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11-30-2008, 04:38 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Ocean
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|  A custom shafty costs more than a custom Berg
Based on the way I built by Axial and then equalizing costs based on teh assumption you would spend the same on like items like the chassis, wheels, etc., a custom Berg is slightly cheaper to build than a custom shafty. Some of my prices are rounded guestimates so don't bother picking them apart. The bottom line is it's about the same to do either type of build. Last edited by dpdsurf; 11-30-2008 at 04:40 PM. |
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11-30-2008, 04:53 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Marcos
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I've spent way more than that on a shafty. My GC-2 Axial based build came close to $1500 without including my DX3r. I've built three berg trucks and have not yet to spend over $1100 on them.
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11-30-2008, 05:05 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Elberfeld
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11-30-2008, 05:17 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Xxx
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My berg without ESC and Tx/Rx and lipo cost me 450. Add in the 3r then a mm , 5955, lipo , and my DL wheels im at 879. I'm alot happier with a berg quality as opposed to and shafty. |
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11-30-2008, 06:58 PM
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11-30-2008, 07:00 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: phx
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I'm not sure when it happened but suddenly I find myself driving around an rc car that cost nearly as much as my first 1:1 car. This hobby has gotten a bit pricey over the years. I just purchased a berg kit, another goat, and some tires and paused for a long while before I clicked the confirm button. I just wish I had seen this forum before heading down the Axial route. Otherwise it's definitly been fun.
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11-30-2008, 07:29 PM
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11-30-2008, 07:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Ocean
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Yeah, I'm sure you could easliy get another $200 into either build above based on my leaving something out or future mods. I just had a feeling that the upgraded axles and dig on a shafty offset the additional motor and axle costs of a Berg so I decided to do the math. |
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11-30-2008, 08:14 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In the Dark Edges of your Mind
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But if your hobby before was 1:1 wheeling... it was a locker this month $400... set of tires next month $1000... flowmaster $150... broken axle replacements $200... and so on. It's nice finally havin a hobby that I afford big time upgrades for while still not breaking the bank...  |
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11-30-2008, 08:26 PM
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I could always post my finished product for ya ....   . After I clean off the "rust" . Although with my new inception into the JR company, The price went up about 40 more yen .
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11-30-2008, 08:59 PM
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