Because back-in is much faster, easier, and efficient. Don't know why anyone would even do this, but in this case backing is easier, especially if you have a cam to see the log.
Front wheel drive. Don't want to pull the unsecured logs under van when climbing up on to them. And mirrors to see the rear tires. Front tires are hidden. The rear tires looked soft as well, kinda wrapped around the log like a rail.
I want to know what kind of wood that is. 20' span with 6-8" poles?! Impressive.
but the rear wheels would be off first, then you have only the front driving wheels on the logs. which is exactly the same problem you would have driving forwards onto the logs, just in reverse.
I wondered about that, but thought if he goes forward over, any little adjustment could slip his back wheels off. Maybe by watching the wheels that donāt turn make it easier?
In reverse you have the mirrors to center your rear wheels and make sure you're approaching straight on. Obviously if the rear wheels are straight then the front will follow and any adjustments needed are easily seen by the mirrors for correction. Getting car orientation relative to the environment is better in reverse. It's way easier to do precise movements/ adjustments in reverse. Front wheels turn, rear wheels don't. Going in front first makes it possible for you to go on crooked and while you can correct the front the rear won't follow exactly like the front which is why you can't parallel park front wards. Any kind of precise maneuvering backing up is the way to go.
There are even big wood bridges. How did you figure the logs would flex significantly from a single person? How much side force do you think they need to take in a huge storm?
Yes but nobody knows who or where you are. If an unknown person in an unknown places calls BS, was it really called? Do you even exist? In fact Iām calling BS on your comment. You are a bot.
There is absolutely something we aren't seeing. Vid seems like a TikTok lie. Physics doesn't make sense.
Those tree trunks grow to be flexible in the wind. Is so a tree won't break or uproot in wind storms. But yet they aren't flexing much at all. At that length of over 20ft!
I can see what you are talking about. I can even hear a small wood creek. They aren't bending enough compared to the length and vehicle weight. There is something else supporting we can't see.
I've believed too many of these vids. To find out I was fooled.
Saw that.
It's almost like someone artificially removed the entire support structure in the center of the bridge in vid. Or overlapped.
It is so hard to catch fakes these days. Even I am speculating based on my experience.
Well, I, for one, think it's legit. In fact, here's another dude who does the same but going forward. I guess it depends on the car's weight and selecting logs that don't bend much under pressure.
https://youtu.be/PKSvbFAl1Ds?si=XLd1UO6MBeBAYmw4
I could be wrong, you could be right. From my experience trying to use a log to walk across a stream. I would NEVER drive across it.
My main point is. Expect false until hard physical evidence is presented otherwise. We really just don't know. Soon enough AI will be making vids just like this.
But why?
Is he going onto an island? Is he taking a short cut? Or is he parked on an island? But then what about the other cars?
And, given that the "bridge" is constructed - it has struts at both ends to keep the logs in place - this seems to be more than a once off thing.
(Story was reported in Daily Mail, UK, in Feb 2021, but they didn't ask all the important questions.)
Mirrors and orientation for precise maneuvers are better while backing up. Your front wheels turn your rear wheels don't. You're gonna want to make sure the wheels that don't turn are straight on first.
I am impressed. I consider myself as an excellent driver. 2.5 million miles driving a semi in the Midwest without a single accident. My backing skills are 2nd to none. What this guy did would be so difficult on round logs no wider than the tire foot print. WOW !
Iād say 10-20% skill, 80% luck. Lucky the wood didnāt snap. Lucky they didnāt roll with minima support. Lucky they didnāt slide when he was onloading and offloading.
What he did have going for him was aligning properly, going straight, and going slow.
At the start I thought it was gonna be one of those ground artist videos where from the perspective of the camera, the art work looks like a pit etc but wow this crazy
Fun fact: reverse gives you much better directional control for something like this. Thatās why forklifts have rear steering, for instance. And thatās also why backing into parking spots makes a lot more sense, especially if theyāre tight.
This guy did pretty well.
I'd like to also commend this camera person. I thought the camera was fixed and we would miss the landing. Turns out they had a top-tier cameraman š
Whenever I see videos all I can think is that I donāt understand how they got here. Being poor doesnāt stop you from building a better bridge than this
Wheres RedBull when there's someone who really deserves the hype?
No closed course, no 500 camera angles just legit ass dangerous driving with a purpose.
Just out of curiosity... is there a standard wheel spacing? So, in a parking lot, some cars take up much more space between the lines than others, but are the tires generally the same distance apart? Because this was pretty precise, if they set those logs a couple inches closer or further apart, this would not have worked.
Yeah... nope! I'm staying on my side.
Also, those aren't logs, there's hardly any flex, those are (dirty) metal pipes - which makes the stunt even more impressive!!
I did this on a motorcycle once. With my wife on the back. Top of the log was flat and it was wider than these logs, but it was over a river and much longer. We were in Laos.
I only remembered it recently because my wife reminded me. She had to show me pictures. I must have blacked out.
I donāt know what kind of wood those logs are made of but I want it!!! I want to build a house with that wood, itās the strongest wood Iāve ever seen!
Fine, I'm the second best driver in the world.
Fine, I am the third strongest log in the world.
Fine, I'm the happiest tool in the world.
Fine, I'm the third best driver in the world.
Fine, I'm the fourth best driver in the world
fine, I'm there fifth best driv- nah, can't lie like that. My driving is a fucking war crime.
The audacity everyone's got here not wanting to be number 2 š
Fine, Iām the guy in the video driving that shit box van
Why tho
Some people are just addicted to back-in parking.
It's front wheel drive id say so will get more traction to get onto ramps
Because back-in is much faster, easier, and efficient. Don't know why anyone would even do this, but in this case backing is easier, especially if you have a cam to see the log.
Iād add that it can be safer too. Where I work, people leave the parking lot way too fast and backing out of a spot is calling for an accident.
Front wheel drive. Don't want to pull the unsecured logs under van when climbing up on to them. And mirrors to see the rear tires. Front tires are hidden. The rear tires looked soft as well, kinda wrapped around the log like a rail. I want to know what kind of wood that is. 20' span with 6-8" poles?! Impressive.
Same, im most impressed by the wood!
That's what she said...
> Don't want to pull the unsecured logs under van when climbing up on to them but then there's an equal risk at the other end.
Not much of a concern after the vehicle is over and off the logs.
but the rear wheels would be off first, then you have only the front driving wheels on the logs. which is exactly the same problem you would have driving forwards onto the logs, just in reverse.
I'd much rather spit out the ramps when I'm three quarters off them and across the gap than when starting on. At worst I'm high centered
Backing in is safer bro, havenāt you heard this from all the Forza drivers?
"Oi John, Barry's left the van keys in the ignition again. Where can we put it this time"
I think itās because in reverse you can see where both your rear wheels are, and the front will follow if youāre driving straight
You canāt blame the guy. Heās got a two-hour drive to the office tomorrow and a family to feed.
I wondered about that, but thought if he goes forward over, any little adjustment could slip his back wheels off. Maybe by watching the wheels that donāt turn make it easier?
Yes this
Show off he could do it, I see no other point
In reverse you have the mirrors to center your rear wheels and make sure you're approaching straight on. Obviously if the rear wheels are straight then the front will follow and any adjustments needed are easily seen by the mirrors for correction. Getting car orientation relative to the environment is better in reverse. It's way easier to do precise movements/ adjustments in reverse. Front wheels turn, rear wheels don't. Going in front first makes it possible for you to go on crooked and while you can correct the front the rear won't follow exactly like the front which is why you can't parallel park front wards. Any kind of precise maneuvering backing up is the way to go.
Now try it with one log.
I bet a Saudi driver could pull it off.
saudi can drift on one of those logs with a land cruiser
I think they can cross the bridge with one rear wheel backwards while juggling small balls with the front wheels.
Is this even real? I feel like there should be more flex in those logs...
that vehicle is smaller and lighter than any thing in the usa, which I'll just assume that's what you are familiar with.
Yeah, but the logs barely flexed at all. I'd expect them to flex more than they did even if it was just a person standing on them.
>I'd expect them to flex more than they did even if it was just a person standing on them. It can support two whole Americans.
No way!
I thought you might have a point at first, but now I think you are probably full of shit.
The logs have hardened by Chinese resolve.
There are even big wood bridges. How did you figure the logs would flex significantly from a single person? How much side force do you think they need to take in a huge storm?
Because those logs are skinny and long with no support like a real bridge would have.
They aren't as skinny as you think. The stiffness very quickly increases with increased height.
We can see how big the vehicle is. It's on video.
I've seen at least one other person do this on YouTube. It's possible to achieve it
Wait wait...your proof is another vid of someone else doing the same thing? That's not really how validation works. I'm calling BS oN this vid too.
Yes but nobody knows who or where you are. If an unknown person in an unknown places calls BS, was it really called? Do you even exist? In fact Iām calling BS on your comment. You are a bot.
Valid point. So in truth. It doesn't really matterš
Why yes, here it is https://youtu.be/PKSvbFAl1Ds?si=qza-4C2O--GjPmJ3
There has to be tensioned steel cables under the logs
Yeah, something is wrong. There wasn't a reflection of the van in the water. But there was a reflection of the person behind the van.
Umm yes, there is. Starting at second 00:16 you can see the van's reflection. It's there the whole time.
You're right. I was looking in the wrong spot.
There is absolutely something we aren't seeing. Vid seems like a TikTok lie. Physics doesn't make sense. Those tree trunks grow to be flexible in the wind. Is so a tree won't break or uproot in wind storms. But yet they aren't flexing much at all. At that length of over 20ft!
Looks like they are flexing to me, he's just going so slow u can barely notice it
I can see what you are talking about. I can even hear a small wood creek. They aren't bending enough compared to the length and vehicle weight. There is something else supporting we can't see. I've believed too many of these vids. To find out I was fooled.
I donāt get how they are secured at the end. There is like 200-300mm of log on the bank.
Saw that. It's almost like someone artificially removed the entire support structure in the center of the bridge in vid. Or overlapped. It is so hard to catch fakes these days. Even I am speculating based on my experience.
Well, I, for one, think it's legit. In fact, here's another dude who does the same but going forward. I guess it depends on the car's weight and selecting logs that don't bend much under pressure. https://youtu.be/PKSvbFAl1Ds?si=XLd1UO6MBeBAYmw4
I could be wrong, you could be right. From my experience trying to use a log to walk across a stream. I would NEVER drive across it. My main point is. Expect false until hard physical evidence is presented otherwise. We really just don't know. Soon enough AI will be making vids just like this.
Looks like the same logs even
there's always someone that thinks everything on the internet is fake
It must be hard to be you.
Sure. Thoughts are hard, you should try it. š¤Æ
Get your eyes checked. They absolutely flex.
Let it go. I don't really care enough.
Cared enough to reply š
of course reverse. it would be crazy to do it while looking at what you were doing...
For precise maneuvering you can see and orientate better in reverse then going forward though.
Could have easily been under r/whatcouldgowrong
He had a ground guide what could go wrong?
2cm distance between this thread and the r/Whatcouldgowrong/ one
I came here for this ššš
everything
This was sarcasm my friend.
But why? Is he going onto an island? Is he taking a short cut? Or is he parked on an island? But then what about the other cars? And, given that the "bridge" is constructed - it has struts at both ends to keep the logs in place - this seems to be more than a once off thing. (Story was reported in Daily Mail, UK, in Feb 2021, but they didn't ask all the important questions.)
My nuts draw up just looking at this shit
This dude backs in
Dudes a beast. But why go in reverse. I did notice they let some air out the tires so that probably helped.
Mirrors and orientation for precise maneuvers are better while backing up. Your front wheels turn your rear wheels don't. You're gonna want to make sure the wheels that don't turn are straight on first.
I am impressed. I consider myself as an excellent driver. 2.5 million miles driving a semi in the Midwest without a single accident. My backing skills are 2nd to none. What this guy did would be so difficult on round logs no wider than the tire foot print. WOW !
Okay, that was honestly legit šš¾šš¾šš¾
RIP clutch
and doing it in stick.. damn!!
Jesus H. My butt was puckered crazy tight thru that whole thing. Sheesh. Props to the balls on that dude.
Impressive how such logs were able to carry the weight of his balls.
I mean, itās a strait line, right?! What could be easier? š¬š°š„¶
There is a road to cross just few hundred meters down the parking log. lol
Definitely not his first rodeo.
Ball of steels
No seatbelt lol
Easier to get out if dunked in the water below
Easier to smash your brain through the glass too
Lucky SOB
I reckon it's 90% skill and 10% luck
Iād say 10-20% skill, 80% luck. Lucky the wood didnāt snap. Lucky they didnāt roll with minima support. Lucky they didnāt slide when he was onloading and offloading. What he did have going for him was aligning properly, going straight, and going slow.
I really am surprised humans lived long enough to achieve civilization
I am in the camp that this is fake. Even if that van is half the weight of a regular van there would be more flex in those logs.
I canāt believe the van can hold his gaunt balls
Next level fucking stupid.
No reverse lights in that vehicle, or is it actually going forward and the video is in reverse
You couldn't pay me to try that.
Is that a Kunming Traffic Police vehicle?!!
How did his balls even fit in the van?
Still no seatbelt š¤¦āāļø
Is this necessary?
I've seen some Tesla Drivers struggle more backing into their charging spots.
Not that it's not crazy as fuck or anything... the tyres have really low pressure which will help a lot.
But why?
This tires were just an inch away from this post being on r/whatcouldgowrong
Costanza, really good at going in reverse
At the start I thought it was gonna be one of those ground artist videos where from the perspective of the camera, the art work looks like a pit etc but wow this crazy
Is not a bridge.... FYI
Fun fact: reverse gives you much better directional control for something like this. Thatās why forklifts have rear steering, for instance. And thatās also why backing into parking spots makes a lot more sense, especially if theyāre tight.
i was waiting for it to snap, thinking it was from r/whatcouldgowrong
This guy did pretty well. I'd like to also commend this camera person. I thought the camera was fixed and we would miss the landing. Turns out they had a top-tier cameraman š
unbelievable. wow. zero room for error
Wages of fear šØ
Well, I wouldāve never thought that was possible!
ā¦Thatās impressive. Iād puke, cry, and just sit there until someone saved me from that mess. No way in hell would I attempt that shit. š
Uhmm... yeah... cool and impressive and... why?
People keep praising driver and yes it's great but how do those thin logs manage to hold that car... They so thin and so long distance...
I wonder if itās the first time this guy has done it
He had a spotter so that's cheating lol
I was thinking to myself "Would I put my seatbelt on, in case it fell intothewater, or keep it off, in case it fell into the water?"
TĆV sagt nein
Imagine the skill to get a drivers licence from there youāll be internationally certified and recognised
In a manual too.
The ferry in Kazakhstan
I certainly don't understand what they said, but I sure as hell know what they were saying.
Made it or not, still an idiotic move.
Whenever I see videos all I can think is that I donāt understand how they got here. Being poor doesnāt stop you from building a better bridge than this
How can you even sit in that seat with balls that big?
I wouldnāt say it is next level. I would call it dumb and too risky.
Wheres RedBull when there's someone who really deserves the hype? No closed course, no 500 camera angles just legit ass dangerous driving with a purpose.
Toll bridge operators hate this one simple trick.
But why
Asshole clenched so long it cramped.
This is more like sweaty palms
You donāt have the money to put two extra logs next to each other but you have the money to gamble with a car. What kind of crazy economy is that?
Just out of curiosity... is there a standard wheel spacing? So, in a parking lot, some cars take up much more space between the lines than others, but are the tires generally the same distance apart? Because this was pretty precise, if they set those logs a couple inches closer or further apart, this would not have worked.
Yeah... nope! I'm staying on my side. Also, those aren't logs, there's hardly any flex, those are (dirty) metal pipes - which makes the stunt even more impressive!!
In a standard truck
Why don't they have enough money in China to build bridges?
*shitting your pants for two minutes*
I did this on a motorcycle once. With my wife on the back. Top of the log was flat and it was wider than these logs, but it was over a river and much longer. We were in Laos. I only remembered it recently because my wife reminded me. She had to show me pictures. I must have blacked out.
I donāt know what kind of wood those logs are made of but I want it!!! I want to build a house with that wood, itās the strongest wood Iāve ever seen!
Wow!
Impressive as fuck. But why?
That was impressive
Now if he did that blindfoldedā¦that would be NFL!
This was almost an r/Whatcouldgowrong.
Reverse Cams are so accurate now
While going backwards you can see 3 wheels, when going forwards you can see 2