The first time I ever saw a monster truck pulling off the eight tire look it was the “American Eagle” truck which was attempting to drive across a lake or something in Florida and the extra tires were added for buoyancy. It looked insane. It looked like the type of thing a little kid would literally dream about for years. As it turns out, I was right because I still think happily of those days on my parent’s living room floor watching monster truck shows.
Imagine my surprise to find a video with a Jeep rocking that eight tire motion while attempting to trundle its way through a swampy mud pit of some kind. The thing is plodding, slow, and apparently really under powered. Outside of all that, there is one huge flaw with this program that many of you may not spot but the more keenly eyed of the group surely will. It definitely hampered the Jeep’s ability to make the drive it was trying to make.
The most impressive thing to us? Watching this rig steer. Seeing the sheer massive nature of that front axle moving and causing the Jeep to turn is pretty impressive to us. We have no idea what the steering system or components are but judging by the amount of effort the driver is putting in, the deal must be hydraulic or something.
It is not high speed fun, but it is pretty mesmerizing to watch, at least to us it is!
No lockers.
Tires are on backwards!
Indeed they are.
That’s why he’s not makin’ any progress, but he’ll be able to back out nicely.
Is it me, or did the dude in the back of that thing look/act like a young Bill Murray?
No mud flaps.
Little boys playing in the mud