stick chassis question please look

[zingablack]

i am getting ready to buy my first crawler and i am probably going to get a stick from thecrawlerstore.com. i heard that if it falls of a ledge from like 4-5 feet it would snap because of the rigidness of the stick and there is no shocks to absorb the fall. please tell me if this is true and if so how much would it take to break it so that it wont happen to me

[the shtick]

Originally Posted by zingablack

i am getting ready to buy my first crawler and i am probably going to get a stick from thecrawlerstore.com. i heard that if it falls of a ledge from like 4-5 feet it would snap because of the rigidness of the stick and there is no shocks to absorb the fall. please tell me if this is true and if so how much would it take to break it so that it wont happen to me

it would all depend on how it lands! (upside down and directly in the middle on a pointy rock.....maybe) but if it were to fall from that height u would have a yard sale of plastic and electronics before the "stick" would break, the stick is a solid piece of aluminum (anyone correct me if im wrong ) and it would most likely just bend a little and the plastic pieces are gona grenade long before the aluminum will. anyways stay away from those ledges

oh yeah WELCOME :-P

brett

[SVEN]

Originally Posted by the shtick

the stick is a solid piece of aluminum (anyone correct me if im wrong )

The backbone is actually a hollow tube.
The Shtick is right, you will probably be more worried about your electronics and axles more than the chassis (any chassis) from a high tumble.

[the shtick]

Originally Posted by SVEN

The backbone is actually a hollow tube.
The Shtick is right, you will probably be more worried about your electronics and axles more than the chassis (any chassis) from a high tumble.

thanks sven i was not sure on the stick construction, i made mine out of solid hex stock, but anywho thanks for settin me strait

[insanerc]

First of all let me say my stick is home made so I can't verify it's the same gauge tube as The Crawler Store uses. I have however been one that has broken a stick backbone I can verify that they will break from a hard fall at perhaps the wrong angle. Mine was caused by trying to blast down three flights of stairs which the truck is not made for hence my nick name, lol. The truck ended up flying trough the air tumbling end over end on the steel and concrete steps until it reached the bottom. I honestly don't see it breaking under true crawling because I beat the crap out of it crawling and never did any damage to it at all. I am so confident of the backbone I have rebuilt it using the same aluminum tube as before because it work so very well.

[Squid121]

Originally Posted by zingablack

i am getting ready to buy my first crawler and i am probably going to get a stick from thecrawlerstore.com. i heard that if it falls of a ledge from like 4-5 feet it would snap because of the rigidness of the stick and there is no shocks to absorb the fall. please tell me if this is true and if so how much would it take to break it so that it wont happen to me

I have one of the Crawlerstores sticks and it works great. I have had no problems with it breaking or bending whatsoever. It has fallen end over end once or twice and it had no damage other than scratches. I don't think you would have any problems under "normal" crawling conditions, but you have to realize that there is potential for breakage with anything. A friend has a home built stick crawler and the only problem he has had was breaking the heim joint after about 10? months of crawling. But thats an easy fix, better than breaking an axel housing. I would definitely recommend thecrawlerstore.com stick to you or anyone. Everything is already thought out so all you have to do is bolt it together and go crawling.

This is not a sales pitch, I just believe in giving credit where credit is due and promoting a good product .

[Mnster]

This was a past problem with the stick, but it has been resolved. There was a hole drilled in the center of the chassis for a center body mount, they got rid of it.

[insanerc]

Yes and that's exactly where my home made version broke also, lol.

[zingablack]

thanks to all of you i am definintly going to get it now. anyway thanks for all your help