Welcome to our Beta facility

[Tran]

From Slate Auto:

Welcome to our Beta facility. We’re building trucks from the ground up to be different from the top down.

 

[Sandman614]

This is the same facility that was in the Munro Live youtube video from about 2 months ago right? The build in these pictures definitely looks more refined than what was in that video.

 

[cadblu]

Looks like a fun place to work. I also read that Slate plays background music in the prototype factory, which may carryover to the Warsaw production facility.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

Looks like a fun place to work. I also read that Slate plays background music in the prototype factory, which may carryover to the Warsaw production facility.

Would that be Mozart or Metallica?

 

[cadblu]

Would that be Mozart or Metallica?

From the CNBC article in June:
Employees move back and forth between the bins, tables and assembly line as songs such as Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love for You” and Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield” echo throughout the lively facility.

I prefer your suggestions much better!

 

[AZFox]

I wonder if that amount of rake is what the Truck will actually have.

I plan on turning the Lowering Kit into a Leveling Kit by only lowering the rear.

Looks to me like one inch lower in the rear would be about perfect.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I wonder if that amount of rake is what the Truck will actually have.

I plan on turning the Lowering Kit into a Leveling Kit by only lowering the rear.

Looks to me like one inch lower in the rear would be about perfect.

That would work if you never challenged the load capacity.

 

[AZFox]

That would work if you never challenged the load capacity.

I doubt the Lowering Kit reduces the load capacity.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I doubt the Lowering Kit reduces the load capacity.

I know. I meant how much compression you get in the rear before your rake becomes a Carolina Lean.

 

[AZFox]

I know. I meant how much compression you get in the rear before your rake becomes a Carolina Lean.

A single inch extra squat under a heavy load isn't concerning.

The vast majority of the time the bed will be empty and it will still have a modest amount of rake.

 

[AZFox]

I agree that aggressive leveling kits (e.t. 2.5" front-ony lift on an F-150) are over the top. I don't think this would be the same thing though.

Trucks used to have less rake and they were fine that way.

 

[Luxrage]

Never even considered they'd have rake like that, but it makes sense. Thinking about it now, my wagon has the heavy duty suspension package, intended for towing, so it has very aggressive rake. Combined with the shape of the car tapering upwards slightly and the whole thing looks like it's doing a funny-car stance.