Eight-wheel Monstermax truck goes swimming

MIAMI: The latest stunt from Cody Detwiler and his team at WhistlinDiesel recently took place in Florida where he drove his Monstermax pickup into the ocean.

Monstermax is an 8-wheel, double-axis vehicle that sits on 36-inch tyres. And it’s the tyres that made it float in the waters near the Atlantic Ocean between Longboat Key and Bradenton Beach.

The video captures the entire stunt, from unloading the Monstermax from its trailer and putting those massive tyres on it among other things.

Detwiler droveit into the water and  made his way at a speed of about 0.5 knots (0.9kph).

The stunt attracted the police, the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Natural Resources, and curious locals too.