That’s trucking dangerous! Incredible Volvo advert sees four TRUCKS stacked on top of one another and driven along with company president on the roof
- The feat was pulled off to promote four of the company’s new vehicles – the FMX, FH, FH16 and FM
- Footage shows the trucks being driven at night time at a test ground in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Volvo Trucks president Roger Alm is seen standing on top of the stack before he raises his arms
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This is the incredible moment four new Volvo trucks stacked on top of each other are driven down a road – with the president of the company standing on top.
The feat was pulled off as part of an advert to show off four of the company’s new vehicles – the FMX, FH, FH16 and FM.
Footage shows the trucks being driven in Gothenburg, Sweden, amid pouring rain and lightning as Volvo Trucks president Roger Alm stands on top and raises his arms.
Their overall height is 15 metres and they collectively weigh 58 tonnes.
Four new Volvo trucks are seen driving down a test track while stacked on top of each other near Gothenburg, Sweden
The video of the feat, which had been named ‘The Tower’ by the vehicle company, has garnered nearly a million views since it was published on Youtube last month.
The atmospheric video starts with the headlights of the four trucks piercing through fog and rain.
Music then begins to play and the trucks slowly begin to move. It is not until nearly halfway through the video that Mr Alm becomes visible on the roof of the top truck.
Volvo Trucks president Roger Alm is seen standing on top of the stack of trucks before he lifts his arms in the air
He is wearing a coat, suit and tie and is seen raising his arms above his head, before text appears on the screen, saying: ‘We are launching four new trucks, strong enough to carry each other, and our president.’
Volvo Trucks’s Markus Wilkström, who was part of the engineering team behind the project, told Adweek: ‘Essentially, this was made possible thanks to the sturdy bottom truck, the Volvo FMX.
He said the vehicle’s new 38-tonne undercarriage – named a bogie – meant it was able to carry the weight of the other trucks. and its new 38-tonne bogie being able to carry the weight of the others.
The vehicle company boss is wearing a coat, suit and tie amid pouring rain and lightning
Volvo Trucks’s Markus Wilkström, who was part of the engineering team behind the project, told Adweek: ‘Essentially, this was made possible thanks to the sturdy bottom truck, the Volvo FMX
‘But it also required a steady speed and course, accomplished by the Volvo Dynamic Steering technology and a skilled truck driver,’ he added.
A separate video shows how the video was made, with Mr Wilkström showing a look of fear as he looks at the trucks while they are placed on top of each other.
He says, ‘it feels unreal to see it like this. I wouldn’t dare go up there.’
The feat comes six years after a video of Hollywood actor Jean-Claude Van Damme doing the splits between two Volvo trucks garnered nearly 100million views.
The movie star stood on the wing mirrors of the two trucks as they drove down a runway before slowly splitting apart, leaving him balanced in between.
The feat comes six years after a video of Hollywood actor Jean-Claude Van Damme doing the splits between two Volvo trucks garnered nearly 100million views