Most semi trucks are destined for a life of bland servitude, but a rather far more illustrious fate was in retailer for this lucky Mercedes-Benz Actros 1845. Shortly right after leaving the factory, it was coated with 9 gallons of paint and an additional 17 gallons of clearcoat lacquer at the hands of airbrush artist Walter Rosner, whose work depicts scenarios from the early history of mankind.
The enormous masterpiece even has a name: “The Cradle of Humanity” (a rather lofty name for a truck, even if it is a Benz) and took 6 weeks to finish. It was completed just in time to star in the pre-Lent, Shrove Monday carnival procession on February 16th in the city of Aachen, Germany.
As you can see, there’s a lot going on, and because most of you most likely make the carnival in Aachen to see it in particular person, nicely, we’ll just let Mercedes tell the story of its various vignettes: “The setting is the primeval African savannah, where a gorilla sits gazing across at its relatives, who are currently walking upright. 2 chimpanzees in a tree are also watching how the ancestors of modern man embraced the use of tools made of stone and, stretching across the length of the refrigerated semitrailer, how Australopithecus subsequently continued to evolve. On the co-driver’s side, early man is observed discovering fire, finding out a variety of hunting techniques and guarding against the saber-toothed tiger throughout the Stone Age.
“Walter Rosner naturally includes artists in the story, as well. He shows them busily creating cave paintings to leave behind to posterity. Across the complete car onlookers can also uncover numerous other tiny references to essential highlights from the history of the birth of mankind: the theory of evolution versus religion, the emergence of the intellectual awareness in the guise of philosophy, or the 1st great discoveries such as the sundial. The back of the trailer also features an overview in facts and figures.”
The Actros belongs to German freight and logistics organization Josef Schumacher, which owns 160 trucks, 9 of which have been turned into rolling murals, with names like “The Dinosaurs,” “The Gold Rush,” “The Crusades,” “The Constellations,” “Charlemagne,” “The Mega Truck,” and “The Emotion Truck.” All the predecessors of “The Cradle of Humanity” are used for typical cargo-transport duties, so it appears that this newest airbrushed member of the household is destined for the identical fate.
Oh the [Cradle of] Humanity! Mercedes-Benz Semi Truck is the Theory of Evolution on Wheels
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