Monster Truck 101

[DaPlumber]

Sudden Impact Racing.
SIR #001 - Original Wild Child/Now Sudden Impact 1
SIR #002 - Original Sudden Impact/Now Excaliber
SIR #003 - Original Nitro Fish/Now Sudden Impact 2
SIR #004 - Original Pure Adrenalin/Now T-MAXX
SIR #005 - Patrick Chassis, Currently being built in Michigan
SIR #006 - Custom Chassis design by Tim Bush, Currently being built in Michigan

www.SuddenImpact.com

 

[stallion85]

Saweet! I love monster trucks....big tires and big HP! You can't go wrong it's the American Dream......lol

 

[beater_k20]

bringing any of them to Lima this year?

 

[mtnman210]

Are you gonna be at the Monster Jam event in Anaheim here in socal? I'm debating whether to go to that one or not still

 

[thatK30guy]

Bumping this one...hoping for new updates.

 

[76zimmer]

S.O.B. thats cool....and looks like bigtime funnernhell.

 

[mr.smartass]

My girl firend picks on me because I still wanna go to Monster Truck shows... How old are you? You don't have like a 20 year old daughter who needs a nice honest guy that likes monter trucks do ya? Can you explain planetaries? Is it like another gear reduction at the hub? And allows for 4 wheel steer or what?

 

[thatK30guy]

Planetaries is a term for the hub assembly which has a sun gear (in the middle) and either 3 or 4 gears surrounding it, hence the name "planetaries". This allows gear reduction at the hub rather than the ring and pinion. It also takes off a lot of stress off the hubs, too, whereas running a straight 1.1:0 ratio at the hub will mean more stress and that translates to shaft breakage.

 

[mr.smartass]

Cool... anyone ever designed smaller planetaries for like a 14bolt and D60? If not, why? And if not, I call dibs on the patent!

 

[thatK30guy]

No, the planetary hub is HUGE. The ones used in monster trucks won't even fit inside the 15" tires, nor 16", etc. They are big.

 

[beater_k20]

And if not, I call dibs on the patent!

i'm pretty sure that to get the patent, you need to do the legwork...

 

[BranndonC]

the Anaheim shows are close to me, very close! If you do go, let me know!

 

[K5MONSTERCHEV]

You have THE coolest job next to the driver. It would be so cool to get a job building monster trucks!!! Thanks for the pics!

 

[mr.smartass]

i'm pretty sure that to get the patent, you need to do the legwork...

No that's ok... one of you build it and I'll make the money, deal?

 

[DaPlumber]

planetary !!!

 

[DaPlumber]

the Anaheim shows are close to me, very close! If you do go, let me know!

I dont go that far west.. I do go to Vages!!!

 

[DaPlumber]

more pics...

 

[Confedneck79K30]

thats a lot of black, gonna name it vader?

 

[DaPlumber]

T-MAXX

 

[stallion85]

That is way cool. So is this what you do for a living? Or is this a off work passion thing.

Just curious, I would imagine it would be great 9-5 job....lol