watch as ‘platform topper’ proves it is the strongest pickup ever

GFC Platform Topper from Go Fast Campers

Truck-camper company Go Fast Campers (GFC) just introduced what it claims to be the strongest pickup ever — the GFC Platform Topper. It can support up to 800 pounds (around 362 kilos) of weight on its roof, has a triangle-shaped space frame that helps avoid wobbling or rattling apart while on road, can be mounted with accessories on all sides such as the T-track load halo surrounding the roof, and has crossbars sitting above cab height so campers can carry long roads during their creative camping.

The GFC Platform Topper also offers total security with locking panels that surround the sides and rear of the truck bed, so campers can easily reach any part of this area with ease. There is also a translucent honeycomb roof attached, so natural light from the outside can come in and heat inside the truck can be let out. GFC states that GFC Platform Topper can also be transformed into a cabana in seconds, thanks to their Cabana Mode system.

images courtesy of Go Fast Campers

Testing the load support of ‘the strongest pickup ever’

As seen in the video, the Go Fast Campers team tests the GFC Platform Topper to check if it lives up to the expected claim. In a static situation, the team’s slide rulers indicate that the aluminum space frame of the pickup could support up to 4,000 pounds (1,814 kilos) of load, but the bed rails on pickup trucks, in general, are not built to carry such a load. ‘We had to weld together a support structure using 500 pounds of steel in order to ensure we were testing our GFC Platform Topper, and not the vehicle’s frame,’ the team writes.

In the video, it can be seen that the team loads a fully stock 83 F250 truck on top of the pickup truck. As soon as it tops GFC’s pickup truck, its aluminum frame cracks, but doesn’t fall apart. The team proceeds to throw a brick into the windows of the truck, checking that is the last straw to let the truck crumble. A few seconds later, the roof collapses, but GFC Platform Topper looks unfazed. Only the roof is harmed.

truck view

Billet aluminum designed and machined in-house

GFC states that it cuts the ‘crap’ for the GFC Platform Topper, meaning almost every component of the pickup truck is billet aluminum designed and machined in-house and that the production team does not weld the construction to avoid stress cracking. The team also claims that its pickup truck is 100% user repairable and that ditching the tent at the back can save total weight, should the campers chuck it out of their camping plans.

GFC also reminds viewers never to try the test they just did and hopes that the video displays that GFC Platform Topper is going to ‘hold up to any job you ask of it, decade after decade, no matter the weather, no matter the terrain. It won’t matter if you’re driving a washboard, catching air, or delivering the mail. The GFC Platform Topper will get the job done, without fail.’

cabana mode with translucent roof