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I have built up a small crawling course in my back yard.
I use it to test my rigs performance and practice my driving.
it started with a rock retaining wall that hold back a garden. First truck found one or two ways to climb. Now there are 12 climbs and a couple lines I will get to one day.
On the other side is a very steep ramp to test traction and a bridge of doom. The exit of which goes sideways to test side hilling.
I can go over both sets of obstacles in about five minutes. Best run is a four wheel steering G speed V3 chassis rig that went 4:56 with no fault.
I just ordered a ton of boulders and a ton of gravel to add some difficulty.
A run consists of starting before the bridge and crawling over narrow 4x4 posts then a 180 deg turn over the bridge. Next I hit the rocks. This is an old photo. It shows 5 climbs. There are now 12 plus a mandatory trip over the little ramp. And then a run across the top of the rocks not touching the ground behind . Then back over the bridge and the 4x4s to the finish.
I am going to add some big rocks before the bridge so you have to turn around on the rocks . And change the other course to make 15 climbs. I want to make the best runs about ten minutes.
When a rig does well it is the champ. When a rigs falls short I might upgrade the champ and move the good stuff to the weaker vehicle. That brings up the weaker vehicle and the champs gets new stuff.
Unless the weaker vehicle is never going to be a real rock crawler. Then it gets things like lights hard body or what ever. They are called trail trucks and hold bigger batteries. Less overdrive to the front axle.
I use it to test my rigs performance and practice my driving.
it started with a rock retaining wall that hold back a garden. First truck found one or two ways to climb. Now there are 12 climbs and a couple lines I will get to one day.
On the other side is a very steep ramp to test traction and a bridge of doom. The exit of which goes sideways to test side hilling.
I can go over both sets of obstacles in about five minutes. Best run is a four wheel steering G speed V3 chassis rig that went 4:56 with no fault.
I just ordered a ton of boulders and a ton of gravel to add some difficulty.
A run consists of starting before the bridge and crawling over narrow 4x4 posts then a 180 deg turn over the bridge. Next I hit the rocks. This is an old photo. It shows 5 climbs. There are now 12 plus a mandatory trip over the little ramp. And then a run across the top of the rocks not touching the ground behind . Then back over the bridge and the 4x4s to the finish.
I am going to add some big rocks before the bridge so you have to turn around on the rocks . And change the other course to make 15 climbs. I want to make the best runs about ten minutes.
When a rig does well it is the champ. When a rigs falls short I might upgrade the champ and move the good stuff to the weaker vehicle. That brings up the weaker vehicle and the champs gets new stuff.
Unless the weaker vehicle is never going to be a real rock crawler. Then it gets things like lights hard body or what ever. They are called trail trucks and hold bigger batteries. Less overdrive to the front axle.