The Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam monster truck show made its annual stop in Birmingham, Alabama on January 7, 2012. While the Monster Jam show racing haulers are typically not the most colorful, especially the Monster Jam-owned trucks, at least two of the independent teams added some flair to the lot off of 9th Avenue North.

Not much to the typical Monster Jam trucks; the most interesting aspect of this photo is the four large tires stacked next to the trailer’s rear axles. These (relatively) small tires replace the giant tires used by the monster trucks during the show when the monster trucks are loaded into the trailer; see the discussion of these tires below the photos of GunSlinger.

The GunSlinger monster truck team brought their truck in this deep red hauler decorated with their tagline, “Our Sights Are On You.” The cowboy motif on the hauler’s rear doors would certainly get my attention driving down the road. The GunSlinger “Behind the Scenes” web page has some great photos of their hauler in action as well as the GunSlinger monster truck on the smaller tires similar to those noted next to the Monster Jam hauler above.

Unlike most racing haulers, the “halftime entertainment” of the fire breathing, car eating Megasaurus uses a Fastrak convertible tarp system on its trailer.

A couple of days before the show, my little buddy and I stopped by the Grave Digger – The Legend display at the Advance Auto Parts in Pelham, Alabama. The show truck is carried by Stage Call trucking of Apache Junction, Arizona in this plain white hauler. When the appearance is over, the truck is placed on its smaller tires and rolled into the hauler. The monster truck actually rolls on top of rails and work cabinetry inside the trailer such that the bottom of the wheels are some 3′ above the floor of the trailer.