I always take their videos with a grain of salt. Also they are testing a 4x2 on a hill climb.
It has the stock tires and he complains that there is not enough grip.

 

I got too frustrated to watch The Whole thing.

1- guy can't operate a manual transmission
2- says the tires are wrong for the test but still criticizes them
3- expects a 7500lb truck to climb up a loose rocky trail? And he says it rides rough?

His next video will probably test the vw beetle running the Eisenhower hill towing a travel trailer, and he will give it a bad review.

 

This would be way more interesting if he just made a couple of disclaimers at the beginning of the video. That trail is definitely not a native environment for any two wheel drive full size truck. If he would have just said, "Hey, we're going to try it out just for fun" it would have relieved me of multiple cringes.

 

Have to admit, I like a lot of FLT videos. Nathan's comments can leave a bit to be desired sometimes, but whatever. It is neat that FLT will put together mashups and tests with extremely loose controls. This video, however, was a mess. I expected it to be humorous.. you know let's take a heavy, 2wd work truck on off road trails and see how it does. In the end, he actually seemed like this was a serious test.

I especially hated the "you might take this to a job site; cell tower, etc" comment. As someone who visits job sites regularly, I'm keenly aware of the fact that you take the right tool for the job. I think most blue-collar workers will agree.

Anyway, the video was tough to watch.

 

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Nathan is a self admitted Dodge Boy and never seems to have much good to say about Ford. I seldom watch their videos anymore due to his obvious bias.

 

If people need a disclaimer for the obvious, then they have bigger problems. They do a lot of their tests that nobody else does, just because. It's not to be taken too seriously. It's just to see if it can.