Ford Super Duty Struck By Lightning (Entire Cab Disappears)

[billt460]

Are they made from, (as the British might say), Al-You-Min-E-Um?

https://www.ford-trucks.com/article...2022812&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Hope the owner had gap insurance.

 

[Passport1]

D**n. I bet every one of its codes is set permanently;

 

[billt460]

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/weathe...-lot/287-2cde6d41-23cf-473d-a99c-d33260171913

 

[Shel_B]

Are they made from, (as the British might say), Al-You-Min-E-Um?

https://www.ford-trucks.com/article...2022812&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content

"Since 2015, the Ford F-150 has had an aluminum body. In 2017, the F-Series Super-Duty trucks also gained aluminum bodies."
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/which-ford-trucks-have-aluminum-bodies/

 

[KGMtech]

In a related note, Ford announces new trim level one step higher than Lightening, the new Max Conductor series.

 

[Trav]

Imagine if that was an EV, what a show that would have been.

 

[billt460]

"Since 2015, the Ford F-150 has had an aluminum body. In 2017, the F-Series Super-Duty trucks also gained aluminum bodies."
... https://www.motorbiscuit.com/which-ford-trucks-have-aluminum-bodies/

I thought as much. I wasn't sure if it was just the bed or the entire body. I remember the commercials for Chevy showing holes in the Ford's Aluminum bed after dumping a load of bricks in it.

 

[ecotourist]

That damage was the result of a fire caused by lightning, not by a lightning stroke itself.

If it had burned to a crisp it wouldn't have been honest to show a photo of melted aluminum and headline it as "Super Duty Struck by Lightning, only Puddle of Aluminum Left.

 

[slo town]

That damage was the result of a fire caused by lightning, not by a lightning stroke itself.

^ This.

Scott

 

[atikovi]

You all read that click bait article? No, that wasn't caused by being struck by lightning.

 

[billt460]

You all read that click bait article? No, that wasn't caused by being struck by lightning.

OK, I'll bite. What caused it, the burning tree??

 

[atikovi]

OK, I'll bite. What caused it?

The tree next to it was struck by lightning, burned, and caught the truck on fire.

 

[billt460]

The tree next to it was struck by lightning, burned, and caught the truck on fire.

The takeaway being..... Aluminum melts at 1,220 F...... Steel melts at 2,500 F.

 

[atikovi]

That's like saying, you will be burned to a crisp in one and burned beyond recognition in the other. Do you want to be sitting in either one if that happens?

 

[billt460]

That's like saying, you will be burned to a crisp in one and burned beyond recognition in the other. Do you want to be sitting in either one if that happens?

No. It's like saying I just prefer steel.

 

[earlyre]

The takeaway being..... Aluminum melts at 1,220 F...... Steel melts at 2,500 F.

that high? for some reason i had the melting point of Al around 800F in my head...

okay, a little extra research, some Aluminum Alloys melt as low as 865F

 

[Vercingetorix]

Passed this in Louisiana about 2 months ago.

 

[JohnnyG]

I'm sure the gasoline poured inside helped a bit!

 

[billt460]

that high? for some reason i had the melting point of Al around 800F in my head...

okay, a little extra research, some Aluminum Alloys melt as low as 865F

That would be Zinc. (The 800 F range).