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FMAX 2.0 Gooseneck with Higher Yield Steel

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The FMAX (Flatneck Gooseneck) trailer now features a 2.0 version, incorporating higher-yield steel throughout its construction. The frame is built with Grade 100 steel, and the neck utilizes Grade 80 steel. This material upgrade allows for a 65-pound weight reduction from the neck alone while simultaneously increasing the trailer's strength and durability. This design specifically addresses concerns about the potential fragility of high-tensile steel by engineering appropriate support structures.

Goal: Detail the material and strength improvements in the FMAX 2.0.

Tools and materials

  • Diamond C FMAX Trailer — Showcasing the upgraded gooseneck trailer
  • Grade 100 Steel N/A — Constructing the frame for increased strength and reduced weight
  • Grade 80 Steel N/A — Constructing the neck for increased strength and reduced weight

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so dressed up a little bit last year when you're here we were talking 2.0 we were talking all kinds of different materials streams so we're back here we're finally ready for production on 2.0 we've got a couple of 2.0 products here the example the thing is like the the neck is higher yield lighter weight we cut 65 pounds of weight just out of the neck so lots of little changes like that that have lightened the f max or the the gooseneck trailers up but made them stronger now you were talking about you were using some of the heaviest steel in the strongest steel strongest strongest steel but people were talking about it being a high-tech or fracturing or something like that there was some some push back on that and i don't recall what those comments were but can you address what you your you know what those are for sure yeah you have to you have to know um what you're doing with that steel right you can't just go grab higher yield material and start using it the same way and not expect a different outcome so when we went to it we start using that still and we have to support it different ways but we're not in such an exotic yield strength of steel that it's super fragile right and so it all it means is that that still will be able to endure more stress before it begins to fail so it's it is it went from grade 50 on the frame to grade 100 basically 50 higher yield that means that it can endure that stress before it begins to fail and that's what you're at is a grade 100 on the front grade 100 on the frame grade 80 in the neck okay yeah where's the 2.0 then on the next one on the next one's

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