r/Shitty_Car_Mods • u/Alantsu • 3d ago

Yay or nah

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u/blueJoffles 3d ago

The cast aluminum frame of a Tesla will not last long with a plow. Half ton pickup frames don’t even usually hold up

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u/fr33fall060 3d ago

Can you imagine how fast the battery would drain pushing snow around in the cold while running a plow?

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u/Weekly_Bug_4847 3d ago

They could get at least 2 medium driveways done. Success!

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u/crankbot2000 3d ago

You can forget about the drive home though

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u/NectarineAny4897 3d ago

Just tow a trailer with a gas generator on it problem solved.

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u/FinnishArmy 3d ago

Yup, I lose like 70 miles of range just in the winter in my EV. Without a plow.

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u/kstorm88 3d ago

It would probably last a coupll hours.

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u/milehighsparky87 3d ago

You just plug it in and run a really long extension cord... jk in reality this would probably cause an electrical fire but that's if the frame lasted long enough for it to happen

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u/fr33fall060 3d ago

Right? If you’re using a wankpanzer you may have better luck with snow removal if it catches on fire and melts the snow!

Again if the frame lasts that long.

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u/PeterVonwolfentazer 3d ago

No different than a truck getting 7mpg plowing. The low speeds, instant torque and idle times of plowing would actually leans towards EV strengths.

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u/fr33fall060 3d ago

It’s way different. This may be a fun toy to use on your own driveway if you have more money than sense. No way would this be practical for long term or commercial use. Instant torque is great but if you’re in a vehicle that weighs less than 4,000 lbs, you’re not moving much snow with it. Most plow trucks weigh anywhere from 6,000-10,000+ lbs . Wankpanzer you say? I say watch that whistlin diesel video where the cyberdumpster’s frame broke in a tug of war with an f150. And then there’s the fact that an internal combustion truck can be refueled in minutes not hours or quarter hours if supercharging.

Oh and I forgot to mention in my first comment, heat. You running this ev plow with heat in the cabin? If so that will cut your range dramatically as well. My co worker says his ev range is nearly cut in half when he is using the heat in the winter.

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u/PeterVonwolfentazer 3d ago

I’m not saying use a Tesla, I’m saying electric is the way forward. I’ve gotten 7mpg in a GM 6.0L. I own an electric truck with a steel frame, I’ll tell you right now electric is the way to go.

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u/fr33fall060 3d ago

Do you run a plow on it? Legit curious, would be interested in actual performance numbers.

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u/PeterVonwolfentazer 3d ago

I don’t but others do. 780ftlbs at 0rpm. I averaged 1.4 miles per kWh during the Blizzard in Erie,Pa a few months ago. That’s 180 miles range of driving through 8-20” of heavy wet snow.

Pics of plows and proper EV trucks on r/lightning

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u/fr33fall060 3d ago

It’s literally a sub of pictures and videos of lightning, not trucks.

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u/PeterVonwolfentazer 3d ago

😂 my bad!

r/F150lightning

If I was doing it to make money I’d buy the Chevy though, much heavier and more battery.

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u/drdreadz0 3d ago

You sniff glue also or just eat it?

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u/Jacktheforkie 3d ago

Are these ones cast aluminium too? I thought they were unibody steel/aluminium stamped panels spot welded together

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u/blueJoffles 3d ago

if i remember correctly, the model y was the first to use the cast aluminum process where whole sections of the frame were cast in one piece

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u/TerrysClavicle 3d ago

It depends. RWD 4680 battery are cast front and rear while 2170 battery Ys (vast majority) are cast rear and stamped steel front.

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u/TerrysClavicle 3d ago

All Ys are stamped steel unibody. Rwd/4680 have full castings front and rear while 2170 (LR/performance) are cast in rear only while the front is stamped steel.

So assuming this is a awd model, it has a stamped steel front.

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u/Jimmy2x1113 3d ago

Was thinking the exact same thing. As soon as they hit a solid bank that frame is fucked

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u/Puzzleheaded_Set2300 3d ago

Yeah, but a cyber truck would - checks notes - also fall apart….. You’re so right.

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u/Andferwut 3d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/xs955l/just_rolled_out_of_the_shop_customer_had_us_do_a/

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u/brixalot10 3d ago

Cool find!

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u/Andferwut 3d ago

Very interesting to say the least lol

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u/rhoderage1 3d ago

So that post was 2yrs ago (great find) ; how is the thing holding up?

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u/archwin 3d ago

u/draconisis ?

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u/draconisis 3d ago

Is this a recent picture of it? If so, this is the first time I've seen the car since we finished with it.

Unfortunately, I don't have any information on how it's doing. The owners of the company rather aggressively forced me out awhile back so I have no way of checking and the owner of the car hasn't posted any updates on his socials as far as I can tell.

But hey, the wheels still are on it and pointing the right direction, so it's doing better than most of the comments on the original thread predicted.

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u/katherinesilens 3d ago

That's pretty cool. Sorry about your job, and nice work if it's still holding up.

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u/draconisis 2d ago

Thanks! No worries, that's life sometimes. Some people just suck 🤷‍♂️

At least I don't work in a toxic work environment anymore, so I got that going for me I guess.

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u/adnaneely 3d ago

You can tell when someone is too cheap to activate the space lasers feature to get rid of snow.

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u/Upset-Diamond2857 3d ago

Well it should have the weight and torque 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/wjean 3d ago

This might actually work better than if someone had put the plow on a cybertruck.

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u/Upset-Diamond2857 3d ago

Good point 👍🏽😂

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u/Shadowhawk0000 3d ago

"I plow 4 driveways a day" LMFAO

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u/AwkwardFactor84 3d ago

The first time you push any snow, the front suspension will be shot.

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u/katherinesilens 3d ago

The original post does say they upgraded the suspension to an air suspension, for whatever that's worth.

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u/x_x-O_o-x_x 3d ago

Probably to raise and lower the plow

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u/katherinesilens 3d ago edited 3d ago

No, the plow is articulated by itself. If you want to see the original work post, it was linked in another comment but here it is also.

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u/Hullo_Its_Pluto 3d ago

Honestly, with how heavy teslas are mixed with their 4 wheel drive, I bet this would be a pretty potent combination. Only shit part is the battery life in cold weather.

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u/Jacktheforkie 3d ago

At the warehouse we used a forklift with an attachment on the forks or the yard shunter if it was bad, the forklift was pretty good with it’s solid frame, heavy weight and torque

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u/iChaseClouds 3d ago

Spring will be here by the time it finishes charging.

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u/SmegmaDreamcast 3d ago

I’d rather have Zach Galifianakis’ Charger with a plow from “Out Cold”

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u/FecalDUI 3d ago

Head to the horn is hilarious

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u/Extra_Wolverine6091 3d ago

Definition of useless

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u/Soundwave-1976 3d ago

My old Santa Fe has one to clear my driveway. If you don't have a truck, or one you want to put a plow on you do what you got to do.

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u/Jacktheforkie 3d ago

If it’s just one driveway wouldn’t a shovel/blower be fine?

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u/Soundwave-1976 3d ago

It's almost half a mile to the road from my house.

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u/Jacktheforkie 3d ago

Wow, my whole street is half a mile and there’s 400 houses

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u/x_x-O_o-x_x 3d ago

Have you ever shoveled a driveway? Would one pass from the garage to the street be better?

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u/Jacktheforkie 3d ago

I’ve shovelled the footpath and a small area around the baler at work,

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u/Theoretical-Panda 3d ago

If it works it’s not shitty. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Time-Distance-5740 3d ago

I mean, if it works then they're doing a service by plowing the roads in their neighborhood. I don't see anything wrong with this.

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u/Stormy_Kun 3d ago

Should have torque

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u/givenofaux 2d ago

Shitty car mod approved

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u/talonracer 3d ago

Wouldn’t its forward facing sensors be screaming the second they noticed the plow there? Would this even be able to move?

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u/katherinesilens 3d ago

If it's a newer car, then it uses machine vision only and doesn't have those sensors. So it might detect and complain but it might not if the plow is low enough.

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u/Sobsis 3d ago

Might have the torque and weight but doesn't have the frame for that

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u/kstorm88 3d ago

I plowed with a unibody Subaru for many years. Never had an issue. Like actually plowed for several people every snow for years.

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u/Callme_Human 3d ago

It will work for a little bit

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u/thefuturesfire 2d ago

I mean. If it works

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u/buttered_scone 2d ago

People be doing anything to get a piece of that white gold.

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u/Joey_Babz 19h ago

Yeh, naw 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/MountainCry9194 18h ago

Needs a yellow flashing light where I live to be legal.

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u/ObjectiveOk2072 12h ago

The instant torque would be helpful for plowing, but I think a Rivian would be better suited for the job than a Tesla

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u/Specialist-Two2068 2h ago

Yea because it will be totalled the first time it hits a curb.

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u/WrongnessMaximus2-0 3d ago

Yay. I've seen a Prius pushing a plow, making money in the northeast. Plowing lots.

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u/Feefifiddlyeyeoh 3d ago

It’s a Tesla. It’s fine

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u/Fluffy-Row-3437 3d ago

Why did i think this was a pt cruiser at first XD

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u/Errlinlava 3d ago

I'm from Florida but after posting in r/ski about my experience driving in snow over the Christmas break, this is apparently a very real and necessary thing for a lot of people up north.

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u/DrHobbsie 3d ago

Can you define "snow" and "north"? 😅

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u/Andferwut 3d ago

U have no idea my guy it’s shitty

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u/starjammer69 3d ago

A Tesla plowing snow? Wouldn’t it need to be able to drive in real cold temps first?

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u/user_00xman_ 3d ago

wtf am i looking at😭

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u/slaphappysal 3d ago

Can you say bent frame

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u/Patched_Jumper 3d ago

I hope it folds underneath and destroys the battery

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u/BrianOconneR34 3d ago

Nothing beats it for ten miles before battery dies.

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u/smolhippie 3d ago

We got over a foot of snow these past 2 days. If they wanna attempt to plow real snow I’d love to see that

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u/auzintex280z 3d ago

One curb check, and the whole front end is gone

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u/TehTimmah1981 3d ago

If it was an old beater, maybe. This is gonna die, hard and fast. It won't be hard, I don't think, to build up enough snow in the front, that something on the car will give before the snow does. Even light fluffy snow gets heavy fast.

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u/LooneyLunaGirl 3d ago

I guess they can at least say they plow something; because it certainly isn't another human 😂

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u/Proper-Process1578 3d ago

Still a piece of shit, just a piece of shit with a plow on it now

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u/mrsockyman 3d ago

Is it just me thinking the proportions of this look extra goofy? Like a caricature of some kind

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u/AgreeablePie 3d ago

Seems like a cheaper, smaller two stage blower would be a better idea

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u/Alantsu 3d ago

3 stage maybe

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u/MentalUproar 3d ago

It’s not that electric vehicles can’t do this so much as THIS particular electric vehicle cannot do this. It’s not the right tool for the job. This was not what it was built for. It is a people mover, not a work vehicle.

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u/Beneficial-Animal-22 3d ago

No frame to attach to so this will not last.

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u/kstorm88 3d ago

I plowed for years in a Subaru....

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u/Beneficial-Animal-22 3d ago

Really, well never mind I guess

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u/kstorm88 3d ago

But then again there's no engine cradle in a Tesla to brace off

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u/SCLovers 3d ago

Get outta here!

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u/judewijesena 3d ago

Hell fuck no

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u/hypocalypto 3d ago

Do it! Destroy all the teslas

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u/Zestyclose-Pen-1699 3d ago

It must be from down south. It might be able to plow a half inch of snow.

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u/ThePolishGenerator 3d ago

Was just about to say "let him cook", but then I saw the logo. More useless tan the normal version.

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u/efronerberger 3d ago

Turning range anxiety to a range panic attack

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u/breakbeeshipper 3d ago

Of course it's a Tesla owner lol

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u/SAlovicious 3d ago

I thought Tesla owners were into GETTING plowed...

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u/Buff_dude_ 3d ago

Can you imagine hard ice wearing through the plating and piercing that lithium ion battery.

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u/disarrae 3d ago

It’ll work better than a cybertruck plow

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u/renmyaru 3d ago

A snow plow on a car that cant drive in snow, what will they think of next?

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u/bobtheburgerbro 3d ago

It's not yay nor nah its ew

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u/LWY007 3d ago

Can’t make a Tesla any uglier.

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u/Single-District5856 3d ago

At least it purpose now for the electric it cost it's not completely useless not

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u/KFizzleKyle 3d ago edited 3d ago

Were you having a stroke while you typed that?

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u/Single-District5856 3d ago

No I live in wyoming home of the 4x4 diesel truck where we have no use for the electric car

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u/KFizzleKyle 3d ago

Yep. Cus that's exactly what we got out of that marble mouth sentence you initially said.