Ford's response to the Chevy bed commercial?
09-19-2016, 08:31 PM
#32
GM conveniently forgets to tell the media that they pushed up their aluminum bodied production something like two years to battle their losses to Ford. It's petty bull. Funny how the oilfield workers that had received aluminum bed pre-2015 test mules without their knowledge and beat the tar out of them, never had issues, and never knew they were using such an inferior product. Try all you want GM. You'll be pushing aluminum on the lots soon enough, and coming up behind in truck technology... as usual.
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Last edited by 2010stx4by4; 09-19-2016 at 08:55 PM.
09-19-2016, 10:12 PM
#33
Senior Member
The tool box commercial is total BS. 1st off they never give a close up of the damage on the Chevy and 2nd it is totally arbitrary.
A tool box randomly pushed into a pickup bed is a viable test procedure?
I wonder how many times they did it to a Ford before they finally managed to hit the bed at the perfect angle to cause such a perforation? Totally bogus and laughable and non-repeatable.
A tool box randomly pushed into a pickup bed is a viable test procedure?
I wonder how many times they did it to a Ford before they finally managed to hit the bed at the perfect angle to cause such a perforation? Totally bogus and laughable and non-repeatable.
09-19-2016, 10:43 PM
#34
The tool box commercial is total BS. 1st off they never give a close up of the damage on the Chevy and 2nd it is totally arbitrary.
A tool box randomly pushed into a pickup bed is a viable test procedure? I wonder how many times they did it to a Ford before they finally managed to hit the bed at the perfect angle to cause such a perforation? Totally bogus and laughable and non-repeatable.
A tool box randomly pushed into a pickup bed is a viable test procedure?
I wonder how many times they did it to a Ford before they finally managed to hit the bed at the perfect angle to cause such a perforation? Totally bogus and laughable and non-repeatable.I also noticed that they never really showed the angle of both buckets as the blocks were being dropped.
I'm not trying to be a fan boy, but the commercial leaves a little bit to be desired when trying to determine if it's authentic.
Beides...who is going to drop an entire load of block into their bed like that anyway?
09-20-2016, 01:36 AM
#35
Senior Member
I flat out call bull crap.
I'm sure many of you haven't been around cattle trailers for big rigs. They are aluminum from front to back and they take a beating. The floor is certainly much thicker than the 150 floor but holy hell the years of abuse they take from 1500lb animals is amazing. The sides aren't particularly thick and they take these big animals kicking and ramming them like a champ.
Make no mistake. Actors are real people too.....
Greg
I'm sure many of you haven't been around cattle trailers for big rigs. They are aluminum from front to back and they take a beating. The floor is certainly much thicker than the 150 floor but holy hell the years of abuse they take from 1500lb animals is amazing. The sides aren't particularly thick and they take these big animals kicking and ramming them like a champ.
Make no mistake. Actors are real people too.....
Greg
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09-20-2016, 09:22 AM
#36
Senior Member
Okay, you lost me on that one.......
09-20-2016, 10:07 AM
#37
With some practice, you can tie things down with a rope and a trucker's hitch in seconds. Once you get the hang of it you wont ever have to worry stuff back there again.
09-20-2016, 10:09 AM
#38
I think they should have made a commercial showing someone dumping cinder blocks from up high, with someone standing there saying "If you treat your truck like this, we would rather you not buy and abuse a Ford. Ford, for doing the real work right."
