Drusillus

iTrader: (22)

This may seem like a backward way to shop for a truck but here goes...

I have a friend at work. He's an older fella who hasn't been into RC for 20 years.

He asked me to find him a Monster truck that he can put a "Gravedigger" body on and play around in the yard, at the beach, at the park etc... He is not interested in racing.

I thought maybe Losi's Aftershock? He likes the idea of Nitro, doesn't have any existing R/C tools or remotes..

I see they make a Gravedigger lexan Body for 1/8th scale trucks.

Think this will be a good buy for him? Its not super expensive either.

Marzac2

iTrader: (12)

I would suggest a crawler. He sounds like he isn't going to be all about going to find a good area to run a big nitro powered truck. The maintenance is going to be a challenge for him with nitro if you go that route. A nice 1/10th crawler would look sweet and scale looking with grave digger body on it. Losi makes a nice crawler and the maintenance isn't going to be difficult. It also can be run almost anywhere (small areas/big ones).

P.S. There is a smaller 1/10th scale painted version of that body available on the same site.

Arco

This is the same thing but the wheels and tires would make it more authentic.

Drusillus

iTrader: (22)

Gracias!

I'll show him your suggestions.

I appreciate it!

EastCoasterVa

You probably want to ask this question in the Monster Truck forum: http://www.rctech.net/forum/monster-trucks-46/

My answer to your question is the Savage. If your buddy wants to build one then the X SS is a perfect kit. If he just wants to pick up and play then the 4.6 or XL are great choices.

NitroXray80809

iTrader: (24)

savages are great and a losi lst are super strong and can take a heavy beating to! i would go lst by losi i like them alot but the savages are nice to bash aswell the lst is better to race and bash savage mainly basher or monster jam!

rc_in_mexico

I know this is a nitro forum bu the Tamiya Clod Buster is the ultimate scale monster truck