User blog comment:MonsterJamHistorian/Top 10 Most Influential Monster Trucks of All Time/@comment-25710083-20190924193509

Personally...

1. Bigfoot 8. As much as I think they are extremely over popular, Bigfoot really did help push the monster truck industry. Bigfoot 8 was the first Tube frame truck, and without it we wouldnt be where we are.

2. Grave Digger. Grave Digger's insane racing style and lack of self preservation resulted in some of the craziest races, and biggest crashes. Super Pete may have done the first "freestyle exhibition", but Dennis and Digger is the real father of freestyle.

3. Son Uva Digger. Another truck I think is overpopular, but one that is deserved. The way Ryan has mastered movement in his truck is unreal. and unlike any other driver I have ever seen. No better example can be used besides St. Louis of this year. It is really insane what he has been able to do in this truck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhHT9iL0L7A   and  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M32RTOGRMBY

4. Maximum Destruction. ANOTHER truck I think is overpopular, but the same statement applies. Tom was the Ryan anderson of the early 2000s. Tom had a driving style, speed, and insanity level that just couldnt be rivaled by anyone at the time. He was a huge pioneer to the way racing and freestyle is handled nowadays.

5. Avenger. Avenger and Jim Koehler are a team that have had so many ups and downs, but Jim always keeps a smile on hsi face for the audience, and entertains them in a way no other driver has. His runs have always had a unique feeling only Koehler has brought to the table, and the fact that he wants to continue as long as he possibly can is honorable.

6. Taurus 3. Taurus 3 debuted right alongside Bigfoot 8, and was another truck that pioneered the idea of tube frame chassis, albeit in a completely different way then Bigfoot 8 handled it. His chassis was built in a unique way, and to this day, Wilman chassis always seem to be more flexible and wild then the average chassis.

7. Towasaurus Wrex or Snakebite. Both of these trucks were really the ones to pioneer a more bizzare look to their trucks. They are really the ones who started the ideas of "Custom Bodies".

8. Xtreme Diesel AND Brodozer. Dave Radzirez trucks will always be some of the forefront in Diesel Engines, and he did incredible with them, putting time and effort into honing his truck to make it better, and better. Brodozer I list here because while yes, it was a coprorate effort for Brodozer, Brodozer also expanded on it, and showed the kind of  insane runs a Diesel powered truck can throw down.

9. Cyborg/T-Maxxx. Both of these trucks tried a very unique suspension design. Cyborg created the first  independent suspension on the front wheels, albeit they were unpowered. T-Maxxx came and went a step further by making ALL wheels independetly suspended, while putting power into each wheel. Truly a remarkable piece of engineering

10. Monster Vette/ Wild Stang. Those old trucks were some of the first to stray away from a truck design, and go with a more unique vehicle over just stock trucks.