GM Silverada Beats F250 In Frame Twist Test

mich800 wrote:
Maybe there is merit to that test. But it doesn't apply to how I use my truck. I do have one question. Is this a problem that needs to be solved? I.E. do contractors or others that use their truck in the field park them in a situation where one or two wheels are off the ground and need to unload? It seems if you are in that precarious of a position it would not be a safe place to load/unload.

But if you do unload with a tire 3 feet off the ground, you better be driving the chevy or you'll be in trouble. Then again the tailgate would be about 6 feet off the ground so unloading would be awesome to watch.


I'll take flex over breakage any day, but this is all moot IMHO since I'm not aware of a single frame breakage issue on any truck.

Flexing buildings are being researched for robustness against earthquakes, interesting to me, though very different from a vehicle frame.clicky