Meet The Monster Trucks!
In the beginning, the birth of the monster truck starts with a guy named Bob Chandler. In the early 1970s he began to customize his Ford pickup truck so it would work better when he took it off-road. He put some extra large tires and soon Bob and his big truck were famous.
The Big Three!
The three main manufactures were Ford, Dodge, & Chevy. Each manufacturer had their supporters and drivers who seemed to only want a specific brand.
Bigger is better!
The easiest way to make a big impression is to have the biggest wheels around. But it’s not just the wheels that need to be bigger; the suspension of monster trucks needs to be jacked up to fit the wheels under. But in monster trucks, it makes it harder to get in the trucks because the wheels are so big, so you have to climb the wheels. Monster trucks are popular in America that in 1993 the United States Hot Rod Association produced the television series Monster Wars.
UNDER THE SKIN!
Monster trucks aren’t really made from real trucks, the body of the monster truck is made from fiberglass so it can be made into wacky shapes and can be easily replaced. To get in most monster trucks, the doors don’t open, there’s usually a trapdoor under the truck to get into the cab. The truck is made out of all metal bars, kind of like being trapped in a cage because when the truck rolls, you won’t get hurt because of all the bars. Monster trucks have a very big suspension so that it makes a firm calm bounce when they jump ramps and cars, so they don’t lose control.
The THOUGHT!
Monster trucks are a life of history. They are used all around, even for the mud. Mud bogging was the next best thing after monster trucks because it seemed to be more exciting to see it happen in mud and stuff then to see monster trucks all the time just smash cars. Mud Bogging is what it sounds. But from all this many things were invented after, Tractor Racing, Motocross & More.
I think!
I think this book is a very good use of a source. The book refers to monster trucks, mud bogging, tractor racing & motocross. It gives details on all those in just one book, leaving me with many details of all.
CHECK IT OUT!
Book:
Monster Trucks.
Harrison, Paul.
Copyright 2008 Arcturus Publishing Limited.
Wow that’s pretty cool that Bob Chandler customizes his own ford. :) I think I have heard of him before. But I am not sure. Lol. How long did it take him to be done with it?? Wow I did nor know that monster trucks were not made from real trucks. I though they were made from real trucks. I gusse I learn something new. Lol :)
ReplyDeleteI think that Monster Trucks are in the history of cars becasue without them we couldnt build better cars and make really fun events that involves cars getting ran over. I think it is interesting that the trucks are made from fiberglass and the doors dont open it gives the driver and the car an edge.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Bob was pretty amazing for thinking of something like this, because it forsure has my intrest. And it didnt say how long, but it was proubly very expensive and hard to process. And Monster Trucks are a very exciting part of history, because without it, we'd have no intertainment. And the design is just awesome !
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