Top 5 RC Rock Crawler Mistakes To Avoid 

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you missed 1 very important fact. that is. you can never have enough crawlers/trail trucks

Used to race motocross, there’s a product called SC1 we used to spray in front of the engine, under fenders, on plastics etc that made mud and dirt slide right off in the wash process. Would be super useful on bodies/undercarriage, places you might not want wd40. Plus it’s the best smelling thing on the planet

Waterproofing is underrated and should be done more often to all the sensitive components.

Love your videos mate. I hope you keep makeng em. Much appreciate it.

Great info,shared to a friend who loves rock crawling.

Amazing tips Rich, you are spot on with everything , especially the tyres and wheels, fantastic video bro 👍😁👍

Happy with the stock canyon trail over here in the uk, thanks for your info.

Love your videos. There so informative. Keep up with the great work with the channel

Thank you, great info, and I like your attitude and delivery. New subscriber.

I'm just now looking at getting into this fascinating hobby. I mean I had a few RC vehicles when I was younger, but nothing of this sort. The closest was a monster truck that actually had both 2 and 4WD, which to me was mind-boggling at the time. Lol Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the tips, and I'll be watching many more of your videos now!

Well done Rich!

Thx for info I learned something new!!

Awesome tips! Thank you so much. As a returning rc'er after 20 years, this was very helpful.

I'm on the east coast of the US and I love using pit bull rock beast and jconcepts landmines. They're great in the mud, water and conform around rocks extremely well

Nice tips Rich, we actually just got a couple of crawlers ourselves!

I'm between the Flat Iron XL and the Hyrax, both proline tires, with dual stage foams.

Cool video!

I watched a youtube video to modify or trim the stock trx 4 tires on my defender. I was truly happy with the results. Night and day difference.

love the baja claw ttc micky tompson mounted on metal weighted rims. i live in quebec but they aren't good in freezing temperature

I’m from the UK and as I have a lighter crawler, i use fastrax rocko 1.9s. They are really cheap and soft, and grip really well and plough through mud!

Very informative thank u I am new to crawling

Thanks for the tip. Cause am buying a Crawlers this week. Live in Central Iowa

All excellent points! Most if not all of them I learned the hard way 🤣

Thank you . You rock for this video.

My favs are sipped Trx4 stockers, klm-r, Hyrax. All three work outstanding in New Mexico terrain!!!

Favorite tires for me are Hyrax by far, I live in southern California in the desert. I also love the proline BFGs Krawlers, RC4WD Patagonia and surprisingly I really like the Duratrax Deep Woods but Hyrax are my top.

Thanks for these tips! I think I found a new passion. The best part is, if you get stuck or break something you can just pick it up! No tow trucks needed. A rescue scenario could be a cool thing to do with the crawler as well. Set one of your other cars in a tight spot and see if you can winch it out.

Brilliant video 👍 Kind regards James Fae Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Going hunting for haggis next week up Glen coe 👍😀

Hyrax 1.9 & 2.2 with Dual stage foam. I also have my vision of air down sand times which are 2.2 Hyrax with 1.9 singe stage foam on my 1:10 scale crawler.

Very helpful video. I'm thinking of getting into crawling.

South west England and I use 1.9 gmade mt1903 tyres, great.

I just subscribed great channel I'm making my own little videos too thanks for the Inspiration

Here's some great all around tires. Proline TSL Super Swampers XL and Pitbull Rock Beast. Both tires work great in temperate forest climates to deserts and everything in between.

nice tips. Tire do make the best performace gain for sure. I like the bfg km3's from proline racing, or the super swampers. Both in the XL size. 4.75. I am in nor cali. Much love Richie.

I got my duratrax deep woods out here in the desert of El Paso Texas and las cruces New Mexico and I can’t complain! Goes up the hard dirt mounds. Grips the soft dirt. My gen 8 has treal outer brass portal and on the front I have the C mounts brass I bought the front inner portal and the axle but it would be way too much weight with an all brass axle. I was going for a F60/R40 weight ratio. Great video man good advice hey everyone reading this if you are in the area let’s go crawl!

U have a great intro love it

I got some Proline Hyrax G8 today, I live in Sydney Australia

i like the 1.9 mudslingers for my redcat gen 8 i live in Colorado USA there good for snow wet rocks mud and sand

#1 just to clarify @1:52 East vs West coasts in the states. Not: "Climate change," Mate. Just geological topography. Cheers.

Been finding the Proline Bfgoodrich and Hyrax are the best performers where I live. Salem, Oregon, USA

Cut & siped 2.2 mudslinger 2 XL 's im in alabama we got slick rocks and even slicker mud !

Great video man just great. Tip if you want to run through water make sure you have an air compressor or a can of air.

Over here on the coast of Washington state I run 1.9 proline boggers on my scx 10 ii while bashing around, But run 1.9 hyrax if I go crawling.

On my Redcat Everest I just modified and weighted the original tires and it worked.

I live in Minnesota in the US the super Swampers and boggers are optimal I've got bfgoodrich crawler tires on mine rn but the winter here is super cold and I'm still trying tires for the seasons

Here's a video breakdown to make it easier to find what you want to know. 1:05 Wrong tires 3:14 Too little, or too much weight 6:15 Overpowering your crawler 7:58 Not waterproofing enough 11:26 Not cleaning or maintaining your crawler

I still live the axial ripsaws white dot (ultra soft) as well I run the 1.9 rc4wd super swampers. I live in western Washington, wet, slick rock, a little of everything. I run very heavy trucks, all low weight of coarse. I think my scx10 is around 13 lbs. Will crawl anything and became boring, then I did a 1.9 ascended ford 100. And is a bit lighter but outfitted similarly. I run tekin hand wound 35 and 55 turn motors, 3-4s

tires i use are the Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac both in 1.9 x 3.75 on my Trail Finder 2 and 1.9 x 4.75 on my SCX 10.3

ProLine Hyrax. Amazing tires. I live in the desert. Las Vegas.

I live on the north coast of Mexico tijuana and I use canyon trail 1.9 and they work 👍👍👍

Richard my good friend, your my bestest new mate. Love from North Nottinghamshire, South Derbyshire, xxxxxxx Great, and much needed advice x

RC4WD 1.9 IROKS are my go to livin here in Tennessee.

In the midwest the Deep Woods tires by Duratrax are my favorite. They are also cheap.

Just subbed to your channel. I am thinking of getting the Red Cat Gen 8

I have had good luck with club5 racing for parts for the redcat. I have the gen 8 and the g8 axe love them both. Great channel thanks and keep crawling.

WD-40 has a degreaser in it. so it can be bad for gear grease and bearing grease. It can break it down over time. PTFE Silicone spray is a better alternative, and a plus is the driveshaft will thank you for the PTFE Silicone.

Sup hero. I love in the bluegrass state. Yes Bluegrass Kentucky. I live by the Ohio river in the eastern part ... I'm a crawler by birth ,but I'm wondering into the drift car world. Great vids.

Got one for $100, may not be expensive but does its job, its charging right now and after its finished, im sure this video will help! Edit: Took it for a spin yesterday, the thing is a BEAST!! 4WD, brushless motor, im definitely impressed, unfortunately its only sold online locally, do i cant give anyone a link, sorry guys.

I run RC4WD stuff, never had a problem. Even the 1.9 Baja claws keep my 9lb Vaterra planted.

I use Pro-line 1.9 CLASS 1 BFG KM3 PREDATOR tires😃. They look super Scale and they also grib good as they are Predator Class 1 tires….. I’am from Denmark🇩🇰🇩🇰 Sherpa CR3.4 PRO - Toyota Land Cruiser LC70 Orange with rust…👌🏾

Vancouver Island, BC Canada. TRX-4 running Proline Hyrax on Dual stage foam on RC4WD Fuel Zephyr.

When you test for it being waterproof, you probably can only be wrong once.

Clear nail polish is a super cheep conformal coating alternative. What kind of brushed motor would be a good upgrade to the Gen 8 I dont like the 17t?

In my opinion pit bull tires are the best crawling tires out there. Well after breaking them in. Were great new but on another level after break in. My scx10 lll is a goat! It also has brass front amd rear bumper mounts (talking between the frame rails), front brass portal covers unner and outer, rear brass portal covers, and steel rock sliders. Removed the interear (it weighes 1 lb), lastly aluminum beadlock wheels. Going to put a VW Bug body in it to lower CG. Thats it. Shes a tank. Stock electronics. Never overheats. Like you say. Its a crawler not a speed buggy. Ill open it up to get over a rock, but 1, or 2 mph the rest of the time.

I’am in Brandenburg, Kentucky right on The Ohio River n just started Crawley with a Deadbolt What Tires would work better n Best Upgrades to do t it ? Please n thanks 😊

Merci stai tres pratic... jle savai pas qu'il y avais 2 grandeur de pneu

What is the white car on the far right? I’m looking for a buggy utv type car. I like that one.

Super Swampers in Ohio & I go to PA to crawl sometimes 👊🏾😎

Most of these tips apply to full size 4x4s as well.

Well in south africa climate makes a huge difference we do mostly extreme scale crawlers so quite heavy but very capable with narrow rc4wd rocky bois But I prefer my dirt crawling with wet rock capability but most of us run high end electronics

link for the waterproof liquid?

Rc4wd Goodyear MTR 1.9 4.75 NC

Well the SCX10 1 came with proline flat iron 1.9 so I haven't had a need to change them.

Lol the real TRX4 with the 2 speed trans is a godsend. I can crawl, then flip a switch and bash. But you need to overpower it 😆

Have you heard any buzz about a soon coming Axe Edition V2 of the Redcat Racing Gen 8 Axe Edition? I called them yesterday and inquired about why nobody appears to have any Gen 8 Axe Edition kits. They informed me I can get one from them. When I asked if they're working on a new model of the axe edition, he expressed he can't say yes or no, but he also hinted I may want to wait a little because their might be a V2 coming soon with huge improvements. I tried really hard to get more information on it, but he was only allowed to hunt to the strong possibility of it coming very soon, leaving off by saying to me the Axe Edition is a great RC truck I'll be very happy with, but also stating I'd be very happy with either truck (either being the Axe V1 or the Axe V2). I'm dying to know more. BTW, I also asked if said vehicle was about to be released, would it be more expensive or the same price as the current Axe Edition, and the answer was "The same price".

Best tires are the Ruptures by JDConcepts or Proline Hydrax Ontario, Canada

I've tried many different compounds and brands of RC crawler tires. The conclusion I've come to is that my favorites would be the original 1.9 ripsaws, dick cepek mud countrys, Pro-Line super swamper TSL 1.9, and the stock Axial SCX10 2 BFGs

Madrid Spain 🇪🇸 usually likes to run canyon tyres for crawling. Here everything is very dry. Dry stone dry earth dry sand dry dust. Up in mountain areas you might find water zones, but all around canyon

Treal, offers brass everything for gen 8

*Cool*

Proline hyrax are the absolute best I would say anywhere but I live in Texas

Just got our first crawler.. maybe it's a little cheap. HSP rock hammer. Wondering, why won't it roll, after release of throttle, it just stops. Out of box, I then trimmed throttle and it started to roll. Then I charged the batt(as I tested for 3min on delivered batt charge) and no matter what I do it won't free roll upon release of throttle. Faulty, or just a noob . ?

I'm out in Central California and run 1.9 TRX-4 tires stretched over 2.2 rims with 2.2 stadium truck foams.

Any recommendations on a good starting crawler for a newbie?

Tip #6 Make sure your tires are on the correct way. They often grip better in one direction. haha.

I have three crawler first was scx10 with clod buster body next is trx4 blazer then I got trx6 snap-on hauler and I run spectrum DX6R DX5C DX4C dX2E but I still don't play in water because I have a GT power with built-in esc and Bluetooth lights engine sound Vibration

Usually what I go by is if they say it’s waterproof I see that more like splash proof so things like water drops

I wish I'd seen this video before buying a crawler in the first place... I bought a Redcat Racing Everest-10. It's been a journey learning literally everything on my own. Thanks internet. The owner's manual was actually quite useful considering I didn't know my ass from an ESC at the time. There's lots of super obscure things too like "hey, this one part is completely universal on every crawler"... Is it? Well, shit! I wish I'd know that before buying the one direct from Redcat Racing because I could get one half price elsewhere. I added dual steering. I'm disappointed that the "3ch radio" that shipped in the crawler doesn't actually use channel 3. Come on!!! Now I gotta spend like $500 on a 6 channel radio to do all the shit I want to do (like dual motors some day maybe)... Anyway... I don't consider any of the money I spent on my little toy wasted because it's all usable on other RCs. Even parts I got that aren't compatible (like the steel pinions and spur gears I ordered that won't work... I can keep them for future RC projects). Anyway... I named my RC. Its name is Creepy as in Creepy Crawley. So... right now Creepy is $400 if you count parts and upgrades. I really like my 1.9" tires but the original 2.2" that shipped are now waterproofed so my new "mud set" will be the original Redcat Racing 2.2" and my "rock set" will be the Injora 120mm I've mostly taken my RC through north-central Pennylvania clay-mud and let me tell ya... fall through spring... it doesn't matter what tread your tiny tires have. You'll get caked over and after a few feet of puddle or mud pit you're traction surface is just mud on mud. I believe (I don't have the tires handy right now) the text on the side of my Injora set of tires says "Rocks Tyre Super Swamper". They're a little softer than the Redcat originals but they're narrower and aren't enough to float the whole crawler where the original 2.2 were big enough to float over deep mud. Also... the Injora tires have a metal wheel and there's less thread to engage with the axles (meaning you gotta be double sure you put loctite on when you swap wheels). Total aside... I'm thinking that I should maybe get like monster jam tires for real mud crawling. That seems like a tread pattern that would actually shed the caked on mud. If anyone has experience with a monster truck V pattern in 1/10th scale in sticky clay mud... let me know if it's good. Or bad. I really want to know.

But that TRX-4 spare tire looks so cool :)

Austar 3021 and Duratrax Deep Woods 2.2 one with air inflation the other with DS foam...writing from Madrid/Spain

Great tips, and can testify wd40 makes a world of difference in the very long term as well, I have a traxxas tmax that I noticed parts were starting to rust and bind up the first couple years owning it, since then I always use wd40 when I replace or fix it, and that alone pretty much keeps everything in good shape. It’s been neglected for years yet everything’s still all free and moving fine, would have been junk if I hadn’t adopted that practice.

My favorite tires are mud slingers

Older video, but still applies 100%, I live in upstate new york, and I love the duratrax SHOWDOWN c3, inexpensive and wicked climbing ability for my trx4, anyone ever give feedback on weight for the redcat? I'm still looking, and this video is 2 years old lol!

2.2 ,NSW Australia

Northeast Oklahoma and I use 1.9 hyrax tires

Hello I’m just wondering do you know a cheap good quality I’m Rockcrawler because I’m trying to get into like Ed rock Crawling in that but like I live in Australia

Proline super swampers. Im in Puerto Rico

How does the trx4 perform in the snow, do you know?

what is that stuff to waterproof the electronic.. whats the name please