I was there as well, I was just a kid, was amazing, he came back down and came right to the bottom center of the crowd and we all got to shake his hand, one of the best memories of my childhood, fast forward to 2022 while back in Ohio I went to put flowers on my grandfather’s grave for Memorial Day roughly 40 yards from the summit of that very same hill.
We've been going to Gravelrama for 32 years & that is still one of the coolest moments that has ever happened there!.. The 50th Anniversary is coming up in 2020, it would be so awesome if the Bigfoot family made a return!
It's funny, in the 90's that was huge, I was a fan. Now a days they land jumps, from the height of that hill, from Bigfoot to grave digger, i've seen many huge high jumps landed. Impressive how the tech has moved, in the last near 30 years. Oh my God I'm getting old
This truck has bin my favorite. I was ten when I first watched him roll out at the Metrodome. Here in mpls . Thank you Bigfoot for all the good really big big show . Your my favorite monster truck !!!!
@@SUPRAMIKE18 Did El Toro Loco stop using the front engine design? I remember seeing him and making note of the front engine. I don't keep up with the details like I use to.
CaptainXJ Yeah you feel like you are going a 100 mph and dont wanna hit the brakes because they will lock up. Then at the bottom. You worry the brakes will not work! And if you crawl down that is more nerve racking because it seems to take forever to get down and you are afraid you will tumble.
😄😄😄 You got that right! It's like nobody ever thinks about a dog going down some stairs, probably the same feeling. Uphill is all floorboard, then coming down is ride it out and hope you don't break too much traction.
BIGFOOT #8 & #9 are my favorite trucks out of them all. That generation Ford body is the best looking body when sitting on some 66" tires. Actually, that generation Ford body looks just as good sitting on BIGFOOT #8 on 48" tires. BIGFOOT #10 & #11 are hot on their tail though.
Good old #9, shame that the trucks not apart of the Bigfoot fleet. Bigfoot 9 and 8 were 2 of the best trucks during beginning of the stage 3 designs of monster trucks. With some changes to #9 from #8 the truck was impressive as are all of the Bigfoot trucks are.
@@TheIcpfan23 They cut #9 loose sadly. It was going to cost a fortune to get it released from customs, so they just let Brazil have it. Some footage of it exists here on youtube, but its pretty sickening, you can tell the trucks been greatly neglected in its time over there.
This particular truck was still running an old school style clutch, he wasn't geared down enough on the first try. He dropped it in bulldog and rammed the pedal through the floorboard; even these (and modern) monster truck engines just can't roll those massive wheels very well on uphill runs, plus those tires each weighed a few hundred pounds. The newer BKT tires are basically just high performance balloon tires, much lighter. Oh, the custom built transfer cases on most of these early 90's monster trucks ran incredibly slow, while the transmission was going off the charts, so even in its lowest gear there was a lot of struggle to climb hills. Lower gearing in the differentials helped, and moving the brakes inboard to the front of the diffs or at the front driveline base helped slow them back down, as normal hub brakes weren't much of an option, especially with planetary units on the end of each axle. Sorry so long, big 4x4 trucks are my thing.
@@beltfed4624 Those old Terra tires were more than just a few hundred pounds, they were about 1000lbs each (un shaved) they could trim them down to 600lbs or so if they shaved them though.
I wouldn't be surprised if Bigfoot #9 was putting out around 1500-1700hp at this point. The old leaf sprung stage 2 Monster trucks were around 700 - 1000hp and the Stage 1 early monster trucks were more so around 500 - 600hp.
Nathan McDonald a lot of stage2 trucks were around 1500 to 2000 . Usa1, ecology eliminator, grave digger2, carolina crusher2 , king kong3, bigfoot4,6,7. (just 2 name a few with high HP)
You're correct sayin "Don't try it in a Chevy!" This slight hill is a launch ramp for Chevy's! A landing pad must be constructed in the adjacent acreage before Chevy's give it a whirl. FORD -- Friggen Old Rebuilt Dodge
Nah, 1989 USA-1 probably could have made the climb, but it would have had to work for it. Bigfoot #9 here was far superior to the 1989 USA-1 in just about every single way.
Meanwhile in monster jam: there doing long backflips, front flips and super high airtime while they all run the same c1 540ci Chevy block and give no crap.
@@orangecrate5895 For sure, well said. If you see footage taken from on the hill its insane how steep it is of just loose gravel, Its a wonder that Bigfoot #1 and USA-1 were able to do it considering the sheer mass they had to drag up that hill.
SOOOO much fluorescent clothing . 1990 was cool!
Dayum. That truck was Poppin wheelies in the 90s. Beast!
Bigfoot #9 makes it look so easy! I remember how bigfoot #1 struggled to make it on top in the VHS "bigfoot in action".
I was there when Bob chandler drove big foot #1 over the hill. The first monster truck to ever do so . That was awesome way back in the day.
Yep. back when monster trucks were actually trucks.
I was there as well, I was just a kid, was amazing, he came back down and came right to the bottom center of the crowd and we all got to shake his hand, one of the best memories of my childhood, fast forward to 2022 while back in Ohio I went to put flowers on my grandfather’s grave for Memorial Day roughly 40 yards from the summit of that very same hill.
That truck was wicked! Even with mufflers.
Man Jim can drive he was a wildman driving Bigfoot.
Him and brass were the best
We've been going to Gravelrama for 32 years & that is still one of the coolest moments that has ever happened there!.. The 50th Anniversary is coming up in 2020, it would be so awesome if the Bigfoot family made a return!
VoN
Definitely be cool
This place at
Is that Bigfoot #7? I remember the one that was at race rock down in Orlando Florida looking similar to this one except for the tires
ls1killa says in title its bigfoot #9
There will never be another Bigfoot. King of the monster trucks.
Big foot is the king of the monster trucks
All the mullets in the crowd is what really makes this video great!
the longer the mullet the greater traction on the incline
It's funny, in the 90's that was huge, I was a fan. Now a days they land jumps, from the height of that hill, from Bigfoot to grave digger, i've seen many huge high jumps landed. Impressive how the tech has moved, in the last near 30 years. Oh my God I'm getting old
Not a cellphone in site! Those were the Good 'Ol Days!
What did you use to comment this
@@Leatherface123. greg heffleys ladybug phone
Why do people care if others have cell phones?
Back when trucks were real steel and not these cookie cutter fiberglass b/s.
People used to interact with people before stupid social media and cell phones. I wish we didn't have smart phones they ruin humanity
Go big bigfoot!! Thank you for showing us this great movie! Oh man he's still the king of monsters to me.
This truck has bin my favorite. I was ten when I first watched him roll out at the Metrodome. Here in mpls . Thank you Bigfoot for all the good really big big show . Your my favorite monster truck !!!!
My absolute favorite Bigfoot. Wish you would build another front engine truck. I know it might be outdated but it'd be awesome to see
Max D and outlaw are still front engine would love to see a bigfoot on a modern front engine chassis like those
@@SUPRAMIKE18 Did El Toro Loco stop using the front engine design? I remember seeing him and making note of the front engine. I don't keep up with the details like I use to.
just saw this comment...pretty cool that you got your wish and the Bigfoot team built exactly what ya wanted :)
As an experienced off-roader, down is always way more scary then up!
CaptainXJ Yeah you feel like you are going a 100 mph and dont wanna hit the brakes because they will lock up. Then at the bottom. You worry the brakes will not work! And if you crawl down that is more nerve racking because it seems to take forever to get down and you are afraid you will tumble.
😄😄😄 You got that right! It's like nobody ever thinks about a dog going down some stairs, probably the same feeling. Uphill is all floorboard, then coming down is ride it out and hope you don't break too much traction.
And getting sideways on the hill is the worst.
Than
Thank you so much for uploading all this old footage. Always look forward to the next clip to pop up.
BIGFOOT #8 & #9 are my favorite trucks out of them all. That generation Ford body is the best looking body when sitting on some 66" tires. Actually, that generation Ford body looks just as good sitting on BIGFOOT #8 on 48" tires. BIGFOOT #10 & #11 are hot on their tail though.
8 and 9 were like the dale Earnhardt’s of Bigfoot
10 & 11 were like Richard petty
11 especially during the wild foot era
Really Jim Kramer is one of the greatest monster trucks of all times!
Look at all that Neon!
Jim Kramer was a childhood hero.
That was awesome! That man had some stones!
Anyone remembers playing luke this in the sand with Tonka trucks? The good ol day's. ❤
I saw this grave digger truck in California in 1990. I was 8. The love never ended. 😁👍
That’s the paint scheme I associate with Bigfoot!
Wow, compared the climbs of the original truck, that made it look easy.
GreenJeep1998 rfwtteetwteyegeyeyey
yeah cause its ight weight and the original is heavy
Good old #9, shame that the trucks not apart of the Bigfoot fleet. Bigfoot 9 and 8 were 2 of the best trucks during beginning of the stage 3 designs of monster trucks. With some changes to #9 from #8 the truck was impressive as are all of the Bigfoot trucks are.
They still got Bigfoot 8 its doing displays and exhibition car crushes. they said it was expensive to bring number 9 back to the states.
@@TheIcpfan23 They cut #9 loose sadly. It was going to cost a fortune to get it released from customs, so they just let Brazil have it. Some footage of it exists here on youtube, but its pretty sickening, you can tell the trucks been greatly neglected in its time over there.
Ate that hill for lunch.
So much neon green and pink....
No kidding lol, The Times
Great driver👍
This makes me happy
Bigfoot TV suggestion is there any wrestletruck video in the Bigfoot vault that wasn't aired on t.v.?
Hell yes!!!
CLASSIC!!!!
The 1970 USA-1 and the original BIGFOOT are the only leafers to successfully top the Big Eliminator.
I was born That day!
Aww still a great built truck
Any make or model monster truck could do that today !!! Butt there’s just something impressive about the big blue Ford doing it !!
Was this truck turbocharged? #9 sounded different than any other Bigfoot. @bigfootoriginal
#9 actually had a clutch and muffler at the time this video was taken. So that is what is giving it a unique sound.
@@bigfoot4x4 Still has a belt driven supercharger right?
@@jacko4511 Correct. To my knowledge Bigfoot trucks have always used belt driven superchargers.
What's Richard Simmons doing there?
Sweatin' to the oldies, what else?
Big foot rocks
One word, not two.........It's Bigfoot
f****** awesome keep up the good work guys
Beast
Going up is easy it's going down that's crazy
Awsome video
What's more exciting to drive, this or a trophy truck?
Both would be blast, but I would choose Bigfoot.
The old trucks were way cooler even if they wasn't as good
What mods he did to the engine so it climbed?
It's always No .1
What engine mods were done to climb? In the first try it didn't climb
This particular truck was still running an old school style clutch, he wasn't geared down enough on the first try. He dropped it in bulldog and rammed the pedal through the floorboard; even these (and modern) monster truck engines just can't roll those massive wheels very well on uphill runs, plus those tires each weighed a few hundred pounds. The newer BKT tires are basically just high performance balloon tires, much lighter. Oh, the custom built transfer cases on most of these early 90's monster trucks ran incredibly slow, while the transmission was going off the charts, so even in its lowest gear there was a lot of struggle to climb hills. Lower gearing in the differentials helped, and moving the brakes inboard to the front of the diffs or at the front driveline base helped slow them back down, as normal hub brakes weren't much of an option, especially with planetary units on the end of each axle. Sorry so long, big 4x4 trucks are my thing.
@@beltfed4624 Those old Terra tires were more than just a few hundred pounds, they were about 1000lbs each (un shaved) they could trim them down to 600lbs or so if they shaved them though.
@@beltfed4624 He was just packing down the start of the hill, nothing more...did it the second time too.
Amazing. Curious what the hp output is estimated at?
Jon & Alycia most Bigfoots run about 1500
pineapple man back in 90 they were probably running about 900 maybe 1,000 hp. Whole different level of performance back then
I wouldn't be surprised if Bigfoot #9 was putting out around 1500-1700hp at this point. The old leaf sprung stage 2 Monster trucks were around 700 - 1000hp and the Stage 1 early monster trucks were more so around 500 - 600hp.
Nathan McDonald a lot of stage2 trucks were around 1500 to 2000 . Usa1, ecology eliminator, grave digger2, carolina crusher2 , king kong3, bigfoot4,6,7. (just 2 name a few with high HP)
Wooooooow
Hey isn’t the truck kidnapped by Brazil
It wasn't kidnapped if you search it up it would explain the full story
@@TheIcpfan23 Kidnapped isn't the right word, but stolen is.
Ford Power. Don't try that with your chevy lol
You're correct sayin "Don't try it in a Chevy!" This slight hill is a launch ramp for Chevy's! A landing pad must be constructed in the adjacent acreage before Chevy's give it a whirl. FORD -- Friggen Old Rebuilt Dodge
Nah, 1989 USA-1 probably could have made the climb, but it would have had to work for it. Bigfoot #9 here was far superior to the 1989 USA-1 in just about every single way.
Meanwhile in monster jam: there doing long backflips, front flips and super high airtime while they all run the same c1 540ci Chevy block and give no crap.
Would love to see ecology eliminator fly up this
Probably has a Chevy big block in it
Grave digger could never do that
@@orangecrate5895 For sure, well said. If you see footage taken from on the hill its insane how steep it is of just loose gravel, Its a wonder that Bigfoot #1 and USA-1 were able to do it considering the sheer mass they had to drag up that hill.
Another "Boss 9", by Ford.
We're are the cell phones?
You did what?
Bigfoot #1 climbing that hill is WAY COOLER
i think both are cooler
Show off
McDonald's stripe Bigfoot.
Hot wheels
Bigfoot 9 isn’t a truck. big difference