SLROC Forum

I get that patch work is bad .

How ever dont be under the impression that a ladder chassis land rover doesnt have impact crumple zones.

It was designed to fail behind the front spring mount in a heavy frontal impact. If it did not crumple it would be even more lethal.

That little compressor wont run a spot blaster well i have linked 3hp 14cfm 100l tank and a 2.5hp 9cfm 24l and get half decent results and will struggle with a needlescaler for any length of time- constant use even depletes my tandem set up

Needle scalers are also extraordinarly noisy.

I did 85 or so % of my chassis with a wire wheel on a grinder

I also wasnt shy with the mash hammer. Any deformation and the shit was cut out. Hence the whole rear xmember was replaced and a front dumb iron.

 They can also break/deform in hard use off road, usually failing adjacent to weld repairs! I have seen chassis so deformed the doors are stopping them bending in the middle till they are opened. This was on vehicles with a lot of time left on the MOT but well past the the time limit for disciplinary action to be taken by VOSA.

I guess you mean "Weld"

Badly welded shit is bad

Mot mans looking for solid sounds with his toffee hammer and a continuous seam he doesnt have any more authority than that .

I could give you a continuous seam thats barely penetrated the rust never mind fully fused, give it a. Grind and it would pass mot. Thats the scary part,