Mount Antero off-road trip - Cybertruck's Achilles heel; weight and throttle tip-in.

[Hookalakupua]

Speechless!! You my friend, are certifiably bonkers and I hereby anoint you as President of the Man’s Man’s Club! Wish I had the King Kong Balls you have to do something like that, but my level of craziness always requires some sort of escape plan! Haha. That video with you on the ledge is incredible! I know those 14’ers well and no chance I’d ever take a vehicle up there! With that said, the best pictures are with your GSD’s!

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[pricedm]

Impressive!

I am interested in some easy wheeling to ease into backcountry adventures. Ark Valley has some amazing places. Great write-up @CallsignVega !

 

[silvercybersurfer]

Very impressive! You got one hell of a pair on you.

I have some experience with similar scenarios. My gravel driveway is a mile long and 600ft of elevation change with a few areas of similar grade and a cliff on one side. Fortunately, there's no switchbacks and is much wider. In the winter, I almost always use trail assist going down and speed up or slow down depending on the section. When I first got the truck, I forgot to enable "Slippery mode" and slid about 40 feet before stopping going down the hill. I put snow chains on to be safe and flicked on 4x4, I had so much traction that I couldn't slip on purpose.

Like most people said, it's a traction problem that can be solved with bigger and wider tires. It can also be somewhat solved with more options on how the truck behaves in offroad mode. Hopefully there's a Tesla engineer out there that cares about maximizing the CT's potential offroad

 

[Mikec3399]

Ya these 36" Toyo tires are 11.5" wide so they won't rub. I'd imagine 13.5" wide tires would have performed noticeable better but with them poking out I'd hate to see the efficiency drop.

not to mention the additional mud dirt and grim on the side of the cybertruck. i added 2" wheel spacers to my cyberbeast, after a week i removed them because of the added dirt, i also had added stock mud flaps, however with the spacers, the truck was filty with each drive.

 

[MCraft99]

not to mention the additional mud dirt and grim on the side of the cybertruck. i added 2" wheel spacers to my cyberbeast, after a week i removed them because of the added dirt, i also had added stock mud flaps, however with the spacers, the truck was filty with each drive.

Just how I like em. Dirty and flinging mud.

What company did you buy the spacers from? Unpluggedperf sells very expensive 4" wide fender flairs. I'm looking to get the 2" spacers to fit wider tires. I'm worried about them breaking offroad or launching the vehicle. What do you think?

 

[Mikec3399]

Just how I like em. Dirty and flinging mud.

What company did you buy the spacers from? Unpluggedperf sells very expensive 4" wide fender flairs. I'm looking to get the 2" spacers to fit wider tires. I'm worried about them breaking offroad or launching the vehicle. What do you think?

i got them from Ebay, i don't remember the manufacture, i quickly sold them when i took them off. my cyberbeasts are asphalt kings, i'm not into dirty

 

[MCraft99]

i got them from Ebay, i don't remember the manufacture, i quickly sold them when i took them off. my cyberbeasts are asphalt kings, i'm not into dirty

Oh, I wasn't referring to my beast.

Ok. Tsportline sells them too and said to have at it when I asked them if it's safe for off-road use.

 

[2000prerunner]

You're not going to burn up a modern EV motor in a stall. Its cooling is not dependent on rotation and peak current is directly controlled versus an air/fan cooled drill when the winding resistance is the only limitation on current.

Absolutely yes you can overheat an EV motor, and very quickly . 500-1000kw of electricity going to a motor will spike temps (if the load is very high) . the stock cooling is not going to pull all the heat away . However, before temps can spike the vehicle will cut or reduce current flow protecting the motor and allowing it cool back down after a few moments. You will have no power or very reduced power .

You're not going to burn up a modern EV motor in a stall. Its cooling is not dependent on rotation and peak current is directly controlled versus an air/fan cooled drill when the winding resistance is the only limitation on current.

You’re not gonna burn it up because the sensors and software are protected it, true. But you’re going to be frustrated when you get momentary power cuts or a power reduction for those peak momentary spike /loads (it can happen in seconds) until the cooling system can bring it back down to a normal temp.
This would be in contrast to an ice car where you can just throttle your way out of it (motor won’t overheat, your transmission might slip) or , like I said the electric motor has a reduction gear set and some clutch slip.
Sometimes you have to throttle your way over boulders , climbs , or mud pits. I think your version of offloading might just be fire roads, and maybe a dusty hill . Which is probably what the Tesla cyber engineers envisioned as well when they built it.

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