# What's the trick to pulling a truck with your penis? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 8, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623 "2005-12-08T04:23:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/1 "2005-12-08T04:23:08Z")
This [guy and some of his stunts are wince inducing](http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/truck-pulled-with-penis/2005/11/29/1133026441298.html). Why doesn’t his penis simply rip off? Is there some trick involved? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/2 "2005-12-08T04:45:43Z")
The trick is: Make sure the truck is in neutral! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/3 "2005-12-08T05:11:20Z")
The trick is: Don’t use your detachable penis! Use your non-detachable one instead. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/4 "2005-12-08T05:13:27Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > The trick is: Whenever the first Dopey Awards are held, I nominate this thread for the “Biggest Laughs in Two Posts or Less” statuette. OMG, I almost couldn’t type I’m laughing so hard. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/5 "2005-12-08T05:14:24Z")
In Russia, penis pulls _you_! ---
**Author:** ![WonJohnSoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f17d59/32.png) [@WonJohnSoup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonJohnSoup)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/6 "2005-12-08T05:35:50Z")
Heh, I know that guy. He’s partners with my coach. I don’t really believe in qi, atleast the way it’s usually explained to me. A lot of the ‘qi’ masters are just charlatans. So normally when I hear or see things like this, I take some time and come up with atleast a partial solution to how even I could pull the trick off. But if you met this guy, it’d be really hard to imagine him as some trickster. Despite what you’d imagine from seeing that picture, he is _incredibly_ soft spoken and polite. The kind of guy who couldn’t make an enemy if he tried. So I do find it hard to not believe that he’s doing what he says he’s doing. That said, I did think of some way someone else could pull it off (the trick, I mean). I won’t say it out of respect for him, but one thing I can say it that yeah, you DO have to be that buff to do it. Great hint, huh? 😉 We have some of the paintings mentioned in the article around our school. They’re gorgeous. Quite frankly, I’m actually more impressed with him creating those works of art while standing on eggs than the penis-pulling thing. I still can’t figure out how anyone does it. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/7 "2005-12-08T08:01:56Z")
If you want to learn more about that guy and see some more guys doing crazy feats of strength with their penises, check out the series [Mind, Body and Kickass Moves](http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/mind_body/index.shtml). It mostly seems like a load of hooey but there are indeed some kickass moves 🙂 WonJohn - That’s neat that you know that guy! Cool! ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/8 "2005-12-08T08:28:25Z")
The trick is: Use a ball hitch. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/9 "2005-12-08T15:24:57Z")
I went into this thinking “Truck” was some term for an abominable sex act: “Hey Joe, I hear you and the guys pulled a truck on those nuns yesterday.” You’d have to be really hard up for new martial arts deomnstrations to pull thisone off. ---
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/10 "2005-12-08T16:58:11Z")
no spoiler but a wag notice it is attached around the base of the penis behind the balls (i.e. not to the tip which would probably just pull off) It us not clear whether he is forward facing or pulling himself backwards (pulling himself teehee) If the former the force is probably through the pelvis anyway. Much more impressive is if he pulls backwards. However, by tilting the pelvis forward when pulling you can possibly keep most of the force centered throughthe body not the penis. I will have to watch the program on my favorite channel (4) and let you know. Of course like all showmen there could actually be a trick like several men hidden pushing the truck ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/11 "2005-12-08T18:23:08Z")
Why does there need to be a trick at all? As long as the truck has good bearings and it’s on a smooth, level road, it takes only a very small force to get it moving. The acceleration would be very low, but if you’re patient enough, it’ll eventually get up to speed. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/12 "2005-12-08T18:38:19Z")
> [@scm1001](#): > > Of course like all showmen there could actually be a trick like several men hidden pushing the truck In the tv show I linked to, they show a group of his students standing on a special platform suspending large weight plates from their penis-area (honestly don’t remember what part exactly - top, shaft, scrotum…) as “practice” for this type of thing. I think they did it every day. I think what **Chronos** said makes sense. Especially if these guys are “practicing” by building up whatever skin or muscle they are attaching the truck to. ---
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/13 "2005-12-09T10:24:52Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I think what **Chronos** said makes sense. Especially if these guys are “practicing” by building up whatever skin or muscle they are attaching the truck to. Its a living. Some one has to do it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/14 "2005-12-09T10:56:13Z")
From the linked article: > [@](#): > > Among his other talents are the ability to hammer in nails with his fist, stand on eggs without breaking them, chop through a steel pipe with his hand, and painting. Wow! Painting!? Amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/15 "2005-12-09T11:08:16Z")
Actually, the _real_ secret of pulling a truck with your penis isDon’t ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/16 "2005-12-09T13:17:39Z")
From Robert Bolt’s script for **Lawrence of Arabia** (talking about something besides penes pulling trucks, but appropriate): Soldier: Ow! It bloody well 'urts! T.E. Lawrence: Of course, it hurts. Soldier: Well, what’s the trick, then? Lawrence: The trick is not _minding_ that it hurts. Considering the potential risks versus the probable gains, I have to confess that I can’t see the upside of truck-towing with your penis. But I do occasionally put out matches with my fingers. It doesn’t impress people as much, though. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/17 "2005-12-09T13:27:39Z")
I’m shocked that no one’s come in and said “My dick’s so big, you need a truck to pull_it_” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fridgemagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@Fridgemagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fridgemagnet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/18 "2005-12-09T13:30:26Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > In the tv show I linked to, they show a group of his students standing on a special platform suspending large weight plates from their penis-area (honestly don’t remember what part exactly - top, shaft, scrotum…) as “practice” for this type of thing. I think they did it every day. I saw that episode. You stand with a legs astride two platforms (so there’s room to dangle some weights between your legs), bend the knees slightly, attach the weights to the ol’ fellow, and then straighten the knees to lift the weights. Chris Crudelli inspected the weights the Shlong Master was about to lift, and tried to lift them himself using his whole body. He couldn’t shift them at all. But with a look of grim determination, Shlong Master was able to lift and swing 150kg (330lb) from his unfortunate genitalia. It made Crudelli wince (“Oh, mate!”). See also Lifto from the Jim Rose Circus who, although not in the 150kg league, swings irons and breeze blocks from piercings in improbable places. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/19 "2005-12-09T15:07:58Z")
There is no trick to pulling a truck with your penis. Anybody can do that (anybody with a penis, anyway). The real trick is pushing a truck with your penis. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623/20 "2005-12-09T15:13:51Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I think what **Chronos** said makes sense. Especially if these guys are “practicing” by building up whatever skin or muscle they are attaching the truck to. Scar tissue is often quite tough. I’m not joking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-trick-to-pulling-a-truck-with-your-penis/334623.md?page=2)