Kyle Doyle wrote on Facebook (July 15th 2026):

This was filmed in Holyoke, CO in July of 1988 during the daytime before the pull/crush event that Kramer and BF7 were appearing at. As far as I can deduce, this was their last chance to practice their car spacing/timing before filming the Roadhouse dealership crush.

The Roadhouse filming with BF7 did not take place in one block of time but rather multiple instances several weeks apart. As best I can recall, after RBC drove the truck in the river crossing scene, Kramer would handle the rest of the driving duties on-set including of course the famous dealership scene.

In between these filming blocks, the truck used what we believe to be custom-airbrushed magnets featuring the BIGFOOT wordmark airbrushed onto them by Dan Patterson, along with occasional Ford blue oval decals in lieu of the traditional cartoon truck on the bedsides, which were steel (the truck had a complete OEM bed during this timeframe). Sometimes it even appeared with no graphics at all (see the clips used in the BF In Action VHS of Kramer crushing cars in St. Peters, MO). In addition to St. Peters, we know the truck performed at Santa Fe Speedway in IL, Madison Intl. Raceway in Wisconsin and the aforementioned Holyoke, CO before performing the final scenes of Roadhouse it was needed for, including the dealership crush.

Again, this is all what myself, Justin and Matt have pieced together via a variety of sources but it seems to check out for the most part.