We have all seen tug-of-wars between teams of men, and we’ve even seen them between two trucks. It’s a contest of sheer strength and strategy, pulling and heaving back and forth, seeing which side can gain an inch here and an inch there. Sometimes it’s a battle of wits, most times it’s a battle of attrition, waiting for the other team or the other opponent to simply become worn down and tired so that the eventual winner can take advantage of that moment of weakness.

This is when they should have known things were about to go really wrong!

What’s even more interesting is when a tug-of-war involves two trucks with loads of horsepower and torque. That’s when the tires churn and the pavement burns, or in this case, the turf is thrown sky high. Smoke and steam begin to billow as the pressure builds. You can begin to hear the crack of metal parts stretching and bending under the stress. The tension rises as the man in the middle acting as referee waves his arms as if they are two green flags to signal the start of the pulling, the beginning of this titanic struggle between two mechanical Goliaths.

It’s expected that one will win. That one of the trucks will eventually drag the other over some imaginary or marked line and be declared the champion. And that the other will retreat to the automotive hinterlands in shamed retreat. Who knows? Maybe after a brave struggle, the two mighty warriors will descend from their tall-tired chariots and shake hands, regardless of victor and vanquished, when it’s all over, like boxers in the ring after a fight? You’ll just have to watch the “>video above and see …

On your marks, get set, GOOOOOO!