Then the video is plain wrong in regards to tongue vs tow weight. No truck or trailer manufacturer anywhere in the world adheres to that.
I commonly tow a triple axle trailer that weighs 12,000 pounds with my GMC Sierra 2500HD. That much weight would snap the receiver off and bend the frame if the hitch had to support it all.
The CT is for clowns but that video is stupid and should be disregarded.
“The cybertruck being held together by glue was not in my 2025 bingo cards” hahahaha
FYI they have an entire section where they explain the difference between the trailer weight and tongue weight; complete with a little toy car and trailer demonstration of when the weight would be transferred from the trailer to the tongue.
Also, he says you want 90% of the weight in the trailer, but there are circumstances where the weight is transferred directly to the tongue.
I’ve watched my father’s back axel break, twice when towing. Once on his Jeep Wrangler and the other truck I forgot. First was towing a boat up a steep incline (an example used in the video cough cough) and the second on the highway with a double jet ski trailer, and two jet skis, when he went over a large pot hole on the highway (another axample in the video cough cough). He fully expected his vehicle, in any sense of the word, tow hitch included, to bear the weight of what he was towing btw. And no my father is not an idiot, at least in this regard. He would explain the difference of the weights and off setting things to the back of trailers blah blah blah all the time to me.
And to say, no one expects a thing to do the job that thing is made to do is a dumb comeback. Try that one on Belichik and see how it goes.
“Come on coach, no one expects me to be able to throw a football, that would be stupid!” 🙄
Buuuuuttttt you would know that if you watched the video instead of blindly reacting.
Also, what is the point of fighting this?? Being paid by Nazi car to say “nuh uh, it won’t fall apart, that’s a stupid test and those people are stupid…science is dumb!”
And to say, no one expects a thing to do the job that thing is made to do is a dumb comeback.
It’s NOT expected to. The SAE has literal standards for this and nowhere in them are you going to find that the tongue needs to support the entirety of the towed weight. In fact it’s quite the opposite. None of you know this though because you’ve never bothered reading them.
Also, what is the point of fighting this?
Because people read this bullshit and then repeat it just like you’re doing now. Tons of weight rolling down the road is dangerous. As always the regulations are literally written in blood.
You absolutely should NOT expect your tow hitch to support the entire weight of the trailer. It’s NOT in the SAE specs and frankly there’s no passenger vehicle in existence that will tolerate that without dramatically exceeding it’s payload rating. You probably don’t now what is either but when you exceed it you get broken axles, inability to steer, inability to stop, tires blowing up, suspension failure, and structure failure.
Ever seen a truck pulling a camper and the trucks headlights are aimed at the sky while the hitch is nearly dragging the ground? That’s what happens when you have too much tongue weight. You can see that’s it wrong and yet here’s another army of people trying to argue that its just fine because they listened to another youtuber who has no idea WTF they’re talking about.
They went to great lengths to explain that and why a trailer load may transiently exceed it and used a 20 year old wrecked truck as a reference.
The other concern they mentioned was aluminum characteristics over time. Brand new strength will not equal strength over time. So 10k pounds is the trucks strength at its absolute best, but it will degrade over time. Also the mix of metals may cause a galvanic reaction to degrade it over time. No one else in the industry will use aluminum for the frame, for good reason
They even admit it fared better than they thought, but it’s another example of Tesla ignoring engineering principles and the predicted consequences being demonstrated.
Listen, the CT is a joke and I’m not defending it. I’m pushing back on provably false information regarding towing and what to expect from a tow hitch. People get killed believing this kind of bullshit. You absolutely SHOULD NOT expect a tow hitch to be able to stand up the vehicles tow capacity rating. Ever. Even transiently.
They went to great lengths to explain that and why a trailer load may transiently exceed it
Transiently, as in for mere moments, exceeding the 1,000lb hitch rating yes, absolutely. Expecting that the hitch will suddenly experience (and hold) the entirety of the tow capcity rating? Absolutely not. That’s the exact opposite of the SAE spec. You’d also dramatically exceed the payload rating of every passenger vehicle in existence if it happened.
The other concern they mentioned was aluminum characteristics over time.
Better not look at the suspension of any passenger vehicle made in the last 30 years then.
No one else in the industry will use aluminum for the frame
The CT is unibody, it doesn’t have a frame. This isn’t me being pedantic either. The difference between the two is fairly important.
They even admit it fared better than they thought
The CT exceeded it’s rating by 8 times. Yes the Dodge 2500 did better but so what? It too was well over it’s hitch and payload ratings and if you tried to drive it with that kind of weight you’d quickly crash because you couldn’t steer or stop.
Then the video is plain wrong in regards to tongue vs tow weight. No truck or trailer manufacturer anywhere in the world adheres to that.
I commonly tow a triple axle trailer that weighs 12,000 pounds with my GMC Sierra 2500HD. That much weight would snap the receiver off and bend the frame if the hitch had to support it all.
The CT is for clowns but that video is stupid and should be disregarded.
“The cybertruck being held together by glue was not in my 2025 bingo cards” hahahaha
FYI they have an entire section where they explain the difference between the trailer weight and tongue weight; complete with a little toy car and trailer demonstration of when the weight would be transferred from the trailer to the tongue.
Also, he says you want 90% of the weight in the trailer, but there are circumstances where the weight is transferred directly to the tongue.
I’ve watched my father’s back axel break, twice when towing. Once on his Jeep Wrangler and the other truck I forgot. First was towing a boat up a steep incline (an example used in the video cough cough) and the second on the highway with a double jet ski trailer, and two jet skis, when he went over a large pot hole on the highway (another axample in the video cough cough). He fully expected his vehicle, in any sense of the word, tow hitch included, to bear the weight of what he was towing btw. And no my father is not an idiot, at least in this regard. He would explain the difference of the weights and off setting things to the back of trailers blah blah blah all the time to me.
And to say, no one expects a thing to do the job that thing is made to do is a dumb comeback. Try that one on Belichik and see how it goes.
“Come on coach, no one expects me to be able to throw a football, that would be stupid!” 🙄
Buuuuuttttt you would know that if you watched the video instead of blindly reacting.
Also, what is the point of fighting this?? Being paid by Nazi car to say “nuh uh, it won’t fall apart, that’s a stupid test and those people are stupid…science is dumb!”
Seriously…what’ the point…
It’s NOT expected to. The SAE has literal standards for this and nowhere in them are you going to find that the tongue needs to support the entirety of the towed weight. In fact it’s quite the opposite. None of you know this though because you’ve never bothered reading them.
Because people read this bullshit and then repeat it just like you’re doing now. Tons of weight rolling down the road is dangerous. As always the regulations are literally written in blood.
You absolutely should NOT expect your tow hitch to support the entire weight of the trailer. It’s NOT in the SAE specs and frankly there’s no passenger vehicle in existence that will tolerate that without dramatically exceeding it’s payload rating. You probably don’t now what is either but when you exceed it you get broken axles, inability to steer, inability to stop, tires blowing up, suspension failure, and structure failure.
Ever seen a truck pulling a camper and the trucks headlights are aimed at the sky while the hitch is nearly dragging the ground? That’s what happens when you have too much tongue weight. You can see that’s it wrong and yet here’s another army of people trying to argue that its just fine because they listened to another youtuber who has no idea WTF they’re talking about.
It’s wrong and it gets people killed. Stop it.
They went to great lengths to explain that and why a trailer load may transiently exceed it and used a 20 year old wrecked truck as a reference.
The other concern they mentioned was aluminum characteristics over time. Brand new strength will not equal strength over time. So 10k pounds is the trucks strength at its absolute best, but it will degrade over time. Also the mix of metals may cause a galvanic reaction to degrade it over time. No one else in the industry will use aluminum for the frame, for good reason
They even admit it fared better than they thought, but it’s another example of Tesla ignoring engineering principles and the predicted consequences being demonstrated.
Listen, the CT is a joke and I’m not defending it. I’m pushing back on provably false information regarding towing and what to expect from a tow hitch. People get killed believing this kind of bullshit. You absolutely SHOULD NOT expect a tow hitch to be able to stand up the vehicles tow capacity rating. Ever. Even transiently.
Transiently, as in for mere moments, exceeding the 1,000lb hitch rating yes, absolutely. Expecting that the hitch will suddenly experience (and hold) the entirety of the tow capcity rating? Absolutely not. That’s the exact opposite of the SAE spec. You’d also dramatically exceed the payload rating of every passenger vehicle in existence if it happened.
Better not look at the suspension of any passenger vehicle made in the last 30 years then.
The CT is unibody, it doesn’t have a frame. This isn’t me being pedantic either. The difference between the two is fairly important.
The CT exceeded it’s rating by 8 times. Yes the Dodge 2500 did better but so what? It too was well over it’s hitch and payload ratings and if you tried to drive it with that kind of weight you’d quickly crash because you couldn’t steer or stop.
Yup. Amongst other things, but it won’t matter.
There’s no critical thinking happening…
Cyberdump broke, other truck didn’t. Same test.
However relevant or not you want to think of it, the results speak for themselves.