BroDozer was a diesel-powered, custom Ford Super Duty monster truck owned by DieselSellerz and run by FELD Motorsports, based around the Discovery Channel TV show Diesel Brothers. The truck was primarily driven by Heavy D and Colt Stephens, although Diesel Dave drove on a few occasions in 2019. The truck made history in Monster Jam by becoming the first-ever of its kind to ever compete in said league.
History[]
2017[]
BroDozer was initially announced during the 2018 Season Kickoff show on September 18th, where both Diesel Brothers announced a partnership with Monster Jam.[1]
2018[]
BroDozer was originally slated to compete on Stadium Championship Series 2 and debut on January 13th in Tampa, Florida. However, the truck would be delayed for many months due to extensive engine testing, resulting in Stephens to drive Zombie for the tour.
On June 23rd, BroDozer would officially make its debut at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee with Heavy D behind the wheel. He would be suspended however due to him colliding with Lucas Oil Crusader whilst attempting to save the truck.
The truck would later compete in Houston and Minneapolis, with Colt Stephens driving the truck in Glendale.
2019[]
BroDozer entered its first full year of competition, competing on Stadium Championship Series 2, with Stephens, Heavy D, and Diesel Dave sharing the driving duties. During the series’ second weekend of Anaheim shows, BroDozer would make history by not only becoming the first diesel-powered monster truck to successfully attempt a backflip in competition during the first show but also becoming the first diesel-powered monster truck to successfully attempt a double consecutive backflip during the second show.
In May, both Heavy D and the truck would be invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals XX.[2]
On May 27th, BroDozer would make world history by jumping over a flying airplane.
In October, Heavy D and BroDozer would be invited to compete in the inaugural All-Star Challenge in Las Vegas, Nevada in October, where they would be drafted into Team Fire.
2020[]
Diesel Dave left the team to drive his own truck, BroCamino. Meanwhile, Heavy D and Colt Stephens would share driving duties for the season as the truck competed on Stadium Championship Series Green.
After the series abruptly ended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BroDozer would be placed into storage as a result of budget cuts by FELD Entertainment due to the pandemic.
In August, the truck was later pulled from storage to be featured in Monster Jam Breaking World Records, participating in an exhibition drag race alongside BroCamino, but has not returned to competition since.
2022[]
Dustin Brown revealed on an episode of the Inside Monster Jam podcast that BroDozer is still in the Monster Jam garage, although FELD doesn't have plans for it to return. He also said that it hasn't been started since the Breaking World Records attempt, so it would take a lot of work to get it running again.
In late 2022, the truck bios on MonsterJam.com were updated, and BroDozer was removed along with BroCamino.
Controversy[]
According to an episode on Diesel Brothers, BroDozer was initially advertised as “the world’s first diesel-powered monster truck.” This statement was untrue, as there had been multiple diesel-powered monster trucks long before BroDozer, such as Jeff Dane’s King Kong and Jim Oldaker's Rollin' Thunder, though the first tube frame diesel-powered monster truck would be Hushpower Diesel (now Xtreme Diesel), which was created in 2007 by the late Dave Radzierez. To add to that, Radzierez had been competing in Monster Jam in Xtreme Diesel since 2017.
On July 27th, 2018, only 34 days after the debut of BroDozer, Radzierez built a modernized diesel engine similar to the former truck's and installed it into Xtreme Diesel in response to the controversial statement. He would also cut ties with Monster Jam afterward most likely also for the same reason, resulting in BroDozer becoming the only diesel-powered truck to ever compete in Monster Jam. Xtreme Diesel ran until Radzierez's death in February 2024.
In another episode of Diesel Brothers, Heavy D did acknowledge the existence of other diesel-powered monster trucks but stated they had never competed in Monster Jam. FELD Motorsports and the Diesel Brothers have also attempted to clarify by referring to BroDozer as "the world's first diesel-powered Monster Jam truck."
Events competed[]
| 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Driver | Notes |
| June 23rd | Nashville, TN | Heavy D | |
| October 6th | Glendale, AZ | Colt Stephens | |
| October 20th | Houston, TX | Heavy D | |
| December 8th | Minneapolis, MN | ||
| 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Driver | Notes |
| January 12th | Tampa, FL | Heavy D | |
| January 19th | Orlando, FL | Colt Stephens | |
| January 26th | Houston, TX | Heavy D | |
| February 9-10th | Anaheim, CA | Diesel Dave | |
| February 16-17th | Oakland, CA | Colt Stephens | |
| February 23-24th | Anaheim, CA | Colt Stephens (show 1) | Won Freestyle |
| Diesel Dave (show 2) | Won Freestyle | ||
| March 2-3rd | El Paso, TX | Heavy D (show 1) | |
| Diesel Dave (show 2) | |||
| March 16th | Seattle, WA | Colt Stephens | |
| March 30th | Lexington, KY | Heavy D | |
| April 6th | Syracuse, NY | Colt Stephens | |
| April 13th | Hamilton, ON | Heavy D | |
| April 20th | Philadelphia, PA | Colt Stephens | |
| May 10-11th | Orlando, FL (World Finals XX) | Heavy D | |
| June 15th | Kansas City, MO | Won Freestyle | |
| June 22nd | Nashville, TN | Won Skills | |
| October 5th | Glendale, AZ | ||
| October 11-12th | Las Vegas, NV (All-Star Challenge) | ||
| October 19th | Houston, TX | Colt Stephens | |
| October 26th | Arlington, TX | Heavy D | |
| December 14th | Minneapolis, MN | Colt Stephens | |
| 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Driver | Notes |
| January 11th | Tampa, FL | Heavy D | |
| January 18-19th | St. Louis, MO | Colt Stephens | |
| January 25th | Anaheim, CA | Heavy D | |
| February 1st | Glendale, AZ | Colt Stephens | |
| February 8th | Anaheim, CA | Heavy D | |
| February 15th | San Diego, CA | Won Freestyle | |
| February 22-23rd | Miami, FL | Won Freestyle, show 2 | |
| February 29th | Jacksonville, FL | Colt Stephens | Final competition appearance |
| Events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| August 9th | Bradenton, FL (Breaking World Records) | Heavy D | exhibition race with Brocamino |
World Finals appearances[]
| Year | Driver | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Heavy D | Qualifying: 10th (13.435) | Racing: defeated in round 1 by Bounty Hunter | Freestyle: 5th (8.987) |
Trivia[]
- BroDozer is the second monster truck created by Monster Jam to be sponsored by a Discovery Channel show, the first being Gas Monkey Garage.
- The roll cage featured on BroDozer's cab is removed prior to competition. Despite this, the truck competed in several shows with its roll cage still fitted on, most notably Nashville and Glendale 2018.
- Beginning in October 2019 at the All-Star Challenge, BroDozer featured a bumper guard on the front of the truck, which is also removed along with the roll cage prior to competition.
- BroDozer had three different renders. The first two were mostly the same as each other, but with different logo designs. Said renders also feature the truck using a shock setup similar to Grave Digger 23. The third render featured a thinner tailgate and a larger extended cab, which made the truck more accurate to the original vehicle.
- BroDozer used five different theme songs over the course of its career. The first song was "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top, which was intended to be the theme song up until the truck's debut show, even playing during the practice event the day before the show. At its debut show, "Party Hard" by Andrew W.K. became the new theme, which was also played when the Diesel Brothers drove the truck. The third theme, "Truck Yeah" by Tim McGraw was played during the Glendale 2018 event. In 2019, the theme was updated to "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore featuring Ryan Lewis. BroDozer's fifth and final theme was "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne, which was used throughout the 2020 season. Meanwhile, "Party Hard" is still occasionally played for pit party interviews, however.
- BroDozer bore a resemblance to Big Yellow from Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction. However, there is no correlation between the two.
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