Flash
Quarry Creeper
Even the blue compound is pretty soft.:!:
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HB Rover Review
- Thread starter rojo
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broncoholic
Quarry Creeper
R/C planit shows them in stock.
http://www.rcplanet.com/Hot_Bodies_Rover_Crawling_Tire_HBS67772_p/hbs67772.htm
http://www.rcplanet.com/Hot_Bodies_Rover_Crawling_Tire_HBS67772_p/hbs67772.htm
slicknic
Pebble Pounder
I ordered some "softs" from them last week and was told they should have them in stock this week. As of 2 mins ago they still are listed as backordered on my order form :-(
Flash
Quarry Creeper
Im running the mediums and they offer plenty of traction."thumbsup"
Harvo
I wanna be Dave
More opinions on this tire:
Yesterday at our competition I'm pretty sure all the Rover set ups were working better than all but one of the Panther set ups. The rock was course granite and sandstone combined. Conditions were very cold (started below freezing) and there was some mud on the last course. The HB had more bite on all the courses. You could hear it as well as see it.
The Panthers ended up climbing everything the HBs did, but had to use much more wheelspin. I'm pretty sure the winner was on Panthers, but his foam setup was far superior to anyone else with the Panthers.
Out of 25 or so trucks, the breakdown was about like this as best I can remember.
3 sets HBs
2 sets Lizards
1 set Claws
Everyone else Panthers
Yesterday at our competition I'm pretty sure all the Rover set ups were working better than all but one of the Panther set ups. The rock was course granite and sandstone combined. Conditions were very cold (started below freezing) and there was some mud on the last course. The HB had more bite on all the courses. You could hear it as well as see it.
The Panthers ended up climbing everything the HBs did, but had to use much more wheelspin. I'm pretty sure the winner was on Panthers, but his foam setup was far superior to anyone else with the Panthers.
Out of 25 or so trucks, the breakdown was about like this as best I can remember.
3 sets HBs
2 sets Lizards
1 set Claws
Everyone else Panthers
SWelte
Rock Stacker
Ran a full day on mine and seem to get better during the day. Can't complain.
Set up:
Front-Blue, Proline memory foam, 14.0oz. total wt. per tire
Rear-Blue, Stock foam, 10.0 total wt per tire.
Surface:
Slick Rock
Sand Stone (kind of crumbles out from under you)
Sand
Set up:
Front-Blue, Proline memory foam, 14.0oz. total wt. per tire
Rear-Blue, Stock foam, 10.0 total wt per tire.
Surface:
Slick Rock
Sand Stone (kind of crumbles out from under you)
Sand
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Kaz Okaguchi
Newbie
Hello,
Here is update Tire arrival information from Hot Bodies,
White compound
Arrived to HB warehouse. They will ship out to distributor this week. Next batch will be arrived to HB 1st week of January.
Blue compound
Next batch will be arrived to HB 1st week of January.
Thanks,
Kaz
Here is update Tire arrival information from Hot Bodies,
White compound
Arrived to HB warehouse. They will ship out to distributor this week. Next batch will be arrived to HB 1st week of January.
Blue compound
Next batch will be arrived to HB 1st week of January.
Thanks,
Kaz
Kaz Okaguchi
Newbie
Hi,
Tires arrived to HB warehouse now. Those are delivered to shop soon. Have fun rock crawling.
Tires arrived to HB warehouse now. Those are delivered to shop soon. Have fun rock crawling.
jamesdicken
Rock Crawler
just got mine from TCS! shipped and to my house in 2 days!
dieselfuel
I wanna be Dave
ive run my soft rovers in colder temps with the Aces donuts damn near rock hard and in 70 degree weather where they were warm and soft. either way i am nothing but impressed by them. it seems that after the initial edge wore off they actually got better. i have nothing bad at all to say about them. ive still got some panthers mounted up and ready to go but i can't really see needing them.
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SWelte
Rock Stacker
Ran my blues last weekend and have no complaints. As dieselfuel said as the edge gets worn off they seem to work better. Side hilling is cake. Have a set of whites on the way so I will see how they compare.
rojo
Quarry Creeper
Still loving mine as well. I have ran several foam set-up now (NWTT All Weathers, stock, some custom stuff) and have come up with what I like the most... I ended up running single All Weathers in the front and All weathers + 1/4 of another All weather in the rear. I kept having problems with the rear hooking up too well on steep climbs and traction rolling me. The fronts with stock foams would roll over too much for my liking. They still roll a hair with the All-Weathers in them, but not as bad. I definitely had to set-up my ride height and suspension a little different to maximize the tires benifits to my truck. "thumbsup"
Harvo
I wanna be Dave
I still can't get my Rovers dialed in. The traction is great but the foam is killing me. Looks like I will actually have to lower the truck some contrary to what I originally thought. The extra height does make it want to go over backwards a little easier.
If I could just get the foams figure out :x
Anyone know a vendor that sells stock Panther standard foams?
If I could just get the foams figure out :x
Anyone know a vendor that sells stock Panther standard foams?
35turn
Newbie
rover foams
just got the new pro line 2stage memory foam for 5.5 tires. still waitin on my mayhems. the foams don`t feel too bad in the tires(rovers white). you can see them at proline.com.
just got the new pro line 2stage memory foam for 5.5 tires. still waitin on my mayhems. the foams don`t feel too bad in the tires(rovers white). you can see them at proline.com.
Nerve
RCC Addict
We had our clubs first ever indoor meet this past weekend and I was the only one running Rovers. Lots of Claws, Badlands and Hammers. All which hooked up nicely. So needless to say there were a LOT of people coming over and feeling up my tires.. :ror:
Not sure what kind of stone it was, but it was "that" stone and wood logs and carpet as a course. See photo for rock type:
Here is mine::ror: (yes the rear end didn't fall off that crate top and u can see in above where I was)
So, my setup so far is:
Rover soft (white dot), Kreepy Krawly squishy foam narrow reds on the front and pink narrows on the rear, Mayhem Eng DP's (5 balls fronts, 2 rears). The fronts each weighed around 16oz+ and the rear's unsure.
For my first ever comp attended, I thought they did well. There wasn't much sideway support for turning, but for any climbing they did extremely well I thought. Having a taller tire with the WK axles helped it out I thought. It didnt get snagged on rocks as much as others did.
Also, chassis height was raised about .25"+ over Rock Claws and I didn't bother to adjust the height. So Basically I ran it around 3" ground clearance. But there also wasn't much for "sidehilling" on the 3 courses.
btw - for anyone looking for them. I found them on a vendors webpage
East End Machining:
http://www.eastendmachining.com/hotbohbrotiw.html
http://www.eastendmachining.com/hotbohbrotib.html
"thumbsup"
I know up here they won't be back in stock with most LHS's for another few weeks.
Not sure what kind of stone it was, but it was "that" stone and wood logs and carpet as a course. See photo for rock type:
Here is mine::ror: (yes the rear end didn't fall off that crate top and u can see in above where I was)
So, my setup so far is:
Rover soft (white dot), Kreepy Krawly squishy foam narrow reds on the front and pink narrows on the rear, Mayhem Eng DP's (5 balls fronts, 2 rears). The fronts each weighed around 16oz+ and the rear's unsure.
For my first ever comp attended, I thought they did well. There wasn't much sideway support for turning, but for any climbing they did extremely well I thought. Having a taller tire with the WK axles helped it out I thought. It didnt get snagged on rocks as much as others did.
Also, chassis height was raised about .25"+ over Rock Claws and I didn't bother to adjust the height. So Basically I ran it around 3" ground clearance. But there also wasn't much for "sidehilling" on the 3 courses.
btw - for anyone looking for them. I found them on a vendors webpage
East End Machining:
http://www.eastendmachining.com/hotbohbrotiw.html
http://www.eastendmachining.com/hotbohbrotib.html
"thumbsup"
I know up here they won't be back in stock with most LHS's for another few weeks.
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rckcrawler
Quarry Creeper
I have read through the post and it seems that the rear rolls pretty bad on the soft version of these tires on the rear, could you use the medium in the rear with the soft up front or is that not a good idea. I am just curious.
Flash
Quarry Creeper
that would prolly work even better which just whites up front. So with white there actually ripping the treads off.:?::?:
i have read this entire post and have one question.
are theese realy better than the rock claws?
or would the claws be better.
also which foams would be best for the rovers.
i need a set of tires all i have are the stock tires that came with the axial kit.
thx Dirby.
are theese realy better than the rock claws?
or would the claws be better.
also which foams would be best for the rovers.
i need a set of tires all i have are the stock tires that came with the axial kit.
thx Dirby.
Flash
Quarry Creeper
With claws I noticed I got a ton of forward bite, but lost sidehilling. The HB's seemed improve in sidehilling but will sacrifice forward bite a bit.
