Thread: Defender snapped chassis WHAT THE!!!!

This truck is at rwc conversions Cairns .I was scratching my head last week when I seen it there .it looks like they have started to fix it

Your pic does not work..
I wonder if they are going to replace the chassis or just patch it up?
Chris

Originally Posted by cafe latte

Your pic does not work..
I wonder if they are going to replace the chassis or just patch it up?
Chris

I might pop in for a look next week and see what happened

I was reading a thread on another forum and found this Patrol...

Damaged 2010 Nissan Patrol GU DX Cab Chassis For Auction in Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Queensland

That's normal it's for a better ramp over angle.

We were supplied vehicles by Ssangyong for a couple of years as work / promotional vehicles. The first year they gave us a couple Musso's and a Rexton. After a race meeting we were towing a loaded tandem axle box trailer back from Winton Raceway and half way home stopped for fuel and food etc. With an approx weight of just over 2 ton.

While stopped I looked at the Musso towing the trailer and gap at the top of the tray in relation to the cab at the bottom was nearly 30 millimetres more. So the Rexton was hitched up to the trailer for the remainder of the trip home and the Musso's never towed again.
I have always doubted the strength of crew cabs ever since especially after reading of a number of other crew cabs that have similar issues.

Originally Posted by TerryO

I have always doubted the strength of crew cabs ever since especially after reading of a number of other crew cabs that have similar issues.

Hang about Well 33 on the CSR for a few days. Your doubts will be confirmed.

Im not one to put the LR chassis into the "weak" column.
I can think of many modern chassis that I would class as barely satisfactory, though not much different than earlier model offerings which dont seemingly suffer failures at the same rate a the newer machines
As engines get more powerful and heavy loads are easily moved compared to the older engines, people are hitting the unsealed stuff harder, faster and heavier than ever before.
Magazines, TV shows, sales ads all override the inescapable physics and understanding of mechanical limitations.
I predict many more chassis failures for many brands for these reasons.