YouTube’s most notorious car abuser ripped the frame of a Cybertruck apart while trying to tow an F-150.
- A YouTuber captured the frame while performing stunts with his Cybertruck.
- The fracture incident raised concerns about the potential safety risks posed by Tesla towing trucks.
- Backers of the electric truck say it was damaged during other testing, but that may not be as reassuring as it seems.
Well-known YouTuber WhistlinDiesel released the Cybertruck’s first video. In the 21-minute video, the host subjected the truck to several violent and brutal “durability tests”, causing the truck’s frame to break.
This Tesla vehicle has caused more controversy than ever before, in part because CEO Elon Musk called the truck an armored personnel carrier. Cody Detweiler, aka WhistlinDiesel, puts that claim to the test in this new video, but none of them exposes potential problems like his towing stunt.
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Detwiler attempted to pull the Ford F-150 back from the obstacle. He did this by hooking the Cybertruck to the Ford via each truck’s hooks and then pulling the Ford off the obstacle. But in the process, the hook broke free from the Cybertruck’s frame, taking part of the frame with it.
Trucks pull other trucks and even larger vehicles out of trouble. When something fails, it’s usually the rope or chain connecting the two vehicles. Other times, the failure point is in the hitch bracket itself, but this is less common. The frame is usually a fully enclosed steel section that is very strong and especially suitable for towing.
Standard truck frames do break, but it’s usually caused by overloading the truck. In this case, the frame usually bends, rather than snapping or breaking. But in this particular case, the Cybertruck’s frame shattered into pieces, which looks terrible. Some people online believe that the frame actually broke or cracked during the Youtuber’s previous “testing.”
Detwiler drove the Cybertruck down the culvert and the rear hitch hit the concrete, where some claim the frame was bent. If the first break did occur at that point, then that would explain why this is the first documented towing failure of the Cybertruck. Many other YouTube users have towed the vehicle multiple times with no issues. Still, it makes one wonder how safe a broken frame like this one really is.
@whistlindiesell He drove the Cybertruck off a 5-foot cement culvert and landed directly on an 18-inch concrete block on the truck’s hitch. The force likely cracked the cast aluminum frame. Afterwards, he pulled an F-150 with the entire Cybertruck bumper and hitch… pic.twitter.com/AESl0BZOaz
— MyCybertruckLife (Jay Larson) (@jaylarsondpm) August 3, 2024
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