---
title: "Watch Dudes Tow a Pickup With a Giant Mecha Suit"
description: "Back in 2019, the folks behind the startup Furrion Exo-Bionics took their 9,000 pound mechanized suit called Prosthesis for a spin in the desert."
date: "2021-06-22"
modified: "2021-06-22"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tow-pickup-giant-mecha-suit"
categories:
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "furrion"
  - "furrion robotics"
  - "mech suit"
  - "the digest"
---

# Watch Dudes Tow a Pickup With a Giant Mecha Suit

![Back in 2019, the folks behind the startup Furrion Exo-Bionics took their 9,000 pound mechanized suit called Prosthesis for a spin in the desert.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/tow-pickup-giant-mecha-suit.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Furrion Exo-Bionics\</em\>*

## Mecha Tow

Have you ever seen a giant mech suit pull a pickup truck in the desert? Neither did we.

Back in 2019, the folks behind the startup Furrion Exo-Bionics took their fully-functioning, [9,000 pound mechanized suit](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/fully-functional-9000-pound-mech-suit>), called Prosthesis, for a spin in the Mojave Desert in California.

As seen in recently released footage, the massive suit was capable of pulling a pickup truck, along with a massive trailer. It's an awesome show of strength and agility — and perhaps a glimmer of what's to come.

https://youtu.be/iKfnct-j_-c

## Mech Suit Racing

The company is hoping to build out a "global racing league that would pit multiple world-class athletes in head-to-head competitions, through complex technical obstacle courses, wearing giant powered mech suits," as per a [Kickstarter](<https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/furrionexobionics/alpha-mech-pilot-program>) that launched last summer.

And we'll be cheering them on from the sidelines.

**More on Furrion:** *[This Fully Functional, 9000 Pound Mech Suit Looks Absolutely Amazing](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/fully-functional-9000-pound-mech-suit>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

### Author social links  
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