What is the best RC Monster Truck

[vergason11]

Hello everyone I was wondering what was the best RC Monster Truck was and put a link to it in your reply. Thank you

 

[Tunedfrog]

Welcome in @vergason11 , that all depends on what style you want to run.
Monster trucks, Truggies which is truck/buggy, buggies, on road or off road, crawlers.
Stay away from amazon specials and banggood specials and toy grade RCs.
All of the major online hobby shops will have the best quality and popular brands.
Arrma and Traxxas are great hobby grade rigs.
When you decide on what you want, MAKE SURE you do some research and see if
there is available parts.
RCs break and sometimes often unfortunately, that's the nature of the hobby.
No parts mean expensive paper weight.
Don't be afraid to ask questions if you have any.

 

[WoodiE]

Hello everyone I was wondering what was the best RC Monster Truck was and put a link to it in your reply. Thank you

Best is subjective.

The best "any" RC is the one you can afford, enjoy, and puts a smile on your face.

 

[Chubaka]

Fms has a 1/18 monster truck. Traxxas xmaxx is a 1/5 scale. What size are you looking for

 

[DavidB1126]

Depends on size, money, budget, ect.

Like said, FMS has mini monster trucks. Arrma granite grom. Traxxas Mini Maxx.

In the 10th scales, Traxxas Maxx, Traxxas Hoss/Stampede. Arrma Granite, Gorgon and Big Rock. Tekno MT410. Associated MT10.
8th scale, Arrma notorious and kraton. And outcast 6s
Bigger, Xmaxx is the most popular, and Kraton/Outcast 8s.

So many options to choose from. I forget alot of these models lol.

Others. Losi LMT / LMT Mini. Notorious 8s if thats a thing still. Big rock 6s. MT8 from associated. And I know I'm forgetting alot of other great MTs but those are the most popular ones.

 

[Tunedfrog]

My bad, I just seen he said monster truck.
@WoodiE nailed it.

 

[9x19]

Welcome,

Those I own are 'the best', of course.

Like the others have said... what category of 'Monster Truck' are you interested in, not just scale, but function.

The Losi LMT and Traxxas T-Maxx are quite different, but both are 'Monster Trucks'.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

the heck with what's best. buy what's the most fun. Tamiya Super Clodbuster
at least its the most fun if you're into old school 80's/early 90's car crushing 4x4x4's.

 

[Speed Chaser]

to me the best is the HPI savage but since that isn't made anymore probably arrma

 

[ferrebee88]

to me the best is the HPI savage but since that isn't made anymore probably arrma

They resurrected the HPI savage

 

[Speed Chaser]

They resurrected the HPI savage

The link takes me to eBay. Is there something in particular there?

 

[ferrebee88]

The link takes me to eBay. Is there something in particular there?

Oh wow. All I did was type it in. I have no clue how it turned into a link. Amain Hobbies has a bunch of offerings from HPI. Even the 1/5 Baja kits got brought back.
https://www.amainhobbies.com/search?cID=&s=HPI+Savage

 

[majin]

i recently went to a monster truck comp. most of them were running stock or modified losi gravediggers or the king sling, which is wgat i personally want next, what are you tryna do with it? thats gonna help you narrow it down a lot, for instance, in the class ill be starting in its all pretty much stock races on a short track. so I'm worried more about acceleration rather than top speed, i didnt see any maxx\s or others just lmt and smt chasis

https://www.losi.com/cars-and-trucks/by-category/monster-truck/

 

[Speed Chaser]

Oh wow. All I did was type it in. I have no clue how it turned into a link. Amain Hobbies has a bunch of offerings from HPI. Even the 1/5 Baja kits got brought back.
https://www.amainhobbies.com/search?cID=&s=HPI+Savage

The link just takes me to amain home page but I assume you mean the Xs and the 1/8 savage right? I was thinking of the 1/10 not nearly as much as the 1/8 honest I would just get a Baja at that point nor is it as plastic-filled as the Xs

Edit: link works now

 

[9x19]

The link just takes me to amain home page but I assume you mean the Xs and the 1/8 savage right? I was thinking of the 1/10 not nearly as much as the 1/8 honest I would just get a Baja at that point nor is it as plastic-filled as the Xs

Edit: link works now

These guys carry HPI, including the Savage models

https://rchobbyexplosion.com/hpi-radio-control/

 

[RustyUs]

No links, because too general of a question to put a finger on just one best one.

If I had the money, I would buy a 1/8 scale buggy, use truggy arms, and go from there. Oh, wait. Tekno already did that.

 

[KnowAir]

Mine is the best!!

i recently went to a monster truck comp. most of them were running stock or modified losi gravediggers or the king sling, which is wgat i personally want next, what are you tryna do with it? thats gonna help you narrow it down a lot, for instance, in the class ill be starting in its all pretty much stock races on a short track. so I'm worried more about acceleration rather than top speed, i didnt see any maxx\s or others just lmt and smt chasis

https://www.losi.com/cars-and-trucks/by-category/monster-truck/

For a legit solid axle MT, the Losi is super cool. Large scale, Raminator is badazz. I own neither, LOL.
While I love both, they are a bit too limited by design for my use case.
I always end up with independent suspension rigs because in general they tend to handle better even though they're less representative of a true MT design IMO.
I own an Xmaxx and Hoss, which are about as MT as I'll ever go. Both handle quite well considering their HCG designs.

 

[Cheez ‘n’ Quackers]

The “ Best “ is always one that someone else owns but they let you drive it.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

The “ Best “ is always one that someone else owns but they let you drive it.

unless its an original tmaxx. ...i hated that truck...

 

[9x19]

unless its an original tmaxx. ...i hated that truck...

We had loads of fun with ours...