Ever since the Tesla Cybertruck launched, people have been putting the truck through its paces with hilarious, and often catastrophic, results. Tech YouTuber JerryRigEverything — mostly known for his smartphone durability test — put a Cybertruck through a different kind of test by loading the truck’s hitch up to its 11,000-pound tow limit to see if the truck could handle it.
We won’t spoil the ending entirely, but based on the headline, you can probably guess how the test is going to go. In the video, Jerry has an excavator put 10,000 pounds of weight directly on the hitch of the Tesa to see if the Tesa can handle an improperly loaded trailer or the variances in weight that can happen when towing a trailer. The Tesla does not fare well.
After the Tesla, Jerry performs an identical test on a Ram 1500. Not only does the Ram 1500 pass the test, but the excavator bounces the truck while keeping it under a 10,000-pound load to intentionally try and break the vehicle. Spoiler alert: It didn’t work.
Jerry concludes that the gigacasting method for making car frames is great for Tesla’s other cars but may not be the best idea for the Cybertruck.
