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06-22-2005, 06:52 PM
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| R.I.P. Chip   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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|  The Give Away Crawler
Braceysdad contacted me about giving away this crawler to help support our site. I was blown away by this gesture. He told me he wanted to do this because RCCrawler had helped bring his family together, and it gives him a place to get away. Often times when I'm working behind the scenes to make the site stay a float I'll log on and all I see is people complaining, and it makes me wonder why I even bother. Every now and then I will get an email from someone saying how the site has helped them, and it feels good to be a part of it. When Braceysdad did this it was the ultimate, although some people don't relise it this site means a lot to a lot of people, and many of us work hard behind the scenes to make it happen. Along with work it also takes money to keep a site of the size running. We have serveral ways to bring money into the site. We have the star program, which many of you have participated in, and we are also going to try to hold one or two of these drawings per year. Ron had visited this site and using info he found here he started building this crawler. He loved coming to the site to check out what the newest trends were. He even joked several times that he "wanted to meet that Digler guy" why, I have no idea. Ron passed away at the beginning of April and was not able to finish this crawler. I am told that he would not like this thing to sit on the shelf, so we are going to give it away to someone that will use it like it is meant to be used! I would personally like to say Thank You very much to Braceysdad, and his family. This raffle is being held in Ron's memory 12/03/84-04/09/05 Now onto the crawler! Specs John Boyer Tube Chassis 55 turn Integy lathe motor GD-600 Gear reduction Emaxx transmission with metal spur gear Revo Driveshafts Locked TXT-1 axles TXT wheels with RC Alloys maxx sized tire adapters RCKJEEPS simulated beadlock rings LST tires Aluminum Integy reservoir shocks Novak Rooster speed control Traxxas TQ3 radio with rear steer mod Custom aluminum servo mounts Hi-Tec HSR-5995TG titanium geared front servo Hi-Tec HS-645MG rear servo Racers Edge 3000 mah battery   Last edited by badger; 06-23-2005 at 11:27 AM. Reason: typo |
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06-22-2005, 07:08 PM
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| R.I.P. Chip Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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06-22-2005, 07:09 PM
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| R.I.P. Chip Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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06-22-2005, 07:27 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austalia
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R.I.P Ron, and Bracey my condolences go out to you and your family.
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06-22-2005, 07:33 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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I'd like to thank Braceysdad and his family too for this amazing gesture!! I've seen this rig in person a few times and it's nothing short of perfection!! |
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06-22-2005, 07:36 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY
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i think its a good thing what youve done. Ron probably would have loved to see his crawler completed.
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06-22-2005, 07:38 PM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The other Crawler State
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RIP Ron and thanks to Bracysdad and all those who are contributing to this give away. I think this is a really cool thing to do. This is the best RC site out there as far as I am concerned also. Thanks again to all and great work Jason, I appreciate it. Now if only one of the 14 tickets I bought is the one. 8-)
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06-22-2005, 08:51 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: SERCRC
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| Thank You Jeff Jones, Jason, and all the vendors that have stepped up with some great prizes! The RCCrawler community is truely an admirable group of people and I'm honored to be a member. Again, Thanks to everyone for your generosity. ;) |
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06-22-2005, 10:45 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding from Goodall
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I never got to intraweb meet Ron but I am sad to hear of his passing. His project is a work of art so it is a shame he could not wheel it :-( Is there a way to buy a ticket besides paypal? I refuse to let myself have a paypal account but if his family donated it than the least I can do is buy a ticket. |
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06-22-2005, 11:03 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: concord
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RIP RON thanks for the kind gesture Braceysdad family this is awsome. i never win things, so if i ever start, i hope it's now  , i dont have a crawler, so this would be a good way to get started.
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06-23-2005, 04:22 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Thomaston, CT
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How do we buy a ticket?
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06-23-2005, 04:25 AM
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| Colt Python/SR9c  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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click the big green neon link underneath all the pics in jasons sig
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06-23-2005, 05:20 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Thomaston, CT
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I see no neon link any where. I will try to PM him.
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06-23-2005, 05:26 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manchester UK
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06-23-2005, 07:32 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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I will have to say the crawler looks awesome. I wish Ron's family well. I would also like to mention that this is the first forum that I have enjoyed every aspect of. I have never donated to a site before, but I don't have any hesitation to do so here. All of the people that I have met on the board have been great. I have been into RC for 24+ years and this facet of RC is the greatest. I think in part to the community. Yeah so we flame a few people, bottom line is we are here to protect the integrity of the site. Bottom line....Keep up the great work Jason and everyone attached to the site including the mods. I will be buying my ****load of tickets without the intent of winning, but if I win the crawler I will display it proudly. Crawl on! |
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06-23-2005, 07:35 AM
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| Im Brandon   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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06-23-2005, 08:26 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Carlisle, KY
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RIP Ron. I'm sure that I won't win anything, but I bought some tickets to help support the site!! Last edited by thefordmccord; 06-23-2005 at 11:46 AM. |
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06-23-2005, 08:40 AM
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| 20K Club  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Sorry for your loss and to see that he was so young. I hope you and your family are alright and wish you all the best.
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06-23-2005, 09:32 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Vancouver
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I too am new here to this site. I was truly amazed at the level of generousity (sp?lol) of all of the vendor's and of course braceysdad. I couldnt even imagine what you folks are going through losing a family member at such a young age. And to top it off donate such a great looking rig to a website for someone else to enjoy. I realy hope who ever wins this rig will realy take care of it!! If one of my tickets win I know I would. Oh and to all who are behind the scenes here at rccrawler....thank you for providing such a great website. RIP Ron,god bless
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06-23-2005, 12:16 PM
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| Diggin' the new SCX10 II!  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Norcal
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When Jason called me to tell me about his call with Braceysdad, all I could say was "wow" and "that's crazy". It is amazing that RCCrawler and this crawling community makes such an impact on peoples lives. I only wish Ron was still here to enjoy it with us and woop our butts with that awsome tuber. Thanks again braceysdad for being such a distinguished member of the RCCrawler community! Also I wanted to say thanks to all the vendors for the killer prizes donated! The amount of support RCCrawler gets from our vendors is amazing and without it this site would not be the #1 RC Crawling site! Check out the amount of vendors that donated to this raffle! 13 vendors with a total of 24 prizes as of this morning! |
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