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Interestion Read
« on: April 10, 2015, 12:46:43 PM »
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Re: Interestion Read
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2015, 01:35:58 PM »
Read it yesterday and the one thing which they are also not mentioning is to get a famed and useless ANCAP 5 Star rating the chassis also have built into them, weak points to allow the crumble zone when in an accident. 

So to make your workhorse safer it is made weaker. 

Just my thoughts anyhow. 
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Re: Interestion Read
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2015, 03:38:48 PM »
It seems that most instances are utes with leaf springs. Any instances anyone knows of the GU/GQ utes with coil towers bending chassis's? Already know of the cracking towers. I am planning on a GU ute as my next tug (with coils) and would like to minimise my chances of this happening.
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Re: Interestion Read
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2015, 05:14:50 PM »
Quote from: noel_w on April 10, 2015, 03:38:48 PM
It seems that most instances are utes with leaf springs. Any instances anyone knows of the GU/GQ utes with coil towers bending chassis's? Already know of the cracking towers. I am planning on a GU ute as my next tug (with coils) and would like to minimise my chances of this happening.

Not unheard of. Google search "GU ute cracked chassis".  There is one or two topics.
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Re: Interestion Read
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2015, 05:57:05 PM »
Quote from: noel_w on April 10, 2015, 03:38:48 PM
It seems that most instances are utes with leaf springs. Any instances anyone knows of the GU/GQ utes with coil towers bending chassis's? Already know of the cracking towers. I am planning on a GU ute as my next tug (with coils) and would like to minimise my chances of this happening.

the article mentions that Ron Moon's own Patrol wagon with coils cracked the chassis prior to it being cut n stretched into a dual cab ute
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Re: Interestion Read
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2015, 07:25:46 PM »
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Any instances anyone knows of the GU/GQ utes with coil towers bending chassis's? Already know of the cracking towers. I am planning on a GU ute as my next tug (with coils) and would like to minimise my chances of this happening.
Where's Roachie and his GU Ute.. LMAO!
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