Back in the early 1980s I was told that they used payloader axles, but it
looks like I was misinformed. Here's one history of monster truck axle
use:

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On Sun, 30 May 2004, Scotty wrote:

> So while watching the Indy 500 this afternoon, a commercial came on that
> showed a monster truck bouncing around... I don't know what it was doing
> 'cause I wasn't paying that much attention. The trucks I'm talking about
> are the "Big Foot" types -- you know, the ones with the tires that are
> maybe 4 or 5 feet or thereabouts in diameter with a little pickup
> perched on top. Jacques Lazier snapped an axle just pulling his Indy car
> away from the pit this afternoon, so I started wondering about the
> monster trucks. I wonder how those guys avoid breaking axles just trying
> to get rolling, particularly when they're trying to crawl over a pile of
> junk cars or climbing a ramp to do a jump. It seems like those 4 huge
> wheels must collectively weigh around a half a ton or more of unsprung
> dead weight and would be so resistive to moving that something's gotta
> give...
>
> Anybody know?
>
> Scotty
> '99 TJ Sahara 4.0L I-6
> '99 XJ Sport 4.0L I-6
> '03 BMW Z4
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Back in the early 1980s I was told that they used payloader axles, but it
looks like I was misinformed. Here's one history of monster truck axle
use:

TRUCKWORLD ONLINE! .
<URL:http://www.truckworld.com/Monster-Trucks/Monster-Tech/tech-4/monster-tech1.html>


On Sun, 30 May 2004, Scotty wrote:

> So while watching the Indy 500 this afternoon, a commercial came on that
> showed a monster truck bouncing around... I don't know what it was doing
> 'cause I wasn't paying that much attention. The trucks I'm talking about
> are the "Big Foot" types -- you know, the ones with the tires that are
> maybe 4 or 5 feet or thereabouts in diameter with a little pickup
> perched on top. Jacques Lazier snapped an axle just pulling his Indy car
> away from the pit this afternoon, so I started wondering about the
> monster trucks. I wonder how those guys avoid breaking axles just trying
> to get rolling, particularly when they're trying to crawl over a pile of
> junk cars or climbing a ramp to do a jump. It seems like those 4 huge
> wheels must collectively weigh around a half a ton or more of unsprung
> dead weight and would be so resistive to moving that something's gotta
> give...
>
> Anybody know?
>
> Scotty
> '99 TJ Sahara 4.0L I-6
> '99 XJ Sport 4.0L I-6
> '03 BMW Z4
>
> *** This reply requires 4 size "AA" batteries (not included) ***
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Back in the early 1980s I was told that they used payloader axles, but it
looks like I was misinformed. Here's one history of monster truck axle
use:

TRUCKWORLD ONLINE! .
<URL:http://www.truckworld.com/Monster-Trucks/Monster-Tech/tech-4/monster-tech1.html>


On Sun, 30 May 2004, Scotty wrote:

> So while watching the Indy 500 this afternoon, a commercial came on that
> showed a monster truck bouncing around... I don't know what it was doing
> 'cause I wasn't paying that much attention. The trucks I'm talking about
> are the "Big Foot" types -- you know, the ones with the tires that are
> maybe 4 or 5 feet or thereabouts in diameter with a little pickup
> perched on top. Jacques Lazier snapped an axle just pulling his Indy car
> away from the pit this afternoon, so I started wondering about the
> monster trucks. I wonder how those guys avoid breaking axles just trying
> to get rolling, particularly when they're trying to crawl over a pile of
> junk cars or climbing a ramp to do a jump. It seems like those 4 huge
> wheels must collectively weigh around a half a ton or more of unsprung
> dead weight and would be so resistive to moving that something's gotta
> give...
>
> Anybody know?
>
> Scotty
> '99 TJ Sahara 4.0L I-6
> '99 XJ Sport 4.0L I-6
> '03 BMW Z4
>
> *** This reply requires 4 size "AA" batteries (not included) ***
>
>
>
>
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