This is the shocking moment a small tricycle pulls a massive trailer filled with what appears to be plastic and polystyrene in China.

The lightweight load explains how the tricycle pulls such a large cargo, balanced precariously on the back as it travels through Hefei, Anhui province, on August 22.

The video was shot by a motorist going in the same direction who said he could not believe that the huge truck, which he thought at first glance was a semitrailer, was being pulled by a tricycle.

From behind, he thought it was a massive HGV, but upon seeing it from the front, he realized it was a lightweight tricycle handling the load.

Local police have not commented on whether they are investigating or if this practice is illegal.