Originally Posted By: Zaedock
To think a vehicle can't break during this kind of abuse because it's a "truck" is silly.
The point is a truck is designed from the factory to pull on heavy things! If you were talking about a car, or even an SUV...no, they aren't designed to pull on things the same way. A truck is literally designed to pull.
Go look on youtube at truck tug of war videos. You will probably find over a million. If trucks blew up doing this as much as some like to think, then you would see nothing but those videos. I have yet to see even one. (Not that they don't exist)
I'm not saying no truck has ever broken anything in a tug of war. But lots of trucks have broken things pulling other trucks out of the mud, they were still designed to do that. Lots of trucks break simply driving down the road.
But beyond that, it's really not your place to judge somebody who wants to do this with a truck that they own. There is nothing wrong with it. They probably think you do stupid activities with little economy cars too. You wouldn't say taking your truck to a track and checking the quarter mile time is stupid, would you? Lots of people blow up their vehicles pushing them to the limit doing that also.
Now, if you try this in an old beat up POS truck that is already on it's last legs, then yes, something will probably break. A good reliable vehicle should not. If that is all it takes to break it you have a poor quality truck. It's nothing more than a stress test, and if your truck fails, it was not healthy. Just like drag racing. (in a safe, controlled environment)
