AK KRAWLER
Rock Crawler
So, after I got my SCX6, I realized how much fun the larger rigs are. And was spurred to possibly start my larger scale build back up. It's been sitting on a shelf, untouched for a couple years now.
I also purchased an Arrma Fireteam, with the thoughts of keeping it, or possibly selling it. I threw it up for sale just to see what would happen. Well, nothing happened for a few weeks, no interest at all.
Then someone asked if I would trade it for an almost new Traxxas Maxx V2. It looked super clean and I let them know I was interested in the trade, as long as they threw in some extra cash. Whether I made out in the deal or not, I am not sure.
They agreed and the trade was made
The fun part, is this guy came out to play as well. He brought out charged batteries for the Fireteam, as well as an Arrma Kraton 8s. Holy smokes, what a ripper that thing was!
We had a huge pile of snow in the middle of our circle from all the prior storms, that damn rig was insane. Him and his son were really cool, down to earth folks.
Good times!!!
My son has convinced me that he wants and will pay for the Maxx. We agreed on a price and when he gets it paid off, I will hand it over to him.
I worked it out that I am not losing money on the Fireteam purchase, but it negates me making money either. No real worry, it'll be fun to have the Maxx around the house.
I might be in trouble with the Wifey... :lmao: With my son taking ownership of the Maxx, I needed something to rip around with him and it couldn't be something smaller. Dad HAS to have the bigger rig, just the way it is...
With all that being said...
I made a random bid on eBay for an X-Maxx 8s and truly figured I would have been out bid, but I was not and won. The seller listed it as free shipping and I also figured "No Way!!!" that was going to happen. Low and behold, it was shipped via UPS and they did not ask for another dime to help cover the shipping. He uses UPS for his business and gets a crazy low shipping cost.
I hope I get home before it shows up and I can try to hide the Giant Box...
After I won the auction, I noticed the left front shock was different. I'll do a teardown once I get home and see what kind of surprises lurk in the shadows.
To be continued...:twisted:
I also purchased an Arrma Fireteam, with the thoughts of keeping it, or possibly selling it. I threw it up for sale just to see what would happen. Well, nothing happened for a few weeks, no interest at all.
Then someone asked if I would trade it for an almost new Traxxas Maxx V2. It looked super clean and I let them know I was interested in the trade, as long as they threw in some extra cash. Whether I made out in the deal or not, I am not sure.
They agreed and the trade was made
The fun part, is this guy came out to play as well. He brought out charged batteries for the Fireteam, as well as an Arrma Kraton 8s. Holy smokes, what a ripper that thing was!
We had a huge pile of snow in the middle of our circle from all the prior storms, that damn rig was insane. Him and his son were really cool, down to earth folks.
Good times!!!

My son has convinced me that he wants and will pay for the Maxx. We agreed on a price and when he gets it paid off, I will hand it over to him.
I worked it out that I am not losing money on the Fireteam purchase, but it negates me making money either. No real worry, it'll be fun to have the Maxx around the house.
I might be in trouble with the Wifey... :lmao: With my son taking ownership of the Maxx, I needed something to rip around with him and it couldn't be something smaller. Dad HAS to have the bigger rig, just the way it is...
With all that being said...
I made a random bid on eBay for an X-Maxx 8s and truly figured I would have been out bid, but I was not and won. The seller listed it as free shipping and I also figured "No Way!!!" that was going to happen. Low and behold, it was shipped via UPS and they did not ask for another dime to help cover the shipping. He uses UPS for his business and gets a crazy low shipping cost.
I hope I get home before it shows up and I can try to hide the Giant Box...



After I won the auction, I noticed the left front shock was different. I'll do a teardown once I get home and see what kind of surprises lurk in the shadows.
To be continued...:twisted:
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