Bulletproof trucks

[lincpimp]

I would say flux as well, but my savage diff experience is less than positive... Seems like al bulks/case and the "bullet proff" diffs would cure that. The savage tranny loos strong, the motor mount is very strong, and the battery boxes are versatile. Put some truggy wheels and tires on it and it would be a decent dual purpose basher/racer. The lighter wheels/tires would also cut down on strain on the arms, cvds, etc.

For ultimate bash worthiness my nod has to go to the lst2. It is pricey to build, but does not need much to be a solid truck. The muggy is also good, if you replace the stock chassis (I still run stock, but am not that hard on it.)

Truggies are kinda boring to me, the lack the "soul" that a monster truck has. Just too stable and low to the ground for my tastes. That is why I like the muggy, turns well due to the center diff, and the weight is lower so it handles well, but it still has MT suspension and can get over more stuff than a truggy can.

[Desert Rc]

My experience with the truggy is that they are WAY more fun then the buggy unless your going for all out speed, and the CRT .5 is a waste of time IMO...sorry to the diehards. I have a flux now in a quest to try the MONSTER part of this hobby. I also have some asperation to try the LST2. Truggy wise any money spent on the upper class of line of truggies is going to be well spent. I recently went to a skate park and took some seriously ugly landings and the only part that got destroyed was a MMM after the collapse and splitting of the stock body after a 12-15ft landing on the shell. Never saw this coming and the location of the MMM brought it to the end of its short life. . Go figure the most expensive part to replace got toasted. BTW the truggy I am running is a XT8 Xray and I bought it NIB for a little over $200 if I remember it correctly. It was the 2008 model but that doesnt matter to me as Im a basher.

A truggy is definetly durable, unless you hit a tree at an odd angle and then the long arms put a lot of force on the hinge pins and could sheer the aarm (my experience with my X1-Crt anyway). The ground clearance isn't a problem in my experience as long as you carry enough speed, you can bash and smash through anything. The only thing that breaks it are very solid objects, even these aren't a problem if you center them with the bumper. X1 or X2-crt gets my vote.