Chorky
Observer
A frame repair shop I spoke with said they've seen it 3 times already, and some searching turned up several posts of it happening under "normal driving" conditions too. Best of luck though!
Well from an engineering perspective it certainly makes sense with load placement and stress points, and original design of the frame. That is unfortunate, but I think with some careful consideration I can still make it work - it just means more engineering than I had previously planned on doing. But the whole idea will heavily depend on how much weigh I end up with which will determine if a normal spring/overload will be necessary or not. But I much appreciate your input! Without it I probably would be in a world of hurt! :beer::beer: Out of curiosity, how did the shop repair your frame? Was it mostly just welded together or did they add some steel?
For sake of conversation, the situation can further be compounded I think if a pivot subframe were to be used for the bed/flatbed. Many I have seen have the load point directly over the rear axle between the spring mounts - which would then put the load directly over the airbag; however, that would only 'work' with the airbags pumped up.