Since the introduction of the first generation of the Ford F-150 Raptor, the Internet has seen an explosion of videos showing owners taking their new off-roaders from incomplete jumps. The latest one comes to us from Street Speed 717 on YouTube, which just destroyed its Ram 1500 TRX 2021 while skipping to its latest video.
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Using a man-made ramp, the driver was easily able to clear the small stream he planned to jump on, as well as another truck length – gathering the necessary speed was no problem given the 702 horsepower Hellcat supercharged V-8 under hood. But even the specifically designed Bilstein shocks were not enough to save the TRX from injury here. The truck takes in much more air than expected and lands on its skid plate, causing a large depression that pushes the bumper. As the owner had a lot of tires stowed unsafely in the bucket, they moved and broke the rear window when landing, and bent the rear door.
It is important to note that the truck seemed to be driving very well after the impact, a testament to the strength of the drivetrain and chassis. But fixing all the broken hardware won’t be cheap. Take this as a lesson, new TRX owners.
The internet was first introduced to the “Let’s see how high we can get” craze in 2013, when a video depicting an F-150 Raptor jumping 30 meters into the air and making a forced landing was uploaded to YouTube:
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It was the first of many videos showing Raptor owners – convinced that their truck upgrades made them invincible – destroying their vehicles by trying to jump on them. Here are some examples:
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Of course, the Raptors are not the only new trucks that people have jumped into oblivion. The Colorado ZR2, marketed to provide similar off-road capabilities thanks to a set of Multimatic DSSV shock absorbers, has fallen victim to confident owners. Here’s one flexing its structure on impact after an exceptionally large jump over a sand dune:
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Just because your truck can conquer desert terrain and suffer major impacts, it doesn’t mean that it can fly like a trophy truck in Baja. Remember this the next time you want to show off on your new off-road.
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