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Has anyone else come across this? I was moving a floor sander this weekend, and admittedly my tie down strategy was closing the tailgate. I regret mu decision.
The sander slid and listened to the bang..... I knew I was in for a dent but when I got to the back I was astonished. Where the sander slid into the wheel well there as the dent I expected but the aluminum was also broken. I now have a giant crack in my wheel well that you could stick your hand into.
I feel torn and I know allot of people will say that you need to tie stuff down and that I caused the damage. I am not denying that. But I have had and used pick-up trucks all of my life and I have had some whopper dents in the box but this is the first time I have ever seen a dent crack open.
I had a cousin that had a similar kind of break like Opie here. Wheel well of a Ford Ranger, crack caused by a push lawn mower. I wouldn't expect that because mowers are generally light, but it happened... seems to be a coin toss. I wonder if Ford or a good metal worker can fix it.
That’s my thoughts, Ford wanted to replace the full wheel well, cut it out weld in a new one, repaint the full bed for about $4K.
I am leaning toward the bend it back, get it looking close to right, have it welded up, and hit it with some bed liner..... no one will know the difference.
That’s my thoughts, Ford wanted to replace the full wheel well, cut it out weld in a new one, repaint the full bed for about $4K.
I am leaning toward the bend it back, get it looking close to right, have it welded up, and hit it with some bed liner..... no one will know the difference.
Exactly... $4k for basically a "new" bed that's just going to get scratched and dented again (like beds are supposed to) is just plain stupid.
05-02-2016, 09:00 AM
Military Grade my @$$
