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10-11-2010, 07:43 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: The east coast
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|  anyone looked at an ice crawler?
with winter approaching i was wondering if people have tried ice crawling, if that is even such a thing. i can envision courses using snow drifts sculpted then coated with water to ice it up. for the crawler i'm thinking metal lugs in the tires. cold weather could be tough on vehicles, which could add to the challenge. |
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10-11-2010, 07:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Berlin, VT
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When I was younger, I used to take the flat push pins, and push 10-15 of them through a rubber band so that the points were out then just strech them over the tires. When the snow was hard and crusty or on a ice pond, that thing would corner like it was on rails! I plan on studding a set of tires for winter  |
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10-11-2010, 07:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: The east coast
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10-11-2010, 08:02 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lowell Massachusetts
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I searched and found out how to make chains for this winter. I like the rubber band idea. i wonder what the best snow tire is?
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10-11-2010, 08:05 PM
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| cherry bomb   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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i've been starting to think of how i'm going to get ready for the snow, might look into making a set of chains, i'm excited.
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10-11-2010, 08:07 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Topeka
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It would be time to break out the disposable handwarmers, and/or nimh stick packs.. Lipo's would choke and die in those temps.. Otherwise, sounds like a friggin blast, other then its all cold and crap.. I hate winter.. I'd move to Florida but its to damn flat.. Maybe Mexico..  ~Kev |
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10-12-2010, 04:06 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: The east coast
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Darksiede, i'm still a little new to the whole lipo world. are they really sensitive to temperature, specifically cold? | |
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10-12-2010, 07:36 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lowell Massachusetts
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I just Googled Rc chains and between the different sites I am going to make a set. eBay had a couple sets for 2.2 tires they sold for about 8.00 for the set. The only thing Im going to do different is put some kind of rubber band like real chains have to keep them snug. Is that Dracut Mass you live in? |
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10-12-2010, 09:24 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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why not use a plier type leather punch and put a bunch of holes in a set of tires for say 3-12mm nuts and bolts with red loc-tight to keep them in the tire just like true 1:1 ice raceing car/truck tires....every body has a set of worn down tires some where in there stash hmmm i'm gonna do up a set of sc10 tires for winter fun........bob.... |
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10-12-2010, 09:34 AM
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| N.E.R.C.C Uncle Blinky   Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: RUKDNME...
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i use a set of 2 year old losi claws with some original gold (tm) studs i run em in my weeler on the lake. works good it's the cold affecting the batt that makes it kinda suck the run times are cut short. Drail  |
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10-12-2010, 09:51 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: The east coast
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i'm glad to see i'm not the only one seeing some potential winter sports with my crawler. hanstone, yes, that is dracut, ma. right next door. |
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10-12-2010, 09:55 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Reno
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exactly what I did, down to the Claws, | |
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10-12-2010, 10:07 AM
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| N.E.R.C.C Uncle Blinky Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: RUKDNME...
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grate mind's think alike GSRCC Drail
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10-12-2010, 12:34 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chucking rocks at your little truck!
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10-12-2010, 02:42 PM
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| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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It's fun but extremely frustrating when you can't pull some of the lines you know your rig will. Quote:
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10-12-2010, 02:49 PM
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| dnf  Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Under a big fkn rock.
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10-12-2010, 04:36 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SD
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Nice thread guys ill deft keep my eye on this one.
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10-12-2010, 05:22 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: The east coast
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harley, looks like you've had some experience in this area. have you hear of crawling on ice courses? i see your picks with snow on the course which looks like a challenge. putting studs through the tires like ice racing could be an option but like others have said crawling is a slower speed art and without weight or using speed to get the spikes to dig into the ice i'm curious whether or not this will work. right now i'm thinking of taking my original venom creeper tires and working something up for the ice. if others try something on their rigs feel free to post it up. |
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10-12-2010, 05:27 PM
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| MODERATOR™  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Typically I wait for Toyofast to post his annual winter thread before I think winter time action. He's over there in the Pacific Northnerd side of the country where they get the snow first. Then a few talk about chains and screws, and a few talk about Imex Red Rock tires and Proline Mashers.
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10-12-2010, 05:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Berlin, VT
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Had some one call into work today to place an order. They were from Winter Park Colorado, said that they had already gotten 5" and it was still comin down!
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