The TRUTH About Cybertruck Frame / Hitch Snapping In Half! (Bearded Tesla rebuts WhistlinDiesel)

[ModelAZ]

From The Bearded Tesla:

The Tesla Cybertruck is unlike any truck before it, and although some are attracted to the truck for that very reason, the way the truck is built is also very different from traditional trucks. When it comes to the structure of the Cybertruck, no compromises can be made given the high levels of claimed capabilities.​

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YouTuber WhistlinDiesel just recently posted his long awaited video where he utterly destroys the Cybertruck. In this video, he submits the Cybertruck to a gauntlet of torture that would destroy any truck, and in the end, the truck was still functioning somehow.​

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Comparing the Cybertruck to a "real truck" was the purpose of the video in question, and in that torture testing, a critical failure occurred in the structure of the Cybertruck. While pulling a stuck F-150, the rear end of the truck completely snapped off.​

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At first it was hard to understand how this could possibly happen. At closer inspection, we can clearly see the truck failed at the casting, which is the frame of the truck. Essentially, the casting snapped in half, releasing the trailer hitch with it. Left with a snapped rear casting and a tow hitch that has completely let lose from the truck, it raises a lot of questions about the strength of the truck for towing.​

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It is extremely important to understand how a casting works, how the Cybertruck is engineered, and the circumstances leading up to the ultimate failure in this case. The Cybertruck is undoubtedly engineered to be extremely strong, and even claims the designation of bullet proof. But all vehicles, no matter how tough, do have failure points, and in this case, the abuse the Cybertruck was submitted to ultimately caused a catastrophic failure.​

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During a segment of the video, the Cybertruck is driven across a row of 4 foot culverts. At the end of the row, the Cybertruck gets stuck and is pulled out with the F-150, and when it clears the last Culvert, it is dropped with force on the rear of the truck and the Culvert and then again on a concrete spike on the ground.​

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The Cybertruck is rated to tow 11,000 lbs and a tongue weight of 1,110 lbs. In this case, a more than 6k lb truck was dropped right on top of the trailer hitch, and rear structure of the truck from a height. The vertical forces that the rear of the truck were submitted to were well beyond that of any truck on the market today is rated to handle. This ultimately led to the failure we later see when the F-150 is attached to the rear of the Cybertruck and pulled hard.​

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Having towed nearly 10k lbs across the country, I can say from experience and with confidence that the Cybertruck is more than capable of towing massive loads. It is also safe in doing so and to submit the truck to destructive testing does not represent the trucks overall structural strength.​

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[Wolfgram]

Well said. This Whistlin’ D(bag) is a YouTube weenie that’ll do whatever for clicks. I wish that the Cybertruck community would stop promoting his videos.

 

[Kahpernicus]

Casting did not "snap in half", the back two rails broke where the hitch/bumper assembly attach.

the whole casting assembly:

It's by design that they break off cleaning at those sections.

They have talked about the casting designed to break off in sections from the main for energy dissipation and to protect the larger casting:

 

[tingmo13]

I'm proud/comfortable to say I don't watch or believe idiot looking YouTube/ers videos-simply waste of time & energy.

 

[Tedacules]

Well said. This Whistlin’ D(bag) is a YouTube weenie that’ll do whatever for clicks. I wish that the Cybertruck community would stop promoting his videos.

Anything with Cyber truck is getting lots of Clicks no matter the reason. Look at the Boostedbois videos. More than twice the clicks of their other videos.

 

[Late_Refustration]

Whaaaat? An influencer? Clickbait? Noooo

 

[65SoYoLO]

Well said. This Whistlin’ D(bag) is a YouTube weenie that’ll do whatever for clicks. I wish that the Cybertruck community would stop promoting his videos.

100%

 

[jerhenderson]

Dunno why idiots like this get a highly coveted vehicle. Get him a vasectomy and improve the human species.

 

[igs]

The vertical forces that the rear of the truck were submitted to were well beyond that of any truck on the market today is rated to handle.

That was such a weak rebuttal. If the hitch was rated at 1,100 lbs then the hitch should have broke, not the casting. Are you saying the casting on a truck that weighs 6,000 lbs can only withstand 1,100 lbs?

 

[pricedm]

That was such a weak rebuttal. If the hitch was rated at 1,100 lbs then the hitch should have broke, not the casting. Are you saying the casting on a truck that weighs 6,000 lbs can only withstand 1,100 lbs?

See post #3.

 

[igs]

See post #3.

That's a much better rebuttal than what Bearded Tesla Guy put out. He kept going on about bolts and aluminum crumple zones wtf.

 

[pricedm]

Tesla diagram posted by @Kahpernicus is very informative.

 

[Speedr]

That was such a weak rebuttal. If the hitch was rated at 1,100 lbs then the hitch should have broke, not the casting. Are you saying the casting on a truck that weighs 6,000 lbs can only withstand 1,100 lbs?

Put more simply, crash into the back of any truck, then be shocked when part of it breaks off.

Also, I'm not sure, even if it didn't get crashed/dropped, if the back wouldn't have gotten ripped off anyway. I mean, no one, NO ONE, ever lets slack get into a tow rope, let alone a CHAIN with ZERO give/play. If you watch the video, they do a running start with a ton of slack, the truck goes a foot before getting stuck on the sharp edge of the concrete, comes to a complete stop, and then it snaps. I'd love to see the exact same thing on any other truck!

 

[HaulingAss]

Nice

From The Bearded Tesla:

The Tesla Cybertruck is unlike any truck before it, and although some are attracted to the truck for that very reason, the way the truck is built is also very different from traditional trucks. When it comes to the structure of the Cybertruck, no compromises can be made given the high levels of claimed capabilities.​

​

YouTuber WhistlinDiesel just recently posted his long awaited video where he utterly destroys the Cybertruck. In this video, he submits the Cybertruck to a gauntlet of torture that would destroy any truck, and in the end, the truck was still functioning somehow.​

​

Comparing the Cybertruck to a "real truck" was the purpose of the video in question, and in that torture testing, a critical failure occurred in the structure of the Cybertruck. While pulling a stuck F-150, the rear end of the truck completely snapped off.​

​

At first it was hard to understand how this could possibly happen. At closer inspection, we can clearly see the truck failed at the casting, which is the frame of the truck. Essentially, the casting snapped in half, releasing the trailer hitch with it. Left with a snapped rear casting and a tow hitch that has completely let lose from the truck, it raises a lot of questions about the strength of the truck for towing.​

​

It is extremely important to understand how a casting works, how the Cybertruck is engineered, and the circumstances leading up to the ultimate failure in this case. The Cybertruck is undoubtedly engineered to be extremely strong, and even claims the designation of bullet proof. But all vehicles, no matter how tough, do have failure points, and in this case, the abuse the Cybertruck was submitted to ultimately caused a catastrophic failure.​

​

During a segment of the video, the Cybertruck is driven across a row of 4 foot culverts. At the end of the row, the Cybertruck gets stuck and is pulled out with the F-150, and when it clears the last Culvert, it is dropped with force on the rear of the truck and the Culvert and then again on a concrete spike on the ground.​

​

The Cybertruck is rated to tow 11,000 lbs and a tongue weight of 1,110 lbs. In this case, a more than 6k lb truck was dropped right on top of the trailer hitch, and rear structure of the truck from a height. The vertical forces that the rear of the truck were submitted to were well beyond that of any truck on the market today is rated to handle. This ultimately led to the failure we later see when the F-150 is attached to the rear of the Cybertruck and pulled hard.​

​

Having towed nearly 10k lbs across the country, I can say from experience and with confidence that the Cybertruck is more than capable of towing massive loads. It is also safe in doing so and to submit the truck to destructive testing does not represent the trucks overall structural strength.​

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[HaulingAss]

Put more simply, crash into the back of any truck, then be shocked when part of it breaks off.

Also, I'm not sure, even if it didn't get crashed/dropped, if the back wouldn't have gotten ripped off anyway. I mean, no one, NO ONE, ever lets slack get into a tow rope, let alone a CHAIN with ZERO give/play. If you watch the video, they do a running start with a ton of slack, the truck goes a foot before getting stuck on the sharp edge of the concrete, comes to a complete stop, and then it snaps. I'd love to see the exact same thing on any other truck!

That was quite a stupid jerk they applied to that tow chain. But I'm confident the Cybertruck hitch could handle it if it hadn't already been fatally damaged. Like Bearded Tesla pointed out, that Cybertruck hitch is BEEFY and it's designed to take huge loads in line with the hitch, not so much huge impacts in a vertical direction.

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