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Old 04-13-2010, 03:22 PM   #1
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I received all of my birthday money yesterday and was ready to hit the hobby shop today. I decided to check Craigslist last night before going to bed when I saw what appeared to be a pretty good deal. I've posted some pix in the last posts of this thread:
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showt...=1#post2406738

and in order to save space, don't need to post them again. If I should post them here, please let me know. I believe it started life as an Axial AX10 crawler, but has been heavily modified. Here are some pix that I don't think I posted over there in the other thread:






Any details you'd like, let me know! Also, as I asked in the other posting, let me know what you think this is worth on the CL market, I'd like to see if I got a decent deal.
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Old 04-13-2010, 05:03 PM   #2
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At best thats a $200 truck. Its not heavily modified at all. Other than the wheel extenders, motor, esc, reciever and body, it looks pretty stock.

Those servos are pretty cheap and weak. 49 oz isn't much to turn the wheels of a crawler.

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only mods i see are the novak rosster and motor.200$ sounds about right for it.
wouldnt be a bad deal for 150 tho.
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so the aluminum linkage or whatever it is called was stock too? I didn't get a smokin deal then, but I didn't over pay either.
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and 4 wheel steering was stock too? I guess I didn't do enough research since I didn't think 4 wheel steering was stock.
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so the aluminum linkage or whatever it is called was stock too? I didn't get a smokin deal then, but I didn't over pay either.
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and 4 wheel steering was stock too? I guess I didn't do enough research since I didn't think 4 wheel steering was stock.
Thats just the green kit, nothing special. The 4 wheel steering is optional and is locked out when the truck is new. The knuckles were already there, just have to add a servo and linkage to make it work. Thats not comp legal btw...if you plan on comping with it the rear steer will have to go away.
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Thats just the green kit, nothing special. The 4 wheel steering is optional and is locked out when the truck is new. The knuckles were already there, just have to add a servo and linkage to make it work. Thats not comp legal btw...if you plan on comping with it the rear steer will have to go away.
yeah, not gonna comp w/it. I got it as a basher and for my kid to play with it along w/me.

The radio and 2 servos, another receiver, and some other wheels came w/it too.

Did you follow the link to my other post? Just asking because are you saying the truck itself is worth $150-$200 or the entire package?
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yeah, not gonna comp w/it. I got it as a basher and for my kid to play with it along w/me.

The radio and 2 servos, another receiver, and some other wheels came w/it too.

Did you follow the link to my other post? Just asking because are you saying the truck itself is worth $150-$200 or the entire package?
I saw the other post after I made the $200 estimate. My price still stands. Typically rc resale values are 50% of their retail if they are lightly used. Considering the ax10 kit costs $200, $100 for motor and esc, $60 worth of servos, $30 for the body, $50 for the radio, $25 for the wheel wideners, and maybe another $50 for the other stuff. That adds up to $515 if it was all bought new. Other than the truck, motor/esc, its all cheap entry level stuff. You've got a good start though.
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I saw the other post after I made the $200 estimate. My price still stands. Typically rc resale values are 50% of their retail if they are lightly used. Considering the ax10 kit costs $200, $100 for motor and esc, $60 worth of servos, $30 for the body, $50 for the radio, $25 for the wheel wideners, and maybe another $50 for the other stuff. That adds up to $515 if it was all bought new. Other than the truck, motor/esc, its all cheap entry level stuff. You've got a good start though.
Cool, thanks for the input. Not a smokin deal, but I didn't over pay either.
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dont be discouraged. it looks like an axial ax10 scorpion. the rear steering is a blast, but as stated before, is not comp legal. since you just got it, i wouldnt think you were going to enter a comp this weekend. there are a lot of things you can do to modify this truck to be a rock killer though, and most are cheap or free. with a little time and work it could become a great truck. i love mine. this truck run about $250.00 w/o controller and electronics. and it doesnt come with the kick @$$ tj body either. have fun with it, you got a good deal.
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my replacement should be here this week since this one got run over.
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What were you doing to get it run over?
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That's why you don't wheel in parking lots.......
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my replacement should be here this week since this one got run over.

Mall crawler.
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