TFL F150 vs Cybertruck max towing on dirt road

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duggydo

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I'm not a big fan of most of the new technology on modern trucks. However, it looks like the extra sensors and monitoring helped protect the truck in this test. I was a bit surprised it got so hot that quickly though.
 
Well, when you max out the load and take it on an extreme hill, it's kinda of expected. And I don't knock Ford for the result. Another reason they created the spec, so when the maker lists a weight, you know how they tested it. You exceed that, results will be different.
 
I wish they would have redone the test but chose a gear and locked it out to see if it performed better.

Rant/Side note:
If it can't tow the advertise weight without problems on a public road, it should not be the advertised number.
It's getting hotter every year and trucks should be able to handle the advertised numbers on a public road. This is not the first time they are having warnings/problems with a 1500/F150 class of truck on this hill and maybe the towing standard should be revised.
Towing on the Davis damn is hard, but higher speeds pushes a lot of air trough and helps keeps those temps in check. We are not always towing on the highway or at speed.
 
TheDo114 said:
I wish they would have redone the test but chose a gear and locked it out to see if it performed better.

Rant/Side note:
If it can't tow the advertise weight without problems on a public road, it should not be the advertised number.
It's getting hotter every year and trucks should be able to handle the advertised numbers on a public road. This is not the first time they are having warnings/problems with a 1500/F150 class of truck on this hill and maybe the towing standard should be revised.
Towing on the Davis damn is hard, but higher speeds pushes a lot of air trough and helps keeps those temps in check. We are not always towing on the highway or at speed.
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It would be interesting to find out the cfm of the stock electric fan setup. I do like the fact the truck was smart enough to not boil over the coolant, but like I said, it seemed to got hot much faster than I expected. I’d also like to see a 2500 haul the same load up for comparison.
 
Well, they also overheated a Chevy on this road but a much lighter load. And they also were touching the max temp on the Taco but I believe that was an even steeper road. You just cannot expect those numbers to apply to absolutely every route where you can fit the truck.
 
Dusdaddy said:
Well, they also overheated a Chevy on this road but a much lighter load. And they also were touching the max temp on the Taco but I believe that was an even steeper road. You just cannot expect those numbers to apply to absolutely every route where you can fit the truck.
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It was the transmission that overheated on the Chevy. Andre mentioned that in this video. I'm not sure the the Chevy had a trans cooler though.
 
duggydo said:
It was the transmission that overheated on the Chevy. Andre mentioned that in this video. I'm not sure the the Chevy had a trans cooler though.
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Yeah, I know. Same with the Taco, it was tranny. I wasn't implying it was coolant. As light a load as that Chevy had, I hope it was a mechanical issue.
 
Dusdaddy said:
Well, they also overheated a Chevy on this road but a much lighter load. And they also were touching the max temp on the Taco but I believe that was an even steeper road. You just cannot expect those numbers to apply to absolutely every route where you can fit the truck.
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To me, it just means that the cooling package on the trucks are not sufficient enough for the advertised ratings.

The Chevy did have a transmission cooler.
 
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