It’s a fun truck. Just have to remember what it was really for. It’s not a hardcore rock crawler. Even with the crawl gears it get hung up on most stuff that my lightly modded scx24 just walks over. Scale look with the light kit just makes it so much cooler than most RTR trail/crawlers. This is my only Traxxass so I am far from a fanboy of them but they did a good job on this at the price.
Looking good! I just got some treal beadlocks with brass rings mounted up with baja pros on my bronco today along with the crawler gears, it made a world of difference in performance, when my preorder shows up its going prerunner though!
Yeah looks great Tony, on my way home Saturday night from rock Wolf’s please it was comp night. Ran in to a white out for about 9 miles I had to drive through wow was it scary but we made it. Defenders looking great out there
They have more ground clearance than an scx24 though right? Maybe it’s the longer wheelbase that hurts the break over angle so much? 🤔 I don’t have an M so I have no idea
Probably cheaper too " to build course instead of the truck. I've been saving materials , I have couple large folding tables . I'm not most artistic person , I seen your videos couple years ago building small crawler course. This course looks really good . Real outside elements just smaller .
Even materials from scratch. Some foam, and plaster paper can get ya pretty far on a 4x4 sheet of plywood. Currently building a smaller course to bring inside and put on our island when friends come over. Keeps it light and still super strong.
Neither body will make much of a difference as stock. The ground clearance and break over angle are the same and thats where this truck suffers crawling. It just gets hung up on the diffs most of the time. I think the Ford gets like 2* more approach and departure but that pretty much it. Front diff skid plate and maybe a few mm taller tire would make a huge difference.
@@philsonnenberg6092 yea few mm taller tires would be good. It’s gotta be the longer wheelbase causing issues, they have slightly more clearance than an scx24 (so says google) but the length hurts the break over I suppose. But with that wheelbase you can also climb more steep angles, everything has pros and cons in the crawler game I suppose 🤷🏼♂️
Ill shoot a quick vid so yall can see exactly what im talking about and where some 3/8 round lead fishing weight and 1/4 round weight. Its night and day now at the point mine is ive had to put foams from some mud slingers in them to help support it but it is all axle height weight
@@CCxRC Installed them yesterday and I think I agree: pretty good. I’m thinking some mild front-axle overdrive would be nice. Would restore a bit of speed plus, obviously, help with crawling.
Thanks Tony always enjoy the content. Like button engaged.
It’s a fun truck. Just have to remember what it was really for. It’s not a hardcore rock crawler. Even with the crawl gears it get hung up on most stuff that my lightly modded scx24 just walks over. Scale look with the light kit just makes it so much cooler than most RTR trail/crawlers. This is my only Traxxass so I am far from a fanboy of them but they did a good job on this at the price.
Looking good! I just got some treal beadlocks with brass rings mounted up with baja pros on my bronco today along with the crawler gears, it made a world of difference in performance, when my preorder shows up its going prerunner though!
Yeah looks great Tony, on my way home Saturday night from rock Wolf’s please it was comp night. Ran in to a white out for about 9 miles I had to drive through wow was it scary but we made it. Defenders looking great out there
I was in a whiteout Saturday night too. I was driving back from Illinois. The Saugatuck area was quite bad
That's a cool course 🤘
Thanks!
Such an amazing looking rig! Would love to have one, but probably not the smartest thing to buy right now 😂
Lookin good man. as always great content!
Looks like just some weight down low would make a huge difference. Love the way it looks.
It’s surprisingly good for being a hard body and not having any added weight
What mods have been done to this? Is the low speed control this good stock out of the box?😃
What about rtv? Take off the O ring, pack the groove with rtv?
Awesome
It looked like it performed pretty well. Honestly thought the Defender would have struggled more. Thanks Tony👍
Great video
Thanks!
They have more ground clearance than an scx24 though right? Maybe it’s the longer wheelbase that hurts the break over angle so much? 🤔 I don’t have an M so I have no idea
Venues need to hold stock crawls
It dose look good though. How dose it scale alongside the 1/14 trucks. do you think it’s still to small looking?
Hi just watched your video it's alsome bro like it 🙌😎😀
Probably cheaper too " to build course instead of the truck. I've been saving materials , I have couple large folding tables . I'm not most artistic person , I seen your videos couple years ago building small crawler course. This course looks really good . Real outside elements just smaller .
Yeah. I prefer the natural elements
Even materials from scratch. Some foam, and plaster paper can get ya pretty far on a 4x4 sheet of plywood. Currently building a smaller course to bring inside and put on our island when friends come over. Keeps it light and still super strong.
That’s what I was waiting for 🤩 Looks pretty good. I bet the Bronco will handle it even better 👍
that's what I hear. Haven't run it as a crawler yet
Neither body will make much of a difference as stock. The ground clearance and break over angle are the same and thats where this truck suffers crawling. It just gets hung up on the diffs most of the time. I think the Ford gets like 2* more approach and departure but that pretty much it. Front diff skid plate and maybe a few mm taller tire would make a huge difference.
@@philsonnenberg6092 yea few mm taller tires would be good. It’s gotta be the longer wheelbase causing issues, they have slightly more clearance than an scx24 (so says google) but the length hurts the break over I suppose. But with that wheelbase you can also climb more steep angles, everything has pros and cons in the crawler game I suppose 🤷🏼♂️
Ill shoot a quick vid so yall can see exactly what im talking about and where some 3/8 round lead fishing weight and 1/4 round weight. Its night and day now at the point mine is ive had to put foams from some mud slingers in them to help support it but it is all axle height weight
That would be cool
good video and a really great channel
sub is left. I am looking forward for new videos :)
Thank you very much!
Everyone talks about the o’rings being a problem, I have a bronco and a defender and never had a problem
Nice. 👌 Was that on stock transmission gearing?
Yea
no. It was on the low speed crawl gear set
Looks really good. Thoughts on the low-speed gear set? Seems like it might make it too slow.
Makes it slow but it's great for crawling!
It’s all the speed it needs for a comp crawl like this
The crawler gears give some excellent lowend control and tons of torque, but not quite enough wheelspeed for me personally.
@@CCxRC Installed them yesterday and I think I agree: pretty good. I’m thinking some mild front-axle overdrive would be nice. Would restore a bit of speed plus, obviously, help with crawling.
Nice, it looks good, but how capable is it compared to a scx24 with the same tier of upgrades?
Only upgrade on this is tires. It's definitely more capable out of the box.
@@CCxRC nice
@@CCxRC there are servo upgrades, and all metal upgrades
$150 but the shop I got mine at was selling at $209 wth.
I'm sure Traxxas wouldn't be happy to hear that. 😮
@@CCxRC I doubt it too
The Bronco is a better crawler...