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ster truck” when referring to
Bigfoot. The term “monster
truck” became the generic
name for all trucks with over-
sized terra tires.
Debate over who did the first
car crush is often discussed.
There are claims that in the
late 1970s, Jeff Dane’s King
Kong (who referred to his
truck as the “Bigger Foot”)
had crushed cars at Great
Lakes Drag way in Union
Grove, Wisconsin. Another
truck, known as High Roller
(currently known as “Thun-
der Beast”), also claimed
to have documented car
crushes in Washington State
before Bigfoot, though said
documentation has never sur-
faced. Cyclops, then owned
by the Deskman Brothers,
also claims to have crushed
burning cars before Bigfoot.
However, the earliest, widely-
available and verified video
footage showing a monster
truck crushing cars that exists
shows Bob Chandler driving
Bigfoot while crushing two
mid-seventies auto-
mobiles in April 1981.
This video was what
the promoter viewed
that motivated him
to ask Chandler to
perform the car crush
in front of a crowd.
King Kong and Bear
Foot each followed
Bigfoot to 66-inch-
diameter (1.7 m)
tires, and soon other
monster trucks, such
as King Crunch,
Maddox, and Virginia
Giant were being
constructed. These
early trucks were built
off of stock chassis
which were heavily
reinforced, used leaf
spring suspension,
a stock body, and