[MechBob]

Yep,call a lawyer. You may even get a bit of rust repair out of their screw up. Yep, most shops have big rubber blocks that sit on the lift/hoist pads, but tech's are too lazy to use them. If you really want to buy a set of GM ones- here ya go, but be sitting down when you see the price!

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[MechBob]

OK there are some of them on the bay, under 30 bucks a pair, but,kinda obsolete, as a rubber block or block of wood does the same thing.

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[MechBob]

Just to make you feel better, you should look on the net and look at the truck frames bending, from slide in campers. Mostly Ford and Dodge. So far, in all cases, people "mis read" the gvwr, or "assume", because they saw it on the net, and the campers were way too heavy!!!! Needless to say, dealers did not pay, ends up being a customer created issue. But,the pictures are funny, if I run across one, will post.

 

[MechBob]

WRT frames bending with a camper top- most people don't know or ignore weight distribution, too. It's much easier to load their stuff into the low end at the back than to concentrate the heaviest over the rear axle and move lighter things to the front. I would bet that if the weight were to be analyzed, the curve would look like the inverse of the bottom of the camper, with little at the front, more over the bed and a lot behind the tailgate.

You can say it, we do- "people are stupid",lol.
The majority I have seen actually bend down in the middle, not up. This is also seen in the snow plow industry, people buy a 4 door, diesel, 4x4, then find out they don't have enough capacity to even carry a normal plow, much less with a sander in the bed. "Many trucks of today are nice cars"

 

[MechBob]

Plow trucks are rarely used to ram snow, especially nowadays. But does happen in rural settings. But heavy plows on too light of a truck can damage front ends, front frames, heck a lot of damage happens on these just by driving, hitting big bumps, all that weight extended out from the front end. Just like adding a cargo rack past your bumper, front or rear, can put a lot of stress on frames.