🇬🇧 BRIT F1 Fan Reacts To GRAVE DIGGER - Monster Jam’s MOST FAMOUS Monster Truck?? 

Son-uva Digger has done a couple videos with Hoonigan talking in depth about the truck itself and then playing on the pavement. Dennis Anderson was the original Digger. His 3 kids all drive now after Dennis retired in 2017 after an injury. Adam and Krysten have taken over as drivers for Digger. Ryan is the driver of Son-uva Digger

Fun Fact: The names of the monster trucks on the tombstones on Grave Digger are the trucks that Grave Digger has defeated.

My husband and I saw Grave Digger’s 25th anniversary show here in Las Vegas. It was amazing they brought out all the Grave Digger trucks and they all raced around the track together jumping over each other. Jaw dropping show.

Interestingly, the monster truck so iconic that it teamed up with a drag racing car. Such a badass scheme! ________________________________________ 5:42...... I love how monster trucks sing so loud.

My dad used to buy me all the Toy and RC GraveDigger Trucks when I was younger!!!! Still have most of them in a box somewhere, It was definitely a big part of my childhood!

In the 80's when this was new, they'd regularly sell out 70,000 seat arenas.

These trucks, including Grave Digger, come to the town I live in (North Louisiana US) every year. Took my now ten year old son to see them for his 6th birthday. Other than the insane volume of loudness inside the building they do these stunts in, my son had a ball! Got to do meet and greet and take pics with the drivers and the trucks before the show! It’s a lot of fun!

Ahh, Grave Digger... been a very popular truck since the early 1990s. The original driver, Dennis Anderson, has his own mud racing track now. I've gotten to meet him and his kids on a few occasions, and they're all really nice guys. Dennis is a big guy though, a bit bigger than on TV.

You’ve got to react to SON UVA DIGGER moments

Former Monster Jam employee here again. Really enjoy your reaction videos! You mentioned the economics. It’s unique. Monster Jam owns a lot of the trucks that are apart if their shows like Grave Digger, Max D, Zombie, etc. and they hire the drivers and the crews for them. Drivers and crews get flown into each show while they hire a trucking company to haul the trucks around. A lot of their revenue is merchandise sales, a lot of it is ticket sales. Drivers and crew are paid either on a per show or salary bases depending on your position. Events are no longer being held in Vegas as they stadium they run is being torn down, they may run the new stadium in Vegas in the future. They run a lot of arenas and stadiums that the NFL, NHL, NBA use. It is coast to coast. As I mentioned in a previous video they typically do European tours every summer, but they also do Australian tours and have done South America, Asia, etc in past. This year shows have been held where Covid restrictions are light and they’re slowly getting back to normal in the US and who knows when they’ll be back to doing shows outside the US. Drivers have gotten hurt, but it’s gotten better over the years. I don’t believe a driver has ever died. Grave Digger is still around, still digging graves. Before Covid there are usually 8 Digger trucks with different drivers so each Monster Jam every weekend has a Grave Digger. This is fun for me. I hope you don’t mind. I’d love to answer any questions based on my experience in the industry.

World Championship is held in Las Vegas yearly. Monster Jam does go to the UK. The trucks weigh 12,000 pounds with 1,400 HP Supercharged Big Block engines.

In case someone hasn't told you yet, there is a Monster Truck event that is going to be held in the UK at Santa Pod in August...

Dennis Anderson is the founder of Grave Digger. He has retired from driving monster jam. His 2 sons and daughter are still driving. There are at least 10 trucks on tour for master jam with the grave digger name. He has had multiple drivers during for him through the years. All of them must put on a show that he would be proud of. He doesn't care about breaking the trucks as long as the driver is ok and they put on a good show. He thinks the fans every show for his house and all of the fun he gets to have.

I highly recommend checking out some non-monster jam monster truck action. Monster Jam is awesome of course and is the largest promotion out there but theres so many amazing moments in the independent scene. Monster Truck Throwdown, All Star Monster Truck Tour, Malicious Monster Truck Tour, etc. They all have outstanding drivers and their own unique charm. As for locations, Monster truck shows are everywhere, but Monster Jam has most of its big stadium shows in Anaheim California, Houston Texas, and around Florida (Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami).

The original driver (Dennis Anderson) is now retired, but his two sons (Adam and Ryan) and his Daughter (Kristin) all drive now. Adam and Kristin now drive grave digger and Ryan drives Son Uva Digger! Also: Last time I went last year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was about $50 a seat Also as well sorry for editing this so much, but now the fans in the stadium pick who wins in freestyle through a specific website for that day's event!

His son Ryan Anderson who drives son of a digger did a youtube video on the Hoonigan channel where he tore up the burn yard. But he explained all of the components on the truck. No seat suspension and not padding, seat belt is tightened with a ratchet wrench.

Yes there is in Las Vegas is the BIG event. The World Finals, 20 plus trucks battle in racing, two wheel skills, and freestyle. Yes they held events everywhere in the USA. They had held over 20 World finals events. 2000-2020. RU-vid has LOADS of world final videos. With great action!

The glowing red disks under the truck are the brakes. They get pretty hot

He is a nice guy, i met him and his sons. The truck is one of the ogs. The real og monster truck is Bigfoot

7:33 he made a turbo sound xD like brodozer!

That would be Grave Digger! The truck, the myth, the legend. Living forever in Monster Jam lore. You need to react to NFL Crunch Course. This way, you can get an understanding of not only the science behind punishing ball carriers, but also legends who played the game the way it was meant to be played from the beginning!

I believe they go on tour, and are usually done at sporting arenas. I know a few years ago, they had a special thing going on with Cedar Point Amusement Park, where you could ride in them and meet the drivers.

The original Driver of Grave Digger was Dennis Anderson. He has sense retired and now his kids Adam Anderson,Ryan Anderson, Krysten Anderson and son-in-law Tyler Menninga now carry on the legacy of Grave Digger. Dennis retired because of an injury he sustained which led him to be hospitalized. Adam, Ryan, and Tyler are amazing and Krysten is an up and coming driver.

Went to Monster jam in Biloxi Mississippi tonight and it was $31 for adult admission.. if you were to go to a show in the states I would suggest Las Vegas New Orleans or Kansas City due to the size of their arenas it allows for bigger jumps. I highly recommend. I've never looked that up but they have a car crusher that also performs that these events it was incredible I saw it tonight

Events are held worldwide in small and large arenas. Tickets to the smaller arenas are usually $10 for general admission. Tickets at the larger arenas are usually $20 for general admission. The most I ever paid was $25 per ticket at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore Maryland, and that was for a general admission ticket and pit passes to meet all the drivers.

Yes they are held all over the US and other areas. Tickets normally range $35- $100 depending on seat location. Just did a search and found 3 monster truck events in the UK if you are interested, or you could show up in the North Carolina/South Carolina area in may to see NHRA racing at ZMAX, NASCAR at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Monster Jam in Greenville SC all in about 2 weeks.

5:23 1500. Extremely powerful. Also check out bad bounces

I'm glad to be both an F1 fan and a Monster Jam/Grave Digger fan

This video really shows why in Dennis’s early career they used to call him “One Run Anderson”

These are like 1500 hp supercharged engines and they have 4 wheel steer. If u can check out some in cockpit shots of these guys driving its crazy when they catch that huge air, they can see zero of where there landing. Also, love the reaction man awesome to see anyone getting into new motorsports

Back in the day, the 2 most popular trucks were Bigfoot and Grave Digger. Bigfoot started the whole thing, and pushed the innovation of monster trucks to where they are today, but Grave Digger was always my favorite. The paint job and reckless driving style of Dennis Anderson won me over. Kind of a shame we don't see Bigfoot as much on tv, but they want to stay independent from Monster Jam.

Motocross is one of my favorite live Motorsport events! I really like the big jumps 😁

For several years as a kid my Dad would take me to see Monster Jam for my birthday seeing as the show would always come through town around my birthday. Grave Digger was always my favorite as well. They preform all over the country, I live near St.Louis Missouri and they come through every year but there's a website that will tell you where and when they'll be. I'm not sure what the official site is but ticketmaster.com would have the information as well, just search Monster Jam on there. P.S. The Grave Digger is rated at 1,500 horsepower. P.P.S. $50 is about the price of general admission but it might vary from venue to venue and I actually recommend not getting what is considered the best seats, you really don't want to be it the closer seats partially because of mud flying around but about midway up on the sides you get such a better view of the whole thing. I however wouldn't recommend the nosebleeds either though, they're just a little too far away. Seats shouldn't be a problem, there's never a completely full house at these events. P.P.P.S. Grave Digger is still going there's also Son of Grave Digger which is Dennis Andersons son. As far as the original truck goes I'm not sure if Dennis Anderson is still driving or if someone took over for him but the truck is still crushing it. Literally, lol.

Grew up watching Dennis Anderson and Grave Digger and then his sons and daughter. Became so popular their were several traveling the country at once. Every year Tacoma Dome in Washington . The number on the side is how many Diggers have been built new not repaired and Dennis & the Digger started out as Mud Bog Racing.

yup Grave Digger is the GOAT of Monster Trucks. No doubt about it in my book.

Horsepower is 1500-1600 The shows are in different states, the world finals used to be held in Las Vegas, but last time they did it was before the pandemic and that was in Orlando

I think Manchester host this sometime. But if you want the full experience, go to the deep south. Their often in my state Georgia. You'll have a blast buddy!

Pre-Pandemic there was an annual event on the International tour going to Cardiff Wales.

Monster Truck HP is around 1300-1600HP depending on the truck, some teams have them setup differently.

If I remember correctly the grave digger name comes from the original driver trash talking and saying something like "I'll take this old rust bucket and dig you a grave with it."

Yes! More monster truck videos, please!

The inventor, grandfather, and guru of monster trucks is Bob Chandler who has a company called Bigfoot 4X4 Inc. based in St. Louis. You can visit his facility and see some of the vehicles and how they are built. I highly recommend it.

I’ve had the pleasure to see these in real life and if you ever get the chance to go it’s so worth it

They usually have an event at the beginning of February every year in Houston,Tx right before the rodeo season

Being there live is just awesome.

the flame just before 10:34 is from the pinion brake. they dont have brakes out at the wheel only at where the driveshaft connects to the axle. so thats what ya see glowing all the time.

They come to our arena here at least twice a year. The arena shows are 10 minutes from our house.

It helps to have steering at the front and rear. The axles are military surplus. They run about $4000 for a rebuilt pair.

As far as the revenue goes there are two different situations. Monster Jam is owned by Feld Entertainment. Their drivers are considered employees. Feld owns most of their own trucks (Grave Digger, Max-D, etc.) so costs to repair the trucks are covered by the company and they have a fleet of mechanics and engineers ready to repair the trucks after each show. The drivers who are under contract with Feld will often receive a salary for the year and have their travel expenses covered. You will also see drivers shuffled around from truck to truck as the promoters want to put the best driver in the most popular truck so it wins and sells more merchandise. The second situation is how most independent teams get paid. These are your average Joe who builds a monster truck and does shows for smaller tours. Those drivers are paid on a “per appearance” basis and are often paid according to their popularity and their skill. The biggest difference is that these teams own all of their own equipment. This includes everything from the truck to the hauler to the tools. That’s why you’ll see these teams tend to be more on the conservative side when racing or freestyling as every time they break something it comes out of their own pocket. These teams are also heavily dependent on sponsors and merch sales to try and make ends meet. Obviously it can get much more complicated than that as there are some independent teams that get brought into Monster Jam events to fill out the field, but that’s just kind of the basics.

Grave Digger was a bonifide star. Even if they weren't in the 70,000 plus crowds, every kid in the country in the 80s and 90s saw the TV commercials they ran for it, with a big booming voiced narrator, where the word "Sunday" (the events were usually on Sunday afternoons) would echo. And the toys. Hot Wheels replicas of Grave Digger, Motorized RV vehicles, etc., it was all over toy stores. The other OG Monster Truck was called "Bigfoot". In many shows, Bigfoot and Grave Digger were posed as "enemies", akin to Optimus Prime and Megatron.

Tickets cost between $50 and $175 per seat. The cost to build a monster truck is $150,000 to $250,000. To buy a truck that is already finished plan on paying at least $300,000 for a 20 year old truck. The original Grave Digger truck was retired years ago. Grave Digger is a 1957 Chevy Panel Wagon. Grave Digger is powered by a 540 cubic inch 8.85 liter supercharged motor developing 1,500 horsepower. One of the retired Grave Digger trucks was rumored to sell for $500,000.

Grave Digger will make an appearance at "Monsters on the Beach" in Virginia Beach, Virginia October 8 - October 10

10:22 That's the differential blowing up.

BIGFOOT is the OG of monster trucks. He was the first. He jumped a 747 (wing tip to wing tip). Need to do a video about BIGFOOT. They even have a mini van that has tank tracks on it. And he has the biggest monster truck. (Tallest) it's wheels, you can stand in side of them and not touch the top.

Checked the schedule for these guys, everything postponed or cancelled thru mid April. Keep up with it search Monster Truck Schedule.

Perfect example of American big boy toy games. I know in a normal year they would have come here to southern California, usually in February. I'm sure they make the rounds throughout the US all year.

They have some in my hometown. Look up the washington tacoma dome monster jam accident. Sad story

Monster jam goes do Cardiff almost every year (except last year obviously) They also go to Australia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Canada, Spain. And show right now are mainly in Texas, Missouri, and Florida for Monster Jam

aye the og days grave digger is one of the best even el toro loco mi amigo!

The OG driver Dennis Anderson is still around but he is driving Mega Trucks now. Check out King Sling.

all of these weren't just one driver btw, these were multiple drivers and they are (not all were in the video, but i figure I name them anyway lol) Dennis Anderson (Creator, 1982-2017) Adam Anderson (2007, 2016-present) Krysten Anderson (2017-present) Charlie Pauken (1999-present) Chad Tingler (2006-2016) Carl Van Horn (2005, 2011-2016) Pablo Huffaker (1993-2018) Gary Porter (2001-2014) Rod Schmidt (2002-2012) Jon Zimmer (2013-2016) Cole Vernard (2016-2017)

They tour all over, I think they've been to the U.K. before. The 4-wheel steering is what allows them to do alot of those tricks. 1,500hp

Yoo you have to react to hoonigan gymkhana videos💯they are amazing. I promise, u wont regret it.

They make about 1500 hp with a supercharged big block V8

Fun fact: The engines in these trucks have a lot in common with top alcohol dragsters. They are supercharged, they burn methanol and are usually around 500 cubic inches (8.9 liters) The biggest difference is the power. Top alcohol dragsters have about 5000 horsepower whereas monster trucks have about 1500 horsepower.

I'm going to be aging myself, but for me the "Most Famous Monster Truck" will always be the original, the one and only "BigFoot", and I'm a Chevy guy!! 🤣🤣

Monster trucks make about 1500 hp. If you think its loud on the video then go to an event. Ive been to tons of them. There are like 10 times louder in person. Your chest thumps. Ive been to an inside stadium and the ceiling started to shed its insulation and looked like snow coming down. range between $27.00 and $3402.00. The average price for a ticket to a single race during the 2023 season is around $106.42.

Monster jam is mainly held in the US as its an American motor sport. Though not too long ago they did go to Japan for an event at the metlife

Most of these events are held at football stadiums. The smaller tracks are indoor hockey arenas! The engine in these are based on alcohol powered funny car (NHRA) engines that produce around 2500 horse power! The Grave Digger is probably the most popular, but it wasn't the first. The monster truck Big Foot was the first,but because of a complicated turn of events. Big Foot doesn't perform with the Monster Jam brand!

Monster Jam drivers are paid an equal hourly wage, plus individual commission from merch sold at vendors. The trucks themselves are owned and repaired by the parent company, who are also stake owners of each of the trucks on their promotion 👍🏻

Hey, I've been watching you videos and keep it up. I like the diversity of topics. Now for Grave Digger and Monster Jam. The Digger Dungeon (HQ) is in North Carolina near the Virginia border which is right down the road from me and they do have a Digger with extra seats so they give rides (for a modest fee). MJ has events all over the country during the Monster Jam season. It is a sport with its own league just like NASCAR. I have been to multiple events and I highly recommend you try to catch one while you are here. You wont regret it. Bring hearing protection because its deafening.

Kabir your best bet is to do Vegas / LA because they are quite close. (About a 4 hr drive) And between them you will find 1000 things to do. My family is meeting up in Vegas to celebrate my mom's 80th birthday in August. We've rented a small mansion to accommodate us all. Vegas has it all Kabir. NACAR, bull riding, monster trucks, comedy shows, sights, food, Lake Mead boating, gambling, people. We are doing a helicopter tour of the city this time. (A young guy like you should try the zip line.) I grew up in California just a half day drive from Las Vegas and probably have been there 50 times or more. I have many friends, former neighbors, and colleagues that live there now. It was a popular place to relocate to back in the 90's and early 2000's. It remains a great place to retire due to low taxes and lower cost of living. The other big west coast cities have gotten so expensive that its cause a migration of sorts to the lesser known and MUCH less expensive states like Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. 😂😂😂😂 I do recognize one of these stadiums at 8:09 in the video. 👍👍👍 That is the Los Angeles Angels baseball stadium. Take time to visit San Diego if you can. It is a spectacular city. Beautiful, clean, safe with perfect weather. I've lived in the Seattle area for the past 21 years and for natural beauty and a dynamic economy it is has been in the 10 cities for decades. 💜💜💜💜💜 So while you are already on the west coast.😎😎 Come on up here. We'd love to meet you in person. 😋😋

The guy that drives the truck is so nice I met him

You GOTTA see what Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction does.

Fun fact: every Digger body is hand painted. Also averages 1,500 horsies

I've been a grave digger fan since around 1990 give or take. My 5 year old obsession was monster trucks.

Grave Digger is still around. The original driver got hurt attempting to do a back flip (under rotated and landed square on its roof from about 20-30ft in the air). There are 41 Trucks that have been built and there are 7 drivers including The son and daughter of the original driver. The grave digger trucks have 1,450HP but monster jam trucks range in power from 1200-2000hp (Alcohol injected not gasoline).

Sadly, they no longer go to Vegas. from 2000-2018 it held the "World Finals", but then in 2019 the "All-Star Challenge", but now the stadium is in a state of limbo as to what Nevada's doing with it, and monster jam now is supposed to tour at a different venue each year for the finals. It was Orlando in 2019, and so far no one's sure where it'll be this year, if it is this year again.

Bigfoot was the first that i know of. The trucks now are completely different machines, where the 80s into the 90s they were closer to being just jacked up trucks that would mostly do car crushing and jumping long lines of cars. More of a side act than the main event. I looked up the price for my town here in Tennessee and tickets started at $7 for kids $20 for adults (and an average of $48).

The events are held all over America. I took my son to one in Tampa Florida

There is one held in my hometown, Syracuse, NY every year.

They do in fact come to the UK

Depending on where you get your tickets and where you're sitting, ticket prices will vary. For example Ticket master had prices range from $50-$150 in the show I went to. Other sites could of course charge a lot more or less

As scary as driving one of these would be, the idea of riding a bull ... :;shudder::

I thought I should let you know Today is Opening day for Baseball. This is one of the biggest celebrations of the year. Everyone is talking Baseball. It's America's past time and during any normal year the streets will be filled with people drinking and celebrating all the festivities.

grave digger was special back when they use to crush cars - now its like all the others but its still fun

I love watching Monster Jam

Also check into the maximum destruction truck

10:24 the flames you see are actually just the breaks rotors glowing hot from the way Dennis would ride on them and constantly use them whilst driving, still see it happen although not as much.

Check the dates at Santa Pod raceway looks like they have a date there.

Horse power is averaged at 1500 but it can go a lot higher The revenue is that all the money goes between the venue and monster jam and the drivers and crew get a consistent rate of money but they all get payed a hefty amount Also There’s been over 40 different grave digger trucks with 6-7 running every weekend or was up until covid hit but now its 2 (yes they are still doing shows with a decent amount of fans The shows for the most part are held across the United states mainly from January to May but in the spring and summer they do an International tour where they go all over the world here’s some of the locations Multiple across Europe Japan Australia China Brazil Africa And mexico But still doing shows in the US during that period but mainly Hockey and basketball arenas Then in October it goes into somewhat full gear with shows Also to answer this most shows take place in Football and Baseball stadiums and the previously mentioned Hockey and Basketball arenas are the most common but as I’m typing this Monster Jam is making its Debut at Atlanta Motorspeedway where nascar its held (it’ll probably be done on the front stretch) There used to be a big event in Las Vegas called the “World Finals” which is basically the Superbowl of monster jam with the biggest line up of trucks and there’s a quite a few amount of trucks that bring one off special paint schemes the main one to do this every year Is Avenger which has came a tradition but many other trucks do the same But with Sam Boyd being brought down in the next few years they moved the event to Camping World stadium in Orlando Florida where they held it in 2019 and had dates for 2020 but covid brought those to a screeching hault

They do around the world events but they do the shows in the US first

The shocks are custom for them with 30inches of travel. They are powered by 540 cubic inch supercharged engine making 1,500 hp. when you said look at the flame those are brakes on the driveshaft

They are around 1300-1600hp range (Grave Digger specificaly probably running closer to 1700)

Tickets cost like $40-50 for the seats furthest from center and increase to over $200+ for first 10 rows - they have the events in just about every state thru out the country and the major cities in states usually will have an event at least once a year and pretty sure its all year round. I've only been to one when I was a kid at the Houston Astro Dome during the early 1980s and it was no where near as insane as what they do now. It was still cool very loud and you could even smell the exhaust being it was inside a arena! We like to do things big here in America!!!!

Digger’s Dungeon in North Carolina the home of Grave Digger. Check out King Sling Dennis Anderson’s mega truck

You probably should visit Charlotte North Carolina. You get the 4 wide drag strip and NASCAR.

Nearly all the trucks are owned by FELD Entertainment, and drivers are employed to drive a given truck, which is why they run so hard, they don't pay to fix it...a relative few are owned by anyone else, and they usually get an appearance fee. There is another division, for lack of a better word, that does racing, and crushing cars, and those are owned by driverx or are part of a smaller stable. Bigfoot, of which several versions are still active, is on that racing circuit. Monster Jam trucks are often one of several identical vehicles that work different areas of the country, so the crews have downtime to maintain the vehicles between shows in a given area.

10:20 I'm no expert on international shipping, but my thought is that the costs wouldn't be the big issue, but the timeframe. I think it'd be like at least a couple of weeks to ship them across the pond.

You should check out grave diggers 30th anniversary. That 1 showcases all of the grave digger family line