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i just turned 53  last Sat..you wont see this 1 trying any of that shit..but van dam was and is bad ...

 

 that was cool thanks



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O U C H!!! Seriously that fucking hurts just watching that.



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Yes the trucks are driving in reverse. Its not a vid played backwards.



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I would probably try that if there were a couple bikini clad women running beneath me.



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I would probably try that if there were a couple bikini clad women running beneath me.

motivation....lol



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not trying to be a buzz kill or anything buttttttttttt..... i dont see the wheels even in motion... just looks the camera panning and lines moving. could be wrong just an observation



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pffft.  but can he drive it like this hamster....

 



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not trying to be a buzz kill or anything buttttttttttt..... i dont see the wheels even in motion... just looks the camera panning and lines moving. could be wrong just an observation

It looks like the wheels are turning it could just be me I'm old and everything shakes LMAO



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Its fake... I drove these trucks for a livin. and i can promise you. that backing up a semi like that. is not posible.  you just cant go that straight. the axels on the semi would steer the semi out and you must correct that with the puller. 

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They are moving. Check out the rims.



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They are moving. Check out the rims.

 

 

It looks like the wheels are turning it could just be me I'm old and everything shakes LMAO

 

Alright your right, i had to go full screen to see it. but i see it; still wouldn't try it :P



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I agree with Mekketon. Ask anyone who has tried to back up a trailer. you simply cannot control the trailer that well in reverse. It HAS to have been filmed and played backwards or have been photoshopped

My brother drives semis for a living and he just laughed when I asked him



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Who know, only way to know if you get direct contact from someone on the set of filming it or you were there to watch it. if it was preformed in reverse like that. not only is that talent on van-damme's part but talent on the drivers part



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Going in reverse, going forward, whatever, it is still AWESOME!!!!!!  :thumbup:



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It's real, and yes you can back a semi in a straight line. I've backed large trailers my entire life and if you keep the wheels straight the trailer doesn't move. My RV trailer is 33 feet long and I can back it up in a straight line all day. These guys were working with a long and very smooth surface (probably an airport runway) and I don't see anything that is impossible.



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I too have a commercial cdl and have more than my share of miles.....impossible LOM, no...Improbable, yes...even with dynamic steering the split in reverse was way too smooth...the rear of the trailer was way to steady...

I too think forward and played in reverse....amazing in any direction...

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I too have a commercial cdl and have more than my share of miles.....impossible LOM, no...Improbable, yes...even with dynamic steering the split in reverse was way too smooth...the rear of the trailer was way to steady...

I too think forward and played in reverse....amazing in any direction...

 

As Nick pointed out above with a link from the Wall Street Journal, Volvo claims that it was filmed in a single take while the trucks were going in reverse.

 

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/11/15/how-volvo-created-the-jean-claude-van-damme-video/

 

 

Nilsson said the drivers of the trucks played key roles. “What they did is fantastic. I don’t know if you have tried to drive backwards with a truck but it’s not the easiest thing,” he said. “And then [to] keep it in total control when spreading apart is very, very hard.”

The trucks go backward in the video because “we all know that going in reverse is a bit more difficult than going forward,” Vilhelmsson said. “We felt that would be the ultimate test, to have the trucks go in reverse with someone standing on the side mirrors performing a side split. And we knew that if anyone would be able to do that, it would have to be Jean-Claude Van Damme.”

 



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with the 3 axles on the trailer i would think it be easier to go backwards in a straight line. i know with trailers with 3 axles its hard to get them to turn going forward.

i think it could be real stunt. they do say they did it ,but of course there could be some tricks they used to get it done



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They also could have locked the kingpin so the trailer didn't swivel. Seems like the easiest way to do it for a short distance in reverse.



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They also could have locked the kingpin so the trailer didn't swivel. Seems like the easiest way to do it for a short distance in reverse.

the truck on the left is a box truck, so no trailer , it most likely the one that did all the steering while the other truck just worked on going backwards straight.



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Read the article...amazing stunt...went back and watched all the things you guys pointed out....

amazing....might have to go check out this dynamic steering....got 2 1987 Nissans that are getting to the end...



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I assume it is all legit or it would be false advertising, which has some legal ramifications.


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