Semi Truck Vs. People in Tug Of War

Thanks to everyone who came out to the meet and greet at the tower. We are really lucky to have very minimal COVID restrictions where we live in Australia which is why we could even do this. We really feel for everyone out there who’s been in lockdowns lots more than us, hopefully this vid brightens your day.

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[howridiculous]

Thanks to everyone who came out to the meet and greet at the tower. We are really lucky to have very minimal COVID restrictions where we live in Australia which is why we could even do this (event was held on April 14 here in Perth, Western Australia). We really feel for everyone out there who’s been in lockdowns lots more than us, hopefully this vid brightens your day and gives you hope for a better future.
We’ll pin the Commtest winner once we pick an idea we’ll definitely do 🙂

[hollychristensen]

My husband was watching and suddenly my 7yo son started thrashing around screaming, and while he thought his son was dying, he was actually just excited that he was in your video as your "WE'LL PIN YA!" guy. For 2 years, he says it after every single Happy Birthday song to every single person. He's prepared his whole life for this moment. You literally made his entire life. And he now thinks you guys are best friends. Much love from your best friends in Canada!

[vinze]

"Every one's a winner, except for the two that didn't win"
-Scott Guanson 2021

[barryduff]

Rest of the world just watching this to remind ourselves what social gatherings look like.

[dougmapper]

Mechanical engineer here... let's do the math!

580 horsepower at 1200 rpm is 2530 lb-ft of torque. 1st gear can be as high as 30:1 in some models but 8:1 for a road truck is typical. The axle ratio at the differential is about 2.93:1. This gives around 59, 300 lb-ft of torque at the wheel. The tires on a typical big rig are 40" tall or 20" at the radius, giving 35, 580 lbf of total possible tractive effort.

With 500 people, each person needed to pull 71 pounds of force to hold the truck back. With 1000 people this would be about 35.5 pounds of force which is a lot more reasonable for the average adult. Of course, if you pick the right surface you could cause the tractor to lose traction before full tractive effort is in effect. Great video!

[nd-place]

People: “The future is gonna be so cool!”
The future: “Here we have 500 people who have driven to remote Australia to watch three men launch different colored washing machines from the sky at a toy dinosaur in a sand pit.”

[Brando]

When you’ve watched for 3 years and still can’t connect the names to their faces

[lessthanjoe]

*starts raising truck into air with winchy*

Truck owner: Whoah, what are you doing???

HR: Have you not seen the channel before, mate?

Scott: Make sure you hit that bell

[jayh]

"Everyone's a winner except for the 2 who didn't win" hahahahaha

[-lililllilllill-]

“everyone’s a winner except for the 2 that didn’t win” 😂😂

[graemebaker-henderson]

Nice video! Here is a comtest idea: Jell-O vs metal grate from tower. The slow mo guys did Jell-O vs tennis racket and it looked so cool.

[JeffBilkins]

Next year please line-up all the fans on the staircase and keep passing items up the tower for a continuous rapid drop stream. Just shell that sandpit with everything and the kitchen-sink into a pile of stuff for half an hour of continuous dropping mayhem.

[OfentseMwaseFilms]

🚨Spoiler Alert 🚨







We need a Rematch! Get 1000 People!

[iissamiam]

Idea for the tower: Giant Bed of Nails.
A steel plate with an array of meter long spikes. Great for appliances, water filled vessels, small cars, you could also do mass drops, bunch of basketballs or tennis balls, whole bag of Rexies and see how many survive. Maybe even drop Large Marge.

[tyvankenyon]

“Thanks for the support, Mum, but you’re out.” 🤣🤣

[kadenpattillo]

I love how you could tell that for literally the whole game the semi wasn’t trying at all

[captainskipper]

Great idea at the tower: night time videos, fireworks, glow sticks, glow in the dark paint, fire, anything with light. Could look pretty cool

[deebri]

I'm still desperate to see some form of artwork being created from the tower, like a huge canvas + paint filled water balloons. Or a whole bunch of smaller canvases, then auction them off for Compassion. Another fun option would be canvases and paintball guns, using a ton of paint colours.

[Axis]

Tower Idea: Put three kiddie pools at the bottom, the three of you drop a ton of rubber duckies and see who gets the most in their pool.

[ChucksPullingVideos]

Those big rigs can pull an amazing amount of weight. I've videoed them pulling trailers loaded with 60 tons of lumber uphill side by side, drag racing style. You're gonna need a lot more than 1000 people next time haha.