Cybertruck recovery by Ford diesel

[BumbleBeeTuna]

So last Saturday we all went to a local trail (Northern California) to grab some Christmas Trees (with proper permits).
We also wanted a chance to get some easy snow wheeling in. It was a great day, with the kid, dog, and was pretty uneventful other than recovering a stuck 3rd gen 4runner/which tested our patience….

But onto the Cybertruck, OUR buddies who couldn’t make it Saturday went the following day and managed to recover a stuck Cybertruck….

to the CyberTrucks credit(?) we all know anyone can get stuck no matter the tires, lockers, etc. enjoy some pictures of the truck in its humility being pulled out by a fine Ford 1-ton.

*side note* I couldn’t take my wife’s bronco, so there’s no bronco pics here. The white gladiator (my friend Matt) has a Bronco as well (which is ironically his wife’s too) Both are SAS base broncos….i plan to return with her rig as it was a pretty easy trail….


*update while typing this*
I guess the pictures/short video my buddy posted have gained a bit of attention and now there’s a story along with it.

link attached:
https://www.businessinsider.com/vid...rd-after-stuck-off-roading-tesla-musk-2023-12

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[FordOwner]

I went into Sequoia National Forest to get a Christmas Tree yesterday - permitted as well

Took the '23 Bronco and my '75 F-250 crew cab. No snow in the southern Sierra and we didn't see another person/car the entire time we were on the mountain. Ended up with a tree that was right at the size limit on stump diameter (6" at ground level).

 

[BumbleBeeTuna]

I went into Sequoia National Forest to get a Christmas Tree yesterday - permitted as well

Took the '23 Bronco and my '75 F-250 crew cab. No snow in the southern Sierra and we didn't see another person/car the entire time we were on the mountain. Ended up with a tree that was right at the size limit on stump diameter (6" at ground level).

Where is said pictures of the 75!!!?


Our tree was tiny, and it’s still outside because I’m trying to source another tree stand from my mother in law

 

[CM81]

The tree looks nice, but the cyber truck might be the ugliest thing I have ever seen in the woods

 

[FordOwner]

Where is said pictures of the 75!!!?


Our tree was tiny, and it’s still outside because I’m trying to source another tree stand from my mother in law

Here's the crew cab in the snow one year ago today.

I didn't think the tree we cut down was too big, but after we cut it down we realized how wide and tall it was while loading it on the truck. It looked small in comparison to the other huge trees it was around, but it was still 10 feet tall after we took off the bottom 4 feet that had no branches, hence the same height as our basketball hoop.

 

[BumbleBeeTuna]

it’s funny how deceiving the tree height and roundness is until you really bring it into the truck.

I thought my tree was super tiny but when it came down to cutting it, it probably was closer to 6 feet. I guess in a forest like we were my aspect ratio was real wonky. Or I’m just a horrible judge of size …..

 

[BroncoBuckaroo]

This is going viral ..looks like Cybertruck can’t crawl very well. And while it’s was not designed to tow or really Offroad. That a pretty small hill. Cyberstuck

https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-stuck-small-hill#

 

[WildTrak23]

my aspect ratio was real wonky. Or I’m just a horrible judge of size

(my aspect ratio was real wonky. Or I’m just a horrible judge of size ). That’s what she said! lol.

Sorry

 

[FordOwner]

I chalk up some of the more egregious issues with the Cybertruck prototypes on the road so far to a combo of driver error and software problems. However, no recovery points at all is a significant design flaw that needs to be remedied ASAP. Software issues are the wildcard that worry me about going too remote in my Bronco without another less software reliant 4x4, like my old crew cab.

 

[MsPickles]

It is funny, because of how much they hyped it up. They need some amount of trolling. lol
But the sad truth is, all this software stuff will be getting more and more people in trouble. Silly software that decides that it doesn't want to work today, will get you stranded.
I miss the locking hubs and hard connected linkage to the transfer case with 2H, 4H, 4L, & N, where I get to decide what I want and when, not software. Even this Fall, I was at a point of a decline and then an incline on a trail to cross a paved road. It was loose stone on either side, so brakes wouldn't have been a good idea, mass of the vehicle will roll the rocks with too much break. So 4L in 1st, will gently let the Bronco roll over loose stone with with a constant and steady opposing force going down hill. I was stopped a the top, put it in neutral, and then my first thought, "Will it actually shift to 4L?". I shouldn't have to have that feeling/question in my mind whether that electric motor and gear set and sensor will properly mesh the transfer case gears to the locked state. If there was an option to swap the existing transfer case out for a manual one with relative ease, that'd be on my list 100%.

 

[Spooled]

I chalk up some of the more egregious issues with the Cybertruck prototypes on the road so far to a combo of driver error and software problems. However, no recovery points at all is a significant design flaw that needs to be remedied ASAP. Software issues are the wildcard that worry me about going too remote in my Bronco without another less software reliant 4x4, like my old crew cab.

The early prototypes had no recovery hooks up front. They all do now. This truck should have been retrofitted with them before ever going off-road. I saw another comment somewhere else saying how it had software issues that prevented it from engaging the front locker. Again, another thing that should have been fixed before going offroad. Whoever this person was, he was not prepared.

 

[JBlanco]

This is going viral ..looks like Cybertruck can’t crawl very well. And while it’s was not designed to tow or really Offroad. That a pretty small hill. Cyberstuck

https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-stuck-small-hill#

Agree, but it won't have a negative effect for Tesla overall. Any advertisement is good advertisement. People that would never buy one will laugh and complain, people that will, will do anyway.

 

[555-RGNE]

I went into Sequoia National Forest to get a Christmas Tree yesterday - permitted as well

Took the '23 Bronco and my '75 F-250 crew cab. No snow in the southern Sierra and we didn't see another person/car the entire time we were on the mountain. Ended up with a tree that was right at the size limit on stump diameter (6" at ground level).

Hey Griswold, where do you think you're gonna put a tree that big?

 

[Fordified1]

It is funny, because of how much they hyped it up. They need some amount of trolling. lol
But the sad truth is, all this software stuff will be getting more and more people in trouble. Silly software that decides that it doesn't want to work today, will get you stranded.
I miss the locking hubs and hard connected linkage to the transfer case with 2H, 4H, 4L, & N, where I get to decide…….
………. I was stopped a the top, put it in neutral, and then my first thought, "Will it actually shift to 4L?". I shouldn't have to have that feeling/question in my mind whether that electric motor and gear set and sensor will properly mesh the transfer case gears to the locked state. If there was an option to swap the existing transfer case out for a manual one with relative ease, that'd be on my list 100%.

I recently bought a manual transfer case from an F250 for my ‘02 Excursion for those very reasons. The electric shift TC was getting very unreliable. I had already converted to manual locking hubs years ago. The Broncos WILL have the same issues. As do other vehicles.
We sometimes go to a very remote beach which is 60 miles of sand with only one way out and no cell service. Reliable equipment is mandatory.

 

[Squatch]

It is funny, because of how much they hyped it up. They need some amount of trolling. lol
But the sad truth is, all this software stuff will be getting more and more people in trouble. Silly software that decides that it doesn't want to work today, will get you stranded.
I miss the locking hubs and hard connected linkage to the transfer case with 2H, 4H, 4L, & N, where I get to decide what I want and when, not software. Even this Fall, I was at a point of a decline and then an incline on a trail to cross a paved road. It was loose stone on either side, so brakes wouldn't have been a good idea, mass of the vehicle will roll the rocks with too much break. So 4L in 1st, will gently let the Bronco roll over loose stone with with a constant and steady opposing force going down hill. I was stopped a the top, put it in neutral, and then my first thought, "Will it actually shift to 4L?". I shouldn't have to have that feeling/question in my mind whether that electric motor and gear set and sensor will properly mesh the transfer case gears to the locked state. If there was an option to swap the existing transfer case out for a manual one with relative ease, that'd be on my list 100%.

I, generally, hate when the government gets involved, but it'd be nice if the NHTSA were to say that vehicles need to have a "dead electronics" mode.

The functions that are directly related to driving a vehicle on the highway need to be completely separable from all of the screens, navigation, and nanny systems, etc. That is totally feasible and I mean to the point where you could have a physical connector one could disconnect and you wouldn't have any radio, navigation, etc., but the vehicle could be driven anywhere you need to go.


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Total pipe dream would be to have twin sticks for the transfer case, of course, haha!

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