In the late s and early s, large tractor tires became popular, and the drive lines required to run such tires led to some of the first purpose-built mud bogging machines. The show is hosted by Brian and Lisa Austin and is filmed and produced in Arkansas.
Some drivers enter their Mega Truck in freestyle, Hill'n Hole, bounty hole and Tug of War competitions and compete with others for cash and or trophy's. The sole difference between Classes V and VI is the tire type. They would occasionally have mud bogs as part of later events, but not on the same scale as before. There are many class usually set but the tire size, and engine. Open bogs come from Florida and are mostly natural. Vehicles are required to have four wheel drive, in order to assure that the vehicles have the best possibility of avoiding being stuck. These trucks have big power engines, built just for that class and are not limited to what can be added to the truck. Television In March, Mud Truck Television was created with the specific purpose of providing media coverage for the sport. Most Unlimited and X classes are run with what you want in the safety rules. It is no longer solely a participant sport, growing into a multimillion-dollar spectator sport with high paying sponsors. Years later around a new era of Mud Bogging started to evolve and has since grown into a worldwide internet sensation.
The show airs nationwide on a weekly basis on the Untamed Sports TV Network and several cable networks across the midwest. Early mud boggers were pickup trucks or sport utility vehicles modified with lifted suspensions and larger tires, and classes exist for such vehicles today. Engines may be in the front or the rear of the vehicles. Some Mega Trucks have a blower motor or an Alcohol injected motor that will bring upwards of horsepower. At the same time, superchargers first became widely used, leading to the modern top-level racer. By the late s, many sanctioning bodies began giving precedence to vehicles with modified, and lower, dragster -type "rail designs", as they had increased in popularity. Most Mega Trucks are built with a custom chassis, have 5 ton axles, upwards of horsepower and have tractor tires. Some of these trucks would later be modified to be Monster Trucks. Their rulebook is the general basis for most other mud racing competitions.