# Monster Hummer **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 15, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054 "2001-03-15T04:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/1 "2001-03-15T04:25:29Z")
Has anyone ever built a monster truck based on a hummer? ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/2 "2001-03-15T05:11:12Z")
I hate to be the only one to say it, but I was really expecting something else… -mdf ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/3 "2001-03-15T12:38:47Z")
You wanna know something really sad? I should have had the same thought I assume mdf had. But I was just involved in a thread on hummingbird’s, or “hummers” to the cooler-than-cool bird-watching cognoscenti 😉 . And the thing that flashed through my mind was giant, mutant hummingbirds 😃 . Obviously I need help. Or a hummer 😛 . As to the OP - Sorry enolancooper, I just don’t know. You should stick to the turtle questions. I’m better at those 😉 . - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/4 "2001-03-15T13:18:06Z")
Well, count me as a sicko too. ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/5 "2001-03-15T13:35:06Z")
You mean this isn’t about . . . uh . . . you know . . . ::walks out, slams door:: ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/6 "2001-03-15T13:36:20Z")
Good Lord, me too… Presumably he meant a Hummvee? 😃 Giant, mutant hummingbirds?? That’s REALLY frightening… But all you need to do is spike some of that wicked-ass faux-Kool Aid kinda stuff they drink from the backyards of lusty suburbanites, and you’ll be able to defeat them quicker than you can say “Tweety was a transvestite.” ---
**Author:** ![howardsims](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@howardsims](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howardsims)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/7 "2001-03-15T14:49:29Z")
There is a hummer stretch limo down here in South FL. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/8 "2001-03-15T14:57:43Z")
Not only am I sick enough to wonder if he was talking about…you know…before I opened the thread… I’m sick enough to wonder that even after reading the OP… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/9 "2001-03-15T15:05:17Z")
…That’s why I checked out this post to begin with. At least I appear to have company down here in the gutter…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/10 "2001-03-15T15:25:24Z")
Having been induced to open this damn thread, I feel obligated to remark that the largest hummer is the Giant Hummingbird of the Andess of South America, which weighs up to 21 gm (2/3 of an ounce), or about the same as a small songbird. I also considered the possiblity that the thread title was concerned with sexual practices, but I never imagined it was about Humvees. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Glenoled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Glenoled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glenoled)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/11 "2001-03-15T15:45:28Z")
Am I the only one to correctly assume that the thread title refered to the vehicle?!?! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/12 "2001-03-15T15:52:21Z")
Naughty, dirty-minded pervs…I meant the military 4x4. the HUMMER (aka HUMVEE). I figured such a macho truck could be made SUPER-MACHO on the Monster Truck circuit. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/13 "2001-03-15T15:53:35Z")
Aaah vehicles! I was beginning to think this “Bert is Evil” thing had gone too far… ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/14 "2001-03-15T15:59:36Z")
Why, of course someone has. I’d venture to say just about any 4WD vehicle out there has been monsterized (is that even a word?) at one time or another. [Here](http://monsterpictur.iwarp.com/drag.htm) is an example of a big ol’ lifted Hummer. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/15 "2001-03-15T16:41:57Z")
Keep in mind that those monster trucks are basically custom frames with whatever body (made of fiberglass) dropped on top. I doubt there are many or any original HUMVEE parts in that vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/16 "2001-03-15T17:02:52Z")
The HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) is the military version, the HUMMER is what Arnold drives, the cushy civilianized version. And **howardsims** I’ve seen that limo, too. BTW, IIRC, the Army calls them “Hummers” and the Marines call them “Humvees”, kinda like the “chopper” vs. “helo” thing. But I’ve been out a while. **Telemark** , the body of the HMMWV is made of fiberglass, so that may be a legit body up on top of the turkey tires in the link. The back window looks like the mil version. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/17 "2001-03-15T17:04:58Z")
The HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) is the military version, the HUMMER is what Arnold drives, the cushy civilianized version. And **howardsims** I’ve seen that limo, too. BTW, IIRC, the Army calls them “Hummers” and the Marines call them “Humvees”, kinda like the “chopper” vs. “helo” thing. But I’ve been out a while. **Telemark** , the body of the HMMWV is made of fiberglass, so that may be a legit body up on top of the turkey tires in the link. The back window looks like the mil version. 'scuse me if this is a dbl post, problems with network. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-hummer/58054/18 "2001-03-15T19:00:55Z")
I am under the impression that Arnold got a military version, as they did not make them for commercial sales until he got one.