in most cases very well rusted and in need of welding repair.

The Huck Bolted Aluminum chassis' on the other hand is not only lighter in weight and substantially stronger than its steel counterpart, but also fairly impervious to corrosion in the first place. Regarding strength, each huck bolt provided 5000LBS of sheer strength per fastener and over 300 huck bolts are used in each of our chassis'. To my knowledge no one has ever bought an 1101 or 1102 that was in need of any chassis repair of any kind or rust removal.

That said, if you want to build a chassis that will never need repair, use aluminum and skip welding altogether.

Watch this to see how they are made

Do you use stainless huck bolts to avoid corrosion concerns? at over 300 per frame, the total hardware is vert costly for the DIY builder paying over $1 per Huck Bolt.

 

[Treefarmer1]

We are always scouring hardware stores wherever we travel in search of specific stainless steel screws. We rarely find more than 10-15 of what we're looking for. I suppose we should search "inexpensive stainless steel screws" on the Internet and buy in bulk! They are rust fighters, but they are brittle and will snap off or strip if not put in carefully. We've paid anywhere from $.75 to $1.25 each for them.

I'm sure a solid aluminum frame can be built, but we've had more failures in aluminum than steel over the years.