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"Foot Mail" is a section of the Extreme Fan Page, where BIGFOOT fans can submit stories about BIGFOOT. These stories could range from when and where they first saw BIGFOOT to telling about their collection of BIGFOOT memorabilia.Do you have something you think qualifies you as an Extreme BIGFOOT fan? Send your submissions to extremefans@bigfoot4x4.com, and, if approved, it may be posted right here on this page. BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc. reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of any submission and reserves the right to add, delete, edit, etc. any submission it decides to post.MONSTER TRUCK SHOWS Have you ever been to a monster truck show? Cars being crushed like pancakes. Windows being broken and metal being flattened like a new paved road. Maintaining the trucks toughness is a pretty hard job. It also costs a bundle too. Being at a monster truck show is the best feeling in the world. Hearing the sound of the motor when it starts is great. Climbing on the 66 inch tires is awesome, when you get to the top; it feels like you are on top of the world. Seeing it on TV just doesn't do it justice. Before and sometimes after there is what is called a pit party. A pit party is where you can meet the drivers and get autographs. A pit party is pretty fun. The cost of these massive giants is a whopping 100,000 dollars and that is just for building it. Maintaining it is another 100,000 dollars. They spend about 5,000 a weekend. That means 20,000 dollars a weekend. Maintaining the trucks stability is a pretty tough job seeing what they break almost every weekend. When you have to change a transmission every month it gets kind of hectic. Before a show you have to put the tires on the truck. This is called "tiring up" and it is a tough job. After every show you take the tires off. This is called "tiring down". So, what's the conclusion? The conclusion is that it takes a lot of hard work to maintain a monster truck. Also it takes a lot of team work. Breaking every weekend can be kind of hard. So why not go to a monster truck show. - Written by Zack Long, the son of BIGFOOT driver Rick Long. Dear Bigfoot, my name is Eli Mann, 28 years old, and this is my Extreme Fan story.
The truck thing started for me when I was young. My first word was mom and the second was tractor, from then on it was all wheels and tracks for me. In the early 80's my parents got me a poster of Bigfoot, then came the toys. I would spend every Sunday morning watching Bigfoot on the trucks and tractor power show. The teen years came and the family went to St Louis not to see the Arch, but to see Bob Chandler's Bigfoot shop ... got to meet Bob and the family ... cool ... not long after this I got my first truck: 1986 F-150 V8 4x4.
The summer of 1997 is when the extreme fan thing took off I bought a 1987 F-150 Bigfoot Cruiser edition truck. The following summer I bought all the remaining parts for these trucks from the company that built these trucks (Scherer truck equipment). T hen I started the Bigfootcruiser.com web site.
In the summer of 2003 Bigfoot invited me to be part of there display at the Ford 100th anniversary in Detroit. My Bigfoot Cruiser F-250 was at this event.
In the fall of 2005 I acquired Bigfoot 4x4's old shop plow truck, a 1974 F-250 pickup. The truck has some good history. Bigfoot originally built this truck for a farmer in the mid west as a monster truck. Bigfoot bought the truck in 1985 and then fitted it with the 10' tundra tires The truck was then known as Bigfoot 5. Latter they removed the body to make way for a new one. The old body was fitted to a frame and used as a shop truck. My future plan is to rebuild this truck to be the most accurate replica of Bigfoot #1 the way it was in 1982. I would like to thank the Chandlers and all the People at Bigfoot 4x4 for all the great things they have done for me and everyone. If you wish to contact me this is how: Eli Mann Bigfoot Cruiser Club This is Matt and his dog BIGFOOT! Thanks to Matt and his dog for being great BIGFOOT fans!
27 September 2006 Hi!! My name is Christopher Allen. I am fourteen years old and I am a Bigfoot extreme fan. I've been a Bigfoot fan since I was 4 years old. It started with me watching videos of Bigfoot that my parents would get for me. I think I must have all of them. We went to our first Monster Truck show in January of 1996 and I (and my parents) have been huge Monster Truck fans ever since. We even planned a trip to St. Louis, MO, just to visit the home of Bigfoot, to see where the monster truck phenomenon all started. I got to stand inside the wheel of Bigfoot V, saw the work shop and we talked to all of the nice people there. However, none of the drivers or Bob Chandler were there at the shop that day. In 2001 we moved to Phoenix and I got to meet Dan Runte at Firebird raceway that October. That was so exciting for me. He is my favorite driver and a really great guy. He always takes time for me and my parents every time we see him. We make a special effort to see him every time he comes to Firebird. We also try to find out where he is making an appearance with Bigfoot before the show and go see him there, too.
Last month I got the thrill of my monster truckin' life. We went to see Dan and Bigfoot at the new Glendale Football Stadium for the AMP Monster Truck World Tour. While there I got the surprise of my life. I was at the pit party and I got to meet the legendary Bob Chandler. He was very nice and I was very happy to spend a few minutes talking to him. What a great night. Submitted 24 September 2006 I LOVE BIGFOOT! I got the experience of a lifetime in November 1990, in the area where I lived at the time there was a show on T.V. called
Audrey's son KoryI got to fly all the way to St. Louis, Missouri with my new born son Kory and like I had mentioned before, get an experience
Bob Chandler and Audrey
Time has flown by and still almost 16 years later and this experience is something my two children and I speak of just about
Kory and AudreyI thought I would share my "Bigfoot lover" family story and I personally wanted to say, "Thanks" for the awesome opportunity. Someday I hope to come visit again so I can share the "Home of Bigfoot" with my children in real-life not just on video. Submitted 05-12-06 Bigfoot 4x4- Please find enclosed photos and disc containing pictures from Essex Jct. Vermont. I took these over the course of the weekend in August 2005, and though I am far from a professional photographer, I feel like I got a few lucky shots. I noticed that on your website you have pictures posted in the gallery that other drivers, teams, etc. have sent in and thought I could add to your collection with these. ...
I'd also like to compliment Dan Runte on his capability behind the wheel all weekend. His tremendous talent is obvious by how easy he makes it look although it is certainly a job that is not. But beyond that this is great guy who cares and makes time for every fan and is always genuine and positive. I was fortunate enough to get the Bronco that I had in the show competition close to the autograph area for Dan to sign the tailgate which he gladly did despite the demands on his time. His autograph on the tailgate helps complete the truck that my interest in Bigfoot for the past 20 years has helped inspire me to build. ...
One more thing ... Thanks for keeping Bigfoot traveling in the circles of legitimate racing and competition, away from the freak show, three ring circus, and fake wrestling style shows that some promoters produce. The technology, hard work, and driving ability of your team is anything but ridiculous and as a longtime fan [ I ] would not really want to see you guys in that light. Enjoy the photos and thanks for the existing and future memories from upcoming events. Jess Delaney - JT Delaney Construction Building & Remodeling Submitted 02-05-06 Hello, I'm Ryan Roberts. I have been a BIGFOOT fan since May, 1998. I always take at least one or two visits up there [St. Louis] each year and take pictures of it all over again pretty much except see some new things each visit! My best BIGFOOT visit would probably have to be this past March when I got the ultimate autograph from the one the only Bob Chandler. Special thanks to BIGFOOT's own Doug Welker! I am sending you 3 of my BIGFOOT computer drawn pictures. BIGFOOT Old School and 2 Fantasy (maybe ideas for the future bodies!) BIGFOOT drawn trucks which are Red/Yellow stripes & Wildfoot. I'm also sending a few pics of various visits to the shop. They are pictures of numbers 14, 8, 5, and the Fastrax. I hope this makes me a Extreme BIGFOOT fan!
Sincerly , Submitted 12-14-05 Hi there. My name is Tommy Lee Byrd and I'm from Dayton, TN. I'm 19 years old and have been a fan of Bigfoot all my life. I have a lot of Bigfoot collectibles such as two Playskool Bigfoot SST's, 2 sets of Hot Wheels Bigfoot Champions w/ the arena, Bigfoot 10 model, and a Snakebite model. I also have the Rev 'n Go style Bigfoots made by Hot Wheels. I have a Bigfoot vs. Snakebite slot track made by Marchon. I have the Bigfoot Thunder on Wheels, Bigfoot in Action, Battle of the
Bigfoots, Bigfoot 4x4x4, Bigfoot Racing 93, 94, Bigfoot 25th anny., and many more videos featuring Bigfoot, as well as
a lot of stuff taped from TV. I'm attaching some pictures to this email, also. The first will be of me and cousin in Chattanooga, TN at Mountain View Ford back in '92 I think. The second will be from this past year in Cleveland, TN where Firestone Destination was on display. I love Bigfoot 4....that truck just seems so much bigger than the other trucks. The last four will be drawings I've done of Bigfoot trucks. Bigfoot 4 from 1990, Bigfoot 30th
anny., ChromaLusion Bigfoot, and the Summit Bigfoot. Well, that's about it. Thank you very much and I hope to see a Bigfoot truck soon. Hopefully in January in Knoxville, TN I'll get to. Thanks again...
Submitted 11-25-05 Dear Bigfoot 4x4
Submitted 11-22-05 Dear BIGFOOT, Attached is a set of pictures that I hope qualify me as being an "extreme" fan.
Submitted 12-28-04 Dear Bigfoot 4x4
Submitted 07-01-04 Hey guys, Submitted 07-03-04 Rick is turning fourteen and has many happy memories of Bigfoot. He has been at the Wayne County fair and met many of the drivers. Iceman and Hollywood, Dan Runte, Dave Harkey, Brian and the Eric M and Eric T. One year Jim Kramer asked if he had seen Bigfoot Five. When Rick said no he said he would bring it next year, and he did. Jim brought Bigfoot Five to the Wayne County Fair - What a thrill to see the huge monster. We did his room in blue this year and he enjoys the Bigfoot collection. A Franklin mint (signed by Dan And Bob at the Ford 100 [Celebration in Detroit, June 2003]) from his friend Tim and a special signed Take This Job and Shove it Poster from his Florida Monster friends. The collection includes the motorized ride on Bigfoot (when he was two) and many models. The theme is monster trucks and includes a collection of pictures. We have had many spectacular summer nights watching the monsters. Thanks to the Bigfoot team for many wonderful memories .. and more to come.
Submitted 07-09-04 Hi,
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