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Saw a body shop in Austin doing something wild with a frame machine
Honestly, I was driving past a shop called Precision Collision on Burnet Road last Tuesday. They had a Ford F-150 on the rack with the whole cab lifted off the frame. Tbh, I always thought pulling a cab was a huge waste of time for a bed-side repair. But the tech told me they do it for every truck with major rear quarter damage now because it lets them get perfect welds on the inner structure. It added about 8 hours to the job, but he swore the result was way better. Has anyone else switched to pulling cabs for big truck jobs?
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iris9271mo ago
Used to be on the fence about pulling cabs because it seemed like extra hassle for no reason. But hearing how it gives you access to the inner structure for perfect welds actually makes a lot of sense. Might have to rethink how we handle those big truck jobs now.
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the_simon2mo ago
Pulling a cab for a bed-side job isn't always about the quarter panel itself. The real benefit is getting to the inner box structure and frame rails for a proper repair. It's a lot more work, but it fixes the stuff you can't see.
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