Truck Frame Shortening Sketch - Weld and Plate Splice Location Behind Cab

This document is a simple hand-drawn schematic (uploaded as "frame.JPG") illustrating a truck frame modification. The drawing shows a side view of a vehicle: a cab (labeled "cab" in red) at the left, a horizontal frame rail running rearward, and a rear wheel/axle drawn as a large circle beneath the rail with leaf-spring lines connecting to two spring hangers on the frame. A red leader line points to a diagonal splice location in the frame rail just behind the cab, marked with stippling/hatching, labeled "weld and plate." The diagram communicates the concept of cutting and shortening (or splicing) a frame at a diagonal joint behind the cab and ahead of the rear leaf-spring front hanger, then reinforcing the joint by welding and adding a plate. The album context (companion files "fuelcell.JPG" and "ranger shorty.JPG") suggests this relates to a shortened Ranger/truck project. The document contains no dimensions, torque values, part numbers, year, make, or model information, it is purely a conceptual sketch showing where the weld-and-plate frame splice is located relative to the cab and rear suspension.