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.
01:22It's a 1950 Chevrolet, a full body truck, it's all steel, it has a 540 blower motor, it's a
01:291271 BDS street blower, runs on alcohol, it's got two and a half ton axles, front and rear,
01:40it has 20 inch travel scott shocks, these are the 13-6-26 BKT-171s, they've been cut and
01:48scooped 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.
02:08As 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 the
02:22most 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 and today he's driving at Trucks Gone Wild at
02:36Bithlo 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.
02:53You can see one all jacked up with all the different equipment that you don't see on other vehicles.
02:58But it won't stay clean and shiny for long, as Ryan prepares for today's event.
03:04We have different events at every event.
03:07This one happens to be the tyre pull, this is the tri-truck challenge, there will be a three-truck
03:10team.
03:11We have have different parts of our team.
03:15We have different parts of our team.
03:19This is what you said.
03:22You said even before, you said even before, you said you had a great plan to do what you
03:27have in my car.
03:28We have a great plan to do this with a different type of racing, but hopefully it's a great
03:31way that you're using.
03:32That's not so fun.
03:34We have a great plan to do what you do.
03:35You said even before we do, I want to do the thing about this.
03:38It's not so many times.
03:39We'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.
03:46The teammates did great, it was perfect.
03:48But 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.
03:56The pressure washing process and all, it can take anywhere from three to four hours to get it cleaned up.
04:01This truck will never be for sale, it's just something I've dreamed of
04:05and I have a year of my life and time and money involved in.
04:08I'll hang on to that one and give it to my son.
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