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03-27-2008, 02:01 PM
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| Im Brandon   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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Heading out to some really really slick rock today to compare them to claws and badlands  I will let you guys know what I find  |
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03-27-2008, 02:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee
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are you running the m3s of the m2s? an by what rizzo said the m2s seem to be the ticket with a memory foam |
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03-27-2008, 02:18 PM
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03-27-2008, 02:26 PM
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03-27-2008, 02:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tucson
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let us know. I just ordered the M3 with memory foams for my new tuber.
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03-27-2008, 02:35 PM
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| Donkey Punch Champion!   Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis
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Sounds good Brandon. Should be interesting to see. The badlands have been impressive to me thus far. Will you please post... What weight...if any in wheels? Foam? Stock, memory? Overall weight of rig? Thanks. Ryan |
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03-27-2008, 02:51 PM
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I'll be adding my $.02 later today also. I will be testing at the spillway: Losi Rock Claws Badlands m3 Hammer m3 All tires running: rc4wd super narrow beadlocks 3 1/4 oz weight in each wheel Memory foam front extra firm (gray) pro-line foam rears Test rig:  Test Spot:    |
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03-27-2008, 03:43 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Denverish
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I'm stoked. I'll but curious to see how they stack up against the Badlands.
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03-27-2008, 04:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nebraska
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I'm anxious to hear how these work out too! The look great.
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03-27-2008, 04:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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03-27-2008, 09:53 PM
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| Oppan Gangnam Style  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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All the stuff/help/sh!t I've given him and I'm not even in his 5. WTF?   |
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03-28-2008, 12:10 AM
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03-28-2008, 12:31 AM
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| [HOONIGAN]  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Grand Junction
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Alright B, what's up? They live up to the hype or what?
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03-28-2008, 06:08 AM
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im more interested in how the proline memory foam works...i dont wanna swap out my tires but the foams are cheap enough for me to consider.
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03-28-2008, 12:30 PM
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| Im Brandon Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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Sorry for the delay guys. Ran them yesterday for a few hours, switching back and forth between the badlands and hammers. Drumbeater is running an almost identical setup to mine with claws so I never ran the claws myself. On the slick rock, the M2 Badlands had a slight advantage over the M3 Hammers. They were able to find all the little cracks to grab to gain traction much easier than the hammers did. The tread deflection of the softer compound really hurts the M3 Hammers on slick rock, I wish I had the M2's yesterday because that might have made the difference. I will get some test results on high traction rock with the three tires next week. As far as the claws go, they suffered on the sidehills. The tread pattern is too strait to keep them planted. Both badlands and Hammers sidehilled better. However Drumbeater was able to follow me on ALL the climbs that the badlands and hammers could do. There wasn't a single line that the claws couldn't keep up on. However there was one climb that the badlands and claws made that the hammers could not. Again, I feel it was the softer compound hurting them on the slick rock because most of the obstacles took so much wheel speed to get up. My setup: (same for both sets of tires) Mayhem Aluminum DP's with 2 ball bearings up front. Mayhem Delrin DP's with 1 ball bearing in the rear. Proline ultra firm foams in the back tires Difference was in the front foams: Kreepy reds in the M2 Badlands Custom 2 stage ace's Donuts I made for the M3 Hammers (made these for sidewall support) *I will add exact weights later |
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03-28-2008, 11:20 PM
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| Picky Fab'r/Acetal Junky   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona Desert/AJ
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So it isn't just me that thinks the foams that came with the Hammer's is wayyyy to soft? There is hardly any support when running breather holes. It gets a bit better without breathers, but still needs improvement IMO.
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03-29-2008, 12:05 AM
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