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Whistlin’ Diesel “Monster Max” Diesel Truck Rolls Coal Like Nobody’s Business

Let’s face it; we all love monster trucks for all the right (and wrong) reasons. Their simplicity is part of the appeal, but their size and car-crushing capabilities are even more intriguing. Not all oversized trucks, however, are created equal.
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Take a look at Monster Max in the following video, the “Destroyer of Worlds” as it’s described by Whistlin’ Diesel. “The truck that started it all is back,” according to its maker, boasting “72,000 HP of PURE GET OUT OF MY WAY.”

WD started off with a Chevy Silverado from the first generation of the full-size workhorse, produced between 2000 and 2007 on the GMT880 body-on-frame platform. A 6.6-liter Duramax V8 turbo diesel was also offered in heavy-duty models, and this fellow here certainly likes to show it off by rolling coal.

A magnificently insane build that would make kids and grown men awe with amazement, the Monster Max has four 36-inch tires. That 36 inches across, translating to 91 centimeters or half of my height as a 30-year-old man. Similarly insane is the 360-degree lighting system, made possible by roof-mounted light bars, and a pair of nitrous bottles affixed to the roll bars.

Your inner child may also get excited when the horn sounds because this isn’t a stock unit, but the horn from a train! As if that wasn’t ludicrous enough, Whistlin’ Diesel has also equipped the Monster Max with a raid siren (!!!).

Rolling over an ATV is just another day at the office for the monstrous truck, and the same can be said about ripping donuts and driving through mud puddles. Fitness enthusiasts can even do chin-ups thanks to the heavy-duty front bumper, yet that’s not the purpose of the Monster Max.

What is this thing’s purpose, though?

While you’re thinking about an answer, it’s also worth highlighting how much fuel the Duramax leviathan actually uses. According to the owner, “the Monster Max reveal video literally took TWO ENTIRE TANKS OF DIESEL.”

We don’t know the actual capacity of the fuel cell, but remember that the bone-stock Silverado HD could be had with a 36-gallon tank (136 liters).

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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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