Front-end damage doesn’t stop this F-150 shining in a pull-off with two heavy duty trucks.
The video above comes to us from the Truck Central YouTube channeland it features a wrecked Ford F-150 that was purchased for $500. This truck was involved in a serious enough front end collision to trigger both airbags and push the fenders back into the doors, but that doesn’t prevent this ragged half-ton truck from holding its own in a series of pull-offs with an F-250 and a one-ton Chevy dually.
A $500 Truck
The green Ford F-150 in the video was purchased by the YouTube channel from the previous owner, who had been involved in a hard front-end impact. Once the truck was wrecked, it spent some time as a “yard truck”, receiving an off-road bumper and some aftermarket LED lights to replace the broken headlights. The truck has plenty of rust to go with the crash damage, but that hasn’t prevented the team from having all sorts of fun with this $500 buy.
In this video, the $500 F-150 is going through its second round of torture testing with Steve Fast from Hammer Down Motorsports, taking on a built Ford F-250 Super Duty from the 6.0 Bros YouTube channel in a couple pull-offs.
Hooking Up the Trucks
Once the F-250 and F-150 were hooked up with a tow strap, the Super Duty drags the half-ton straight, getting them lined up for the battle. With the F-150 in four-low and first gear, they get the signal to start and the smaller truck immediately drags the Super Duty backwards without much effort.
We learn that the F-250 was only driving two wheels, so the driver of the Super Duty switches to four-wheel-drive for another run. This time, the bigger truck has no problem out-pulling the half-ton.
Bring on the Chevy
Next, a neighbor shows up with a Chevrolet3500 dually with a Duramax diesel, and he wants in on the pulling action as well. In the first run, the Ford is able to drag the diesel dually when it is in rear-drive mode, but when the Chevy switches to four-wheel-drive, the results are similar to the battle with the F-250 in four-low, with the heavier truck taking the win.
The video ends up with the host trying to do a j-turn, but he is unsuccessful due to the intervention of the anti-lock braking system.
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