Another terrain test.... the OG badlands do great in the sands of bear lake ID/UT. Real fun. I forgot the wheel wrench so I couldn’t swap over to the duratrax for comparison. People had stopped and said “wow! That thing is fast!” It’s on 15/44 gearing so it can’t be as fast as some out there!
I recently put on the OG 2.8” badlands, and I think I like them even more than the duratrax. They are slightly slimmer and not as tall, so the chassis slap has now returned. I belted them so they don’t balloon. They feel less floaty then the bigger duratrax.
yea thats funny big n wide is not for crawlers. Tall n skinny is always king. The DB48 is no crawler, Its more of a U4? I will use it on a backyard track that is mostly loose dirt surface when dry and if wet its just wet dirt. Idaho dirt, so mostly clay based. I'm really building the EB48 with...
I've built a tekno DB48 from a 2nd or 3rd hand EB48.3, and I now need to buy some tires. 2.2" stuff is pretty much out of the picture since its just more expensive than a 2.8 pre-mount tire. If cash was no object I'd go straight for the U4 G8 hyrax 2.2" tire on the SC raid wheels. 5.75" tall by...