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Independent monster truck

I remember seeing that a while back.

I assume the big MRAP center section and outers with custom arms and axles.
 
I wonder if it will do as well since it doesn't jump as high or bounce around as much.

A few years ago we went to a non monster jam monster truck show, so the trucks varied a lot more. I'm pretty sure monster jam are all the same chassis with different bodies, or at least very similar.

There was a few trucks that were super short, some longer. One even had a couple that somehow shared driving it.One of the big foot trucks was there, I looked very high tech. You could tell the suspension was way more refined. He'd get far more speed and much less air, then land smoother than all the other trucks.

Buuuut, that's boring to the average kid or redneck. The super short truck would get all dramatic on any jump, pop wheelies, bounce super high, ect. Crowd loved it :laughing:
 
I heard monster trucks have more unsprung weight than sprung weight. Obviously, this one should be different. I think it looks cool, and I look forward to seeing it rip around
 
YotaAtieToo said:
There was a few trucks that were super short, some longer. One even had a couple that somehow shared driving it.
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Was that a monster jam show?
I know the truck you're talking about, it came to the island, along with 3 other trucks, it tours with a rat rod tank sometimes too.

Those independent rigs are awesome. So much better than the soap operas that the big shows have become.
 
YotaAtieToo said:
Buuuut, that's boring to the average kid or redneck. The super short truck would get all dramatic on any jump, pop wheelies, bounce super high, ect. Crowd loved it :laughing:
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Different trucks for different venues. A well set up truck can't stretch its legs in a tiny arena and the trucks that bounce around are gonna look dumb making little hops across a huge race track infield.
 
YotaAtieToo said:
I'm pretty sure monster jam are all the same chassis with different bodies, or at least very similar.
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From what I understand, monster jam owns all the trucks so yes they are basically the same chassis with different bodies.
 
spidr said:
Was that a monster jam show?
I know the truck you're talking about, it came to the island, along with 3 other trucks, it tours with a rat rod tank sometimes too.

Those independent rigs are awesome. So much better than the soap operas that the big shows have become.
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Was it this group?

www.straightupracing.com

The Trucks | Straight Up Racing

www.straightupracing.com www.straightupracing.com

Monster Jam is owned by Feld Entertainment and are basically all the same chassis ran by the Grave Digger team.
 
bunk said:
Its old af !
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Well damn. I remember the checkerplate body. Have no recollection of the independant. This must be that senility thing I use to make fun of.
 
spidr said:
Well damn. I remember the checkerplate body. Have no recollection of the independant. This must be that senility thing I use to make fun of.
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Naa, im sure at one point you made fun of anything ifs !

wtf is checkerplate?!!!
 
bunk said:
Naa, im sure at one point you made fun of anything ifs !

wtf is checkerplate?!!!
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I definetely remeber there being a time that I believed you couldnt wheel with anything except a D60 up front.
I think I've grown out of that.


Is that one of those cultural locale things? I've always wondered. Checker plate aka tread plate, aka diamond plate.
 
Not reading the whole thread. It is a mega size copy of a T-Maxx. It used to be called T-Maxx. David is cool as fuck! A bad ass machinist.

I met him at monster jam in Vegas. He started out using off the shelf 2 5/16 trailer hitch balls for the ball joints. They would snap off at the shank so he had to make his own out of 300M and heat treat them. Those CNC billet A-arms are huge. He makes his own coilovers from scratch. Two years ago David and his wife almost died in a crash, they were in their semi towing it home from a show. I don’t remember what caused the wreck but they both spent time in the ICU with all kinds of injuries.

T-Maxx is 15 feet wide. To haul it, he has a special trailer to set it down on its belly. He has to remove the wheels and all 4 knuckles to be legal width to go down the road. Last bit of David Tucker trivia, that thing has a blown 460 Ford engine in it.
 
JR4X said:
Not reading the whole thread. It is a mega size copy of a T-Maxx. It used to be called T-Maxx. David is cool as fuck! A bad ass machinist.

I met him at monster jam in Vegas. He started out using off the shelf 2 5/16 trailer hitch balls for the ball joints. They would snap off at the shank so he had to make his own out of 300M and heat treat them. Those CNC billet A-arms are huge. He makes his own coilovers from scratch. Two years ago David and his wife almost died in a crash, they were in their semi towing it home from a show. I don’t remember what caused the wreck but they both spent time in the ICU with all kinds of injuries.

T-Maxx is 15 feet wide. To haul it, he has a special trailer to set it down on its belly. He has to remove the wheels and all 4 knuckles to be legal width to go down the road. Last bit of David Tucker trivia, that thing has a blown 460 Ford engine in it.
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Maybe he needs a link to this thread!
 
arse_sidewards said:
Different trucks for different venues. A well set up truck can't stretch its legs in a tiny arena and the trucks that bounce around are gonna look dumb making little hops across a huge race track infield.
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Dumb to "us" but we're not the target audience.

PurfsMcGurfs said:
Wont go very far with a blown engine :flipoff2:


15' is ridiculous.
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15' sounds crazy, but how wide is a normal monster truck? 12'?

(Google says 12.5' so 15" wider per side, not that crazy really)
 
Penetrode Offroad said:
Its axle shafts are bigger than my driveshafts! :homer:
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Im just over here waiting for someone to throw out some tech on them, im hardly a ifs fanboy(ifs&portals being a exception) but im curious what kind of shafts they run. Just cause there likely enormous and some tech exchange might apply.
 
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