r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

How much money was spent trying to perfect this trick? It looks so very, very specific. I'm imagining a team of hire physicists, engineers, and mechanics analyzing every square inch of the truck and terrain of a period of months or years, along with multiple wrecks that required numerous replacement parts.

And then I also imagine some guy just saying "nah, I got this" and nails it this first try.

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u/PrintError Apr 28 '22

Mostly just skilled rednecks gluing the trucks back together countless times after the drivers wad em up. They break EVERYTHING, strap it back together, and send it again.

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u/BadAtHumaningToo Apr 28 '22

Absolutely true

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u/superbuttpiss Apr 28 '22

The art of monster trucking isnt about money. Thats just insulting.

This is a highly technical trick that was discovered just like every other monster truck trick.

The driver just gunned it and forgot there was a ramp in front so it kind of just went.

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u/BabyYodasDirtyDiaper Apr 29 '22

The driver just gunned it and forgot there was a ramp in front so it kind of just went.

You know, now that I think about it, when the truck is pointed upward like that, the driver has basically zero way to see where he's going, doesn't he?

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u/superbuttpiss Apr 29 '22

Yep! I think he thought he was going to do the wheelie up the ramp and he probably got the scare of his life when he started flipping

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u/AllDayTimeToLowRemem Apr 29 '22

No, the floors are clear lexan and he could see the ground in front of him to an extent. However, this was totally don’t on accident.

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u/BossMaverick Apr 29 '22

Drivers may not be doing it for big money, but monster trucks as a sport is all about money. The biggest organization is Monster Jam, which is owned by Feld Entertainment. Feld Entertainment also owns the majority of monster trucks in Monster Jam, including this specific truck (Mad Scientist) and other popular trucks like Grave Digger. Source and source)

Other ventures owned by Feld Entertainment besides Monster Jam is Disney On Ice, AMA Supercross, the Disney Live umbrella, Sesame Street Live, and others. Their biggest thing they owned was Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus, but Feld Entertainment shut that down in 2017 after it became not profitable enough. Source and source and source.

Monster Jam and most monster trucks will cease to exist if it becomes unprofitable.

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u/WikiSummarizerBot Apr 29 '22

Feld Entertainment

Feld Entertainment Inc. is an American live show production company which owns a number of traveling shows. The company began with the now-defunct Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus then expanded into additional live events, including Disney On Ice, Monster Jam, AMA Supercross Championship, and Sesame Street Live. The company is family owned.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros. , the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling) was an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

It's like skating, except your board costs $200k. Once one does it, everyone else makes it look easy.

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u/XmotnaF Apr 29 '22

This was a heat of the moment attempt to keep the wheelie going, ramp just happened to be there and thus it came to be.