Professional Peer Review

As professionals, it is often necessary to subject ourselves to peer review, or the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field, in order to help foster objectivity.

This page has been created for that purpose - to obtain the opinions of NTHECC experts in the field of truck & heavy equipment claims, on diverse subjects; some including Council business, and some related specifically to truck and heavy equipment claims. The results, depending on the subject of the question, will either help the Board of Directors objectively gauge the wants and will of the membership, or serve as qualified evidence in the claim handling process.

Metton LMR hood repair

In my area, no body shop wants to repair the Kenworth W900L hood made of Metton LMR (plastic). They don’t want to hear about the service bulletins, or any rational argument in favor of repair of these hoods. They treat them as disposable hoods. The Kenworth dealers are no better.

Is this unique to my area?

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Metton LMR hood repair





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2 comments:

Unknown said...

I have verified that at least two repair adhesive manufacturers have repair procedures in place for Metton, and it can be successfully repaired.

March 30, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Unknown said...

Washington Truck Rebuilders in Toledo, WA does repair the Metton Hoods.

April 14, 2011 at 12:06 PM

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Peterbilt & dump trailer rollover question

The following question is the result of a rollover accident involving a Peterbilt work truck pulling a 37’ frameless aluminum dump trailer. The trailer overturned. The truck did not. The undisputed impact between the two was sustained to the tractor fenders, an air bag, shock absorber, 5th wheel head and air ride level valve & link. The truck owner claims that damage was sustained to the right fuel tank. The tank damage is over 6 feet forward of the king pin location. The owner provided no credible information as to how this damage was sustained from this loss. The owner said something must have fallen out of the trailer or it could have occurred during the recovery. It appears to this adjuster, that the tank has been cleaned and polished many times since the damage was incurred, and that the damage, at the time sustained, would certainly have broken the fuel tank cap, which is not broken.

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Based on the photographs, do you think the damage sustained to this aluminum tank was incurred as a result of a rollover while attached to a frameless dump trailer 15 days before these photos were taken?