Brings me back to my childhood. When I first saw them and when they came out in movies. Would buy the magazines and put the poster's on my wall. Great times!
What a great compilation of videos covering the history of the sport and Bigfoot! I remember seeing some of these beast in the parades downtown St.Louis. Looking back, I wish my parents would have taken me to some of the monster truck events at Busch stadium. It just wasn't their thing, unfortunately. I guess that's why I like watching videos like this. I get to see what I missed as a kid in the 80's!
I liked Snake Bite, didn't know it was a villan! I remember Sky Hartly driving it and the truck would pull awesome wheelies. I also remember a stunt, Jim Cramer and Bigfoot tug of war against Sgt. Slaughter and his team. Man vs machine!
@@orangecrate5895 Jack’s Taurus 3 race truck wasn’t totally round tubing like Bigfoot 8. The main frame rails were 4x4 square rails with the roll cage and lower chassis round tubing. Marty Garza’s book gives a great insight of the evolution of the industry.
this was bigfoot as a company in its prime. look at the beginning when they showed the transport trailers. even the transport trucks looked spotless. the trailers matched. The ford money was very evident. Bob chandler was also in control. bigfoot was his baby, that matters. bigfoot 4x4 is still around and hopefully will be for years to come. but bob is basically gone from day to day operations and the company isnt like it was here. long live bigfoot 4x4!
@@G-Code-vr5vs Bobs just getting older (hes in his ;ate 70's early 80's now), so retired from running the Company. Left the Company running to Jim Kramer. Bob still goes to shows and still does from time to time drive Bigfoot 1.
@@MiniOne82 To be fair, Bigfoot was doing a lot of shows but once Monster Jam took over the rest of the trucks, Bigfoot is the only truck that wasn't owned by Monster Jam. Even Grave Digger's owned by Feld to a degree I think. Shows overall just aren't the same now compared to back then.
@@MrWatchtower there’s a lot more trucks running with small teams than you think. A lot of the big names are owned by feld, like grave digger, max d, el Toro loco, the superhero trucks, monster mutt, zombie. But a majority of the trucks you see outside of monster jam shows are small team owned. I think the two biggest small teams are bigfoot4x4 and Team Scream (avenger)
@@MiniOne82 Actually, Bigfoot is run by Bob Chandler's daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Bob Trent, with Chandler's other daughter and son Penny and Robert handling other aspects of the business. Jim Kramer retired years ago, Dan Runte more or less manages the shop and does some of the testing. Bob Chandler just turned 80 weeks ago, he doesn't drive #1 or any of the other vehicles anymore.
The beginning of this video is when Bigfoot was still a pick up truck, not a totally custom tube chassis, fiberglass body racing Monster Truck. I like the way Bigfoot looked before it got the yellow and red stripes, after that Bigfoot's looks went downhill
Great memories! Thanks for the upload. As a kid in 1984, nothing beat the anticipation of King Kong sitting in a corner at World of Wheels, and knowing at some point it was going to roll forward and crush two cars. The open headers, the truck lurching forward, the big wheel stand and SMASH goes the glass. Then it would claw its way on top and park for pictures. It could not have been more exciting and you didn't need any dirt or aerial acrobatics or elaborate production.
Man this really brought em back. Bigfoot was and always will be king. Miss the crushing days when the trucks had steel beds and did damage rather than cleared all the cars. Would give my left arm to see USHRA and then tanks make a comeback! THE TIME IS NOW FOLKS.
I grew up and got into monster trucks in the early 80's south started with Jim Kramer, Andy Brass and then Dan Runte. Dan's a great guy and had a few chances true the years to meet and hangout with him.
In 95 I was in the grandstands in Springfield Missouri and watched that race. But didn't see the long jump until they showed It on tv. It stuck out so much I still remember it vividly.
holy shit so many bigfoot 8 clips! Thanks Ap Fred. It's sad but that truck marked the end of stage 2 monster trucks. I loved the stage 2 era but man, that truck was incredible. With runte or brass driving it could hang with any truck today.
It was, but that doesn't mean some of the original aura wasn't lost in the process. Kind of like when NASCAR went from entirely based on production cars to wild, purpose-built tube-frame racers, I liked how early Bigfoot trucks had production vehicle origins. That, theoretically, with a boatload of cash, you could grab a new pickup truck, drop a lot of coin at a 4WD shop, and emerge with something special.
This was the first Jambo I took a truck too and was an awesome show! Went there and to the one in Ohio for many years lots of fun for all. Always met lots of great people from all over.
I was never a real Bigfoot fan, when I was a kid. My favorite was Grave Digger, I always cheered for Digger, and now all these years later I feel like I missed out on being a fan of Bigfoot.
No mention on Bigfoot 8 getting banned from racing for a season to give the other teams a chance to catch up to the new technology since Bigfoot was so far ahead
I could watch this older footage all day long! Actually I currently still do. The only newer stuff I watch is the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live, Toughest Monster Trucks and Renegades Tour. Don’t watch Monster Jam. The first Monster Jam footage I watched was the unveiling of the new Lucas Stabilizer truck.
Bigfoot wasn't the first to do it, but #10 in 1992 was the first Bigfoot truck with mid-rear engine and center driver's seat. All Bigfoots that followed. except #12 were mid-rear engine and center drive. I can't remember which non-Bigfoot truck did it first, maybe Equalizer.
@@TBird100636 Yes, Bigfoots first rear engine truck was #10, but the chassis that became #12 was actually supposed to be a rear engine truck. Then Bob changed up the chassis design and #10 got the newer design and suspension changes and the other chassis became #12.
but the problem with the monster truck industry is its too commercialized which isn't bad .. but the I miss the days of the USHRA event you had a combo of everything .... now a days promoters like FELD entertainment basically runs trucks on dirt ... but the unfortanetly the first generation of truck never made it passed the first stage ... promoters didn't want to pay .. so im glad to see BOB CHANDLER made it this far .. but I also see he sold off a lot of his creations ... shuttle is gone fast trax is gone ... ranger is gone ...
Back then Bob's ideas and engineering skills were years ahead of the competition, even in 1986 Bob was designing chassis and suspension on his trucks that regular 4x4 guys didn't discover until years later. When the suits came in and the sport was no longer USHRA, but more global I guess I can say,; the new suits in charge wanted to control and regulate similar to Nascar, everybody has to build certain way and then be inspected. Bob said no and I think the owner of USA-1 said no which eliminated both from the modern era now called "Monster Jam"Back then Im sure Bob was using Nitros and lying about engine displacement and had trade secrets very few knew about. Kind of see what Im saying?
yah he seen a future of what he "mistakenly" created .. the problem I don't like about monster jam in general is the took out the major ingredient that started it all .... crush cars have been eliminated to much dirt .... I like the theory bob said he would try to start ... obstacle course racing ... like they use to have in the 90's but have a points series like NHRA ... when monster jam first started to was good .. now 300 dollars worth of tickets and its all dirt .... and also Bob never really got into "destroying" trucks to draw a crowd !!
chris terroy Totally... Now they bring out the cars pre-crushed while when I was a kid the cars were still intact with the windshields and windows still in the cars. I grew up watching VHS tapes like Battle of the Monster Trucks and Return of the Monster Trucks when they had true side-by-side competition. Monster trucks would pull the sled, then mudbog, then crush cars all in a drag race. Todays monster competition I get the feeling on high sugar energy drinks and Xgames, big trucks catching huge air, doing wheelies and flips and crashing, although it is impressive to watch a 10,000 lb truck sore 20 feet in the air with ease.
funny part is look at some of the monster jam shows there not really filling a lot of seats .... prob being is Monster Jam series is bigger event then Monster X tour ... only time bob brings his stuff to town is on Saginaw and im in the Detroit area ... its not really worth the money to see trucks race around on dirt .... they were built for a reason .. bob started an industry based on crushing a car .... and monster jam took that away would ya ever go to a SKI RESORT with out snow ??? LOL
chris terroy I agree, watching Monster Jam literally fly around and going airborne for the past 10 years has become boring, along with the wheelie stands, the spinning donuts, and now the back-flips what else can a monster truck do? They need to go back to their roots at one point and actually crush car, I also wants to see these new trucks pull the weighted sleds and enter the mudbog pits, maybe even trying floating on water like the old days. They also need bigger arenas maybe hold the larger events outdoors with far more room for bigger tracks, I don't like the small indoor arenas. I want to see trucks at full throttle for several seconds and truly exhibiting their power, speed and ability to perform things regular vehicles cant do.
I can't see myself going to the Monster Jam Events anymore because when you get reed of the Car Crushing you get reed of all the fun go back to the past and that is wear all the fun is I don't like the drivers Destroying thar Trucks when thay put somuch Heard work in to bellding them. I just won't to see them Crushing Cars and Rasing side by side mud bugging pulling off Road he'll Climbing and Hydro Racing and Racing on obstacle course you no the good stuff I like it when thay get big air but let it be because thay will race it to the limit to jump the Old Crush cars to win that's what everyone fell in love with true racing spirit and auto destruction. The joy of racing a 10,000 to 13,000 to 18,000 pounds Monster Truck and crushing some Old Detroit iron. When everyone experiment with different bodies and no to trucks were always the same and anyone who was able to put a monster truck together the right way and trained driving it could go out and rice with other drivers on the circuit. Doing Heelys bicycling it and backflips are cool but one time I was even looking into going into monster truck racing myself for a hobby but now it's becoming questionable to me if you have to do all of what monster. Jam is doing today I love the MONSTERS but it's not all that fun any more and that is vare sad man.
I haven’t attended a Monster Jam event since 2017 and the only reason I attended that was because my older daughter surprised me as a birthday gift and wanted to take me to a show. Not to disappoint her I ended up going.
My daughters surprised me the other week with a early Father's Day gift by taking me to the Monster Jam event in Landover, MD and it was OK, but I think that my daughters and granddaughters enjoyed the show more than me. Lol, I'm a Bigfoot guy and Grave Digger and the other Feld trucks are not for me. I would have rooted for one of the independents at the show.
Sorry, but the change to the light weight tube frame fibreglass shit was a big mistake. These monster truck "shows" today are so boring compared to the classic ones with the heavy, strong trucks. It's a real disappointment today.
As much as I favor the old leaf sprung steel bodied trucks over what we have today, It was kind of a necessity at the time, as the trucks started to get faster and the race's more rigors they quickly learned that the leaf sprung trucks were to stiff, many drivers from this era sustained muscle and other internal injuries that they still deal with to this day, torn muscles, bruised kidneys and snapped ligaments weren't unheard of, the evolution to long travel gas charged shocks (and fiberglass bodies) was not only a big time safety improvement for the drivers, but also a more cost effective way to negate some of the cost of a roll over, you roll a steel bodied leaf sprung truck and its out for months getting repaired which, back in those days that was enough to bankrupt many small time drivers, Bigfoot, Grave Digger and a few others dreaded having a rollover at that time, but they had the money and the means to recover from it, you roll a fiber glass tube chassis truck, you flip it back over slap another fiberglass body on it and send it on its way. None of this is to say that I like where the sports gone, 1985 - 1990 was absolutely peak Monster Truck era IMO.
Brings me back to my childhood. When I first saw them and when they came out in movies. Would buy the magazines and put the poster's on my wall. Great times!
Yes, 2022 and I’m still watching and loving this footage!
I'm just looking back for Monster Trucks moments, Bigfoot 4x4 is my childhood favorite.
I will like to say I am born in 1988 and my 1st car was a Bigfoot power wheels . I had the coolest truck on the block.
I graduated in 88' geez I'm getting old rather quickly 😭and Bigfoot was extremely important to me as a kid
What a great compilation of videos covering the history of the sport and Bigfoot! I remember seeing some of these beast in the parades downtown St.Louis. Looking back, I wish my parents would have taken me to some of the monster truck events at Busch stadium. It just wasn't their thing, unfortunately. I guess that's why I like watching videos like this. I get to see what I missed as a kid in the 80's!
Beautiful steel body Bigfoot trucks and those transport trucks are beautiful too spotless and clean
I liked Snake Bite, didn't know it was a villan! I remember Sky Hartly driving it and the truck would pull awesome wheelies. I also remember a stunt, Jim Cramer and Bigfoot tug of war against Sgt. Slaughter and his team. Man vs machine!
Big foot will always be the king. I like the monster trucks back in the day before. All the fiberglass.
Well you can blame your favorite truck for the fiber glass and tube frame
Enjoying watching monster trucks
Best era
It was more of a moving show and shine competition, now it has more in common with motocross
@@orangecrate5895
Jack’s Taurus 3 race truck wasn’t totally round tubing like Bigfoot 8. The main frame rails were 4x4 square rails with the roll cage and lower chassis round tubing. Marty Garza’s book gives a great insight of the evolution of the industry.
this was bigfoot as a company in its prime. look at the beginning when they showed the transport trailers. even the transport trucks looked spotless. the trailers matched. The ford money was very evident. Bob chandler was also in control. bigfoot was his baby, that matters. bigfoot 4x4 is still around and hopefully will be for years to come. but bob is basically gone from day to day operations and the company isnt like it was here. long live bigfoot 4x4!
Matthew Silver why what happened?
@@G-Code-vr5vs Bobs just getting older (hes in his ;ate 70's early 80's now), so retired from running the Company. Left the Company running to Jim Kramer. Bob still goes to shows and still does from time to time drive Bigfoot 1.
@@MiniOne82 To be fair, Bigfoot was doing a lot of shows but once Monster Jam took over the rest of the trucks, Bigfoot is the only truck that wasn't owned by Monster Jam. Even Grave Digger's owned by Feld to a degree I think. Shows overall just aren't the same now compared to back then.
@@MrWatchtower there’s a lot more trucks running with small teams than you think. A lot of the big names are owned by feld, like grave digger, max d, el Toro loco, the superhero trucks, monster mutt, zombie. But a majority of the trucks you see outside of monster jam shows are small team owned. I think the two biggest small teams are bigfoot4x4 and Team Scream (avenger)
@@MiniOne82 Actually, Bigfoot is run by Bob Chandler's daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Bob Trent, with Chandler's other daughter and son Penny and Robert handling other aspects of the business. Jim Kramer retired years ago, Dan Runte more or less manages the shop and does some of the testing. Bob Chandler just turned 80 weeks ago, he doesn't drive #1 or any of the other vehicles anymore.
The beginning of this video is when Bigfoot was still a pick up truck, not a totally custom tube chassis, fiberglass body racing Monster Truck. I like the way Bigfoot looked before it got the yellow and red stripes, after that Bigfoot's looks went downhill
They were getting into serious racing and the trucks had to evolve. Drivers were getting hurt in the older trucks so a change had to be made.
Great memories! Thanks for the upload. As a kid in 1984, nothing beat the anticipation of King Kong sitting in a corner at World of Wheels, and knowing at some point it was going to roll forward and crush two cars. The open headers, the truck lurching forward, the big wheel stand and SMASH goes the glass. Then it would claw its way on top and park for pictures. It could not have been more exciting and you didn't need any dirt or aerial acrobatics or elaborate production.
I must have watched this video so many times that I lost count. Thanks again for posting this. All my favorite Bigfoot videos rolled up into one.👍👍
The 90’s era is some of my favorite years of the monster trucks.
Man this really brought em back. Bigfoot was and always will be king. Miss the crushing days when the trucks had steel beds and did damage rather than cleared all the cars. Would give my left arm to see USHRA and then tanks make a comeback! THE TIME IS NOW FOLKS.
Dan Runte was my childhood driver to me he is #1
I grew up and got into monster trucks in the early 80's south started with Jim Kramer, Andy Brass and then Dan Runte. Dan's a great guy and had a few chances true the years to meet and hangout with him.
@@waynenorbreyjr9638 Yeah he always came across as a nice guy, I never got to meet him though, thas cool you did 💯
Mine went from Jim Kramer to Eric Track to Dan Runte to Larry Swim
Bigfoot VS Bigfoot
In 95 I was in the grandstands in Springfield Missouri and watched that race. But didn't see the long jump until they showed It on tv. It stuck out so much I still remember it vividly.
holy shit so many bigfoot 8 clips! Thanks Ap Fred. It's sad but that truck marked the end of stage 2 monster trucks. I loved the stage 2 era but man, that truck was incredible. With runte or brass driving it could hang with any truck today.
This film came out right after that truck was built. So they wanted to show off their crown jewel at the time!
Once fiberglass bodies came on the scene... the magic was all over.
redrush40 not really.
Bigfoot was one of the first teams to run fiberglass body parts on their trucks. What a dumb statement.
They made the fiberglass body so they could change out the body
@@OSDCrusher no
You are right
And he is right
It was, but that doesn't mean some of the original aura wasn't lost in the process. Kind of like when NASCAR went from entirely based on production cars to wild, purpose-built tube-frame racers, I liked how early Bigfoot trucks had production vehicle origins. That, theoretically, with a boatload of cash, you could grab a new pickup truck, drop a lot of coin at a 4WD shop, and emerge with something special.
Monster trucks like bigfoot is awesome
I had the actual Bigfoot 14 power wheels truck with the flame livery. This video was pure nostalgia. 🔥
This was the first Jambo I took a truck too and was an awesome show! Went there and to the one in Ohio for many years lots of fun for all. Always met lots of great people from all over.
What's the time marker of the event you're talking about
@@13thmafiaracing69 I dont get what you mean I am not sighting anything particular just talking about being there and then going to the other shows ..
I still have a poster of that reunion . Got it from 4x4 magazine..over 25 years old ..??
I was never a real Bigfoot fan, when I was a kid. My favorite was Grave Digger, I always cheered for Digger, and now all these years later I feel like I missed out on being a fan of Bigfoot.
YOU SURE DID
Dumbass
The song around 47:00 is amazing
I just came here to see Bigfoot or Bigfoot’s.
No mention on Bigfoot 8 getting banned from racing for a season to give the other teams a chance to catch up to the new technology since Bigfoot was so far ahead
Кадры использовались в компьютерных играх Монстер трак мэднесс 1 2 90х годов.
1:28:00 that’s the fastest you will ever see Bigfoot 5 go
I believe Jim Kramer once said Bigfoot 5 was capable of speeds over 60mph but no one was brave enough to attempt that lol.
I could watch this older footage all day long! Actually I currently still do. The only newer stuff I watch is the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live, Toughest Monster Trucks and Renegades Tour. Don’t watch Monster Jam. The first Monster Jam footage I watched was the unveiling of the new Lucas Stabilizer truck.
Does anyone know when monster trucks started mounting the engines in the middle and backward as a stressed member of the suspension?
Bigfoot wasn't the first to do it, but #10 in 1992 was the first Bigfoot truck with mid-rear engine and center driver's seat. All Bigfoots that followed. except #12 were mid-rear engine and center drive. I can't remember which non-Bigfoot truck did it first, maybe Equalizer.
@@TBird100636
Yes, Bigfoots first rear engine truck was #10, but the chassis that became #12 was actually supposed to be a rear engine truck. Then Bob changed up the chassis design and #10 got the newer design and suspension changes and the other chassis became #12.
Toofgib... wait... what?
but the problem with the monster truck industry is its too commercialized which isn't bad .. but the I miss the days of the USHRA event you had a combo of everything .... now a days promoters like FELD entertainment basically runs trucks on dirt ... but the unfortanetly the first generation of truck never made it passed the first stage ... promoters didn't want to pay .. so im glad to see BOB CHANDLER made it this far .. but I also see he sold off a lot of his creations ... shuttle is gone fast trax is gone ... ranger is gone ...
Back then Bob's ideas and engineering skills were years ahead of the competition, even in 1986 Bob was designing chassis and suspension on his trucks that regular 4x4 guys didn't discover until years later. When the suits came in and the sport was no longer USHRA, but more global I guess I can say,; the new suits in charge wanted to control and regulate similar to Nascar, everybody has to build certain way and then be inspected. Bob said no and I think the owner of USA-1 said no which eliminated both from the modern era now called "Monster Jam"Back then Im sure Bob was using Nitros and lying about engine displacement and had trade secrets very few knew about. Kind of see what Im saying?
yah he seen a future of what he "mistakenly" created .. the problem I don't like about monster jam in general is the took out the major ingredient that started it all .... crush cars have been eliminated to much dirt .... I like the theory bob said he would try to start ... obstacle course racing ... like they use to have in the 90's but have a points series like NHRA ... when monster jam first started to was good .. now 300 dollars worth of tickets and its all dirt .... and also Bob never really got into "destroying" trucks to draw a crowd !!
chris terroy
Totally...
Now they bring out the cars pre-crushed while when I was a kid the cars were still intact with the windshields and windows still in the cars. I grew up watching VHS tapes like Battle of the Monster Trucks and Return of the Monster Trucks when they had true side-by-side competition. Monster trucks would pull the sled, then mudbog, then crush cars all in a drag race. Todays monster competition I get the feeling on high sugar energy drinks and Xgames, big trucks catching huge air, doing wheelies and flips and crashing, although it is impressive to watch a 10,000 lb truck sore 20 feet in the air with ease.
funny part is look at some of the monster jam shows there not really filling a lot of seats .... prob being is Monster Jam series is bigger event then Monster X tour ... only time bob brings his stuff to town is on Saginaw and im in the Detroit area ... its not really worth the money to see trucks race around on dirt .... they were built for a reason .. bob started an industry based on crushing a car .... and monster jam took that away would ya ever go to a SKI RESORT with out snow ??? LOL
chris terroy
I agree, watching Monster Jam literally fly around and going airborne for the past 10 years has become boring, along with the wheelie stands, the spinning donuts, and now the back-flips what else can a monster truck do?
They need to go back to their roots at one point and actually crush car, I also wants to see these new trucks pull the weighted sleds and enter the mudbog pits, maybe even trying floating on water like the old days.
They also need bigger arenas maybe hold the larger events outdoors with far more room for bigger tracks, I don't like the small indoor arenas. I want to see trucks at full throttle for several seconds and truly exhibiting their power, speed and ability to perform things regular vehicles cant do.
What is the song at 1:20:55
I can't see myself going to the Monster Jam Events anymore because when you get reed of the Car Crushing you get reed of all the fun go back to the past and that is wear all the fun is I don't like the drivers Destroying thar Trucks when thay put somuch Heard work in to bellding them. I just won't to see them Crushing Cars and Rasing side by side mud bugging pulling off Road he'll Climbing and Hydro Racing and Racing on obstacle course you no the good stuff I like it when thay get big air but let it be because thay will race it to the limit to jump the Old Crush cars to win that's what everyone fell in love with true racing spirit and auto destruction. The joy of racing a 10,000 to 13,000 to 18,000 pounds Monster Truck and crushing some Old Detroit iron. When everyone experiment with different bodies and no to trucks were always the same and anyone who was able to put a monster truck together the right way and trained driving it could go out and rice with other drivers on the circuit. Doing Heelys bicycling it and backflips are cool but one time I was even looking into going into monster truck racing myself for a hobby but now it's becoming questionable to me if you have to do all of what monster. Jam is doing today I love the MONSTERS but it's not all that fun any more and that is vare sad man.
I haven’t attended a Monster Jam event since 2017 and the only reason I attended that was because my older daughter surprised me as a birthday gift and wanted to take me to a show. Not to disappoint her I ended up going.
My daughters surprised me the other week with a early Father's Day gift by taking me to the Monster Jam event in Landover, MD and it was OK, but I think that my daughters and granddaughters enjoyed the show more than me. Lol, I'm a Bigfoot guy and Grave Digger and the other Feld trucks are not for me. I would have rooted for one of the independents at the show.
Sorry, but the change to the light weight tube frame fibreglass shit was a big mistake. These monster truck "shows" today are so boring compared to the classic ones with the heavy, strong trucks. It's a real disappointment today.
As much as I favor the old leaf sprung steel bodied trucks over what we have today, It was kind of a necessity at the time, as the trucks started to get faster and the race's more rigors they quickly learned that the leaf sprung trucks were to stiff, many drivers from this era sustained muscle and other internal injuries that they still deal with to this day, torn muscles, bruised kidneys and snapped ligaments weren't unheard of, the evolution to long travel gas charged shocks (and fiberglass bodies) was not only a big time safety improvement for the drivers, but also a more cost effective way to negate some of the cost of a roll over, you roll a steel bodied leaf sprung truck and its out for months getting repaired which, back in those days that was enough to bankrupt many small time drivers, Bigfoot, Grave Digger and a few others dreaded having a rollover at that time, but they had the money and the means to recover from it, you roll a fiber glass tube chassis truck, you flip it back over slap another fiberglass body on it and send it on its way.
None of this is to say that I like where the sports gone, 1985 - 1990 was absolutely peak Monster Truck era IMO.
No, the changes had to be made. Not to mention that drivers were getting hurt and the industry was going more to racing so the trucks had to evolve.