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Understand Galvanized Cab Durability

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

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This step details the robust construction of Autocar cabs. Unlike lighter aluminum cabs found in other trucks, Autocar cabs are made of steel and undergo a double-galvanizing process. This involves acid-etching, dipping in molten zinc at 840 degrees Fahrenheit, air cooling, and a second zinc dip. This creates a highly corrosion-resistant 'sacrificial layer' that significantly prolongs the cab's lifespan and protects it from rust, especially in harsh operating conditions. The speaker compares this to Wolverine's adamantium skeleton, highlighting the extreme durability and resistance to wear and tear.

Goal: Recognize the long-term durability and anti-corrosion benefits of Autocar's steel, double-galvanized cabs.

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Okay. Now, at this point of the conversation, I'm a little taken aback because the galvanizing process is an insanely abusive process. And to galvanize, they basically have to take this steel, they have to acid etch it, and remove every compound on this thing to create this bonding process. And then they take it, and they dip this cap cab in zinc in molten zinc at 840°. And what that does is this zinc then adheres to the metal. But these guys aren't doing this once, they're doing it twice. And the reason I'm down here in the gym is if you're anywhere familiar with who Wolverine is, it's like taking normal metal and making it an adamantium layer on top of it. It's the protection is unreal because the zinc that they adhere to this cab does two things. One, it's a sacrificial layer. So, on top of it, so they put the adamantium on top of on top of his skeleton, it strengthens it and reinforces it, but the zinc itself creates this sacrificial layer. And then they take it out of the bath, they air-cool it, but these guys at Autocar aren't satisfied with doing it once, they then do it a second time to put another layer on it. And during this process, they're monitoring the thickness of the actual dip itself, they're monitoring all of these different components. This is to hear that they did this with this thing, this cab, is it's just unreal to me. To when you understand the galvanizing process and what it takes to do this, This is not next-level stuff. This is the upper echelon of all processes to take normal steel and turn it into something superhuman. If that makes sense. I hope it does. Now, is that still Is that adding weight to the truck over the the empty weight now since we've got a steel cab versus an aluminum cab? Are we going to lose that in the payload capacity of the truck? That's already factored into what we spoke about earlier, the 2,000 lbs

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