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12-05-2011, 04:32 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Canada
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|  Best scale 2.2 wheels & tires for a very heavy rig?
Hey all, I am building a 1/6 scale trail truck with Wraith axles. The frame is currently being built out of steel channel and I am also building a solid rod steel roll cage for it. By the time I am done it should be in the range of 12 or 13 pounds. Currenlty have the stock RTR Wraith Ripsaws and wheels but I want to go for a more scale look. Originally wanted to go with RC4WD TTC Baja Claws and some type of RC4WD aluminum beadlocks but not sure now. Any recomendations and pics of your heavy rig would be greatly appreciated. |
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12-05-2011, 04:38 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayetteville, AR
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I imagine the wheels would be plenty strong given that they are aluminum, but I bet you would have to beef up the foam inside the tires or something. Just throwing some ideas out there. Fink  |
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12-05-2011, 04:41 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Canada
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My intial thought was to run the wheels and tires without any vents to trap some air pressure. I know the RC4WD tires don't have the grip like the Proline TSL's but they should work good with lots of weight.....I hope.... |
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12-06-2011, 08:26 AM
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| No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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12-06-2011, 11:45 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Canada
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I thought about the TSL's but saw another large scale build where they were too soft to support the weight. Personally, I don't like the RC4WD steel wheels. They look like the kind of wheels you would by at a garage sale for you 1:1 when you can't afford real wheels. I want beadlocks that actually look like 1:1 beadlock wheels you would see on a built trail/rock rig. | |
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12-07-2011, 01:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2008 Location: Baltimore
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I played with a few different tires on my 1/6th willys and in the end, the RokLox seem to hold up the best for a heavy rig. ( My Jeep weighs 14 lbs!) The tires have a firm foam and the sidewalls on the tires seem to have a bit of stiffness to them. I tried the Ripsaws and really liked the traction they have but no matter what foam I tried, the Ripsaws sidewalls would just buckle/wrinkle the second they got a side load placed on them.
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12-07-2011, 03:20 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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1/6 M-38 RC4wd Landy wheels (painted) narrowed hammer tires  1/8 Big Bitch Silverado Mayhem Monsters Rc4wd baja claws  both have aluminum frames though |
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12-07-2011, 03:34 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Port Orange
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I'm running the 2.2 rc4wd rock crushers and they do fairly well i think because of the weight. I had them on a 9 lb. rig and they do alot better on this 12lb. rig
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12-07-2011, 06:54 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Canada
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Love that silverado body, newbright right? | |
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12-08-2011, 08:34 AM
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| No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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12-08-2011, 08:39 AM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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yeah old newbright | |
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12-09-2011, 10:07 AM
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| SCALE PERFORMANCE PARTS   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cedar Park
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My H2 weighs about 10 lbs. I'm running my 1.9 beadlock wheels & rings... but should have some 2.2 versions available in the next 2 weeks that will be the same offset as Wraith wheels. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/vendo...ck-wheels.html  |
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