Apparently, Chevy is still going all-out with their "aluminum bed: BAD!" ads...

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
09/25/2016 at 17:04 • Filed to: ads

It showed a (stupidly) precariously perched tool box on the edge fully puncturing the bed for of a Ferd from maybe an 18" drop, leaving a 3" open gouge. Is this even likely to happen? Or possible?

DISCUSSION (37)

bob and john > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:09

18"? or 18'? 18" i can see very easy, its a foot and half.

HammerheadFistpunch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:13

It has to be possible, it’s in voice over

Urambo Tauro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:13

I saw that too. It doesn’t look faked, and casts legitimate doubts on puncture strength.

But is it likely to happen? I mean you’re right: that’s a pretty stupid place to put a heavy toolbox, but I’ve encountered that kind of stupid before (more than once, I’m sorry to say). At any rate, I’d expect somebody with a brand new truck like that to install some kind of liner before taking it to any jobsites where it might get roughed up.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Urambo Tauro
09/25/2016 at 17:15

I agree on the bedliner thing 100%. No one’s buying a $40k truck and throwing caution to the wind and fucking up their bed without trying to protect it beforehand.

DanZman > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:17

For the usual truck buyer that uses it as a luxury car / status symbol: no

For anyone that uses it as a real truck: absolutely

18" is about as high as the bed rails. It is not in common to set big heavy things on side rails of a truck.

Maxima Speed > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:19

Likely? Yes my dad was telling me his contractor buddy was complaining about it, he had bought one for a work truck and his guys tore up the bed in short order from throwing the tool boxes and tools into the bed.

sonicgabe > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:19

We were just having this very discussion. How heavy is that “empty” toolbox? It just doesn’t seem that this is likely to happen.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:19

Likely, no, unless you are a fucking moron. Possible, yes. Chevy is advertising to the people who buy Chevy’s.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > DanZman
09/25/2016 at 17:19

Sure, but what I’m asking is: would a tool box on the rails actually puncture a Ferd bed?

LongbowMkII > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:19

That’s the thing about pressure. The pounds may have been the same but the square inches of the impact area is unknowable. An extra few degrees of rotation in any axis can vary the surface area of the impact by a very significant factor.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > sonicgabe
09/25/2016 at 17:20

Also wouldn’t the tool box also be aluminum? Or did they load an old steel one with lead bricks and repaint it white?

LongbowMkII > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:22

But I paid $33k thanks to my dealership running a special deal through Truck-tember. Won’t see deals like this until Truck-tober. Or even Truck-uary.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Maxima Speed
09/25/2016 at 17:22

I have a beater pickup and even I wouldn’t shlep my tools around without any regard.

Urambo Tauro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:22

Yeah, and I’d expect the same for steel bed owners.

FWIW, I think this is the most compelling “aluminum = bad” argument that GM has attempted. Not enough to covince me that Ford’s trucks are outright fragile, but interesting nonetheless. The aluminum will hold up for the buyers who only use the bed for light-duty work, and should be fine for those who use a liner.

sonicgabe > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:25

Maybe we should all go down to our local dealships and start dropping toolboxes in bed to see what really happens. Between several of us from here, we should be able to cover a large number of trucks and toolbox combinations. Start at your local Chevy dealership as it’s thier commercial.

LongbowMkII > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:29

They make tool boxes out of aluminium?

OPPOsaurus WRX > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:29

Shouldnt they really be trying this with a bag of groceries or a giant container of muscle milk?

DanZman > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:29

I can’t say for sure. Probably not a tool box most tool boxes these days are made of plastic and don’t have sharp corners. My point was that it is very likely that other heavy metal things falling into the bed is very possible. I could name so many things that I routinely have in the bed of my truck that could easily cause major damage to aluminum.

Making the whole body out of aluminum was a fantastic idea and Ford deserves credit for making it happen. But, using aluminum on tho inside of the bed was stupid and naive.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > LongbowMkII
09/25/2016 at 17:31

I dunno. I wouldn’t put it past Harbor Freight

Batman the Horse > Maxima Speed
09/25/2016 at 17:33

These dipshits didn’t think to install a bed liner in a work truck?

CRider > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:34

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/chevrolets-aluminum-shit-talking-truck-ads-will-bite-th-1781316646

Use a bed liner (Ford offers this from the factory iirc) or take care of your tools and truck and this won’t ever be a problem.

TheHondaBro > HammerheadFistpunch
09/25/2016 at 17:37

And they’re using real people, not actors.

Urambo Tauro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 17:37

I can’t remember the last time I saw anyone lug around a portable steel toolbox. I used to have one, but it was a lot heavier than the plastic ones I use now. I know steel boxes still exist, but the plastic ones have pretty much taken over the market, and for good reason.

Busslayer > bob and john
09/25/2016 at 17:39

That is a very important distinction:

TheHondaBro > OPPOsaurus WRX
09/25/2016 at 17:40

Muscle Milk can’t puncture steel beds.

Maxima Speed > Batman the Horse
09/25/2016 at 17:46

I agree completely.understand though that Most contractors around here are the definition of tight fisted, cheap, “workers”.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > LongbowMkII
09/25/2016 at 18:12

Tr-arch you get good deals of fteenthousands

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 18:19

It’s probably just acting.

Although I’d still throw a bed liner in it.

DipodomysDeserti > sonicgabe
09/25/2016 at 18:51

Why would anyone haul around an empty tool box?

DipodomysDeserti > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 18:52

I own several tool boxes and none of them are made out of aluminum.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 19:27

If you make the toolbox out of 75 lbs of hardened steel plate, then yes. Funnier still, the new Honda Ridgeline’s composite bed would hold up better than both the Ford and Chevy.

Chevy is going to go aluminum for the next gen, so they’re just shooting themselves in the foot.

bhtooefr > Urambo Tauro
09/25/2016 at 19:54

And that’s the big thing - a pure aluminum bed isn’t a great idea, but a pure steel bed isn’t either.

An aluminum-bedliner composite bed (really, that’s what a spray-on bedliner turns it into, I’d argue), however, can be destined for greatness.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Urambo Tauro
09/25/2016 at 20:08

Pretty much anybody who uses their bed for work installs a liner, which negates the argument.

Rico > LongbowMkII
09/25/2016 at 22:20

Kinja'd!!!

Your post reminded me of this

LongbowMkII > Rico
09/25/2016 at 22:27

It was a reference to this:

Batman the Horse > Maxima Speed
09/25/2016 at 23:03

Penny wise and pound foolish, I suppose?

Berang > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/25/2016 at 23:12

Maybe in about 40 years, when the aluminum has turned brittle.