GRAVE DIGGER: Inside the Legendary Monster Truck

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Grave Digger has been the biggest name in the monster truck biz for years, thrilling kids and adults alike at Monster Jam shows. From big tires to big engine, we got up close with this beast. You know the name, but do you really know the truck?
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[@snrnful]

Who else had a grave digger toy car as a kid

[@bubblemonkeys]

Everyone

[@Johntube648]

Like he said ^

[@beverlywilliams8458]

The proper question is, Who didn't have a Grave Digger toy car as a kid

[@bubblemonkeys]

@@beverlywilliams8458 losers

[@j.w3381]

I’m almost 30 and have them of grave digger lol

[@parkerlackey1253]

6:32 was probably the trippiest thing I've ever seen

[@Lonech]

The edits in this video are stressing me the fuck out lmfao

[@lordhanzo7544]

Parker Lackey Swear it was jus so random I had to ask myself did that even happen ?

[@austinreed347]

Same

[@jumpyboi7784]

I saw this comment, didn't like it cuz i didn't know what it was referring to. I see that edit, and this exact comment comes to mind, had to come here and like it. Yeah, shit was funny

[@dinosaur2022]

just realized the truck has the names of other trucks at the time on the tombstones

[@racebred2625]

same. i just laughed when i noticed that. sick attention to detail.

[@Wolfgodmak]

And Dennis Anderson

[@devinaschenbrenner2683]

Those are the trucks that were defeated in the finial round when Digger has won the Championships.

[@pokettomonsta]

YOU ARE OFFICIALLY A TRUE FAN NOW, THANKS DONUT

[@hbkbunny8530]

All tombstones: Mowhawk Warrior, Grace Digger The Legend, Som Uva Digger, Max-D, Bigfoot, Dennis Anderson

[@Rashed-bx4xi]

6:32 OH NO I GOT JAMES TURNING INTO A VIPER FLASHBACKS

[@twingolord]

Rashed3030 what video what that on?

[@zorbiac4970]

@@twingolord Steve Aoki's bumper to bumper

[@mr.f9607]

Omg it does

[@SobboMonkeVR]

@@zorbiac4970 HISS

[@twingolord]

Филипп Куцылло thanks

[@lordofuselessness3654]

6:06 *shows price for a single tire* me: *looks at photo of current car* huh, so that’s why they use 10 to 20 year old cars

[@bmxriderforlife1234]

Imagine someone doing it with some cheap exotic that pops up after someone kills the motor and tranny and can't afford replacements. Or a luxury whip when rights hit rock bottom. I mean....whats another 25k minus however much money you can part most of the vehicle out for a monster rolls Royce silver seraph. Could even get clone bodies made once you shell the car.

[@nevrock1]

I’ll never forget seeing BIG FOOT around ‘80 or ‘81. I was 12. EPIC!

[@AmericanNationalist83]

I remember when I was at a Monster Jam and grave digger lost a wheel and kept on going

[@jemman2906]

Sweet jeebus.

[@Ob1tuber]

FELD ruined that

[@Marxmannn]

@@Ob1tuber They ruined everything man. From shutting trucks off that lost a wheel to the dirt tracks we have now. Wish we still had the crush car tracks :/

[@chrisdominik1822]

@@Ob1tuber FELD are fucking pussies honestly

[@ES_ETP]

7:42 this doesn’t need to be funny but it is

[@izskilzix]

Once again, Bravo to the whole crew constantly putting out world class content. Editors are killing the game with the transitions and I just love James and Mo Powah Baby

[@MrLlama-rc8nj]

This is literally the BIGGEST icon of my childhood. THANK YOU, JAMES!!!!!!

[@Mac_Mixxed]

You guys are truly the GREATEST CAR SHOW EVERRRRR

[@NMONEY56]

This was always my favorite monster truck

[@KunyeeYT]

I remember when i lived in ct i went with my cub scouts group to go see a monster truck show(idk the proper term.) but my 8 year old mind was blown when i saw grave digger my friend ben and i took pictures next to it. it was one of the coolest days of my life.

[@redsus8533]

Monster Jam. Nice man! Glad you liked it.

[@KunyeeYT]

@@redsus8533 that's it! Thank you haha

[@nickwilliams7688]

I met Dennis Anderson at his shop when I was 11 . He held the door open for my father and I . I had just bought a shirt from his shop and was too timid to say hello . After the cashier told my father who held the door open for us he couldn’t believe I didn’t say anything . Apparently Dennis was there to see the new chassis they were working on ,Closest thing to a celebrity encounter I’ve ever had

[@sortaunsure9048]

I remember seeing grave digger live it was an amazing experience I wouldn't trade anything in the world for

[@heartless6915]

I love grave digger, they did a monster jam here in the at the scope in Norfolk and they had an event with his children and one of them had my great grand mother’s ashes in the car. She used to be good friends with Anderson and she would always say how she always wanted to do it. He let her do it. It was the best Jam I’ve ever been to.

[@trehanpereraofficial5665]

Someone please tell me what happened to Science Garage 😂

[@darnit1944]

They're done. They provided enough info that you can make a car out of those episodes

[@1017enrique]

I think bart had a baby

[@onenightblitz]

Had a baby

[@rollingdigger19]

He's suspended by his wife for making car videos.

[@trehanpereraofficial5665]

@@1017enrique oh 😂👌

[@ydidishitmyself353]

Grave digger and the brother maximum destruction, man i love monster jam, i was such a fan of it

[@toonzoku9478]

When I was 5 I went to see a Monster Jam show, and I remembered how ‘loud’ it was.

[@hilarioramos7275]

The only monster truck show I've gone to was back in 2016 in Tampa, Florida when my Bestfriend took me for his b day. I saw all these trucks going wild and 15 year old me was having a blast. But then Grave Digger came out and did the craziest jump I ever saw. It flew into the air and stayed there for at least 4 seconds then It fell and over shotted the landing slope by at least 20 yards. It hit the ground so hard that the rear axle snapped off and then the driver climbed out and stood on top like a champ. If I didn't hit puberty before that show, I'm sure as hell I did after that.

[@nascarfan43]

I always remember loving this truck I used to have a toy of this truck and when I play the psp monster jam game I choose this truck for everything Also when is see this video about this truck I scream while click the video as fast as a drag car

[@jdbb3gotskills]

I've seen Monster Jam 3 times in my life and they were fun every time.

[@suitsandstrings55]

I remember the ads on the radio and tv... GGGRRRAAAAAVEEE DIGGER! It's the automotive Undertaker and just as iconic!

[@turboking9238]

I remember seeing this dude way back in 2004 along with the Ninja Turtle truck, I haven't seen a Monster Truck show since. I really need to see another one!!

[@CaptainKerpa]

"They take abuse and punishment..." Nokia 3310: Hold my beer u snob :D

[@AGW69]

all ford trucks: nice try.

[@GalluZ]

That engine check light pumpkin at the end is frickin genius.

[@readmyusernamecauseitssoreally]

Swear to god, james is the coolest person out there. Ive always loved grave digger and the fact that he gets to so in inside, let alone touch the monsterous truck, is beyond me.

[@dejvidtusek1736]

Grave digger: i am the biggest in the world!! Monster Max 2: Hold my desel

[@rstar3457]

"Takes punishment like no other vehicle in the world" *laughs in Toyota pick up truck*

[@lordhanzo7544]

Me and my son just went to see monster jam last night in Pittsburgh at the PPG paints arena. Lots of POWA! 💥

[@javimendoza4794]

They should do a b2b on Diego higa’s or fielding shredder’s cars

[@ironman3743]

Grave digger sucked back in the day, it break in every run, but now he kicks ass, it’s my favorite truck of them all.

[@towertito2149]

And not only that. Dennis Anderson is THE NICEST MOST DOWN TO EARTH MAN. My aunt owned a house in Currituck Co NC. Home of the digger. I remember the first time on 168s. I seen it and freaked out. Told my aunt. She said VERY NONCHALANTLY. I'll call him tomorrow and we can go meet him.🤯🤯🤯 I wanted a summer job there so bad.... never happened I was 14 then. I'm 42 now. Still looking for that summer job there 🤣🤣🤣

[@crusader8202]

*IM A FAN OF MONSTER JAM*

[@xeb2811]

Bruh I'm just watching the video and I have a nos next to me and he's like, "one of these would help" and i got scared for a sec lmao

[@zombieat]

That's why i love America. No one else in the world is crazy enough to think of this.

[@freddiebtv]

I just finished my first season hosting for Monster Jam and this video pops up in my recommended. well played KZbin. Well Played.

[@rcWizzard]

Thank you Sir, Awesome video!! I like Grave Digger So Much I made a 1/4 scale RC version of it! With, of course, a 1/4 scale Supercharged V8 engine! 🙂

[@Raccoon-ut3dv]

I had the fortune of meeting the driver of gravedigger John seasock one time and let me tell you he is the nicest most humble man you can meet

[@BuckDaBurd]

0:12 How I feel when I start my big block Ford

[@MrDannyZ123]

Homie lost mad street credit for rocking his sisters shoes, WHAT ARE THOSE !!!

[@KwyattCreations]

I used to live next door to the hanger he kept his trucks in. Coolest and nicest family, have some pictures of lil ol me sitting in the wheels.

[@nameless7438]

i remember being a little kid and just waiting for monster jam to start and get to watch grave digger go

[@Masonjarislit]

This was the video that I first saw on donut ever since then I think I've seen ever video

[@RegularLeviAckerman]

As a kid I all ways wanted to be a monster truck driver and I will be one I just hope they use sound proof headphones

[@jonlamontagne]

I remember watching a little James bogging around in the BACK of some little green car through the woods in some twisted albeit fun looking rally offroad lemons race thing and he started Grave Digger talk about a come up!

[@shiftonephoto]

I know this episode is old as dirt, but grave digger is truly special. People don't realize that Feld Motorsports owns every truck in Monster Jam. Yes Monster Jam is basically wrestling. However Grave Digger is the only truck Dennis still owns all the rights to, and all the merch.

[@IeeIee778]

Everytruck except bigfoot they are their own thing have been since they joined feld kept offering but the team wouldn't sell and now bigfoot team does their own thing

[@sauerkrautjr]

Monster Jam: the WWE of Motorsports And I love it

[@opstellar]

Grave Digger doesn't have Horse power; it has Hearse Purrs

[@alexisguerrero3105]

I had a grave digger toy as a kid, it was awesome!

[@gogothdar]

I grew up with the grave digger was my favorite, not too mentioned my uncle Billy owned a body shop next door to where they (atlease at the time) serviced the grave digger trucks and at a young age would climb all over them the grave digger team was always badass dudes great memories.

[@billyfry9015]

My wife grew up with Adam Andersen. Got the low down at diggers dungeon for the kids thanks to him

[@ace_of_spiritz8991]

I’ve seen these trucks and been to gravediggers home and met Anderson he’s a cool guy

[@theaveragefatbiker3493]

**🛑✋SECOND most iconic Monster Truck🥈**....right behind BIGFOOT!🥇👍😎

[@alicechaw4569]

I love donuts

[@ademrax01]

Thats so cool dude, i grew up watching this stuff

[@ComboMuster]

They didn't let you move it thou... LOLOLOL

[@duckyjp17]

This is the greatest thing ever.

[@sherminator7108]

Pretty cool to hear the origin story, been watching grave digger since I was a little kid.

[@shonuff420]

GRAVE DIGGER WILL *ALWAYS* BE #1 !!!!!!

[@94est.43]

LMFAO Felipe smell tested before opening it and put that shit right back down 😭😭😭

[@dferrari3215]

When these things would come to town they would bring them to the car dealerships and park them out front so people knew they were in town. I was a tech at one and got to stop 5 lanes of traffic one day for it to park a bit easier. I'll never forget the look of people faces when I walked out into traffic and one of these followed. It was a Grave digger btw at Spokane WA/Gus Johnson Ford about 15 years ago..

[@slovan01]

Grave digger was my favorite monster truck when i was 5

[@storysconspiracies8029]

Use to live about a mile away from his actual house and been to a bunch of his shows

[@sorbethyena3828]

editing really good transitions good

[@GooberGaryy]

That was a pretty cool front flip that happened in the last video want it?

[@jimmynickelz]

The king of Currituck. YESSSS

[@jonathoncopeland660]

I really was hoping for a description of the transmission and differentials. They gotta be the beefiest friggin gears. I guess Donut Media isn't all that into big ole 4x4 trucks.

[@danger_mouse_]

Dennis is the GOAT and his son Ryan takes it to the next level.

[@Jayskiallthewayski]

Was about to say the same thing. What Ryan is doing lately is insane.

[@ReallySergiox]

This video was sick!!!!!!

[@aminestoisthebesto806]

You can tell how nervous James was. Probably from being next to such a great American Icon

[@frontleverguy2216]

This guy: It can withstand abuse like no other vehicle the world Toyota Hilux: Am I a joke to you?

[@EzekielSimonn]

James* Hilux is unbreakable on the hood but the roof would definitely flap

[@helloiamcrap2105]

Me and I am still a kid plus he is my top favorite in my monster jam list

[@bignickrl_mvp8277]

You make every video 💯 times better, funny af 😂

[@s0ft_l3m0n8]

It isn't till now that I realize how amazing his job is

[@jakeobgraves7151]

Damn so tight! The look on your face when you started it lol!

[@justagirlwhoisangy5393]

Those writings in grave drawings at minute 7:47 are the other contestants in Monster Jam that Grave Digger has beaten

[@YourLocalFloridian]

Theres a movie called "Monster Trucks" About a monster who escaped from an Oil Deposit and lived inside a truck, Dennis Anderson and the car looks like it.

[@hurricaneliam69420]

The name actually got invented because when they were testing out it, that’s actually a mud bog her and it produced so much mud. They said it could fill up a grave.

[@Siegward0fCatarina]

Maximum Destruction, you guys gotta do that one soon

[@angelostarzi9885]

I remember the red lights in the front not working all the time lol I’ve rarely seen both on back in the day

[@parentsbasement7734]

I was working at Utility trailer dealership a few years back when a couple of plain Jane tractor trailers rolled in both having marker light issues, I was a parts counter guy slash figure out what was going on guy. I asked the drivers to open the rear doors and to my surprise el toro and Scooby Doo were staring at me in one trailer, and grave digger and the the one that looked like a dog in the other trailer. They were on tour and 1 ya wanna see every square inch utilized in a trailer look in one of these trailers loaded up, and 2 just how hammered those trucks are, body's held together with rivets and zip ties with strips soft aluminum. these were tour trucks and they did what they had to do to keep them going for the next town.

[@Queso_19]

the Grave Digger is kinda like the Charizard of Monstee Jam

[@brucemeier8624]

James in other videos: racing is the most dangerous sport Monsterjam: Am I a joke to you?

[@tim4g63fast]

I have a picture of me as a kid with Dennis Anderson back in the 90s at the salinas California rodeo grounds

[@theredmmos2326]

6:32 what you saw can't be unseen

[@mateonovacic9319]

"You can't dig a grave with a broken wrist" that's a good one!

[@hobbycow5346]

What a great video! I've watched it twice already!

[@stevenstatham2864]

Good choice using Adam's digger 35

[@dumbkidwhoknowstomuch8233]

I remember i got a gravedigger toy as a kid and got nightmares from the picture

[@loose-hotline5026]

When I was like 11 I got to see the original grave digger…. Was pretty sick

[@mattryan5372]

Grave digger will always be #1

[@Divine.Prince]

FRICKIN EPIC

[@otispileowhalespeabody3121]

For some reason, I want to see Monster Truck tires on a Mini Cooper

[@americanpatriot3667]

Saw it at monster jam the kid is a real good driver

[@mustang8206]

In World's Strongest Man 2019 they pulled Grave Digger along with another monster truck

[@wingman358]

Pumphrey hucking those energy drinks just after having a heart attack probably due to all the energy drinks

[@insomniafun8751]

I still have the Hot Wheels Grave Digger. Bigfoot may have started this whole schtick, but EVERYBODY knows who Grave Digger is.

[@Techie21]

Kevin Talbot has this monster truck. He is a KZbinr He has the rc version.

[@Secondaries]

8 and 4, like a professional.