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This Is How Ford Torture-Tested the 2015 F-150 [Video Gallery] (Page 2)

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Continued from Page 1 of "This Is How Ford Torture-Tested the 2015 F-150 [Video Gallery] "#4 - Drum drop test: Engineers dropped 55-gallon drums into the bed of the truck on an angle, making sure all of the force came down on the sharp rim of the drum.

#5 - Corrosion bath test: The company developed a special corrosion test using an acidified spray to be more aggressive on the high-strength, aluminum alloy.

#6 - Davis Dam durability route test: The F-150 climbed for 13 miles at speeds varying from 35 mph to 65 mph, while pulling maximum trailer loads and running the air conditioning full blast in the heat of an Arizona summer.(

#7 - Stone Peck Alley test: To test paint for the all-new F-150, engineers drove the truck 150 miles over gravel roads, then another 150 miles over pellets of extremely jagged scrap iron that is first passed through a blast furnace.

#8 - Engine thermal shock test: This process is run 350 times over more than 400 hours to prove the durability of the engine block, seals, gaskets, cylinder heads and liners.

#9 - Rock and stop test: Ford performs 500 aggressive starts on a stand specially designed to torture rear axles.

#10 - Twist ditch test:  The twist ditch is a set of parallel dirt mounds built to create a situation in which one front wheel hangs in the air while the opposing rear wheel leaves the ground repeatedly.

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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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