Well, it's been a long run, about 3 years. I bought it off of SkyMaxx at this forum for $200 as a roller June 2004.
This is how it looked when I got it:
Now I'm selling her... (lone tear down cheek)
I haven't run it since the middle of last summer. I have the revo and had a mammoth. After having those two and knowing what a truck can handle like, I didn't drive it much. I spent a lot of dough on it over the past 3 years to get it up to a point that I could bash it hard. Then when I finished building it up, I got a revo. Then I built that up. Now I have an Aftershock and I just don't see myself spending much wheel time with the savage anymore.
I forgot how many spare parts I had. Arms, towers, c-hubs, axle carriers, center axles, diff gears, transmission, trans case, TVP's, engine mounts, engine plate, receiver box, diff cases, diffs (old and used)... things add up over time.
Here's how it looks now:
A bashing friend of mine has an LST2 that he took to a moto-cross track and totally trashed it. Then his 1:1 big bronco had both fuel pumps fry. Then his job cut back his hours (basement digger/trucker). So he is low on dough, and in an effort to not bash alone, I let him run the savage last weekend. Seeing him enjoy the fruits of my labor almost makes me knot up inside... Ok, not quite that emotional... But it was good to see how it made someone else happy and it reminded me of when I first got it. Especially when I hit my first jump that gave me 10 feet of air and it kept going! (I had a t-maxx prior to this)
With all the stuff I put into it, it will probably only get $250 if I'm lucky. I'll sell it to him for a few hundred when he has it, but I'll only ask for the receiver back. The engine runs good, but I paid $30 from a kid on a forum who couldn't get it to run right. A little TLC and it's just fine.
SkyMaxx, if your still out there, it's going to a home that will care for it and never let it sit overnight with dirt on it and without after run in it's veins...
Thanks again savage. You will be missed.
EDIT: man... this is totally sappy! I think I'm going to have to kick my own AZZ!
This is how it looked when I got it:
Now I'm selling her... (lone tear down cheek)
I haven't run it since the middle of last summer. I have the revo and had a mammoth. After having those two and knowing what a truck can handle like, I didn't drive it much. I spent a lot of dough on it over the past 3 years to get it up to a point that I could bash it hard. Then when I finished building it up, I got a revo. Then I built that up. Now I have an Aftershock and I just don't see myself spending much wheel time with the savage anymore.
I forgot how many spare parts I had. Arms, towers, c-hubs, axle carriers, center axles, diff gears, transmission, trans case, TVP's, engine mounts, engine plate, receiver box, diff cases, diffs (old and used)... things add up over time.
Here's how it looks now:
A bashing friend of mine has an LST2 that he took to a moto-cross track and totally trashed it. Then his 1:1 big bronco had both fuel pumps fry. Then his job cut back his hours (basement digger/trucker). So he is low on dough, and in an effort to not bash alone, I let him run the savage last weekend. Seeing him enjoy the fruits of my labor almost makes me knot up inside... Ok, not quite that emotional... But it was good to see how it made someone else happy and it reminded me of when I first got it. Especially when I hit my first jump that gave me 10 feet of air and it kept going! (I had a t-maxx prior to this)
With all the stuff I put into it, it will probably only get $250 if I'm lucky. I'll sell it to him for a few hundred when he has it, but I'll only ask for the receiver back. The engine runs good, but I paid $30 from a kid on a forum who couldn't get it to run right. A little TLC and it's just fine.
SkyMaxx, if your still out there, it's going to a home that will care for it and never let it sit overnight with dirt on it and without after run in it's veins...
Thanks again savage. You will be missed.
EDIT: man... this is totally sappy! I think I'm going to have to kick my own AZZ!