Pickup trucks like the Chevy Silverado HD are designed to be as utilitarian as possible, with big, practical beds into which you can put many things. However, it looks as though the driver behind the wheel of this particular Chevy Silverado HD somehow managed to utilize the space underneath their truck as well, as we see it drag a mattress around for miles on the street in the following brief video.
The video in question was recently posted online and clocks in at just over a minute in length, capturing the scene from the dash cam of a motorist behind the Chevy Silverado HD. Obviously, we were joking about the driver utilizing the space under their truck – rather, this mattress somehow got caught on something and was never fully dislodged from the undercarriage.
According to the video description, the video was captured on July 23rd, 2022, in Austin, Texas, and shows the mattress stuck underneath the Chevy Silverado HD pickup truck as it drives around some local surface streets. The truck has some lumber in the bed, but we can’t stop staring at the mattress as it slides around underneath the pickup like a slice of butter on a hot skillet.
Even as the truck goes around a few corners and over a few bumps, the mattress clings to the undercarriage, the driver seemingly oblivious to what’s going on. The video description states that they saw the Chevy Silverado HD drag the mattress for at least 2 miles before the truck turned off into a neighborhood. The individual that captured the video later found out in a social media post that another motorist saw the same truck with the same mattress roughly 3 miles from where the video was captured, which means the truck was carrying the mattress underneath it for an estimated 5 miles.
“Some say that the mattress is still underneath it today,” the video description reads.
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It didn't fit in the bed. Next best way to transport it. Probably slept on it that night. What a maroon.
License plates?
Driver's sense of hearing and feel were dulled. And we are going to autonomous vehicles where you need no senses, skills and judgment.
Some people have absolutely NO clue of their surroundings.
That's different... looks like the mattress got caught up or snagged on the transfer case... If the tires would have grabbed it, the truck would have driven over it... Not sure if the driver was an unaware idiot or just playing a game with it. Either way, still pretty stupid.
It's hung up on the diff/axle. That's a lot lower than the transfer.
Maybe GM can patent this as a "stowaway camping mattress"
Added to much to the payload.
Let’s suppose that the driver knew that the mattress was being dragged underneath their truck. We would have to conclude that: A. The driver wanted to win the grand prize on America’s Funniest Videos, B. He was hired by the city to clean the streets. Or C. (Your answer here there are a lot wittier folks out there than I am).
That is the new GM/Beautyrest Option... When you are tired you can pull over and have a nap...
Might be a box spring? If this is not staged, what was drivers reaction when he finally arrived and saw this thing under the truck?
After he got some good video, the photographer could have pulled up alongside in the other lane and signaled the driver...
Yeah, not for me. There's a real possibility the driver is drunk or on drugs. Stay away and call the cops.