Ford missed a good opportunity...

Meh, good publicity I guess. Not that big of a deal though, weight wise. 747(according to wiki) weigh in between 360,000# and 470,000#, respectively. But I suppose the toureg does grossly overpower the tundra.
 
I work at an airport, I've tugged 747 Combi's loaded. We had a tug with 4 wheel steer and about 5' tall tires. That thing grunted out of the chocks. Let any of the above 2 get on any incline or make a sharp turn and watch the carnage occur. They better have a brake rider in the cockpit. I've seen what happens.

The straight level pulls are nothing, they even have contest at the usair hanger man towing 737's with 24 man teams. They just had it a couple of weeks ago.
 
They are telling people to stay indoors until the shuttle passes, by what authority? No thanks. I think I'll go out to watch and photograph this once in a lifetime event.

Another tricky part comes later in the day when Endeavour treks through a narrow residential street with apartment buildings on both sides. With its wings expected to intrude into driveways, residents have been told to stay indoors until the shuttle passes
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13bullets said:
They are telling people to stay indoors until the shuttle passes, by what authority? No thanks. I think I'll go out to watch and photograph this once in a lifetime event.

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No kidding. Take the couch, grill, and a cooler out and enjoy. We will never see another US made space craft in our lifetimes.
 
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We will never see another US made space craft in our lifetimes.
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Huh? Maybe not directly by the US Government, but no reason a US-based contractor and US citizens wouldn't do it. E.g. SpaceX is a US company.
 
SSWaters said:
I work at an airport, I've tugged 747 Combi's loaded. We had a tug with 4 wheel steer and about 5' tall tires. That thing grunted out of the chocks. Let any of the above 2 get on any incline or make a sharp turn and watch the carnage occur. They better have a brake rider in the cockpit. I've seen what happens.
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Elaborate please! Would like to know what you've seen!

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The trailer could b pulled by my daughter on her bicycle. It is hydrolically (sp) driven with a remote control.
 
No, Toyota put it on different dollies, they are not powered
 
I was line turnaround tech on a Lufthansa 747 Combi for 2 years, weight is up near 800,000 lbs. About 5 times that space shuttle, it would max out so much going back to Frankfurt we would have to wait for temp drop around 10pm to take off sometimes during the summer. The tow bar is around 300 - 400 lbs itself. You would never bust it from a standstill with a truck, those photo ops are so rigged. I bet the tires are tremendously over inflated to cut the rolling resistance first. Stories, I got tons, nose gear sheared off, broken tow bars, upper lav dumps straight on someone's head, baggage carts blown over while still locked to cart train, blown wings lines shearing 100's of wires, digging birds out of engines, fried seagulls caught up in the brake packs as they taxied up ready to eat, bomb threats, mis fuels, wet start fireballs the size of a 2 car garage, off load mix up and nose gear rise about 6' off the ground.
 
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Some of you don't get, I've worked around this stuff. Big tugs are built out of minimum 1/2" thick steel with ballast weight. The planataries on some are bigger than the tundra's whole tire. You don't see Tundra's out on the highway pulling big trailers like you do the Detroit 3. I've stated on here before I saw a huffer cart for a 74 break loose and knock a double wide construction trailer off its foundation with the ground crew inside. You do know the VW is pulling a gutted movie prop, right? Ever seen a flying 74 with dual engine on single pylon? Nope....you should be able to see daylight at the outer edge of the fanblades, I think its just a cardboard.
 
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5keepers said:
Nothing was faked. Tundras are no joke.
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But your post was, right?

With that amount of wheels and the contact patch on that thing, I bet pulling it was a breeze. Like said before - flat surface, slow easy pull, no problem. I probably could have pulled the thing across in my Trailblazer.
 
Not saying no other half ton couldn't have done it. Hell, my Camry may have. Just saying it was real. I will say that I don't believe there's another gasser out there that can out tow a Tundra. I've had everything. I trade cars like most change underwear. I sold an 08 Tundra like a dumbass. 3/4 ton Suburban, F250, and now back in a Tundra. It's not a diesel but towing a rig on a 16-18 ft trailer it's untouchable.
 
Plus they're trying to do some good for the museum. Not just a publicity stunt:

Just a few days after it was posted, the video has over 46,000 views on YouTube with no paid media driving it.
There’s also a social component to the campaign, as well as a philanthropic one. For every tweet sent about #tundraendeavour, Toyota will donate $50 to the California Science Center up to $500,000. At press time, the drive has already hit $17,000.
 
I don't believe that they stopped this major move to set it on a set of rollers to do a commercial then pit it back on the moving trailer.
 
SSWaters said:
Some of you don't get, I've worked around this stuff. Big tugs are built out of minimum 1/2" thick steel with ballast weight. The planataries on some are bigger than the tundra's whole tire. You don't see Tundra's out on the highway pulling big trailers like you do the Detroit 3. I've stated on here before I saw a huffer cart for a 74 break loose and knock a double wide construction trailer off its foundation with the ground crew inside. You do know the VW is pulling a gutted movie prop, right? Ever seen a flying 74 with dual engine on single pylon? Nope....you should be able to see daylight at the outer edge of the fanblades, I think its just a cardboard.
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I know the vw isn't pulling a plane ready for take off. But the VW does have 550 tq.
 
hav'nt seen any Tundras at Galloways back under the awning.............just saying bumper to bumper may be a way to dispel myths and whatnot!!!!!
 
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