Just how Good Stock?

[steenroller]

I am checking out the Summit Extreme for my first Crawling,Brawling off Road Rc. I have looked at the Axial Bomber, the Vaterra Twin Hammers, and the Losi Night Crawler (too slow, will bore me, it does one thing good,crawl,). This Traxxas Summit has everything I am looking for low/high tranny, locking front and rear differentials, waterproof electonics, batteries and charger, and comes in GREEN. Like to know how they hold up and perform for the hefty price tag?

[dr frankenstyle]

You should check the Traxxas forums, there's more info and opinions there for the Summits and all Traxxas'.
I have a Revo 3.3/Summit hybrid and a modified Summit VXL and I love them both, but running style and landscape change for everyone. Sounds like it could be a good match for you.

[Sneetches]

I purposefully run mine pretty hard in some off-road places like quad trails, slate dumps, etc. and it's by far one of my favorite Traxxas trucks. If the wheelbase was a tad longer it'd be one of the most capable trucks IMO, but alas...

Anyways, after my many months of ownership I broke a lower a-arm from rolling 30 feet down an asphalt pile, and just recently I broke both stock servos (with aftermarket taller tires though).

I'm fixing it up again to go brushless as the slower speed had grown old on me, but it's definitely a very versatile truck that works well IMO. It for sure needs to run on 4S with LiPos though, the stock NiMh batteries leave a lot to be desired.

[rstekeur]

I just got a used one off the Traxxas forums, I really had a hard time finding anything bad about them. They seem to be the do everything truck and are very rugged stock. Mine arrived today so I'll have a first hand opinion soon

[Swampy]

I too have been very happy with mine. I have a hobby wing brushless system in mine but it is otherwise stock and while I have only run 4S on it I have yet to break anything. Been a solid truck!

[Ausomecrawl]

Swampy did you have to shim your diffs?