00:00 Bigfoot 5 is the biggest.
00:03 It's the widest.
00:06 The heaviest monster truck out there.
00:10 At 4.7 metres tall, it's the biggest monster truck in the world.
00:39 At 4.7 metres tall and weighing in at 38,000 pounds, Bigfoot 5 really is a true monster.
00:47 And it was built by Bob Chandler, who didn't just create this beast, he invented the whole sport.
00:54 Bigfoot was the first.
00:56 I started out with a stock pickup truck.
00:58 I wanted to go more places so I put bigger tires on the truck.
01:01 Then the next thing you need is stronger drive shafts and axles and things.
01:05 Then you don't have enough power so you put a bigger engine in the truck, right?
01:12 I started doing exhibition events.
01:17 Went to any kind of event I could find.
01:19 From mud runs to hill climbs to truck and tractor poses.
01:24 From that point on it was known as Bigfoot.
01:26 As performances grew wilder, drivers looked for new ways to entertain the crowds and the car crush was born.
01:34 You've guessed it, Bob invented that too.
01:37 My friend comes to me and says, "I've got two cars out in the farmer's field.
01:41 Let's see if you can drive over it."
01:44 And the promoter saw it and he says, "I want you to do that in front of a crowd."
01:50 When we did the first car crush in front of a crowd, it just amazed me.
01:54 They just loved it.
01:57 And to me it was something kind of simple.
01:59 The truck just drove over the cars.
02:01 The bar was raised at shows.
02:04 And as the stunts grew bigger, so did the danger levels.
02:08 People were getting hurt.
02:18 I know of three drivers that have broke their backs in these trucks early on.
02:23 I was doing a show and the promoter came up to me and says, "You need to invent something.
02:27 You need to do something because this truck would drive right up to seats.
02:31 Nothing would stop it.
02:33 It's going to hurt people bad."
02:36 We designed a kill switch, we call it.
02:39 There's somebody on the sideline that can press a button and stop that truck.
02:42 That was one of the biggest things that we've ever done for monster trucks.
02:46 And for this vehicle, things were about to get even bigger.
02:53 We saw this military junkyard and we see a trailer with 10-foot tall tires on it.
02:59 And we're looking at that and I said, "Oh, I want to put them on my truck."
03:02 These tires are off of an Alaska land train.
03:05 Now sporting one-ton tires, five-ton axles and 16-inch gas cell shocks,
03:13 Bigfoot 5 became the world's biggest monster truck.
03:18 I got the best. Nobody else can top it.
03:21 And the tread on these tires allows for a pretty cool trick.
03:25 Jim Kramer, my compadre in this business, he'd get out of the truck,
03:29 take the tire down as it's rolling and then grab the back of it and pull him all the way up
03:34 and he'd walk on top of that tire for a while and then jump back in and finish driving the truck.
03:38 Still amazes me when it drives down the street.
03:41 People just are awed at this thing.
03:43 It's just a one of a kind.
03:45 of a kind.
03:45 (thudding)
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