tcanin00
Quarry Creeper
I am on the lookout all of the time! I believe crawling is something I will never stop. I am actually reading the Scale Addiction section of this forum now and I will be the first to admit I have an incurable disease.
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Going HAM (Hard As a MotherF@#ker) In Kuwait
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I am on the lookout all of the time! I believe crawling is something I will never stop. I am actually reading the Scale Addiction section of this forum now and I will be the first to admit I have an incurable disease.
muddywaters
RCC Addict
Awesome pictures guys, And thank you all for all you do in making us safe in the U.S.A. ........"thumbsup""thumbsup"
tcanin00
Quarry Creeper
As promised, here are some current pics of my Wraith and three different crawling spots here. First is the Berm Run, its a sand, dirt, and rubble burm that is over 300M long and roughly 5 ft high that is the backstop of a softball field. This makes a challenging course by keeping your truck on top of the ridge, which comes to sharp point and it has some difficult elevation changes.
This is the entrance:
Looking down the berm as it curves to follow the softball field:
The rule for crawling this section is that you have to stand on the ground while driving across the berm:
The elevation changes are places that have been worn into the berm from people running over it to get balls that are knocked out of the field:
The top is rather jagged as well:
Staying on top is pretty difficult with as sharp as it comes to a point combined with the loose sand:
Slid off, trying to get back on:
The "valleys" can be hard to cross:
And they get even harder from here:
I completely buried my rear wheel trying to make it up this crest, I had to sidehill my way around it and get a better approach:
I thought this twig looked like a scale dead tree:
The end of the berm has a cinder block and large rock which are an open invitation.
Challenge accepted:
This is the entrance:
Looking down the berm as it curves to follow the softball field:
The rule for crawling this section is that you have to stand on the ground while driving across the berm:
The elevation changes are places that have been worn into the berm from people running over it to get balls that are knocked out of the field:
The top is rather jagged as well:
Staying on top is pretty difficult with as sharp as it comes to a point combined with the loose sand:
Slid off, trying to get back on:
The "valleys" can be hard to cross:
And they get even harder from here:
I completely buried my rear wheel trying to make it up this crest, I had to sidehill my way around it and get a better approach:
I thought this twig looked like a scale dead tree:
The end of the berm has a cinder block and large rock which are an open invitation.
Challenge accepted:
tcanin00
Quarry Creeper
The next portion is inside of a SCT track. Its made with the rocks and concrete we salvaged from the second course we set up. Hopefully no one sees this as an eyesore.
Anyway, this is more of a scale level course since I have an SCX-10 and my friend Matt is is building one out of my spare parts. Its made out of broken pallets (which I received some odd looks carrying around base), cinder blocks, broken concrete pieces and rocks. Here is the entrance:
Poser shot:
I decided to add a challenge to bridge with an obstacle, instead of just driving across:
Exiting the bridge:
And on to the last obstacle, a pile of loose rocks:
I plan on adding to it with bigger pieces of concrete that are lying in a field close to the track.
Since the SCT track is in a low spot, there is a large plastic corrugated pipe that is about 50 ft long and allows for drainage and goes under the running track. It drains into the gravel pit that is shown earlier in this thread:
You can actually drive through it. We bet a friend with a Twin Hammers that he wouldn't do it, and he did.
Anyway, this is more of a scale level course since I have an SCX-10 and my friend Matt is is building one out of my spare parts. Its made out of broken pallets (which I received some odd looks carrying around base), cinder blocks, broken concrete pieces and rocks. Here is the entrance:
Poser shot:
I decided to add a challenge to bridge with an obstacle, instead of just driving across:
Exiting the bridge:
And on to the last obstacle, a pile of loose rocks:
I plan on adding to it with bigger pieces of concrete that are lying in a field close to the track.
Since the SCT track is in a low spot, there is a large plastic corrugated pipe that is about 50 ft long and allows for drainage and goes under the running track. It drains into the gravel pit that is shown earlier in this thread:
You can actually drive through it. We bet a friend with a Twin Hammers that he wouldn't do it, and he did.
tcanin00
Quarry Creeper
I was in the process of finishing this post when my laptop overheated and shut down. Truly a sad day, I really liked my laptop. $500 later I am able to finish posting pics.
Well, now that's is out of the way here are the other crawling spots. The first is the pile of broken concrete pieces I had mentioned earlier. These are about 200 ft to the left of the SCT track. They were poured around fence posts and were broken when the fence was removed. I might move these around since these are not very big:
There are some bigger pieces about 50 ft in front of them:
I didn't have to do much to make this a decent challenge. I won't be moving these rocks, that's for sure:
The last big piece has a "cut out" that is pretty difficult to stay on:
Well, now that's is out of the way here are the other crawling spots. The first is the pile of broken concrete pieces I had mentioned earlier. These are about 200 ft to the left of the SCT track. They were poured around fence posts and were broken when the fence was removed. I might move these around since these are not very big:
There are some bigger pieces about 50 ft in front of them:
I didn't have to do much to make this a decent challenge. I won't be moving these rocks, that's for sure:
The last big piece has a "cut out" that is pretty difficult to stay on:
tcanin00
Quarry Creeper
There is also a small FOFF section. Its a very loose sand and dirt pile that is about 6 ft high and has different sloped sides with varying degrees of consistency. This is less than 10 ft from the large concrete pieces I just posted:
There is also a random hole on the way back to the barracks that Ed found with his nitro car the day it actually ran right. He was pretty surprised when it bounced 5 ft of the ground for no apparent reason:
Its little over a foot deep. Now we crawl in it whenever he comes out with us to mess with him. He also has a Mad Gear Cliff, but doesn't take it out much.
There is also a random hole on the way back to the barracks that Ed found with his nitro car the day it actually ran right. He was pretty surprised when it bounced 5 ft of the ground for no apparent reason:
Its little over a foot deep. Now we crawl in it whenever he comes out with us to mess with him. He also has a Mad Gear Cliff, but doesn't take it out much.
maxxdrive
Pebble Pounder
Just wanted to say thank you for all you do. Keep safe.
Yes! "thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup"
tcanin00
Quarry Creeper
Thanks for all of your support guys! I didn't think there would be that much wheeling over here, so I didn't even bring any crawler specific parts with me. I have built almost everything here and had some of my parts sent from home with the exception of my TF2. I miss my Toyota, but I will have it when I get home. I have too much time to think about other builds, so I am planning another before I leave. Maybe not, who knows.
