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12-22-2006, 06:48 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In ur couch steelin ur change
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how good are the imex swamp dogs and other tires for rock crawlin.
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12-22-2006, 06:53 PM
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| RCCRAWLER TEAM DRIVER   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Voiding warranties
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The Swamp Dogs are great in the snow.
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12-22-2006, 07:01 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Abington
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personally i love the swamp dawgs. they're the best around here. better than masher 2k's and moabs.
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12-22-2006, 07:20 PM
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| RCCRAWLER TEAM DRIVER Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Voiding warranties
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I have found that the Imex tires need a lot of wheel speed and at that point you are not crawling anymore.  |
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12-22-2006, 07:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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I realy like my 2.2 red rocks, It took some custom foams but in the end I am very happy with them.
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12-25-2006, 03:21 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: everett
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are they better in the rocks than the mashers
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12-25-2006, 08:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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For a 2.2 clod they are, imo. You need weight to make them work, and a firm set of foams. My 2.2 clod is around 8.5lbs, my old tlt was 5, I can tell the rr's would have sucked on it. But if I build another 2.2 tlt it will have mashers on it. They even do good on slick rock with the weight. Here's my 2.2 running the red rocks. That was before the new foams, they work even better now. http://media.putfile.com/ImperialFinished Last edited by Kamikaze; 12-25-2006 at 08:39 PM. |
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12-25-2006, 11:06 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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I had high hopes for my swamp dawgs with the new rubber but at least around here moabs and mashers are way better. The imex has soft rubber but its not sticky like the proline rubber.
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12-26-2006, 07:20 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: huh?
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Swamp Dogs are good for snow and mud,not rocks.So if you're looking into rocks go with mashers |
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12-27-2006, 11:50 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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Great vid, Kamikaze. You have a very capable rig there. I was very impressed with the vertical climbing ability, that thing will almost climb a wall! The last shot was killer! Nice truck...
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12-28-2006, 09:24 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Happy Valley
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I really like my Swamp Doggs but my Masher's and Moab's are better in the rocks. The Swamp Doggs are better in mud and snow though.
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12-28-2006, 12:03 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the Trail
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I have NEVER been impressed with the moab tire, it needs modification to do good on anything around here. Mashers impressed me alot, and the new compound that Imex has been using has improved their swampdawgs from the older rock hard ones. (at least those are my observations) |
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12-28-2006, 06:16 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: ft. collins
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I have been running Moabs with cut tread and modified Red Rocks back and forth. dry conditions on our local sandstone, the RR's can do 99% of what the Moabs can, although a bit less confidently. On wet rock, the RR's do better. Both rubber compounds seem to work well in my area. i will buy both of them again.
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12-28-2006, 07:33 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Salem, Orcrc
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ive got 2.2 redrocks and like them a lot, they are on my clod and work great.
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12-29-2006, 09:31 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Grand Portage
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I have a set of 2.2 Moabs and a set of Imex Swamp Dawg's....I like them both. The Moab's are "stickier" and will crawl up smooth rock faces better, but the Swamp Dawg's are no slouch, either. For realism compared to a full-size truck, the Swamp Dawg's beat the Moabs hands-down. The tread on the Swamp Dawg's is just like the tread on Super Swamper Bogger's, a very popular tire for full-size (1:1) rock-crawling rigs. If you want your rc crawler model to look like a "real" truck, go with Swamp Dawg's.
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12-30-2006, 02:36 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: HELL
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I like the G-hawgs and Swamp Dawgz for mud/snow!
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