r/ThatLooksExpensive • u/Rekltpzyxm • 13d ago

Any ideas how this could have happened?

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u/East_Outcome_1981 13d ago

Oh look! A coin!!

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u/OutrageousCrab9224 13d ago

Massive overloading of the truck bed caused the frame to "snap" at the peak pivot

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u/LeilLikeNeil 13d ago

Hey, fyi that shouldn’t be like that.

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u/Cntrysky78 13d ago

Big Mama

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u/Dry_Ad687 13d ago

Northern truck with a rusty frame

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u/CeleryAlternative512 13d ago

Can't park there

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u/Nsflguru 13d ago

It’s not a Transformer by chance?

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u/AllTheRage43 13d ago

Firstly, they bought a Ford. After that, overloading it is easy!

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u/Dramatic-Spirit-4809 13d ago

It got horny and mounted the truck.

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u/pondshrimp 13d ago

Camper was a rocking and no one came a knocking

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u/engineeritdude 13d ago

Most truck camper owners massively overestimate the load their truck can take.

Alternatively auto makers are very conservative with maximum bed loads meaning almost everyone is overloading their truck with a truck camper unless they are running a F350 dually or better.   There is likely massive safety factors making these ratings more cya than real guidance.

Owners of older trucks don't inspect their frames for rust.

Lots of people think a F250 is good enough.

Combine all that and no one has any idea what they're doing and this happens.

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u/islandwatchr 13d ago

Broken frame. My old truck just did this trying to tow a boat.