R/C Monster Trucks.....
 

anyone play with them??? i was looking at buying a 4x4 solid axle truck like the Wheely King from HPi Racing........but i would like something in 1/10 or 1/8 scale........not 1/12 like the King is.........anyone got any suggestions for another SOLID AXLE 4x4 truck on the market........i need something to play with over here.......we got our own course to play on too.....i can get the Wheely King for less than 150 off Ebay new......i would prefer to not spend over 400 on a 1/8 scale truck.........AND MUST BE ELECTRIC.......NO RACE FUEL ON BASE......

this is the Wheely King.....
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This was my pre diesel obsession. I have a t-maxx with over a grand in it and a Clod Buster with about 600 in it. What do you plan to do with it? Crawling or just driving it around. Electric or nitro. I don’t know a lot about the wheelie king I have been outa the game for about 2 years now. In my opinion there’s nothing better than a mod Clod if your going electric. The chassis and options for clods are almost endless. Clods have the motors on the axles so the center off gravity is lower. But if your not getting it solely for crawling (and im not syaing thats all clods can do) there’s some others out there for you. Trucks like the txt-1 or kyosho twin force… if they still make it lol.

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Same here, it was my pre diesel obsession. I have a HPI Savage 25ss. I really liked the nitros, never got into electrics though. In hindsight, I would have gotten a TMAXX or Revo.. Parts availability is alot better for the TMAXX, and the basic chassis design and handling is much better. The savage is a wicked machine no doubt, but I woulda went with a Traxxas Product if I had to do it again..

Been Tryin to get rid of my savage and all the parts.. 3 motors and all that.. Lemme know if you are interested.

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Hey KC if Logans not interested a buddy of mine wants to get into the hobby. He wants my maxx but I have way to much in it to part with it I got it back in 2000 when they first came out lol. I still haven’t even broken in the O.S. .21 yet….

Ill second that the savage is a good truck and can take a beating. I had one for awhile with a picco .26 when that engine first came out. The only thing i don’t like about the maxx is when I land upside down from more than 5 feet in the air i break body mounts. Ive tried aluminum but end up breaking shock towers or bulkheads so I switched to aluminum bulk heads and shock towers now I bend aluminum body mounts lol. With the savage and that roll bar I never had that issue.

Oh Ive bent MANY of those roll bars, launching off of 25 and 30' high gravel piles lol,and ive demolished a few sets of TVP's hitting stuff @ WIDE OPEN head on.. yea I definately say this is a tough truck, and there are ENDLESS options for parts online, but as far as small hobby shops locally, they dont carry much HPI stuff, cause its more expensive, and not as widely used as the Traxxas stuff.. but yea, Logan, if you are interested, PM me, if not, thats cool too..:c:

lol I guess I should read more.

are you dead set on a solid axle truck? .

i also have a T-Maxx. i was planning on gettign rid of it, but after i came up with the bright idea of trying to fabricate some stacks for it.....i think im gonna keep it for awhie. if you cant have a nitro powered truck, id look into the E-maxx since traxxas has such great support and ive been pretty happy with my truck. the savage is very nice though

That wheely king looks pretty cool. I have never seen that one myself. I kinda like the Tamiya Highlift. There are some cool videos of it in action on youtube. I have a 2wd Traxxas Stampede VXL. With the Li-Po batteries it will easily run 45-50 mph. That is if you can keep the front wheels on the gound. It isnt really a monster truck. More like a car chasis with a lift kit on it, but its pretty damn fast.

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the only way im getting an IFS truck is if i get one of the REAL looking CORR race truck bodies for it and i still really just dont like the look of them........my real trucks are solid axle and so are my play trucks........if i dont get the King ill get an Axial Scorpion and build a crawler out of it........but mostly ill be driving it around and playing on a few obstacles but nothing serious..........im going to get the crawler kit for it that stretches the wheelbase 2.5 inches and im going to get the drop in lockers for it also.........

that sucks they gotta be electric. the gas ones are so damn fast! I had a traxxis it was ok but nitro powered and fussy as hell

thats why i dont want a nitro to begin with.....ive seen all the problems my buddies had with them.......plus Base Command dosent like having race fuel shipped through the mail...........of course i could just have it shipped here in a case of Scope mouth wash.......

Just as long as you dont use it lol.

not even worth it.........

That scorpion does look nice.... I guess that tells ya how long its been.

im ordering the wheely king right now along with a few other "goodies".........

toooooo much money....i dont need 700 or 800 bucks in this thing......just something to place with til i get back home.........now i just got to talk the welding shop into making me a pulling sled........

to bad you can have a nitro truck... my revo is pretty dam fun.
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over here electric is just easier cause of the dust.....you would constantly be replacing parts on a nitro........oh wait you already got to do that........

Id go with like a traxxess E-revo or a E-maxx but both are a irs not soild axle whats so important with a solis axle

I agree on that one.
How do you think that thing's gonna like all that sand?

cause real trucks have solid axles........and this truck is going to be a sled puller/rock crawler/trail truck and every good offroader knows IFS cant do what a solid axle can.......

the motors are sealed........water proof........

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i got a buddy that has his own sled, 4x30 track, mini water wagon, mini landall ripper, and mini roller for his old school cub cadet lawn mower...........this guy is hardcore into this..........im going to try and beat him when i get back home.........he hates getting beat.........i do like that truck but im more into 4x4's.......

I had a Savage with a picco .26 never had any problems except from bad collisions from all the speed!!!!!!!:run:

I got one of the axial crawlers over here its a lot of fun and easy because you dont really have to do much and if where you are is anything like where I get to hang out there is always rocks around.

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Yea that wheely king is awesome! i converted mine into a 1/10th scale rock crawler. just look up wheely king rock crawler kit on google it is sick and will go everywhere!:rocking: i only spent like 50 bucks converting it!