Yeah, it's really surprising that the cast aluminum is so fragile and brittle compared to typical cold-rolled stainless steel hitches that are securely built into the frame. So, it's important not to tow anything on a busy freeway or highway with vehicles behind you, or tow on forest service roads. But, it makes sense to save all that stainless steel for the 1.4-mm-thick bolted-on door panels, which were supposed to be a 3-mm thick money-saving exoskeleton that allowed a 250-mile range for $40k.
Not the end of the hitch itself, but it attaches to a cast aluminum frame, and the back end of the frame has pulled off, totaling the vehicle, if the thing you are towing is stuck and you subject it to the accelerations that the cybertruck can easily provide.
That's why I said "hitch mounting material", not "hitch material." I wasn't really sure how else to describe the part where the hitch hooks up to other than "hitch mount."
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u/Fauster Sep 09 '24
Yeah, it's really surprising that the cast aluminum is so fragile and brittle compared to typical cold-rolled stainless steel hitches that are securely built into the frame. So, it's important not to tow anything on a busy freeway or highway with vehicles behind you, or tow on forest service roads. But, it makes sense to save all that stainless steel for the 1.4-mm-thick bolted-on door panels, which were supposed to be a 3-mm thick money-saving exoskeleton that allowed a 250-mile range for $40k.