-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen The Raminator Monster Truck, driven by Dale Benear of Paxton, Illinois, gets some altitude Saturday afternoon as it makes a pass over a row of cars being crushed at Shimkat Motors in Fort Dodge. The 2000 horsepower truck made quick work of noisily smashing the cars nearly flat.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen The Raminator Monster Truck, driven by Dale Benear, of Paxton, Illinois, makes another pass across a row of old cars it was crushing at Shimkat Motors Saturday afternoon. Several thousand people attended the event.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen The Raminator Monster Truck makes its first landing on a row of old cars Saturday afternoon at Shimkat Motors in Fort Dodge. The 2000 horsepower truck made quick work of flattening the vehicles.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen The Raminator Monster Truck can not only crush cars, it can also do a pretty impressive four wheel burnout with its 2000 horsepower engine.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Emily Jacobson, of Fort Dodge, uses her cell phone to take a picture of Aiden Meinhardt, 9, and his sister, Verity Meinhardt, 4, on the front tire of the Raminator Monster Truck Saturday afternoon after the vehicle crushed a row of cars at Shimkat Motors.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Hayden O'Brion, 7, of Humboldt, tries on the wheel of the Raminator Monster Truck Satuday afternoon during its car crushing visit to Shimkat Motors.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Tyler Moeller, 14, of Somers, gets a shirt autographed by Raminator Monster Truck driver Dale Benear, of Paxton, Illinois, Saturday afternoon after Benear used the 2000 horsepower truck to crush a line of cars at Shimkat Motors.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen The remains of a row of old cars sit in the parking lot of Shimkat Motors Saturday afternoon after being crushed by the Raminator Monster Truck.