I'm David Ferrier, New Zealand are accidentally marooned in America, and I want to figure out what makes this country tick.

Something I've come to appreciate about America is that many Americans like to drive around in really big vehicles.

This year 2 million new pickup trucks will be sold here in America.

Giant towering vehicles that seem to tap into the American psyche of being big, loud and confident.

In some cases, they're practical, builders, ranchers, farmers.

They'll tell you that certain jobs need big trucks. But where I am in Los Angeles I wonder what it's all about.

The other day I saw a man buying a salad returning to a giant pickup that was so big he'd had to park it up on the curb.

I'd argue you don't need a pickup truck to buy a salad

thus adding yet another mystery to America.

Why does America need big trucks? To try and answer this question, I'd need to

encounter some big trucks, the biggest of trucks. And I was very excited to see

that the Monster Jam World Finals were coming to LA, billed as the most

action-packed motorsports event on four wheels.

An encounter with a 12,000 pound truck might help me understand what was going on.

So, get ready to jump in a giant truck and tower over your fellow motorists,

because this is the monster trucks episode.

Flightless.

Flightless.

Flightless bird touchdown in America.

I'm a fly this bird touchdown in America.

I'm a fly this bird touch down in America.

How do you feel about the big trucks of America in New Zealand they don't build vehicles that are as big as the ones here really so it's genuinely just kind of amazing to me the scale of things and sometimes I'll park and I'll get out of my little car.

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