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Originally Posted by JRTJH
I noted the strap they were using (hard to miss a 6" yellow nylon "jerk cord") and thought, "How the hell can they actually put a million pounds of force on a 30 thousand pound strap without breaking it?"....
Looks to me, like others have indicated, a "stunt" much like Toyota's stunt of "pulling the space shuttle".... Meant to "WOW" the uninformed, but great advertising with little factual implications for owner use benefit.....
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Originally Posted by Kylemcmahon1
I agree with you. Only I would thing that 30,000 lbs would be the breaking strength. I am in the crane industry. In a lifting application that strap would be good for max of 15,000 lbs max. But this is not a lifting but pulling.
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Yes, another stunt just like the Tundra pulling the space shuttle. Steel wheels on a steel track, very low rolling resistance!
Keep in mind that electric motors have max torque available at zero RPM's.
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