Re: DML:

From: andy levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Jan 25 2003 - 08:14:08 EST

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Mallett, Donald B wrote:
> (Snip) Looking underneath the Durango concept, it has a Hydroform frame.
> This is
> the wave to strengthen the frame and cut weight, thus, cut costs and
> increase profits.....
>
> What in the world is a Hydroform frame?

It's a fancy name for "boxed". They take a steel tube, put it inside a
form and push hot, high-pressure fluid through it to shape it to match
the form. Rather than a C-channel frame (which we have) you end up with
a full boxed framerail (which you can get by welding a plate to your
C-channel)

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