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rock runt · 12-01-2010, 03:04 PM

Is it still up and running???

I was looking through some older photos....June 2006 to be exact. After driving a friends stock TLT crawler with M2K tires on it I decided to build my first crawler. At the time you could still get Tamiya TLT kits for $69.00 bucks. The "factory" had yet to come out with RTR kits. So after surfing on on RCC for a bit I came up with this.... Chopped TLT chassis, Traxxas trans, 55T motor, etc

Beauty shot.

Since then I have worn out one body, one set of wheel and tires, and a few bent links over the years...But overall everything is as it was built originally. I still have it in action today. Just charge and go...

Anyone else still have an "old" rig still in action. I'd like to see some older home builts. So post up your old and current pics.

79cutlas · 12-01-2010, 03:32 PM

good idea, however my only "crawler" was home built last year. I didnt know these had been around for too long.

JeremyH · 12-01-2010, 04:04 PM

Here's my first....sometime in 2005, IIRC:

Greatscott · 12-01-2010, 08:45 PM

Sort of... My crawler went has went through several transitions before I tore it down to parade rest two weeks ago, rebuilding it into a sand buggy.

What it looked like right after I put it together:

What it looked like right before I tore it down:

Csnyder · 12-02-2010, 12:46 AM

Wish I still had mine. After scratching my head for way too long trying to figure out a viable way to build a set of solid axles out of TC3 parts (those were the days!) I picked up a TLT-1 the first week they came out.

I ended up ditching my homemade chassis for one of Bender's first chassis "kits". That was a fun rig and went many places w/ me.

Unfortunately, it was stolen when my house was burglarized two years ago.

Don't mean to be a downer, but that's my first crawler story.

Attached is a pic from when my wife and I stayed in Moab on our western US road trip, a few days after getting engaged. One of the last pics I ever got of it.

- Chris

murderface · 12-02-2010, 01:54 AM

lol my wheely king was fun turned it into a tuber then a tvp and sold it with an axial tranny in it

theclimber · 12-02-2010, 05:31 AM

my first was duratrax cliff climber

2500hdon37s · 12-02-2010, 03:36 PM

2007 cc-01! ony pic i got!

2008, axial ax-10 rtr
was a basher, comper, scaler, then tuber sportsman (in that order) (no pics of comper

)

fresh built "scaler"

then tuber

geekfreek95 · 12-02-2010, 04:25 PM

My first was a nylint sometime in 2008 heres what it looked like before i broke it.

dont slow down · 12-02-2010, 09:03 PM

My first "crawler" was a Tamiya TXT-1. Kept it mostly stock over many years and started modifying it into a real crawler a couple years ago. Since then I've added a Tamiya Tundra and more recently a Losi comp crawler to the stable.

Frankenwheely · 12-03-2010, 01:10 AM

Hence my RCC name
When I first got it...

After a few mods...

Then I parted it out to buy a AX-10 ARTR to comp.

Metal Militia · 12-05-2010, 03:25 PM

my ax-10, the truck that started the addiction.
went from stock to this.

then this

and as of right now, this. i'm in the process of rebuilding it

fred0000 · 12-05-2010, 03:31 PM

I dont have pics of my first crawler

it was a clodzila chassis, clod axled rig.

But I do have a video of it, I bought it in 2006 off of a member here. it had an oldschool novak rooster ESC in it, some 55t lathe motors and who knows what servo.

boring video but its all I got.

I dont have it anymore, I wish I did though.

killswitch · 12-05-2010, 04:44 PM

My first crawler was a clodzilla 4 based clod way before the TLT ever came out. I tried my hand at monster truck racing with (thats why I originally built it), but it just wasnt as fun as bashing, which is what we called it back then... It was powered by 10 cells through a Super Rooster with handwound 16t mods in it and rolled on pro-line giant trac tires and custom foams. My first 2.2 truck was a TLT based truck. I couldnt wait to get my hands on that kit. Even ran the belt drive until I got fed up with the slipping so it got a losi trans out of XX buggy. I still have bits and pieces of those trucks, but unfortunately no pics that I know of.

honcho1.9 · 12-05-2010, 04:52 PM

my first from back in the gap , a ax10 rock racer

chevellian · 12-05-2010, 05:14 PM

Went big on my first crawler, built a tube frame super and custom e-maxx axles

Later morphed it into this

Still have it holding down the top shelf

Kwarler · 12-05-2010, 07:52 PM

Hustler Super and I'm thinking about stripping it down for a makeover.

Jeepkid · 12-06-2010, 04:59 AM

My first crawler was an AX10, well a nylint. The AX10 was the first real crawler.

XcrawlerkidX · 12-06-2010, 05:51 AM

1/18th Losi Mini Rock crawler. Had it for 3 years. And still have it

dinodbro · 12-07-2010, 10:24 PM

haha I was looking at the picts & seen the green one painted on the outside. & thought to myself that looks like a older version of jeepkids xr10. so I scrolled up & it was jeepkids thats awsome.

12-01-2010, 03:04 PM	#1
rock runt Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pinckney Posts: 247	Your first crawler.... Is it still up and running??? I was looking through some older photos....June 2006 to be exact. After driving a friends stock TLT crawler with M2K tires on it I decided to build my first crawler. At the time you could still get Tamiya TLT kits for $69.00 bucks. The "factory" had yet to come out with RTR kits. So after surfing on on RCC for a bit I came up with this.... Chopped TLT chassis, Traxxas trans, 55T motor, etc Beauty shot. Since then I have worn out one body, one set of wheel and tires, and a few bent links over the years...But overall everything is as it was built originally. I still have it in action today. Just charge and go... Anyone else still have an "old" rig still in action. I'd like to see some older home builts. So post up your old and current pics. Last edited by rock runt; 12-01-2010 at 03:57 PM.

12-02-2010, 12:46 AM	#5
Csnyder Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Western WA Posts: 90	Wish I still had mine. After scratching my head for way too long trying to figure out a viable way to build a set of solid axles out of TC3 parts (those were the days!) I picked up a TLT-1 the first week they came out. I ended up ditching my homemade chassis for one of Bender's first chassis "kits". That was a fun rig and went many places w/ me. Unfortunately, it was stolen when my house was burglarized two years ago. Don't mean to be a downer, but that's my first crawler story. Attached is a pic from when my wife and I stayed in Moab on our western US road trip, a few days after getting engaged. One of the last pics I ever got of it. - Chris Attached Images

12-02-2010, 03:36 PM	#8
2500hdon37s I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky Posts: 4,630	2007 cc-01! ony pic i got! 2008, axial ax-10 rtr was a basher, comper, scaler, then tuber sportsman (in that order) (no pics of comper ) fresh built "scaler" then tuber Last edited by 2500hdon37s; 12-02-2010 at 03:50 PM.

12-05-2010, 03:31 PM	#13
fred0000 cherry bomb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada Posts: 1,598	I dont have pics of my first crawler it was a clodzila chassis, clod axled rig. But I do have a video of it, I bought it in 2006 off of a member here. it had an oldschool novak rooster ESC in it, some 55t lathe motors and who knows what servo. boring video but its all I got. I dont have it anymore, I wish I did though. Last edited by fred0000; 12-05-2010 at 03:34 PM.

12-01-2010, 03:32 PM	#2
79cutlas Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: De Soto, Ks Posts: 82	good idea, however my only "crawler" was home built last year. I didnt know these had been around for too long.

12-01-2010, 04:04 PM	#3
JeremyH I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 16,952	Here's my first....sometime in 2005, IIRC:

12-01-2010, 08:45 PM	#4
Greatscott I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Idaho Posts: 3,648	Sort of... My crawler went has went through several transitions before I tore it down to parade rest two weeks ago, rebuilding it into a sand buggy. What it looked like right after I put it together: What it looked like right before I tore it down:

12-02-2010, 01:54 AM	#6
murderface Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Grand Rapids Posts: 918	lol my wheely king was fun turned it into a tuber then a tvp and sold it with an axial tranny in it

12-02-2010, 05:31 AM	#7
theclimber Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: israel Posts: 258	my first was duratrax cliff climber

12-02-2010, 04:25 PM	#9
geekfreek95 Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Martins Ferry,OH Posts: 476	My first was a nylint sometime in 2008 heres what it looked like before i broke it.

12-02-2010, 09:03 PM	#10
dont slow down Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: E. City Posts: 883	My first "crawler" was a Tamiya TXT-1. Kept it mostly stock over many years and started modifying it into a real crawler a couple years ago. Since then I've added a Tamiya Tundra and more recently a Losi comp crawler to the stable.

12-03-2010, 01:10 AM	#11
Frankenwheely D-Wray 4 Prez! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Shh Posts: 2,560	Hence my RCC name When I first got it... After a few mods... Then I parted it out to buy a AX-10 ARTR to comp.

12-05-2010, 03:25 PM	#12
Metal Militia Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glen Allen-VARCOR Posts: 102	my ax-10, the truck that started the addiction. went from stock to this. then this and as of right now, this. i'm in the process of rebuilding it

12-05-2010, 04:44 PM	#14
killswitch RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Albans Posts: 1,441	My first crawler was a clodzilla 4 based clod way before the TLT ever came out. I tried my hand at monster truck racing with (thats why I originally built it), but it just wasnt as fun as bashing, which is what we called it back then... It was powered by 10 cells through a Super Rooster with handwound 16t mods in it and rolled on pro-line giant trac tires and custom foams. My first 2.2 truck was a TLT based truck. I couldnt wait to get my hands on that kit. Even ran the belt drive until I got fed up with the slipping so it got a losi trans out of XX buggy. I still have bits and pieces of those trucks, but unfortunately no pics that I know of.

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12-05-2010, 04:52 PM	#15
honcho1.9 Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: sulphur Posts: 256	my first from back in the gap , a ax10 rock racer

12-05-2010, 05:14 PM	#16
chevellian Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lititz Posts: 787	Went big on my first crawler, built a tube frame super and custom e-maxx axles Later morphed it into this Still have it holding down the top shelf

12-05-2010, 07:52 PM	#17
Kwarler Newbie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: So Cal Posts: 43	Hustler Super and I'm thinking about stripping it down for a makeover.

12-06-2010, 04:59 AM	#18
Jeepkid I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: GrandRapids, MILITIAGAN Posts: 3,197	My first crawler was an AX10, well a nylint. The AX10 was the first real crawler.

12-06-2010, 05:51 AM	#19
XcrawlerkidX Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maine Posts: 425	1/18th Losi Mini Rock crawler. Had it for 3 years. And still have it

12-07-2010, 10:24 PM	#20
dinodbro Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: whitehorse Posts: 29	haha I was looking at the picts & seen the green one painted on the outside. & thought to myself that looks like a older version of jeepkids xr10. so I scrolled up & it was jeepkids thats awsome.

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