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06-17-2005, 05:41 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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|  stall angle?
just wondering: what's the greatest slope your rigs will scale before losing traction? my BLT-8 will go right up a 68 degree slope, but loses traction at 70 degrees. (this measured with some old bits of curb a little longer than the truck and a builder's triangle). as there's not a big crawling community here in Cleveland, i have no basis for comparison. is 68 degrees good? |
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06-17-2005, 07:27 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Haunted Forest
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Not all surfaces are alike. A truck could climb 68 degrees on on type and not make 45 degrees on another type. Hard to say what my trucks will climb without some kind of benchmark 'climb test' that is the same for everyone. (like an RTI but for hill climbing)... 68 degrees is very impressive! Got any vid? RYAn |
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06-17-2005, 07:29 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Haunted Forest
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PS: Switch to Mashers 2000's, and you'll gain a few more degrees... For real!
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06-17-2005, 07:36 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orem, UT
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Yep, depebds on the terrain and tires. At Hamburger Hill, Utah we drove up 75 degree inclines durring the rain and snow. Well, those of us with pro-lines did.  |
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06-17-2005, 08:04 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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i'm using busted up concrete curbs, kind of a rough surface. cutting the Dawgs got me 5 degrees, i'm hoping the new Moabs will do even better. we'll see when they get here. sorry no video but i could put up pics later tonite
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06-17-2005, 10:45 AM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Bring that thing down to Columbus and we'll try it out! |
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06-17-2005, 10:56 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ulysses (In my hick town)
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I don`t know about when the tires are spinning, but now that my X Factor has the rear extended to a 15 1/2 inch WB I can lift the front to almost vertical with the stock tires so I`m guessing that with the tires going it could go to around the 75 degree mark :neutral: . I am going to get swamp kongs so It will probably change a lot when I do that.
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06-17-2005, 12:07 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ventura
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well up a big slope i'd have to say around 80* but i also have my crawler really low cause i like hill climbs. Also don't know if it counts but I have also crawled up an undercut so thats past vert maybe 105*. Just some advice for hill climbs, loose or not. Keep it full throttle all the way up, you want to keep you tires spinning, because the second the rear grabs, it will flip you over backwards. Only get off the throttle if forward progress stops.
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06-17-2005, 12:47 PM
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| bendforthebone Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jamul
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My truck can climb up the side of my stucko house. But when the rear wheels hit the bottom it won't go up, but it will stay balanced there at a 90 degree angle
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06-17-2005, 03:22 PM
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06-17-2005, 03:41 PM
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[QUOTE=moonbuggy]Also don't know if it counts but I have also crawled up an undercut so thats past vert maybe 105*. i'd like to see that. (i'm not saying BS, i'm saying that's hella cool) that's a real good trick. this is the "scientific slope" i'm using:  i'll do another test on plywood and see how much difference there is | |
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06-17-2005, 04:12 PM
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06-17-2005, 05:31 PM
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80* is pretty damn good, tho. | |
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06-17-2005, 06:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Long Island NY.
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i can crawl up a vertical surface about 16-17 inches and go over it
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06-17-2005, 08:10 PM
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| Colt Python/SR9c  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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well as mentioned, it depends on the terrain. some places my truck won't climb a 45* hill but yet i can bring it in and it climb up a 17" 90* couch. so it just depends on terrain  |
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06-18-2005, 11:27 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Columbia Gorge
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I can drive on a very vertical surface, with my nose pointed down  .... as many have seen in THIS VIDEO.All surfaces are different, tire compounds are different, layout of a truck is different from one to another, driver skill is different between eachother.... way too many factors to consider. |
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06-18-2005, 01:24 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding from Goodall
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65*? PFFT pansy. My clod walks up anything! Yes I drove it over this rock   |
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06-18-2005, 02:35 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ulysses (In my hick town)
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You winched it didn`t you, that`s why the bag is there.
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06-18-2005, 02:40 PM
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i would love to see a video on that clod going over that rock, not saying that you are BS'ing but that is some hell of an incline
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06-18-2005, 02:49 PM
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| Colt Python/SR9c Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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i would have to call BS on that one also. if you look close, there is more weight on the front and the rearend looks like its in the air |
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