Monster Truck Toys

it’s great to have your own big monster truck, but not everyone can afford it! We show you the next best thing:  monster truck toys.

Monster truck toys are very popular these days. These monster trucks toys come with different names, different size, size of wheels and colors. So it is really entertaining to have a monster truck toy!

When the snow season comes, it really becomes awesome if you run these monster trucks on the snow. Do not let the snow just lie there and go to waste after some time. Design a monster truck rally and turn you yard into a Remote Control race course.

These toys are designed so that every boy can play with them in any ways he wants. Not only you can run them on the snow, but it is really entreating to run these toys on the mud too. Jumping race is enjoyed by most of the boys having these monster trucks.

Beside all those things above, these monster trucks also provide the facility to customize them. Yes, you can completely customize your monster truck. The different names of these toys include ‘6 volt ride’, ‘Mad Beast Nitro Gas’, ‘Nitro Stampede’ and other wacky names! But you can name your toy whatever you want. After all you own that.

Prices of these toys may vary with change in design or model. It is always better to compare prices from different sellers in the market.

2010 Cadillac Escalade EXT

Trucks have too many variations to keep track of! This week we cover a specific sports utility truck. Sports utility trucks, for the uninitiated, are utility trucks/crew cabs but with 4 doors and a shorter rear bed.

The truck of interest is the 2010 Cadillac Escalade EXT. Before we say anything further, let’s take a moment to look at this beauteous model.

Unless you have more than 70k USD to spare, a gasp is all you can afford. If you can afford this curvaceous luxury vehicle, however, you can get it in black, silver, blue or white.

The 2010 Cadillac Escalade EXT has a 6.2L engine that delivers 403 hp at 5700 rpm. All this power is controlled by a 6 speed manual gearbox. It can go from stationary to 60 miles an hour in 7 seconds, relatively fast for a SUT. All this performance at about 14 miles a gallon (city and highway combined).

It should be clear that the 2010 Cadillac Escalade EXT is meant for those who prefer function over form. It is a luxurious pickup truck, and not much else. It’s utility as a pick-up is very limited, especially with its small rear bed.

Bucyrus MT6300AC: World’s largest truck

The Bucyrus MT6300AC must be a sorrowful truck indeed. It trumps its competitors in all fields of measurement, except length, where it falls short of Komatsu 930E-4. So how much longer is the Komatsu 930E-4? Well, 1 inch.

Those willing to overlook that one measly shortcoming will easily recognize the Bucyrus MT6300AC as the largest production truck in the world. Consider its height of 7.9 meters, a payload capacity of close to 400,000 kg (that’s almost 200 elephants!) and an engine that dishes out the power of 3,750 horses. It’s not difficult to understand why everyone looks up to this with reverence.

Bucyrus MT 6300AC

So where is this monstrous truck, that tops out at 40 miles an hour (or 64 kmph), used? Trucks like the Bucyrus MT6300AC feel right at home in mines. Introduced at the 2008 MinExpo as the Terex MT6300AC, it was re-branded in February 2010 as the Bucyrus MT6300AC. The model is currently being used in Australian mines.

How much will one of these big daddies cost you, you ask? A single unit will burn a $4 million huge hole in your pocket, and that’s just the base price! But for the mining industry, the Bucyrus MT6300AC is probably the best blessing Terex gave them before being taken over by Bucyrus.

Dodge Ram SRT 10: previous Guiunness record holder

For more than five years, manufacturers have been making attempts to make their production trucks go faster than the Dodge Ram. It the Guinness Book of World Records in 2004 with the Dodge Ram SRT-10 by topping at an impressive 154.6 miles an hour. The record has since been surpassed by the Australian HSV Maloo, but it still remains the fastest full-size truck.

The SRT-10, part of Chrysler’s Ram lineage, was built solely for the purpose of speed. With its impressive history, it’s a pity that, though the Ram line continues, the Dodge Ram SRT-10 is no longer in production. With specifications that boast of an 8.3 L V10 engine that puts out 500 horsepower and 525 pounds per feet of torque, the Dodge Ram SRT 10 is one of the biggest, baddest machines to have ever run the roads. Wolfgang Bernhard, then the COO of Chrysler, is known to have told reporters “The Dodge Ram SRT-10 may be the first halo truck, but trust me, this truck is no angel.”

In the used market, the SRT 10 still remains a premium brand, demanding prices upward of $20000 almost everywhere it is sold. Body kits and other modifications for the truck still exist.

Whether Chrysler will choose to bring back a truck similar to the Dodge Ram SRT 10 that can re-take the Guinness World Record remains a subject of speculation. But, until that happens, in the minds of thousands of people who were lucky enough to own one, or even drive one, the SRT 10 will remain the best pickup truck there ever was.

Amphibious Vehicles: Way of the Future?

A somewhat interesting concept in the world of transportation is that of driving off the road and straight into the sea. The concept in itself is nothing new, and has intrigued inventors and travelers alike for years. Only recently, however, are the efforts starting to bear fruits.

Aquada

The biggest breakthrough in the amphibian vehicle industry has probably been Aquada. It can convert itself from a land vehicle to a ‘boat’ in about 12 seconds. And once on water, it can still run at a whooping 30 mph speed. Besides, it is the one car that is already available for public purchase, albeit at a premium price tag of £150,000.

Then there’s the ambitious amphibian bus transport service being undertaken in Great Britain. They are trying to design buses that can run on land as well as water. This project is being copied in many other countries as well.

AmfiBus

The amphibian vehicle industry, however, is still in its nascent stages. Cheap and reliable amphibious vehicles are still a distant dream for the general population. But is it where the future of vehicles is headed?

Many would seem to agree. In many places, all over the world, the ability to go straight through a water catchment area rather than around it, or over a bridge, would cut traveling times drastically. Apart from the savings in time, amphibious buses like those being tested in Great Britain serve as a tourist attraction, adding to the government’s coffers.

The only hindrances so far to the wide-spread use of amphibious vehicles are their cost and safety issues related to drowning as well as water traffic. However, developments to make such vehicles cheaper, faster, and more reliable are underway, and travelling in amphibious vehicles should be a common scenario by the end of the decade.