Poor truck.
YouTube can be counted on for five things. The cute videos of animals and the painful fails videos aren’t directly related to cars. The most obvious car-related events are Mustangs colliding and vehicles racing. And then there’s the subject of this video, which is pure automotive destruction. Be careful if you find it difficult to watch people do horrible things to good cars.
The 2018 Ford F-350 Limited is the vehicle that’s in this video. It has had a lot of custom suspension work done. The YouTuber WhistlinDiesel created the video. He is known for his extreme treatment of trucks. Although we’ve seen his work before, this experiment is supposed to provide some consumer advice. How much weight can you put into an aluminum bed of a big diesel for Ford? How can the truck handle such a mass?
These are difficult questions to answer because of one important reason. This is not a regular F-350. It’s equipped with many upgraded components. Not the least, a coilover suspension system with hydraulics to raise the front and rear by several inches. However, all of this doesn’t matter as around 13,000 lbs concrete is dumped into bed. This is just a little more than the truck’s maximum rating of 7,250 pounds.
The back of the truck is heavy. Although the hydraulic system is unable to handle the weight, the abuse doesn’t stop at the mass. The concrete bed is literally leaking onto the truck’s bed. It then undergoes a “road test”, which includes hard stops and starts as well as donuts in an unimproved field. Surprisingly, even though the concrete has been removed, the truck still drives at the end of this clip. However, it does not come out unscathed. The rear suspension components are bent, the bed is moved, and the front passenger bumper is literally ripped up.
The F-350’s aluminum bed survived to fight another day. Although technically that’s a win it is not. We suspect many of you will view the destruction of a six-figure custom-built pickup truck as a huge failure.