First crawler

[xmuggyx]

A few days ago i was pointed in the direction of an off brand crawler to start out with because i dont want to spend very much and i dont really know if i will like it yet. They told me that this would be a great crawler to start with becuase it is a 2.2 comp crawler for $130 what do you guys that spend alot of time around crawlers think.
http://www.nitrorcx.com/exrcma14wdel.html

[romulus22]

save your money and buy something better. losi/berg/bully/axial do a search on here about that truck. see what you come up with

[Harvo]

If you are wanting to buy something inexpensive to see if you like crawling, look around on this site. If it isn't talked about on here much (or at all) it will likely be a truck that will give you a bad first impression of crawling.

Looking at what you posted...
The servo looks very inadequate
I didn't notice that it mentioned if the axles were locked
I have never seen those tires on anything

Length: 450mm (17.71 inch)
Width: 258mm (10.16 inch)
Height: 320mm (12.60 inch)
Wheelbase: 200mm (7.87 inch)
Wheel Width: 56mm
Wheel Diameter: 126mm
Steering Angel: 40-50 degree
Maximum Toque Angel: 90 degree
Engine: RC540 motor
Weight 2100g
Battery: 7.2V 2000mAH Ni-MH

It looks like maybe they got the height and wheelbase measurements mixed up.

I would look farther.

[xmuggyx]

I really don't want to save up for it because id rather just put money into my emuggy that I built. I also have been looking at crawler for a long time and I think the only other 1 besides this would be a venom creeper but then id still have to spend a lot on electronics. So I don't really know if it would be smart to spend the money on something that is the opposite of what I have been doing.

[Mudsy]

You could get it and review it for us. List the pros and cons. And I am beting on the cons part list would be very long.

[xmuggyx]

I was told that the only thing with it I should be worried about it the gears stripping but I went through and found that it has all metal gears atleast in the axles but I'm still not sure about it being off brand and I'm kind of wondering what it would cost for bufget electronics for a creeper if someone could help with that it would help a lot.o dpnt need a new radio at this time for crawling because I have a 3ch and just need another reciever so the radio is already accounted for.

[07Crawler]

ijust started and i got the redcat rs 10 for about 159 bucks
i love it it works great for what i want it to do it lacks some power but what do you want for 150 lol i like it and havent been doing it for long but thats what i did and im very happy and i have driven some 700$ crawlers and there about the same when it comes to learning but the better ones can do some sick stuff

[07Crawler]

and about metal gears i striped the servo gears right out of the box and had to replace mine with metal

[xmuggyx]

Id much rather have a creeper then an off brand so what would it cost for a motor,esc, and servo I heard you need a bec but is that required?

[07Crawler]

not to sure what you mean?

[xmuggyx]

I ment id much rather have a venom creeper then an exceed maxstone. What electronics would I be able to get for under 100 excluding a radio and reciever.

[07Crawler]

im really not sure im so new to all rc its not even funny but i love my crawler and its easy for me to work on not to much money and i have a local hobby shop i got hitech servos in front and rear lowered it with stock shocks put 25 weight oil in and put 2 oz in each front tire i also had to get the metal servo arms and wheels so it doesnt high center onyl thing i dont like is lack of power but for 150 bucks again its not ment to go out and win all the comps i the world but its easy to learn fun and easy to work on and cheap

[xmuggyx]

I'm not new to rc I'm new to crawlers I have 4 others though, a tmaxx, ft rc18t,rc18t, and my favorite the emuggy powered by a 1717 and 6s lipos.

[07Crawler]

im only 21 and so green to this its not even funny i have a good job thank god so i got to get in to it a spent about 300 on car and all upgrades and think its alot lol so if you got the money go big or go home lol

[xmuggyx]

I'm 15 and have 1100 in my muggy 400 in the ft rc18t 200 in the rc18t and 150 in the tmaxx and I don't have a job I just do a lot of repairs on roofs for my step dads compay.

[07Crawler]

well your one lucky kid i got all kinds of stuff to pay for but i would say go with something good

[xmuggyx]

I get about 30 an hour when I work but most of the time itsin the summer but wim willing to put up to 250 into a crawler so I think the creeper will do good if I can get electronics.

[BADASSPONY]

I dont know it might not be bad if you wanted a cheap start for a scale build. The axles and trans dont look too bad, if that was all you were going to use for a scale rig.

[xmuggyx]

I don't want to do a scale rig becuase in the future I might want to get into comps so thats why im starting to lean towards the creeper but i need to find out how much electronics cost but I don't know what is affordable to run.