Towing a Million Pounds

[CaptnJohn]

Originally Posted by rhagfo

Now we will have F150 owners with electric truck figuring if it can pull over a million pounds, they can tow a 16K 5er!

That F150 a dually? [emoji23]

[rhagfo]

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.....

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.

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.

[travelin texans]

Originally Posted by rhagfo

Now we will have F150 owners with electric truck figuring if it can pull over a million pounds, they can tow a 16K 5er!

Oh no! You mean it won't?????
But they added airbags & LT tires!