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11-20-2010, 11:35 AM
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| cherry bomb   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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|  snow crawl/wheel day
we had planned for a day of crawlin to wake up to snow, so that was cancled  anyway, I took advantage of the day to test out the snow chains I got from macclen30, and to drive my CC01 around (doesn't do well, so no pics of that), since my scaler was dissasembled and my comp crawler in the middle of a rebuild. I grabbed the "backup/loaner" crawler and slapped my rocklizzards on and wraped them with some grip  (sorry about the terrible phone pics) it did very well on anything that wasn't fluffy or fresh, it is using all axial electonics and 55t motor and a 21t pinion.      snow crawlin pics are kinda boring, but I thought i'd share what I got anyway.  |
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11-20-2010, 01:03 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Snow, already? Damn, it's still shorts weather here....
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11-20-2010, 03:04 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: home of the beaver
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ur right looking at pics of snow wheeling sucks  but im going to go try it my self hopefuly that will be fun after plowing snow for 10 hours woot woot |
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11-21-2010, 03:39 AM
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| Try to Bend it  Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Perth Australia
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39C on friday Cool photos though the chains look good. |
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11-21-2010, 04:20 AM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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Cool idea, may have to give that try when the white stuff starts to fall here (shouldn't be too long now).
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11-21-2010, 07:38 PM
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| cherry bomb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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the chains should work better in the snow now that its been on the ground a couple days, no longer fluffy, i'm sure I could get places now haha, might have to try it again.
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11-21-2010, 08:03 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Michigan
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Hell yeah!!! bring on the snow!! |
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11-21-2010, 09:52 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SL,UT
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i know this is a bit off topic..... but what have you done to waterproof the electronics? i wanna set mine up for wet weather drivin
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11-21-2010, 09:57 PM
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| cherry bomb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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in my CC01 it has a traxxas XL5 waterproof speed control and a traxxas waterproof servo, the reciever is in a balloon with a dab of grease where the zip tie holds it closed. | |
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11-22-2010, 07:12 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SLC
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when the snow comes it gives me time to tinker, and im gonna help my buddy make a indoor course to tide us over until the ice age is over. or look for a rc snowmobile
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11-25-2010, 01:05 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: KENNEWICK, WA
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The trick to snow wheeling is to use a tire with a not so sticky compound, good example is Imex tires. The snow dosen't seem to stick to these tires as much as it would a Proline or HB tire. Here is my setup for this winter, I've used these tires last winter but not on my Honcho.     |
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11-25-2010, 07:50 PM
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| cherry bomb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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that looks like a deadly snow machine, be sure to take some action shots!
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11-25-2010, 10:55 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Nor Cal
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Looks like a lot of fun! Shorts weather here too, but would be fun to hit some snow! |
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11-26-2010, 07:43 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Tualatin, Eugene Or
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I want some snow The jeep is ready  |
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