SCORE Journal - The Official Publication of SCORE Off-Road Racing
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ASIDE FROM BUILDING TROPHY TRUCKS, THE GEISER BROTHERS ARE ALSO GETTING INTO MANUFACTURING A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS. about. "Davis watched a video of Geiser Brothers on YouTube. He came over to the shop and asked how much, and when can I have it? That was the nicest truck we have built. It had chromed shocks, chromed wheels and the best of everything; we went all out. We thought he would drive it to work and other players would see it and would also want one. For whatever reason that didn't happen." Currently it takes three to six months from the time you order a truck until it is complete. To give you an idea of their schedule, the Geiser Brothers average building four to five trucks per year. It takes a total of 2000 man hours that goes into each truck by the time it is finished and is ready to race. While the component parts of the lower links, lower A arms , chassis and other parts are laser cut and CNC bent, the welding itself eats up a significant amount of time. Lower links and A-arms each take 10-12 hours of welding and a chassis takes about 120 hours. Despite all the time needed, the brothers completed a Trophy Truck for Clyde Stacy in 2014 in under two months. "We started in mid January and it raced the SCORE San Felipe 250 (March 1st). It took less than two months to turn it from a pile of parts to a complete ready to race Trophy Truck. We killed everybody on our team. Two or three guys quit. They came back but said you can't do that again" said Geiser. We asked Geiser about the trend in recent years of Trophy Trucks getting fatter. Bigger shocks, fuel cells, motors and more have added a significant amount of weight compared to the Trophy Trucks of five or ten years ago. "What I see, from building, testing and racing them, is that a heavy car works better in the rough and the whoops. A lighter car is better from corner to corner. It's more nimble" said Geiser. "Apdaly Lopez drives the smaller truck, a Trophy Truck Spec chassis. It's a rocket ship that is 1000 pounds lighter, three inches skinnier and has a five-inch shorter wheelbase. It has smaller shocks but the rest is basically the same. Same motor, trans, spindles etc. At San Felipe that car is not going to be good, but the longer, wider and heavier truck is going to be a better ride; you're going to go faster. To win with a smaller truck takes the right course like a Peninsula Run Baja 1000 or the 500, and the right driver. On something like a shorter more rugged course, it would be brutal; if you didn't crash it first." The Geiser Brothers don't just build and prep trucks. They have expanded into manufacturing and currently make a large variety of universal race car parts such as sway-bar ends, bump stop cans, body mount washers, fire extinguisher mounts, hubs, misalignment spacers, drybreaks and much more. Overall it's an impressive feat for two self described "dumb kids" who built motors in their bedrooms. You can learn more about Geiser Brothers Design and Development at www.geiserbros.com. SJ 020 SCORE JOURNAL