Backyard course
 

Made myself a little course in the backyard. I now have 6 days of crawling experience. Loving it so far! Had my 6 year old daughter film a run.

Watch "Trx4 sport backyard crawler course" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/ZtDGf7b1xXc

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Great start to your backyard course! The Sport performed great and looked nice and smooth! I like the bridge you made.

Your daughter did a great job filming![emoji106]


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Awesome!!! Looks like a lot of fun!

I really like how part of it is the landscaping!!!

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Thanks guys! I've slowly been collecting rocks from job sites and taking them home [emoji23] Due to covid the truck took 5 weeks to get delivered so i had plenty of time to start building the course. Its not exactly challenging right now but you gotta start somewhere right?!?! Super happy with how the truck performs but i really have nothing to compare it to...

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I was in the same boat with waiting on the truck.

Nice thing about a backyard course is seeing how mods affect the handling / performance right away. You don’t have to load up and go anywhere for a test and tune.

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So true. I was amazed that i could notice how much better it was with the bumper mounts flipped. And then again when i took the expedition rack off.

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Made a bunch of changes and added more stuff to drive over! Loving this side of the rc hobby guys. Should have done it years ago. I haven't driven my fast rc's since i bought this thing [emoji16]

Watch "Trx4 sport on the backyard crawler course + SURPRISE ENDING" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/Vx45C4rwHlw

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Surprising how well those tires hook up on the wet stuff. Nice job on the rig and the course is lookin good too.

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Yeah I'm in no hurry at all to upgrade the tires. They seem to do a great job, but i have zero experience driving with any other tires. Or any other trucks for that matter. So i have nothing to compare it to. Some brass in the front and a better servo are where my $$$ are going first.

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You'll def see some performance benefits from the brass down low/ up front as well as a stronger servo. Good choices. Yep.. No need to upgrade those tires atm. They seem to like the terrain that you're throwing at em. "thumbsup"

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Im thinking brass diff covers just coz i dont really like the red ones, and then outer portal covers on the front maybe?

Backyard course
 

That’s awesome! In the rain even!

Your videographer did a fantastic job!!!!

While I found a nice change with new/sticky tires you can mod your stock ones for the time being. I took the dremel to mine after second run out of the box.

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On our 1/1 jeeps grooving the tires made a big difference on rocks and snow when air pressures are dropped. Very Similar to soft foam.

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Very nice. I wish i had a yard to enjoy like this.

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Yeah brass diff covers are great for adding proportionate weight super low.... lot to choose from out there. LockedUp RC is a great US company ( active on rcc) and they have some nice steel parts. I have their TRX4 black steel portal covers and C-hubs on my Defender. Samix is also a good place to look for quality brass.

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Thanks for the advice fellas! Oh and rain can't stop me from tiny truckin!

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You can also dye the red one using Ritt dye

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Added a new obstacle to the course! Check out this 1 min video

Watch "Traxxas Trx4 crawling about" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/7bkP8fa7i74https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9269396048.jpg

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That’s pretty cool!

Was great that you re ran it because I was wondering what that would be like going up.
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Thanks man! The whole course is really starting to come together. Takes me about 4 mins to drive the whole thing now which is cool. I wanna build a "play" section now where its just a big obstacle where you can attack it from 360 degrees for different lines.

Backyard course
 

That would be super awesome!

Pick a line......any line!!!!!!