2017 Super Duty Towing Dyno

Here’s How Ford Tests Super Duty Truck Towing Capacity

Engineers Want To Be Sure That Their Trucks Can Still Perform Well When Towing Up Hills, But What Are They To Do If There’s Not Interesting Terrain Nearby? Ford’s Solution Is This Rolling Test Rig, Essentially A Dynamometer Inside A Trailer That Can Simulate The Additional Load Of Towing Up Steep Hills.

This Special Test Sled Is Used To Test How Well The 2017 Ford Super Duty Can Tow Up Hills, Even When Ford Engineers Are In The Flat Confines Of A Proving Ground Or, Say, Arizona. The Sled Can Add Up To 5,620 Lb Of Drag On The Truck, Simulating Towing Up A 30 Percent Grade; Ford’s Test Hills Are Typically 7 Percent Grades. The Previous Version Of This Test Device Could Only Produce 2,000 Lb Of Drag, So The Latest Model Is A Huge Improvement Suitable For The High Tow Ratings Of The Newest Ford Super Duty Trucks.

Most Important, The Tow Device Lets Ford Test Out Simulated Drives Up Townes Pass And Davis Dam — Too Extremely Challenging Hills Used For Rating The Two Capacity Of Trucks — Without The Expense And Time Of Actually Transporting Trucks And Testers To Those Areas.

“with This Dyno, We Can Test The All-new Super Duty On That Hill — But From Right Here On The Level Surface Of Our Arizona Proving Grounds,” Ford Product Development Engineer Jim Sumner Said In A Statement. “in More Than 25 Years Of Doing This Work, We Used The Same Dyno, Which Did The Job, But The New Truck Is So Powerful We Needed New Equipment To Test Out Its Capability.”

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