Monster Jam Top 10 GREATEST Grave Diggers

[@808tennisguy]

#19 was my favorite Digger chassis. When that truck debuted in Houston 2004, I had a hunch that this truck would be Dennis' best racing truck to that date. And sure enough, he claimed his first World Finals racing championship that year. And of course, it could freestyle very well too. Some earlier hints of what the future Son Uva Digger truck could do in some of 19's runs back then. Paved the way for the infamous #20 right after but man, this truck sure gave Dennis a new chapter into his career & set the stage for the future of monster trucks!

[@Imagination_Station2224]

Most memorable Grave Digger moment for me: In March of 1999, I was 11 and Seattle held the last ever Off Road Championship in the Seattle Kingdome before it was going to be demolished, so Dennis Anderson and Grave Digger #8 made a special appearance to send the old dome off the proper way. The coolest thing however is a few of my relatives were working for the Quick N' Brite race team so my folks and I got to go into the pits when no other fans were around and I got to meet the legend Dennis Anderson. One of the coolest, nicest guys you could ever meet. He autographed a massive 24x36 poster I had drawn of Grave Digger and said he was going to "tear this truck up". My folks and I were so insanely excited that I forgot to take a picture with him... He went absolutely insane during the freestyle, and I wish I still had video of it... It's a moment I'll never forget! This is the only clip I can find of the freestyle, so if anyone has the full video, please let me know!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHfbn2ylocd1l6s

[@BlizzardDaPup777]

Number 20 deserves it's place. It's Dennis's personal favorite and he was almost unstoppable in it. Plus those green flames instead of the usual fog took it to a whole new level

[@jynaenae]

grave digger 20 is i there

[@jakeclucas7926]

20 for the win

[@furioussherman7265]

There are some chassis where a driver is able to essentially turn it into an extension of themselves whenever they're behind the wheel, and when that happens the results are consistently spectacular. Dennis Anderson and GD20 are one such instance.

[@matthewgauvin914]

#20 grave digger to this day is my number 1 truck

[@nickdeluna8681]

Man MonsterTalk, you've definitely brighten up my day my friend! I've been a huge Grave Digger since the year 2000, and I'm still watch Monster Jam and Grave Digger is still my favorite monster truck on this day. Great video!

[@travis.sewilo]

Gotta give you credit, you did your homework and didn’t hear much that wasn’t correct. Kudos! Couple tidbits I’ll contribute: - Pablo’s Digger 16 ran WF in 2003 when Dennis was injured. - The reason Adam’s 32 was front-halved was because during Q1 in 2016, in St. Louis, he under rotated a backflip and ruined the chassis. Cohen has some pictures on the rebuild on his Insta. The following week, Adam had to drive 23 in Detroit where he had a very memorable winning freestyle, and I believe the week after 32 returned and was affectionately referred to as 32.5 until it was retired. 2016 was a fun tour!

[@george_2172]

That’s cool you brought up 32! That was one of my favorite chassis’ and I really enjoyed watching Adam on his maiden voyage to take the series championship while dominating weekend in and out and then he drove it in 2017 on the west series and got third and then Tyler Menninga won his series in it for 2018

[@chevyfunk2468]

I agree what a well researched video

[@happyfamily7642]

Pablos ran cause he wrecked Dennis' through a tree in qualifying cause he couldn't fit the seat.

[@twistedaxles9126]

Digger #20 has to be one of my favorite Grave Digger chassis thanks to its ballistic freestyle at Atlanta 2007, and the front of the chassis looking like a smile with the lamps being the eyes, and the angled green piece of chassis looking like a mouth. Digger #16 is also one of my favorite trucks because of the Freestyle it had at St. Louis 2007 and the cool purple rims wich imo look miles better than the green rims GD uses now.

[@G.O._MEDIA]

man i love your stuff i was big fan when i was little and then lost touch with mj and watching your stuff is a great nostalgia trip

[@DarkoUS-rn4mo]

My favourite one will always be the 30th anniversary Grave Digger. I still remember when it make apparence years ago. I fell in love with that truck that I even remember my mom bought me the 30th anniversary RC GD for my birthday. It blew me away coz its paint and all the details that car had were spot on. I really miss Dennis Anderson behind the wheel driving that iconic Monster Truck.

[@pitgroove.37_66]

They ran the 30th anniversary body on digger 20

[@DarkoUS-rn4mo]

@@pitgroove.37_66 You see those are the little details that I tend to miss out.

[@RailStalkerAdventures]

My favorite Digger trucks in the fleet were the first 12 GD trucks, because they all had their own character. I don't think that the Digger mud racer is on my list but if it was, I would put that rig in the 11th spot just to even my list out. Awesome video as always and keep on jammin', my man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheUmbreonGuy]

I feel like number 1 could've at least been mentioned as an honorable mention, considering it was the truck that kick-started the whole Grave Digger empire.

[@chevyfunk2468]

What an amazing job mate! Loved watching it and learnt a lot!

[@barbc2398]

WOW! WHAT AN AWESOME MONSTERTALK SHOW! YOU ROCK! WHERE HAVE I BEEN. ITS THE 1ST TIME I WATCHED THIS OUTSTANDING SHOW!!! CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH MORE. YOU ARE SO TALENTED AND I LOVE YOUR ACCENT. IT DEFINITELY IS BETTER THAN MINE. SINCERELY, I CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS OUTSTANDING INFORMATIVE 1 MAN TALK SHOW. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. SIGNED, MONSTERJAM MOM BARB. WAIT UNTIL DENNIS ANDERSON SEES THIS!!

[@drakewilliams7438]

Great vid. You should do one ranking the Avenger paint schemes for the World Finals!

[@Wandrng_drifter]

12:19 ok but using the driveline brake as a spark streamer was cool af

[@monsterduck4x4]

I love the soundtrack from Monster Jam's video games haha. Sick video.

[@crashey2224]

Urban assault it sounded like it was on DS

[@AGMCDumpTruck]

My favorite is the '06 green ghost chassis! It's so fire!!

[@joeythwaites9037]

19 & 20 are my all time favorite! I remember bein a kid watching those trucks an was amazed!

[@captainboose8788]

Very neat video, I would have to push 7 and 12 up though, Dennis used 7 in some 2000 and 2001 summer shows, and did some absolutely awesome runs with it, Raceway park is a prime example, overall good stuff

[@emojiiiii]

My favorite is #30

[@johnnylightning1]

I like Grave Digger 12 because it is unique from the other chassis. It’s much longer than all the other chassis and I think it was just a really good handling truck.

[@FrankHampton-t7m]

Any Gravedigger personally driven by Dennis Anderson is good in my book

[@danieldavis9832]

7 is my favorite. I didn’t realize that crash snapped 2s frame. I guess that’s why they didn’t just have the frame laying around somewhere

[@mandarin_4]

Grave Digger #1, #2, and #7 will always be my favs

[@pitgroove.37_66]

I'm certain we're absolutely never going to see something like this, but it's always been on the back of my mind to see a grave digger with a front engine chassis. We've seen both the 25th and 30th anniversary monster jam bodies as well as the monster energy body that were mounted on a front engine chassis and they seem to look really cool on a front engine chassis, so it always crosses my mind what gravedigger would look like

[@azisles02]

My favorite is either 12, 20 or 32. I might say 20 because when he drove it, it inspired him to build my favorite Monster truck chassis of all time, Taz 2.

[@augieschannel705]

8:42 what’s that photo from?

[@briannacisneros2197]

Thanks for the information❤❤❤

[@Baschemon]

I will always love & remember Grave Digger 20. That was my favorite Digger and the debute paint scheme was sick.

[@mcheizous]

Grave Digger 30 is easily one of my favorite Grave Diggers with 32 being in 2nd place in my opinion. I was glad to see it back in 2018. Although it sucks that it was retired, they should've at least given it to Tyler or Weston in the 2024 series.

[@Cardiacarrested445]

7:53 can someone tell me where this freestyle is from?

[@zilentfortnite]

👍 Good vid buddy

[@jasonfernandez1480]

I've been a fan of GraveDigger for years since 2003

[@Parkerrhode]

I saw grave digger XIX at DCU center in Worcester MA when I was in the sixth grade

[@Gmk4667]

One moment I can’t forget; I went to a show at Lucas oil stadium when I was like 9 or so and every single truck got some kind of damage but not Grave Digger, so it won by default.

[@nigeldean3726]

60 hours to complete, 30 seconds to destroy lol. Dennis was always my favorite cause he drove like a mad man haha

[@TerminalM193]

Dennis Anderson.... Hands down, no question.

[@MMRConline]

Great Video. My favorite has always been #7

[@forevercampeon]

20 was my favorite because the 25th anniversary is my all time favorite truck.

[@Jt7166]

Gravedigger 7 has to be one of the sketchiest monster trucks I've ever seen. Dennis was so pumped about that short wheel base but it just didn't work with how tracks evolved at that time.

[@furioussherman7265]

5:23 Wasn't Carl Van Horn driving for Sudden Impact Racing during that time, first in the Traxxas T-Maxx and then in the revived Excaliber?

[@H0NDAC1VlC200CC]

My favorite is grave digger number 2, it is almost a mix of where old school ended and high tech sht began!

[@aydentapia7129]

Man I Love Grave Digger When I Was like 3 or 2 4 years old man that brings me back so many memories in 2011 and 2012 and 2013 and my favorite grave digger is digger 20 digger 32 and digger 19

[@melanyuxart6153]

By far, my favoritte is Grave Digger 20. So nostalgic 🥰🥰

[@JoshRhodesRC]

Though I disagree with the placement of some of these trucks on the list, you pretty much nailed the top 10 Digger's. Fun watch and great information.

[@freddito_6_934]

Glad to know there’s people know about Digger!! Number 20 all the way yeaaa

[@kerryallen9128]

Gravedigger is literally pure badass and with all the monster trucks I think that Gravedigger biggest rivalry is max-d short for maximum destruction

[@robertruiziii4310]

In my opinion, the most Icon monster truck of all time is Bigfoot, the most popular truck that made monster jam what it is today is grave digger.

[@tanjirouzumaki144]

"Grandma" GRAVE DIGGER is my favorite

[@EPstroker]

You got it right......20 was his best piece ever. He made the change and built 20 with heavier tubing after 19 had many frame cracks etc. That's why he did t stay in 19 any longer than he did.

[@theSkavenger84]

Hands down, green ghost was and still is my favorite paint scheme

[@cmurphy0707]

I really wish they kept that design.

[@theSkavenger84]

Me too

[@Keston-tq7go]

Do a best max d list

[@azisles02]

What made XIX a stage 4 truck? Never heard it called that (or any truck really)

[@MonsterTalkOfficial]

Stage 4 trucks, at least nowadays, weigh a lot more for one due to increased cage support and are built to take much more severe impacts. GD19 didn't weigh significantly more but part of stage 4 trucks is the spread, low cradle with a low engine placement, as well as consisting almost entirely of custom built monster truck components instead of parts that are repurposed.

[@reidcraig3739]

I was at the Indianapolis show where digger was crashed into by Hooked. It was awesome being in the front row when it happened.

[@Markkzilla]

I had no idea the trucks ever went over seas that’s a new one for me.

[@gregorynagy8500]

Interesting video and story. I’ve followed the Motorsport,since the 80”s!! My Question is,could Gravedigger of Today,beat Bigfoot of Today?? Detroit, Michigan Loves Monster Trucks!! G

[@grumpyoltimer7523]

They still go head to head yearly at non Monster Jam events. Most of the time Bigfoot still whoops his ass. Bigfoot is still the winningest monster truck in history.

[@briannacisneros2197]

I’ll give you a lot of credit for all the videos you make❤❤❤

[@GueroPaisa]

Bro delivers banger videos. But I wish he wouldn’t try to sound like EVERY news anchor ever

[@irondino247]

19 without a doubt. So fast in racing and could cut loose on freestyle

[@jacksonalbrecht3652]

My favorite part about grave digger moments is when the lights would cut out hear the bong then glowing red eyes Grave Digger Emmerges

[@oohwhop716]

I love grave digger she the undertaker of monster jam

[@fivenightsatgoldenfreddys4912]

The legend of Monster Jam, meet the legend of WWE, that would be cool Grave Digger and The Undertaker together. Love them both. They both are my favorites bck then and still now, the greatest LEGENDS ever.

[@GretaVanZeppelin1996]

19 is my number 1, but 20 might be tied with it after watching this. Seems that many of the memories I had associated being with 19 were really 20. I think the reason I didn’t like 20 was due to Dennis breaking his arm in 2007. I loved the Green Ghost scheme though

[@beardineric6558]

Grave Digger Number 20 will always have my heart

[@alexkentmassey]

Grave Digger 1 and 25 are always my favorites

[@kaylamclaurin7862]

Retro grave digger,grave digger the legend,and grandma grave digger are my fav. I saw them in person

[@travisdavid7606]

Been watching Digger since the 80's Can't pick a favorite truck but I can say Charlie Pauken is my favorite Grave Digger driver other than Dennis

[@asilettevy]

My fav was grave digger 1 and 7 and many more my most fav is retro grave digger that was used in 1982

[@outof4080]

"I don't know what that sound is... Sorry." That was way more difficult to pause on that I hoped.

[@ASEAN-vxn6]

Fun fact:theres 2 grave diggers one was blue but the front frame came off during a best of 2024 season

[@mythbustersreddead299]

This was and still is my favorite one

[@Carno_The_Bowhead_YT]

My top 2 grave digger color schemes are the 30th purple and the 25th

[@aijie0627]

The Famous No and None other than the 1 and the only Grave Digger. My top 5 are Number 7 GD 23 Digger 20 and Grave Digger 32

[@TheRealJoshuaTheLegend]

Funny enough, every Halloween, the firehouse close to where I live. No, I will not tell you where it is, but going there is awesome when I found out that a street truck would be near the entrance. Each year, I would take my picture, and after that, I would ask if I could go home. Good times

[@antonparks9147]

I've seen the #19 truck twice in real life, I've seen it in D.C, and I've seen it in Hagerstown.

[@StanzellProductions]

what song is this? 11:09

[@StarzyindaStars]

Man’s got the monster jam ds music in the background

[@kaybevang536]

GD 1 shoulda gotten on this list but there’s so many to choose

[@orininterpreter975]

Good video but Grave Digger 2 is actually number 3 or 4. Number 2 was the first ford panel truck with Blue and Grave paint scheme then later the Grave Yard paint job. Also know as Grandma is also the first to beat Bigfoot in a side by side racing back in the old TNT Redman series.

[@kanekochera57]

Grave digger 7 is my childhood favorite

[@MonsterTrucker5748]

Yay, path of destruction game theme!

[@WEbeTURTLEpimpin]

12 should definitely be higher, ushered in the new design of grave digger for the next almost 15 years, good job though.

[@charlesjeffries55]

I was there in 2k16 when he got hit by hooked! Or something along them lines lol digger went to pits after truck didn't work properly so he could only finish with freestyle

[@everydaywithzeke7720]

Grave Digger 20 And Grave Digger 7

[@jerryr7641]

Cool video

[@Leatherface123.]

0:01 idk man Dennis Anderson says it’s Bigfoot and imma have to agree with him

[@GasGuzler]

I honestly thought all the trucks ran the same chassis with different bodies, didn’t know each team had their own truck.

[@Monsterjam22]

My most favorite toy grave digger is the 40th anniversar grave digger gold

[@fourwheelerjock]

Ehh. To each their own but this is my order. 1- 20/19 2- 14 3-7 Too me 14 was the start of the grave diggers we see today. And is very underrated. Yes it had a rough start but after that dennis would start to win a good amount

[@tigerguy1013]

The one from 2006 is the coolest one with the green ghost

[@TheNitroPsycho]

CVH drove 14 from 05 to 06, 06 to 2010 was driven by Chad Tingler

[@ReadyCoyote-yt6ou]

Using the path of destruction music bro that song is heat

[@TheRealestHooman]

Grave digger 35 is the best no one can change my mind

[@deshaunsilva5079]

I’m gonna have to say grave digger 30th anniversary green edition that’s my favorite monster truck

[@jennw1059]

Starting with the first one Grave Digger 2

[@muggzwithsunglasseswarioBower]

I love Grave Diggers

[@Action46MotorMadness]

I love grave digger 7 is the best truck she is one crazy machine

[@chrisabney6237]

Grave digger 19 was my favorite

[@harveylong5878]

aside from Dennis, its a shame Pablo retired from driving. Pablo had that GD mentality yet had technical tricks to back up the balls to the wall ride it till they need a shovel to get whats left in the trailer

[@jason5_1_5_0]

What Grave Digger had the gold rims?

[@ScientistTVman25]

my fav is the 35th and 40th

[@Green-the-military-monkey]

How long did it take you to find all this lol