Thread: Write off ????

it can but you will need a specialist repair place. Dobbo had his chassis straightened when he bent his D2. so he'll know the type of place that can and may be able to give you their contact details and they may know a specialist nearer to you.

It will take a certified boilermaker and an engineers certificate.

Originally Posted by CraigE

It will take a certified boilermaker and an engineers certificate.

is that a WA requirement ? (AFAIAA not so in NSW)

Another option would be to get a new chassis, possibly from one of the UK manufacturers

How did THAT happen??? Just think, a lesser vehicle wouldn't have got you anywhere near as far


JC

One of our club members (Sunshine Coast LR Club) had this happen to his defender 130 as well. It appears to only happen to cars that have been driven hard off road or lots of corrugated roads with heavy loads. His car has quite a lot of accessories on it and a custom built alloy body on the back. I will probably see him at the meeting tomorrow night (Mon) so I will ask him who fixed it and how much it set him back.

Could you claim this under insurance?

G'day Deefa

My truck came from Alice Springs and I suspect had some hard driving on rough roads around there. It has spent a fair bit of time with me with a camper pod on the back and now with a camper trailer in tow. We tend to spend a fair bit of time on rough roads up this end of the country. Any advice would be appreciated as I am not sure what the insures will think. I am not that confident in them coughing up.

Cheers

Originally Posted by 87County

is that a WA requirement ? (AFAIAA not so in NSW)

It is in WA, not sure about NSW but I would check it out with the RTA.
I know when we had a crack in an Ambulance chassis that was the requirement.
A certified coded boilermaker had to do the repairs as it was chassis / structural repairs (which is not a big deal there are plenty around).
Then a certified inspector engineer had to inspect it and issue a certificate of inspection.
Costs varied. The first quote I got was $10,000 for 4 plates, which was a joke and by a large engineering firm. I started talking to a small engineering firm manager who I was inducting and he said that price was ridiculous but quite normal from some companies looking to make a fast buck. He advised me as he was an engineer certified to inspect he could do the inspection for around $400 (approx 2hrs work at $200 per hr to inspect thoroughly using a crack and weld detector). We could use our choice of boilermaker or he could supply one of his coded welders to do the job for $600 as it was only 4 plates and about 1-2 hrs work max for a good welder. Easy to see what direction we went. But that was only 2 cracks it was not bent and a plate placed either side of each side of the chassis.
You can get anyone to do the welding, but there are not too many engineers that will certify it unless they know the work has been done by a suitably qualified welder.