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- It's smart from a marketing perspective. The average person doesn't know how little force it really takes to move a rolling load with hard wheels on a smooth surface. It's simple physics, but to the average person, it appears *VERY* impressive.
The only reason there are sour grapes is because Toyota thought of it first. - Heck, I got a 65 year old 17hp tractor in the shed that will pull it.
- Not enough tongue weight.....
fla-gypsy wrote:
2oldman wrote:
Yeah, but can it stop it!?
It wasn't trying to stop it, it was a braking test for the spacecraft. I sure hope Ford doesn't try to use this in a commercial. I thought the Toyota commercial made Toyota look silly.
Looks a lot less silly than some guy roping a huge alien and towing it through city streets by a GM, or what appears to be about a 10,000 pound lashed-down solid block of cargo being dropped by a crane from 10 feet into the bed of a Ford.
At least Toyota's commercial was "real".
(flame suit on:p)- Who's next? This is just stupid.
- I don't think there would be a long list of trucks that can tow something like that 0 to 60 MPH in 1,000' runway. Also they can test the braking system while pulling it around still hooked up to the truck, giving full braking to test the anti-lock brakes. Not many trucks that can keep a 13,000 pound load moving at 30 - 40 MPH while it is in full braking mode.
Fred. - I'd tow that little thing with my '94 Nissan :)
- Guess I shoulda included the winky wink.
2oldman wrote:
Yeah, but can it stop it!?
It wasn't trying to stop it, it was a braking test for the spacecraft. I sure hope Ford doesn't try to use this in a commercial. I thought the Toyota commercial made Toyota look silly.- Yeah, but can it stop it!?
