Man goes viral after using a Tesla Cybertruck for a unique purpose

REXBURG – When astir group deliberation of Tesla Cybertrucks, they don’t usually image workplace work, but a section husbandman is reasoning extracurricular nan box.

Braden Smith’s unsocial attack to workplace activity is making waves connected TikTok, wherever he posts videos of his Cybertruck powering various electrical activity tools.

Smith has a 2,000 acre murphy and wheat workplace successful Rexburg. Part of nan activity includes handling powerfulness devices successful nan fields for illustration a welder, plasma cutter and compressor. Before, he had to bring a generator retired to nan fields to powerfulness nan tools, but now, those days are over.

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Braden Smith uses a Tesla Cybertruck to activity connected his farm. | Courtesy Braden Smith

The Cybertruck has a 50-amp 240 volt outlet, which Smith says is much than capable to complaint immoderate powerfulness instrumentality he uses.

“That’s nan type of plug you plug successful erstwhile you’re successful a shop,” Smith said. “So erstwhile I saw that, I was like, ‘Holy cow, I could tally thing really ample retired of nan backmost of this.’”

Smith’s Cybertruck TikTok videos person garnered millions of views for his innovation. He answers questions astir its features and explains really he uses nan motortruck to weld pipes and haul equipment.

Can't thief but grin while getting "educated" by each nan YouTube students ? pic.twitter.com/BTLYPpOSlN

— Braden Smith (@BradenRSmith) August 6, 2024

Many person beardown opinions astir nan Cybertruck, some affirmative and negative. Smith sees it first manus whenever group admit him.

“I’ll beryllium driving down nan roadworthy and I’ll get a mediate digit aliases a thumbs up,” Smith said. “There’s nary successful between.”

Unbeknownst to Smith astatine nan time, successful precocious July and early August, respective media outlets wrote stories astir his Cybertruck use, including Teslarati.com, thecooldown.com and International Business Times, which was posted connected X.

Screenshot of @meetthesmithfamily TikTok video. | Courtesy Braden Smith

Soon, group started reaching retired to Smith connected nan societal media platform.

“I’ve had Tesla themselves ‘like’ my stuff,” Smith said. “It’s been interesting.”

Now, Smith often receives comments from different farmers who want to incorporated a Cybertruck into their work. He besides participated successful an “Ask Me Anything” livestream connected X.

While it mightiness look that Smith group retired to debunk critiques, he conscionable wanted to turn his TikTok account.

“It was thing unsocial that group hadn’t seen and thing that I felt would get bully engagement, and it did,” Smith said.

Smith is frank successful his videos astir nan trade-offs of a Cybertruck, but overall, he is happy pinch it.

“If I had sat down and wrote an itemized database of each nan features that I want successful a truck, this motortruck would person fresh nan mostly of that list,” Smith said. “It conscionable happens to look for illustration a stainless alloy fridge, unfortunately.”

For much information, travel Smith connected TikTok and X.

News: "Since 2020, astir 10% of nan cars tested by Consumer Reports person travel pinch a full-sized spare."
In different news astir apt little than 1% of millennials cognize really to alteration a tyre connected nan broadside of nan roadworthy ?.

Drop a travel if you're that 1% ? pic.twitter.com/yV3MuSgIRS

— Braden Smith (@BradenRSmith) August 4, 2024