Motor-mad Ryan Camp transformed an old pick-up truck into the ULTIMATE racing vehicle. Ryan decided to build his own mud truck after attending events and watching other drivers compete. His truck, Sick 50 Mega Truck, can jump over hills and race through four-feet deep mud.The 429 stone truck started life as an old 1950 Chevrolet full body truck. It took Ryan, 35, from Georgia, USA, a year to complete his dream mud truck.
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00:00Massive vehicles, huge wheels, loud engines and lots of mud.
00:13This is the intense and dirty world of mega mud trucks.
00:20The adrenaline rush is like no other, it's unbelievable.
00:26We have different events at every event, this will be the tire pull.
00:31There's hill and hole events, that's where we jump the trucks across three hills as a
00:35timed event.
00:36There will also be mud drags where we're in the mud side by side drag racing, it's better
00:41than any drug.
00:45An avid fan of mega truck events, Ryan Camp from Georgia USA felt he could no longer stay
00:51on the sidelines and decided to have his own competition standard vehicle built so he could
00:56take part himself.
00:57That original truck is just a two wheel drive low riders street truck, bought it over in
01:03South Carolina, I made about a four hour drive, basically there and back, bought the truck,
01:08took it to BMF Fab, they began the process of starting the chassis.
01:13It took a whole year and an outlay of $80,000 for his 650 mega truck to be finished.
01:20It's a 1950 Chevrolet, a full body truck, it's all steel, it has a 540 blower motor, it's
01:29a 1271 BDS street blower, runs on alcohol.
01:35It's got two and a half ton axles, front and rear, it has 20 inch travel Scotts shocks,
01:42these are the 136-26 BKT-171s, they've been cut and scooped for more traction.
01:50The rims are powder coated with a metallic finish.
01:53It's got the full roll cage, 5 point harnesses, special seats, everything about them, safety
02:01is definitely number one priority.
02:03Despite the extensive safety features, Ryan's wife, Brittany, still has her concerns.
02:08Brittany Stout, As his wife, I'm always his number one fan.
02:12When we were at West Georgia Mud Park a couple of weeks ago, they were just out playing around,
02:16they had done a jump, and when he landed, he landed on two wheels, and that is probably
02:22the most nerve wracking thing, is just knowing that there is a possibility that they could flip.
02:28So far, Ryan has taken part in eight competitions.
02:33And today, he's driving at Trucks Gone Wild, at Bithlo Mud Racing in Florida, USA.
02:39Even before the event has begun, his vehicle is attracting attention.
02:43Very unique truck, one of a kind, beautiful paint job, beautiful truck, nice craftsmanship.
02:49I think it's beautiful, I've always loved older model vehicles.
02:54You can see one all jacked up with all the different equipment that you don't see on other
02:58vehicles.
02:59But it won't stay clean and shiny for long, as Ryan prepares for today's event.
03:03We have different events at every event, this one happens to be the tire pull, this is the
03:08tri-truck challenge, there will be a three-truck team.
03:38We're two seconds off the leader, so right now, we're in second place.
03:43So that's a great day overall, it was an awesome run, teammates did great, it was perfect.
03:49But the end of the competition, isn't the end of Ryan's day with his pride and joy.
03:53As soon as I get home, I try to wash it as quick as I can, it comes off a little bit easier.
03:57The pressure washing process and all, I mean, it can take anywhere for three to four hours
04:00to get it cleaned up.
04:03This truck will never be for sale, it's just something I've dreamed of, and I have a year of
04:07my life and time and money involved in, I'll hang on to that one and give it to my son.