HD towing on train tracks COMMERCIAL

[mattro]

anyone seen the commercial yet of the newest body style HD 3500 i believe. Its towing like 3-5 train cars on the tracks with gm cars and trucks. I thought it was a bit far fetched but id like to know if anyone has a link to the video. Ive only seen it once on tv and was like what the....

[nrubenstein]

anyone seen the commercial yet of the newest body style HD 3500 i believe. Its towing like 3-5 train cars on the tracks with gm cars and trucks. I thought it was a bit far fetched but id like to know if anyone has a link to the video. Ive only seen it once on tv and was like what the....

 

Doesn't seem far fetched at all. I mean a Touareg can tow a 747 (briefly and very slowly). Moving something like that is more a test of the torque converter than anything else - it's not like there's any real controlling.

[Ranger]

Well, the train cars are on wheels and on a track so it ain't as hard. A test I'd like to see is if it can pull it while OFF the tracks.

 

I pulled a burned-out grand am the other week at the trails. In 4-LO and locked in 1st (auto) it pulled it fairly easy (and on hilly terrain, occasional mud pit). The ride only ended when the d**n front bumper got ripped off finally.

[Wingnut]

I mean a Touareg can tow a 747 (briefly and very slowly).

 

 

Oh piffle...Pulling an airplane is hardly indicative of big pulling power

 

[carneyman]

I mean a Touareg can tow a 747 (briefly and very slowly).

 

 

Oh piffle...Pulling an airplane is hardly indicative of big pulling power

 

 

 

Is that big guy you wingnut? And do you have a whip in your hand?

[nrubenstein]

I mean a Touareg can tow a 747 (briefly and very slowly).

 

 

Oh piffle...Pulling an airplane is hardly indicative of big pulling power

 

 

 

I was about to make a snide comment about the little tractors they use to move those things around...

 

Then I looked at the picture.

[rockertype]

Believe it or not, if you fully release the brakes on a loaded freight (train) car, you can push it along a level track with your bare hands. The steel wheels have almost no rolling resistance on the steel rails.

 

A 100 ton frieght car can roll away with the wind blowing on it! It's one of those things that's hard to believe until you try it. When working on a railroad you may need to move something by yourself without a locomotive!

 

Pulling 3 train cars along a level track is really not as hard as it would seem. Of course, if they are off the track it's a completely different story!

[carneyman]

Believe it or not, if you fully release the brakes on a loaded freight (train) car, you can push it along a level track with your bare hands. The steel wheels have almost no rolling resistance on the steel rails.

 

A 100 ton frieght car can roll away with the wind blowing on it! It's one of those things that's hard to believe until you try it. When working on a railroad you may need to move something by yourself without a locomotive!

 

Pulling 3 train cars along a level track is really not as hard as it would seem. Of course, if they are off the track it's a completely different story!

 

Yeah, its the stopping that'll get ya with those.

[dewhite]

Believe it or not, if you fully release the brakes on a loaded freight (train) car, you can push it along a level track with your bare hands. The steel wheels have almost no rolling resistance on the steel rails.

 

A 100 ton frieght car can roll away with the wind blowing on it! It's one of those things that's hard to believe until you try it. When working on a railroad you may need to move something by yourself without a locomotive!

 

Pulling 3 train cars along a level track is really not as hard as it would seem. Of course, if they are off the track it's a completely different story!

 

Yeah, its the stopping that'll get ya with those.

 

 

While I agree that from a torque standpoint it wouldn't be impossible - if you watch the commercial it says "fictionalization" in very small print down at the bottom...