That said, the body - on -
frame construction does lend itself to strength and durability, and the car's all - terrain system has been designed to allow even unskilled drivers to make the most its off - road performance.
Not exact matches
Also, despite its name and body - on -
frame construction, the Terra probably doesn't preview the next - generation Nissan Xterra.
Construction is still body - on -
frame, and the «sport bar» — don't call it a «roll bar» — is no longer covered, but rather is aluminum, and painted the same color as the body.
Although it doesn't rely on body - on -
frame construction, the 2018 Dodge Durango still competes well with many of the best SUVs with 3rd - row seating.
The best part about the 2012 Jeep Wrangler is that it remains — in the end — a Jeep, with the aforementioned separate body - and -
frame construction, live axles front and rear, and enough ground clearance to drive over a (large) sleeping dog without
doing damage to dog or drivetrain.
With unibody
construction, rather than conventional body - on -
frame construction, the Ridgeline doesn't pretend to be a hard - edged pickup truck.
We can't even use the categorization of whether or not the vehicle uses a separate
frame, as trucks
do, or has «unibody»
construction, as cars
do, where the body and
frame are essentially one piece.
Among those attributes are separate body - and -
frame construction, live axles front and rear and enough ground clearance to drive over a (large) sleeping dog without
doing damage to dog or the Jeep.
For instance, the new aluminum
frame manages to save weight (99 pounds, to be exact) while increasing stiffness (by 57 percent) to improve handling and allow
construction of a convertible that doesn't require structural reinforcement.
So don't be surprised that it's heavy: the integrated body
frame construction means it flattens the scales at 2590 kg, more even than the Range Rover.
With seven high - tensile strength and reinforced cross members creating a closed box ladder
frame, the Ridgeline's unibody
construction does have a lower
frame like a traditional body - on -
frame truck.
The best towing vehicles that aren't trucks
do share something with today's powerful pickups: robust body - on -
frame construction.
The upcoming U.S. Ranger will use the same body - on -
frame construction as those sold globally, and though it's close in size to its F - 150 bigger brother, the Ranger won't take sales from its fellow family members if Ford has
done its homework.
But the overblown
frames, although informally placed, sucked the energy out of Brätsch's paintings, as
did the metal
construction that
framed her small scale pieces further inside.
But what if you are overwhelmed by the actual
construction of your new Tiny House or you
do not feel you may have the skills to take care of the heavy labor part of
framing?
In search of the answer to this question, I visited the factory of Bensonwood, where they
do both CLT and
frame construction, and came away even more confused.
Solid CLT is wonderful, but after listening to Grace Jeffers, I began to wonder,
does solid wood make sense, or should be be building like they
do in Sweden, where they get incredible quality wood
frame construction in factories and now, using robots?
«We
did an independent review of our figures of a comparable house — standard block
construction and timber
frame regs compliant houses, with comparable finishes in terms of kitchen and finishes.
That entire building is a total loss, and due to its wood
frame construction the fire moved quickly enough that residents literally
did not have time to grab anything at all, only to get out safely.
The company's newest product is the $ 99.95 Nomad Advanced Trackable PowerPack, a 9,000 mAh mobile battery that is built with Nomad's usual «ultra-rugged
construction,» with an added bonus of Tile integration so users don't have to worry about misplacing the PowerPack.DesignThe PowerPack is created out of a durable, polycarbonate
frame that Nomad says is inspired by the manufacturing processes found in industry - leading, drop - resistant iPhone cases.
The device doesn't have a full metal
construction but with a
frame made out of aluminum makes it quite a sturdy device.