Driving Harden moor Yorkshire UK with Stephen Tattersall

Today +Stephen Tattersall took me for a spin in his 92 Cherokee. It was wonderful. You know why? Because he drove it like he was in it. I swear by this motto and its the heart and soul of this blog. Bashing is for amateurs or ego maniacs. And, it's for the rich because bashing = broken. To me, the great joy in driving these little 1/10 scale trucks is that I cannot afford to drive my real Jeep in such a manner because if anything on it breaks...I'm most likely riding my bike every day for a year to save money to fix it. There is no joy in that. Like a kid, I imagine myself in that truck, making choices to go left, right, up, down, through... picking that mystery line that will get you from point A to B without wrecking your truck and smiling the whole time doing so.







Thanks for the ride Stephen. Great truck and great driving mate.



Scotty

'56 Ford brought back to life

I spent the past several weeks building a new RC out of my SCX10 but with all the snow and cold... I have only been able to drive it around the house. But, today was a melt and some of the rocks cleared enough that I could get out there and give it a trial run. Here is a video of it below. The 45 turn motor and lower gearing is nice... forces me to drive smart and patiently and will help me avoid breakages and run time will be longer as well. The down side... speed and bashing can be a blast! Who knows... maybe a 27 turn will find its way in there down the road or maybe my 35 turn. As for the 80mm shocks... that adds some restrictions as well to the flex but I'm not complaining... too much flex and you just end up getting stuck. I think some 100mm King shocks might be ideal. Or 90mm. I'm thinking about ordering some of those RC4WD Mud Basher tractor tires. They will look perfect on this rig. Watch down the road for more video's.