3 blokes meet in a quarry for some socially distanced rock crawling.

[Andy-Roo]

Morning all! 
 

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting two gents from this forum; @CarlC & @stimpy 

 

We met up at a Stimpy’s local spot, a disused quarry in deepest darkest Oxfordshire, and what a spot, with everything from nice gentle ‘nursery’ slopes for Carl and myself, to full on ‘OMG how is that even possible’ technical climbs/descents.  Both Carl and I learnt a lot from Stimpy in terms of setup, how to read the rocks, looking for lines and how your rig might react in different situations - every days a school day! 
 

Anyway, thanks chaps, I had a great time! 
Enough talk, here’s some pics..

 

Stimpy’s Yota mid save..

 

Carl mid save..  
 

 

A tad over ambitious..

 

 

This ‘little’ section had us all fixated for good while.. 
 

 
Check out the angle of those chains..

 

The lesser spotted Toyzuki in its natural habitat.. 

 

My fabed cage proved its worth on numerous tumbles down the rocks..

 

Goat like tendencies..

 

So impressed with the 10.2 👌

 

 

Nice derrière 

 

 

Big thanks to Carl and Stimpy, I had a great time and hopefully we can do it again sometime 👍

[Stormbringer]

woohoo looks like you guys had fun 

[Andy-Roo]

7 minutes ago, Stormbringer said:

woohoo looks like you guys had fun 

Mate, it was epic! 

[Stormbringer]

the trucks looked fantastic in the pics and getting me really tempted with a crawler lol 🍻

[stimpy]

Moaning!!!!

 

And I thought you were just playing with your phone all day!!!?... 😂😂

 

Some great pics chap thank you for that. Hard to pick a fave!. ( but that derrière shots pretty epic). 
 

Most impressive truck of the day? Has to be that 10.2 ( sorry Carl!) , make a few set up changes and put some decent tyres on and they are very capable right out the box.  A few more relatively simple mods and it’ll be on another level again...
 

Anyway, had a great day and was so nice to meet you both . Thanks again for making the effort 👍

 

Till next time, keep on RCing!! 

 

 

[stimpy]

Just now, Stormbringer said:

the trucks looked fantastic in the pics and getting me really tempted with a crawler lol 🍻

If you’ve got somewhere cool to drive then get it done!! 
 

And it doesn’t have to be a vast area with crawlers at all. We spent probably a good 2 hrs just in this face! Hell, we all spent about 15 minutes on one Little Rock trying to find the line to mount it!!...... 😂

[Stormbringer]

how long were you there for ?

ok then whats a good cheap crawler out the box to get me started ?

Edited June 7, 2020 by Stormbringer

[stimpy]

4 hrs I guess?....  I think me and Andy stayed another hr after Carl left... 

 

[stimpy]

1 hour ago, Andy-Roo said:

 

 

Edited June 7, 2020 by stimpy

[stimpy]

That’s a great shot too mate.... 

 

But honestly they’re all good !., 

[Andy-Roo]

11 minutes ago, Stormbringer said:

how long were you there for ?

ok then whats a good cheap crawler out the box to get me started ?

Depends on how cheap really.  I’ve got an Axial SCX10.2 builders kit, the chassis is almost stock with the only upgrades being Traxxas GTS shocks, ring and pinion shims  and metal shock hoops (in the post).  
Electrics, body,  wheels and tyres can be had for cheap, although my motor/ESC was  as much as the kit itself.  
The 10.2 is great place to start from - there’s a used one up for grabs in the sales section. The seller is a good guy, too 👍

[Andy-Roo]

14 minutes ago, stimpy said:

That’s a great shot too mate.... 

 

But honestly they’re all good !., 

Thanks mate, not bad for phone pics 😎

[Briclimb]

Looks like you had a great day there, 

[CarlC]

It was a superb day, has taken this long for me to recover. Have to agree with @stimpy, @Andy-Roo's SCX10 ii was so impressive both in looks and performance. I learnt a lot and will be tinkering with my trucks to get them up to the same awesome performance as you two - lol, some hope lol

Edited June 7, 2020 by CarlC

[CarlC]

Few more pics.....

[Andy-Roo]

You got some cracking shots there @CarlC

And you got the only pic of my Capra..I didn’t take a single one! 😂 

 

 

[Andy-Roo]

52 minutes ago, CarlC said:

It was a superb day, has taken this long for me to recover. Have to agree with @stimpy, @Andy-Roo's SCX10 ii was so impressive both in looks and performance. I learnt a lot and will be tinkering with my trucks to get them up to the same awesome performance as you two - lol, some hope lol

I can feel there’ll be a “round 2” in the future.. 😎

[CarlC]

@Andy-Roo, got a few of the Capra, but that was the best I think

Edited June 7, 2020 by CarlC

[Andy-Roo]

The fact that I didn’t take any is quite telling., 

Edited June 7, 2020 by Andy-Roo

[stimpy]

2 hours ago, Stormbringer said:

how long were you there for ?

ok then whats a good cheap crawler out the box to get me started ?

As always depends upon budget but you can’t go wrong with an SCX10ii kit and some choice components. For the record the shocks that come in the kit are absolutely fine so no change needed there 👍

 

There are cheaper options out there.... And naturally there are more costly options!!! 😂

[stimpy]

Some good shots there Carl...

 

Was gonna ask how your legs were feeling!?? 😂

 

Even my calf’s are feeling it today!... 🙈

[Stormbringer]

11 minutes ago, stimpy said:

Some good shots there Carl...

 

Was gonna ask how your legs were feeling!?? 😂

 

Even my calf’s are feeling it today!... 🙈

i thought it was the trucks that were supposed to imitate mountain goats ???  🤣

[CarlC]

21 minutes ago, stimpy said:

Some good shots there Carl...

 

Was gonna ask how your legs were feeling!?? 😂

 

Even my calf’s are feeling it today!... 🙈

 

My legs are fine, the advantage of getting to the age where your nerves stop bothering to send pain signals lol

[CarlC]

And the only tiny bit of video I got that day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9OevuvKcGE

Edited June 7, 2020 by CarlC

[stimpy]

4 minutes ago, CarlC said:

And the only tiny bit of video I got that day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9OevuvKcGE

 

Ha! Trying to get the leafer up the impossible climb!!...