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the drop in would be better at spreading the impact,, but the damage it
caises in normal use still makes the spray in a better deal IMO. Rope is
cheap...
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: From: Jack Snodgrass <dakota@cybermail.net>
: To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
: Subject: Re: Front Bed Bends?
: Date: Friday, September 05, 1997 6:48 PM
:
:
: On Fri, 05 Sep 1997 14:11:01 -0500, Michael Clark wrote:
:
: >Rader wrote:
: >>
: >> Frank Ball wrote:
: >>
: >> > read [CR's] comparo test with the Dakota, S-10 and some other
trucks.
: >> > Their description of how the brakes worked on the S-10 was
positively
: >> > scary, and the front of the bed bent when they loaded in a
motorcycle.
: >>
: >> Hey, glad you reminded me, Frank!
: >>
: >> I have bent the front of my Dakota's bed (a full beer keg broke
loose
: >> from it's moorings :( ), but found that it was easy as pie to bend
back
: >> by hand. A little too easy, I fear.
: >>
: >> A buddy of mind has a '96, and had some rental equipment bend the
: >> shit out of his front bed. He drove with the bed smacked against
: >> the cab for at least 6 months, so nice guy that I am, I bent his
: >> bed back by hand. Lots of missing paint!
: >>
: >> Anyone else noticed this?
: >>
: >> Ron
: >Yep, I had a 15 gallon water jug setting in the back (near the tailgate)
: >once when I hit my brakes..... you can imagine what happened next. It
: >wasn't very bad, mine didn't touch the cab but the top part of the bed
: >was left with a buckle in it. Couple of tougs by hand and it came back
: >into line. I have noticed the same "bend" on a lot of dakotas.
: >--
: >Michael Clark mike@snakebite.com
: > '93 Mark III 4X2 V-8 SWB RC auto
: > MP SBEC, K&N FIPK, Flowmaster cat-back dual
: > Doug Thorley Headers
: > http://userv.wt.net/~mclark/
: >
: Just wondering if these bed bends occur in trucks with drop in bed liners
: as much as trucks with no bed liners or sprayed in bed liners? I wonder
: if the drop in bed liners spread the impact and lessen the damage? Just
: curious.
: Jack Snodgrass - jack@cybermail.net
: '97 Dakota SLT+ CC, 2w, V8, auto, Fresh air by Meldrum
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color=3D"#000000">----------: From: Jack Snodgrass <<font =
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>dakota@cybermail.net</u><font =
color=3D"#000000">>: To: <font =
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>dakota@ait.fredonia.edu</u><font =
color=3D"#000000">: Subject: Re: Front Bed Bends?<br>: Date: Friday, =
September 05, 1997 6:48 PM: <br>: <br>: On Fri, 05 Sep 1997 14:11:01 =
-0500, Michael Clark wrote:: <br>: >Rader wrote:<br>: >> =
: >> Frank Ball wrote:<br>: >> <br>: >> > read =
[CR's] comparo test with the Dakota, S-10 and some other trucks.: =
>> > Their description of how the brakes worked on the S-10 was =
positively: >> > scary, and the front of the bed bent when =
they loaded in a motorcycle.: >> <br>: >> =
Hey, glad you reminded me, Frank!: >> <br>: =
>> I have bent the front of my Dakota's bed (a full =
beer keg broke loose: >> from it's moorings :( ), but found =
that it was easy as pie to bend back: >> by hand. A =
little too easy, I fear.: >> <br>: >> A =
buddy of mind has a '96, and had some rental equipment bend the: =
>> shit out of his front bed. He drove with the bed smacked =
against: >> the cab for at least 6 months, so nice guy that I =
am, I bent his: >> bed back by hand. Lots of missing =
paint!: >> <br>: >> Anyone else noticed =
this?: >> <br>: >> Ron<br>: >Yep, I had a =
15 gallon water jug setting in the back (near the tailgate): =
>once when I hit my brakes..... you can imagine what happened next. =
It: >wasn't very bad, mine didn't touch the cab but the top =
part of the bed: >was left with a buckle in it. Couple of =
tougs by hand and it came back: >into line. I have noticed =
the same "bend" on a lot of dakotas. : >-- <br>: =
>Michael Clark =
<font =
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>mike@snakebite.com</u><font color=3D"#000000">: =
> '93 Mark III 4X2 V-8 SWB RC auto: > =
MP SBEC, K&N FIPK, Flowmaster cat-back =
dual: > Doug Thorley Headers <br>: > =
<font =
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://userv.wt.net/~mclark/><font =
color=3D"#000000">: ><br>: Just wondering if these bed bends =
occur in trucks with drop in bed liners : as much as trucks with no =
bed liners or sprayed in bed liners? I wonder: if the drop in bed =
liners spread the impact and lessen the damage? Just : curious. =
: Jack Snodgrass - <font =
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>jack@cybermail.net</u><font color=3D"#000000">: =
'97 Dakota SLT+ CC, 2w, V8, auto, Fresh air by =
Meldrum: <br>: <br>: <br>: <br>: </p>
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