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Analyze Autocar Frame Construction

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Don't Buy a PeterBuilt, Kenworth or Freightliner...Until You See This

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The video introduces the primary advantages of Autocar trucks, focusing on their robust frame construction. Salesman Craig explains that Autocar frames are heat-treated and then double-baked, increasing their tensile strength from 120 KSI to 160 KSI without the need for additional frame liners. This process makes the frame exceptionally strong while remaining lighter than competitors, allowing for greater payload capacity (approximately 2000 pounds less for a quint-axle dump truck). The frames are manufactured in Alabama, emphasizing domestic production.

Goal: Understand the durability and weight advantages of Autocar's heat-treated and double-baked frame.

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about. All right, guys. I'm with Craig. Before we get too far into this, what makes Autocar unique and different and better, specifically, than Freightliner, Kenworth, or Peterbilt? Frame. Everything starts with the frame on this truck. You're still going to have this in 10, 12, 15 years. What makes the frame different? Why do we care about the frame, Craig? It's heat-treated, double-baked, if you will. So, what does that mean? So, it intensifies the tensile strength of the frame. Unlike a Kenworth, Peterbilt, Freightliner, or whatever, this is which is going to be at 120 KSI, this frame, after baking it, is going to be at 160 KSI with no liner. No liner? No liner. And the other guys are lining their frames? >> Correct. And the thing that these guys may or may not know, and you guys Some of you probably know this, some of you don't, but when you double frame it, you get that rust jacking in between them, and that actually makes a frame weaker, not stronger, and it makes it heavier. Mhm. But so now, tell me about this 160 KSI. What does that mean? >> Your pressure of the frame. And now, without the liner, some guys are saying, "Hey, so is this thing going to twist up on me then?" No. Kenworth's going to be at about 2.4, 2.6 RBM. That's resistance to bending motion. Okay. >> And that's like 2.6 million, is how they rate it at. Okay. >> This frame, after the heat strengthening treatment, if you will, double-baked, however whatever call it, goes to 4.4 million. You're not going to bend this up whatsoever. So, you're almost 2 million higher. >> Correct. What about weight? How's the weight on this frame in comparison then? That's That's the special part. No liner, you're saving yourself a couple thousand pounds of frame rail right there. So, instead of having it on the frame, you put it in the box, make yourself some more money. So, the truck is lighter than a Peterbilt or a Kenworth with the same setup. >> Correct. That Quint axle dump truck right there, on the scale, will come in at about 2,000 lbs less. So, that's 1 ton. And for you guys that are hauling by the ton, which is not a fun way to make a living, but some guys do, every ton hauled is an extra ton in your pocket at basically at that point. I know cuz I've done it. It's kind of sucks. Okay, but now is this frame made in China? Are we compromising anything in in materials? Or what about that? Great state of Alabama, Birmingham. So, this truck is the whole truck made…

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