Holy Cow! Can That Guy Drive!

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Post by coaledsweat » Tue. Apr. 11, 2017 8:36 pm

The end is absolutely insane.

https://youtu.be/eutBkyi-tZY

 
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Post by Pauliewog » Tue. Apr. 11, 2017 10:19 pm

I have to admit ............He is definitely the best I've ever seen !! Thanks for posting.

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Post by joeq » Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 4:23 am

Holy "COW!" His timing and balance was spot on! Absolutely phenomenal. Great performance. Another thanks for posting. :D

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 8:28 am

He's sure good. Thanks for posting that CS.

He may have learned all that working as an parking attendant at a NYC parking garage. :lol:

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Post by franco b » Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 9:56 am

Would not have believed that possible.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 1:08 pm

I'm pretty sure I would want a diaper before trying any of that. :lol:

 
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Post by top top » Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 2:04 pm

Eh. This guy put on a better show.



Seriously that monster truck was amazing. Remember when Bigfoot first showed up? They basically crawled over some junk cars, and not much else. Thanks for posting that.

 
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Post by gaw » Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 2:29 pm

I believe in the old days of monster trucks they just made them big without much thought. The truck in the video shows good balance so they put a lot of thought in weight distribution. The ramps have to be at the proper angle too. After all the engineering is done someone has to execute the driving flawlesly. How do you prepare for it? Trial and error? I wonder how it is sensing the balance of such a vehicle sitting in the driver's seat. I guess that's why folks pay to see it. :)


 
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Post by KingCoal » Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 8:46 pm

Dayum !!

right up to the back flip I was thinkin :eh: , iv'e seen pretty much the same at the local county fair.

BUT, from there on, that guy was unhinged. the nose stand was just nuts along with the rest.

 
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Post by Richard S. » Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 8:55 pm

Was just to one of those shows with my cousin and his kids. Unfortunately the arena here is so small they really couldn't do anything like that. I'm actually surprised they have it there at all, I did see some dirt going into the audience. I know they have some guy on remote kill switch but I'd imagine it wouldn't take much to get it into the stands even with the guy on the kill switch. For this show it was more like hit the gas and slam on the brakes. They were catching some air but that was about it. He did do the balancing thing...

Same show here.... you can see how small the place is. You can hear him just feathering the gas.


 
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Post by KLook » Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 8:57 pm

Insane.......... :o

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Post by Hoytman » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 9:43 pm

All the above used to be my favorites too...used to be...until I seen this guy named Ken Block.


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