Ambitious load in Holden

[04redxr8]

Originally Posted by castellan

Do you live in Brisbane. are you a tiler. if you are i hope you do charge for compo beds. i do but it is hard when competing with all the so called tilers and some so called builders.
I would love to talk with you any day you like. send a private messages for that.

Yes, I am a Brisbane Tiler. Are you?

Tilers who don't charge for topping, usually don't know what they are doing. I laugh at tight people who won't pay what a job is worth. I have plenty of work to not worry about it.

Back on topic.

The AU onwards utes are not full chassis?? Now I'm confused, as my last 2 had a chassis under the rear. Are they a seperate chassis to the front rails?

I have seen some shocking things in utes. It seems people think that if it fits in the space provided, it must be safe. I would have loved to see how low that rear was before it let go.

[Brendo_GSUte]

Perfectly normal to have that kind of angle on the Holden IRS... HAHA

at least hes now in the market for a Ford!

[mik]

i have no qaulms with leaf springs, i`d rather have leafs than irs in a wagon or ute any day, cheaper to repair if the need ever arises even though they are almost indestructable for the most part, axle bearings easy to change, generally lighter, i think more space in the load area between the wheel arches.

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by 04redxr8

The AU onwards utes are not full chassis?? Now I'm confused, as my last 2 had a chassis under the rear. Are they a seperate chassis to the front rails?

No Falcon ute has had a full chassis. Apart from those 4x4 XY utes from the 1970's. What you see with the AU-onwards "cab chassis" utes is a sort-of hybrid setup where a rear ladder chassis section is joined to the front half of a passenger car. The cabin and front end is still the same standard monocoque/unitary construction as the sedan and the rear ladder section is mated to the floorpan monocoque of the car early in the manufacturing process from separate stampings. As opposed to Holden's method with its recent one tonner that bolted the whole rear section to the cabin.

Ford essentially has a flexible modular platform design and manufacturing process where three different vehicle types (sedan, ute, wagon) were able to be made off the one platform in the one assembly plant, on the one assembly line.

[04redxr8]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

No Falcon ute has had a full chassis. Apart from those 4x4 XY utes from the 1970's. What you see with the AU-onwards "cab chassis" utes is a sort-of hybrid setup where a rear ladder chassis section is joined to the front half of a passenger car. The cabin and front end is still the same standard monocoque/unitary construction as the sedan and the rear ladder section is mated to the floorpan monocoque of the car early in the manufacturing process from separate stampings. As opposed to Holden's method with its recent one tonner that bolted the whole rear section to the cabin.

Ford essentially has a flexible modular platform design and manufacturing process where three different vehicle types (sedan, ute, wagon) were able to be made off the one platform in the one assembly plant, on the one assembly line.

Thanks for clearing that up, I saw the rails at the rear of my 2 old utes and just assumed that they ran from front to rear. Never bothered to right under and check.

[castellan]

Originally Posted by 04redxr8

Yes, I am a Brisbane Tiler. Are you?

Tilers who don't charge for topping, usually don't know what they are doing. I laugh at tight people who won't pay what a job is worth. I have plenty of work to not worry about it.

Back on topic.

The AU onwards utes are not full chassis?? Now I'm confused, as my last 2 had a chassis under the rear. Are they a seperate chassis to the front rails?

I have seen some shocking things in utes. It seems people think that if it fits in the space provided, it must be safe. I would have loved to see how low that rear was before it let go.

Yes i have been a Tiler for 30 years. i work Brisbane, gold coast & Toowoomba.
I don't laugh about people wasting my time. i have had a gut full of that.

[04redxr8]

Originally Posted by castellan

Yes i have been a Tiler for 30 years. i work Brisbane, gold coast & Toowoomba.
I don't laugh about people wasting my time. i have had a gut full of that.

I ask what have they been quoted before going to see the job. When I hear dumb things like $40/m for 600x600 porcerlain, I ask why did they call me?

[TheyDontWantMus]

seeing as the other thread got locked because it was a repost..

I'm curious as to what weight was actually in the ute?

how are they given their load carrying ratings anyway? surely they must be able to carry above their rated load for a period without catastrophic failure?

[wrongwaynorris]

This is why you buy a Ford not a poxy bloody Holden .

http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...nt=BA_esky.jpg

[SM1DY]

Originally Posted by wrongwaynorris

This is why you buy a Ford not a poxy bloody Holden .

http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...nt=BA_esky.jpg

I tried to copy this -



By doing this -



Twas a succes

[TheyDontWantMus]

but the falcon tray is about 180cm long, 110cm wide, and 45cm deep?

filling it with water is about 900kgs, so you're not actually overloading it, or not by much anyway.

[Pub247]

did that on friday to a xh ute very sucessful