No, it's worse than that. Way worse than that. The rear bumper/tow assembly is, apparently, fully integrated into the actual frame rails of the truck, which are cast aluminum, rather than being bolted in as a separate peice. The entire rear frame crossmember snapped off during this stunt, which effectively totals the truck. In order to fix that, you'd need to fully strip the frame and transplant every component onto a new one, since the frame is one monolithic piece and you can't really repair it and be assured that it maintained its structural integrity.
Yeah, to attempt to repair the cast aluminum frame, it would end up costing more than the entire vehicle to do it right, and it probably still wouldn’t be structurally sound.
Its actually fairly easy for a skilled welder to weld aluminum. In most cases, the weld is stronger than the surrounding pieces, too - but... that just means this particular piece would fail again, directly on one side of the weld. :D
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u/nickcdll 25d ago
It's almost like this vehicle was designed and built as a joke