dus Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 (edited) Hi all please help might be a stupid question but I'm looking for a trail truck/ rock crawler . This month (may 2021)I bought a ftx outback 2 ranger as wasn't sure if I would get on with trailing/crawling as I have cars, buggies, boats, on road trucks, parakite, hovercraft, monster trucks, I had a motorbike but couldn't gat on with it now. I was looking to upgrade to another crawler and I was wondering what is the best to choose from this list, (can't afford traxxas trx4). MY BUDGET IS ABOUT £300 Ftx kanyon (love the size and look) Ftx hi-rock (been told it's a good truck not so keen on the look but could live with it) Sca-1e range rover (love the look ) Element trailwalker (been told another good truck but ftx hi-back has more spares) Out of the 4 which would be the best one Many thanks for your help 👍 Edited May 30, 2021 by dus Added budget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Probably the Kanyon as it ticks all your boxes, its quite a bit bigger than your standard 1/10 cralwers eg the highrock. However i would say the highrock will be stronger, the kanyon is big and has some design flaws imo, just held on with 2 screws and not much material to hold the body mounting plate / bumpers that will take all the impacts. You can swap the high rock body for pretty much any 1/10 crawler body, you wont have the same luck with the kanyon. Cant speak for SCA1e, the limited edition one looks good with the alloy wheels tho. The trailwalker will be a solid choice also, with overdrive it will climb better than the highrock, just keep an eye on the tire sizes as the highrock used 1.9' the kanyon 2.2' and the element 1.55' tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dus Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Thanks for your reply I agree the sca-1e range rover looks good with the alloy wheels, the trailwalker being 1.55 tires could they be changes for 1.9 like I have on my outback 2 and the hi-rock?? after reading your reply I'm leaning more towards the hi-rock or the trailwalker but still can't decide lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 What about this ? https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/hobao-dc1-1-10th-crawler-kit-g-wagon-style-427474 It is a kit and by time you add a motor ,esc (hobbywing 1080), receiver2 servos ( normal and micro)and paint it adds up more i but theres an rtr as well https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/hobao-dc-1-scale-crawler-g-wagon-style-grey-425909 decent trail truck for the money and quite robust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dus Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Thanks for the reply Wow that's definitely now in the mix 👍👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Theres an owners section here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dus Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Brilliant thanks I will check it out 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 I have the Carisma deluxe Range Rover kit and an Element Sendero HD (near enough identical to the Trailwalker for the purposes of this question) Personally I think the Element RC offering is far superior chassis wise, better build quality, overdrive transmission, behind the axle steering, really really capable truck 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 15 hours ago, dus said: Thanks for your reply I agree the sca-1e range rover looks good with the alloy wheels, the trailwalker being 1.55 tires could they be changes for 1.9 like I have on my outback 2 and the hi-rock?? after reading your reply I'm leaning more towards the hi-rock or the trailwalker but still can't decide lol I’ve got a pile of 1.9 wheels and tyres of different profiles, I really must get around to trying them on the Sendero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 A little bit of Sendero action… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dus Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Thanks for the replys. do you ever get the feel you should just keep you mouth shut? as I'm feeling this way now as I can't decide which one to go for and the more I think about it the harder it gets to decide, the flex on the hobao doesn't look as much as the element or the hi-rock still such a hard one 🤯🤯🤯🤯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, dus said: Thanks for the replys. do you ever get the feel you should just keep you mouth shut? as I'm feeling this way now as I can't decide which one to go for and the more I think about it the harder it gets to decide, the flex on the hobao doesn't look as much as the element or the hi-rock still such a hard one 🤯🤯🤯🤯 will an atmospheric beach shot help…? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dus Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Thought you were going it show me a photo and not adult content 🤪🤪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkbythesea Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 1 minute ago, dus said: Thought you were going it show me a photo and not adult content 🤪🤪 Have you seen the livery I have on my truck… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dus Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Lol now that's funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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