Just want to know how much you guys have spent on your rigs

[95yj97xj]

Let's see, they're all clod based:

About $1500 in one, and it still doesn't run, two years later

Another $800-$900 in another

And about $500 in a third

At least the last two run! And I really wish I didn't try to figure this out...

[88toyota88]

more then i have

[Hildy]

I have two 2.2 rigs right now.

The axial rig has about 900 into it.

The TLT is going to be around 1300 when finished. About to put a few more hundred into it here in a day or two.

YA WANNA PLAY...YA GONNA PAY

[Dickie691986]

I totaled my car a little while back and thought id get into this hobby to give me something to do while I saved my money for another car. wow!!!!!! I was f****** wrong. lol Iv got around $1,300.00 and still going. oh and I still dont have a car.lol damn hobbies.

[gadge]

each??? at least grand just in radio stuf.
2.4 6ch...2.4 3ch(6 Rx's)...4ch fm...2 ch fm..
14 sets of tires and wheels...7 rooster esc's..10 motors...18+ bodies
mini vertical mill and lathe
these 3 AX-10's grand each
not shown WK/Pede..TLT/Pede..tuber
18"wb REVO/E-Maxx...tube(project waitin on parts)
8' x 12' test track in basement
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>>>>>>>>>>>.....................TOTAL $ 10,000 EASY...............<<<<<<<

[crazy_kanaka]

For my tlt build I initially spent about $1000. But over the years, I've probably put in another $1000 or so easy.

My axial build, I'm at about $800. And thats using the same radio that I have for the tlt one.

Now with that being said... here is another thread that I can never let my wife see.

[rdtshaw]

Yuppers, lots of dough....

Axial $1400
Emaxx $2500
RC18T $600
Wheely king $200 (for my 3 year old, no real upgrades there, just put my novak 55T in it to sllloowwww it downm, and my old spektrum dx3.0 'cause I kept waiting for him to put an eye out with the Am radio antenna, aaahhhh! )

FAR less than my last 1:1 sammy build. The winch, bumpers, and xfer case alone cost that much... and I broke the damned xfer case...
Don't wanna know what I had in my old Scout 800...

Needless to say, $25 here, $120 there, much easier to negotiate with the wife. $2000 all at once has to come with an explanation, justification, begging, etc...

*sigh* ...I miss my sammy...

[Brainstain]

Uck, I have about $300 in a WK Brushless basher, $400 in a WK K2-3L, $300 in an AX tuber I built and I dunno in the scaler let's see

WK axles. $80
Lockers $50
CVD's ...? $50?
Frame $150
Steel for add ons $10
Aluminum knuckles $50
7T $80
MM $120
WK Tranny $40
CKRC gears for said tranny $20
Futaba AM radio $80
Crushers $60
PL 8 shooters $50
Shocks $30 on Ebay
Links $30 or so
5995TG $100 or so
Batteries $60
Maxx shafts $10
Pinion and spur $10
Assorted nuts and bolts $5
Body $30
Deans $5
LED's $5
reciever pack $20

So, $1165 in my WK scaler. And I love every minute with that thing.

[jayliu1984]

I remembered when I started out, I search for a thread like this and MANY people said 350 is a good starting point.

WOW, so many "grand" rigs. Should we have a class system based on price then?

Yeah, if this is compared to other hobbies, it is cheap. I almost end up doing railroad modelling. Oh well, guess I will open up an account and deposit some money every month. So then I will use it wisely.

[dezrik]

Heres a very capable crawler I can touch all 4 tires to the wall and not flip backwards!!


Stock AX-10 kit 209.99
Integy 45T Lathe 18.39
CCBEC 23.14
Mamba Max 115.95
8-Cell Elite 1500 Saddle Pack 25.99
MG955R Servo 19.99
Losi Claws 27.28
RC4WD Beadlock Super Narrow 109.99

Total 550.72

[SeanD]

I gave up calculating how much I've spent on my crawler because it started to get frightening Put it his way, if I spent as much money (and time) on my "real" vehicles, they'd be in much better shape than they are right now!!

I hope my wife does not read this post

[po' riggity]

I had a clodbuster at one point, but don't know where it went. I think it ended up getting thrown out :( I am now looking at an AX10 kit, and with everything I want, its looking like i'll spend $900 or so.
Scott

[rockinvegas]

I can't say my wife is in to this hobby to. So she is on here looking in on me to make sure my nose is clean. And Wifeeeee I have not spent over 4 Figures yet.?.?.?.?

[JavelinSST390]

For the sake of my mariage my wife and I agreed to stop keeping track of it.

But I bet I've got over $800 into my scaler. But I'm a veteran scrounger. Almost everything on it was used.

My new comp tuber I'm building will be budget build by comparison. The axles and tranny came from trading off an old HPI RS4 Pro 2 roller,(that I paid $35 for) building the tuber cost me all of $50 (and I still have materials left over for the next one.) The tires I won on a giveaway here, and the shocks are just some El-Cheapo 3-racing piggybacks (but they sure work smooth)

And most of the electrics will either serve double-duty from my scaler or will be other stuff I have lying around. The only things I have to BUY for it is a lathe motor, some Yokes, rod ends, and a set of wheels.

[red jim]

My most expensive rig is just under 400 and my "junk" is 300 tops.

[Mortimer Snerd]

I really, really hope my wife sees this thread. At least then she'll believe the "Honest! Everyone has to spend this much to do poorly at comps!" line.

[Col_Sanders]

For my current build I have ~450 invested so far. I had a few things sitting around already, traded for a few things, and have a few more purchases though.

I dont want to add all that I have in my scaler. Started building it ~6 months ago and changed directions so many times anyway so I cant remember prices.

[dkur]

Oh my gosh! What a question. I tallied up what I had into it as of Nov. '07 - Feb '08 and came up with over 2 grand. Please keep in mind I have three crawlers. I don't think they are anywhere near comp ready as I feel tweaking is needed on all three. :-(
The best and most fun spending money I have had in a while!!!!!!!

How much you spend is up to you. Do you want to just play around on the rocks or get into serious competition or maybe somewhere in between? It all depends on what you want to do. I think I am somewhere in between. I really enjoy getting out there and running my trucks over the terrain. I enjoy looking for new places that I can run my trucks and reviewing them for my RC club. I also enjoy getting together with friends and seeing what other trucks can do. I'm just out there to have fun.

It's not a bad habit to have over drinking till you can't stand, smoking 5-50 packs of cigarettes a day, doing drugs until you don't know who you are!!! The worst body damage I am doing is maybe getting arthritis in my trigger finger and maybe spraining an ankle tripping over rocks rather than having a liver that is as hard as a table top, lungs that look like asphalt or a brain that is half dead!!!!

I guess I am showing a little bit of bias.

[Ax-hole]

My ax10k10 has sucked up about $1500 so far and still not done yet.

[Wrecker]

$1000 - $1500 in each rig.