These are stock vehicles, without any capacity modifications, and which might lead you to wonder why there’s a towing capacity limit on
your truck and it’s nowhere near as much as these units are pulling. That’s because there’s more to it, of course.
Just about any vehicle can
pull more than its rated maximum — but it can’t
stop it, nor can it properly steer when it’s overloaded. So stick within your vehicle’s limits, and leave these “stunt pulls” to the pros.
Electric Ford F-150 vs a Train
Back in 2019, when the Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup truck was still under development, the company hooked up a prototype to a train. Linda Zhang, chief engineer of the F-150 program, gathered a group of truck owners at a rail yard, where a train made of up of 10 double-decker freight cars was waiting. There were also 42 trucks on hand, representing 42 years of the F-150 being the best-selling truck in the U.S.