A Truck Under Repair

Bigfoot is the name of a series of monster trucks, originally built and owned by American off-road racing enthusiast and auto shop owner Bob Chandler. Chandler first began modifying his Ford F-250 pickup truck in 1975. By 1979, Bigfoot's lower assembly and axles were completely replaced, and the truck featured its iconic four-wheel steering and 48-inch tires. It has since come to be seen as the world's first proper monster truck. The original Bigfoot would make many public appearances beginning in 1979, including the world's first car-crushing in 1981. Enthusiasm about the truck would lead Chandler to construct several more heavily modified trucks under the "Bigfoot" name, eventually growing into Bigfoot 4X4 Inc. Other trucks under the name of "Bigfoot" have been introduced in the years since, and it remains a well-known monster truck moniker in the United States.