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Old 24-04-13, 03:46
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Thanks for the advice the only problem i have is if i put between front hangers ill loose my vin number, but rear hanger is no problems.
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Old 24-04-13, 04:05
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Jason post pictures of the cracks for accurate replys.
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Old 24-04-13, 06:00
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cracks in chassie rail someone at some stage did a crap fix on them.
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Old 24-04-13, 06:01
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Old 24-04-13, 06:34
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She has definately had a hard life
That chassis is a mess
Personally I would look for another chassis. F15A and add the double rail at rear and transfer winch mounts and assorted bits
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Old 24-04-13, 08:11
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I agree with AJ. I was hoping you just had some small cracks that were easy fixed. It looks like you might need some new spring hangers as well as the repairs. Good luck you have a lot of work there. The MB-F1 recomends hot riveting chanel or angle reinforcing behind the weld and welding the outside edges together.
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Old 25-04-13, 00:45
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Now for the fun part finding a chassie in QLD for the replacement rails,
And thanks for all the replies
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Old 25-04-13, 21:34
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She has definately had a hard life
That chassis is a mess
Not so much a hard life as a poorly designed jib. FGT chassis needs stiffening to fit a jib, they're only 15 cwt (ie. single thickness chassis rails) and the winch is located in the narrow section of the chassis rail, aft of the taper from the midsection. There's just no strength there, and with a jib fitted the winch cable pulls UP on the chassis rails instead of ALONG as designed. Unless they're stiffened like the pic below they'll bend and crack like Jason's. My FGT9 chassis is the same.
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Old 25-04-13, 22:35
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Jason,

See how you go with the source Lionel provided, and if no good there, let me know.
I may have another source for you, but it is signifigantly further away from Toowoomba. Not far from Gladstone, in fact. I would need to speak with the guy first, to find out that he would actually sell a chassis, but it is certainly a possibility.
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