Did you ever play that Monster Truck Rally game with your friends as a kid? It’s where everyone lies down next to each other on the ground, and one person rolls on top of everyone and yells “Monster truck rally!” Thrilling right?
Well, these monster trucks
are not playing around. They’re loud, obnoxious, and didn’t ask for your opinion. Jerry
, the car ownership super app
, checks out the biggest monster trucks in the world that have entertained us all. Let’s get wild
Sponsored by the sports drink, Monster Energy is owned by FELD Motorsports and has been around since 2012. It’s competed in every monster jam championship we can think of and has dominated various races. In fact, Energy Monster lost to Max-D by a mere 0.02 seconds during the 2012 Monster Jam World Finals Championship.
Driven by Adam Anderson, the Megalodon jumped over eight monster trucks on June 25, 2020 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida.
Maximum Destruction aka the Max-D is always ready for a wild and bouncy ride. Originally named Goldberg (not as fun, right?) the vehicle is now owned by Tom Meents. The Max-D is pretty much indestructible, as it handles big jumps and freestyles without a sweat.
It doesn’t get more famous than The Grave Digger. The massive truck was showcased in the Feld Entertainment Monster Jam series, and sports a 540 cubic inch Merlin with a whopping 1450hp. In total, about 41 of these bad boys were made, seven of which are currently competing. Who wants to see some wheelies?
Ok, not that wild
You may know the Gas Monkey Garage from Discovery Channel’s “Fast N’ Loud.” While on the show, the funky name was designated for an actual garage, in 2016 a Monster Jam Truck stepped onto the scene with the same name. Designed by the Gas Monkey garages’ owner, Richard Rawlings, the engine featured 540 ci Merlin.
The Sin City Hustler was originally a Ford Monster Limo before it was converted into a massive beast. The truck is the longest monster truck in the world, coming in at 32 feet long.
“Sin City Hustler is operated by a remote whose hydraulic rear door can be opened from a distance up to 1500 feet away,” Daily News Catcher
reports. And up to 12 paying customers can experience the thrills. The El Toro Loco (The Crazy Bull) is a current racer in the Monster Jam series. Created in 2001, “the truck variant of the 3-D model of the Bulldozer design and has two horns sticking from its head which gives it a look of a bull,” Daily News Catcher notes.
The infamous Avenger was built in 1997, using a Chevy S-10 body. With Driver Jim Koehler, the truck won the Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Championship in 2003 and 2011.
It doesn’t get more insane than this
The Monstermax 2 has gained popularity through social media with striking photos and crazy off-road content. The truck has massive Goodyear OPTITRAC Low Side Wall 1400/30R46 tires. Each weighing over 1,500 pounds, the agricultural tires are meant for floating above farm soil and designed to minimize compaction.
Both axles weigh about 26,000 pounds together. And to pump out over 700 hp, there are “two Duramax diesel engines, two transmissions, more transmission coolers than you have thumbs, and a chain-driven drop box that is 3-feet thick and larger than an average pickup truck,” MotorTrend
tells us. The truck can hold about 20 gallons of fuel, and the whole shebang is estimated to weigh upwards of 50,000 pounds. Oh yeah, and there’s a battleship horn attached to the roof.
We all remember Bigfoot, the first-ever monster truck built by Bob Chandler in 1975. According to Guinness World Records
, “It started out as a family Ford F-250 pickup which Bob modified until the tires reached 66 inches, as well as adding heavy-duty suspension and four-wheel steering.” Chandler’s invention not only inspired other car modifiers to create monster trucks of their own, but he also inspired himself to create the biggest monster truck in the world, Bigfoot 5. He built it in St. Louis, USA, in the summer of 1986. Bigfoot 5 is 15 ft 6 in tall with 10 ft tires and weighs about 38,000 pounds. That’s about three bull African elephants.
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