---
title: "Drive Wire: Ryder Destroys Semi Truck"
description: "Cars, Culture, and the People Who Make Both. Your Destination for All Things Automotive."
date: "2015-09-23"
modified: "2015-09-23"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/283/drive-wire-ryder-destroys-semi-truck"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Trucks"
---

# Drive Wire: Ryder Destroys Semi Truck

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Transcript:

Today’s ridiculous video is, yes, an advertisement for Ryder Systems, a truck fleet company… but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy them destroying a robot-powered semi truck before they rebuild it. In order to dismantle the truck, they throw everything from tire spikes to a wrecking ball at it. Who doesn’t love a little goodhearted demolition?

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