So I'm going to actually go ahead and use it. I just seem to think that will be good, and it has a rear-locking differential. And here in the F-150 hybrid, these are the settings we're going to run this thing at it. So the ground rules here are going to be, we're going to run factory tire pressures. So there's this really strange feeling to have 34,000 angry pounds attached to the back of your borrowed truck. SPEAKER 1: Well, it's 100 degrees out here today, and now that I'm in the driver's seat, I'm nervous. weighing in just under 5,800 pounds, this thing's sporting a traditional hybrid gas-electric drivetrain, and it's good for about 430 horsepower and 570 pounds feet of torque. Our first run of the day is going to be in the lightest truck that we brought, the Ford F-150 hybrid. As it gets pulled down the track, a drive shaft connected to these tires will slide this massive weight box down to the front of the sled, eventually pushing this skid pan into the dirt, stopping all forward progress.īasically, the sled always wins, but the distance it gets pulled is the metric we're looking for. Weighing in over 34,000 pounds, Massetti's "Terminator 2.0" is essentially a giant weight transfer machine. The pulling sled itself is a marvel of engineering. Plus, we brought out our Ford F-150 hybrid to see how it stacks up against the electric trucks. Why, you might ask? Well, that's because we read the comments on these videos, and on the Truck Mania feature, a ton of you said that you wanted to see a more aggressive tire to see if it can pull closer to the Rivian. But we also brought a set of more aggressive all-terrain tires for that. Plus, we're going to run the F-150 Lightning with the stock tires first. Today, we're going to be running the Rivian R1T again now that we're on our new home track. Do you think we have budget for that in post? Now, I hear that with the monster truck echo in my head. So we connected with sled owner Brian Massetti to make runs here at his facility to establish a new baseline for the Edmunds tractor pull showdown. We found those results interesting enough to establish a whole new category for comparing and testing vehicles for the vast Edmunds database. Our Ford F-150 Lightning pulled the competition sled 231 feet, and the Rivian R1 made an even more impressive run of 246 feet. Oh! Last year, Edmunds entered two of our very own long term test vehicles into a tractor pull event called Truck Mania, where we surprised a lot of people with the performance of our electric-powered rigs. SPEAKER 1: We are back in the dirt for some epic tractor pull action.
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