How tall is bigfoot monster truck

This second Bigfoot sported in-tall cm , in-wide cm tyres that had previously belonged to fertiliser spreaders. Its axle had once sat on a military truck, while its cubic-inch engine ran not on petrol but on alcohol. With his son as a passenger, Bob drove the beast up and over some junk cars, stopped at the top and waved — prompting around 30, of the assembled audience to race towards him.

By , Bob had a sponsorship with Ford. Clearly, he was onto something. To satisfy the demand for public appearances, he and his crew set about constructing a whole string of Bigfoots; many other monster-truck manufacturers followed suit. In the summer of , Bob unveiled the biggest of them all. As can be seen in the video, climbing into the truck requires, well, literal climbing!

We see the driver climb on to the rear axle first, and then make his way onto the cabin via the wheel arch. In , the Bigfoot 5 was crowned as the tallest, widest and heaviest monster truck in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records, gaining worldwide recognition.

The vehicle is currently kept on display in Missouri, USA. Detwiler was disappointed to hear the installer used only half of the 36 lug nuts to affix the wheels to his axles. Detwiler's thoughts: "That's too many. Yes, 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. The drop box required a gallon drum of lube to operate.

Detwiler said, "I wanna be able to open the case on that drop box, put in a 5-gallon bucket of nuts and bolts, and drive it, churn around in there, and not have a problem.

Unable to find anyone selling an air horn from a cruise ship, Detwiler located a battleship horn for Monstermax 2. Each corner of Monstermax 2 is supported by a trio of inch-travel shocks. Adding to the immense weight of the diesel monster truck are the quartet of missiles—or diesel tanks, each holding 20 gallons of fuel. Detwiler pictured is allegedly 6 feet tall. This is our unscientific height estimate. Bob Chandler, any thoughts?

Each joint appears to be similar in size to an actual gorilla's fist.