Good winter basher?
 

I have a savage 25 (basher) and a tmaxx 3.3 (racer) and I was thinking that when winter rolls around my bobby will come to a screeching hault lol

So what are people's opinions/experiences on winter bashers?? My first thought was a 1/10 Traxxas Summit.

I feel a Slash or any stadium truck will be useless due to ground clearance.

Thanks guys.

Summit are awesome for snow and wet winters. I Loved mine! just get some Decent batteries and you're good to go!

+1 for the summit, and if you can make it BL =) or get a BL e-maxx or BL e-revo

I have a savage 25 and a tmaxx 3.3. It may be cheaper and easier to just convert my Tmaxx into a BL version for the winter???

i'm confused. why can't you run the nitros in the winter? all you gotta do is preheat the engine and they'll be fine in the cold

I just assumed it wasn't a good idea with the air filter if any snow melted on them and sucked in water to the motor.

A lot pf people run their nitros in the winter?

here is my winter basher, and couldn't be happier with it, a kyosho twin force. Has lst tires for some extra ground clearance. She's one mean snow bunny.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...arbed002-1.jpg

I've ran my Savage 25 many times in winter, no issues.

The only issue I have ever had in the winter with my Savage is if snow gets onto the slipper clutch. If that happens, it slips so bad that it may as well be in neutral...

I run mine in the winter some, but electrics are easier to fool with then. If you can drop the cash, I think a summit would be great. I really like the summit anyways, and im sure it would be a lot of fun in snow. :nod:

Awesome looking truck:cool: Are you running stock ESC/Motors in it? I really love those rims with that body. I wish they made those rims in 17mm....

Thanks! Actually have a waterproof velineon system in it. I would have never believed it would push it had I not done it myself. Its geared way down, but has no problem in snow, or water over the hood. Pretty fast too. Run it off 2 3000mah 3s packs paralleled. I was planning to use a waterproof evx2 & titans, but had this laying around so thought i'd toss it in and try.

Ill bet that is a good setup. Id say the power is probably about right too, and its nice that its waterproof from the get go. That truck makes me want a twin force or Kruiser VE.:nod: Do you know how much your truck weighs with batteries and all ready to go?

Here is my winter basher/hill climber. Its brushless, but I have a waterproof brushed system i can throw in it for winter time, etc.. Worst thing is its really a little heavy for brushed motors, but it works pretty well as long as you keep the gearing down a little bit:D Here are some pictures. The picture of the brushed system has my old battery tray setup on it. You can see the new setup with the brushless system and a battery tray on each side is much nicer. haha

I winter bash with a 1/16 Slash. Doesn't really handle fresh powder due to it's ridiculously low ground clearance but it's a blast to tear around on snow covered roads.

The best part is once the batteries are taken out I just wash it under hot running water for a few minutes to get all the gunk off. Then I blow most of the water off with an air compressor and apply a little oil to stop rusting.

I used automotive heatshrink on the battery/esc/servo wires because it has a layer of some sort of silicone inside it to stop water from penetrating up into the conductors.

Truck is still going strong with no signs of corrosion or water damage. For this reason I strongly recommend a Traxxas for the snow. It requires a few changes but once you're done it's easy to keep it up.

I also tried my hand at waterproofing my Blitz to run in winter as well but it is harder to maintain and some stuff on it seems to rust regardless of what I do to protect it.

Just my thoughts.

Star

I am thinking of building a Coldzilla 2 based MT for bashing and want to run it in winter. I have an EVX 2 waterproof ESC what do I need to do to protect the motors, RX, and servo?

-Joe