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Monster Truck Madness - 1/5 Scale Primal RC Raminator Impres…
It finally happened- I got in some trigger time with a 1/5 Scale Primal RC Raminator! We actually had not one, but two of them on hand over the weekend. My friends and I are working on building a new dedicated monster truck track to hold our monthly events, and for a build/play day our friend Daniel “Cheech” Agosh came down [...]
- 5/5/2020
- 3:32 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Laying Rubber – Run Bandit Run
Last week I announced I was taking my first steps in to the world of no prep r/c drag racing with a bone stock Traxxas Bandit VXL and would be using this new “Laying Rubber” column to document the process. No more talk- now it’s time to start! As you can see from the pics here, the Bandit VXL is very [...]
- 4/30/2020
- 4:01 pm
- No Prep Drag Racing
Traxxas - By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Backyard Arena
Awhile back when I said I’d be featuring a reader’s vehicle each week at the end of my column, I didn’t expect to get whole freakin’ arena to show off, but that’s what I have here! I scoped out David H.’s killer backyard track when he was posting about it on one of the solid axle monster truck groups that I [...]
- 4/28/2020
- 12:09 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Laying Rubber – New No Prep Drag Racing Column
Hey guys, it’s ya boy Doug. Regular BSRC readers will know me as “the monster truck guy” that writes the weekly Monster Truck Madness column. Don’t worry, that isn’t changing. What IS changing is that I am now going to be writing a semi-regular r/c drag racing column that chronicles my slow descent into THIS kind of madness as well! I’m [...]
- 4/22/2020
- 2:00 pm
- No Prep Drag Racing
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness - Support Local Hobby Shops with an Au…
I had planned on providing an update this week on my new Tamiya Clod Buster, but instead I wanted to use this space to promote something cool that our friends over at Horizon Hobby and Axial are doing. It’s a tough time for everyone right now and as if local hobby shops needed any more stress than normal, this whole ordeal [...]
Monster Truck Madness – A New Clod!
The best way to beat the quarantine blues? A new build! Not just any new build, but a Tamiya Clod Buster, my favorite r/c of all time. I’m not actually sure how many Clods I’ve built at this point, but I’ve done a good number of them. I’ve never really detailed a build throughout the process, though. Now’s the time. Clods are [...]
- 4/14/2020
- 5:43 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Movin’ Blues
Greetings and salutations! Over the weekend I completed the grueling task of totally cleaning out my basement in preparation for selling my house. That is quite boring in and of itself, but in going through all my old bins and boxes I found a treasure trove of old monster truck memorabilia. Just look at this box of magazines I found.Chomp. Vintage Playboys? [...]
- 4/7/2020
- 5:11 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Ultra Mod Class
Hey all, this week’s MTM is coming to you LIVE from my kitchen table, where I’ve been posted up for about oh, I dunno, 3 weeks now. Before I go on my normal solid axle tangent, first some love for a bashing monster. The crew over at ARRMA have put together a series on the design and development of the Kraton [...]
- 3/31/2020
- 8:07 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Amazing BIGFOOT Replicas
In the world of replica r/c monster trucks, I’d wager that the BIGFOOT fleet of trucks has been done the most. And they’ve been done very well! So many talented builders have done their version of the big blue Ford that they all kind of run together. I mean heck, nowadays you can just buy a great looking one from [...]
- 3/24/2020
- 3:42 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness - Crazy Times Mean a Dive into the Mai…
Before answering a few monster truck-related reader e-mails this week, I wanted to give a quick “thank you” to the readers that reached out regarding my post that I’d soon be moving to the Tampa, Florida area, and asked if anyone wanted to race. Well, as it turns out, yes, a lot of you want to race solid axle monster [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Monster Truckers Needed in the Tampa…
Hey all, here’s a post I’ve been waiting to write for some time but can now make it official- this summer I will be relocating from St. Louis, Missouri to the Tampa / Saint Petersburg, Florida region! While the prospect of living in perpetual outdoor racing weather is exciting, I’m not lot looking forward to leaving all of my r/c buddies, [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Discussing Upgraded Shocks for the A…
I got a good question this week from a reader that I’m sure other Axial SMT10 owners may have – Hi Doug, I recently purchased and assembled a new smt10 kit and have finally got it up and running and so far am impressed with the overall performance, but I was wondering if you have and advice on suspension setup? In the [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Matchbox Super Chargers Monster Truc…
This week I am celebrating my 36th birthday, and I’m going to use that as an excuse to talk about one of my favorite birthday gifts ever, the Matchbox Super Chargers Competition Arena! The mid-to-late 80’s was a glorious time for a young monster truck fan as the big toy companies of that era started pumping out killer miniatures to take [...]
- 2/25/2020
- 8:16 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
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Monster Truck Madness – ‘Lil Boss
Lotta solid axle monster truck talk in these parts, so I wanted to give some love to my Arrma Granite 4×4 BLX 3S which is now sporting a new shell! The JConcepts 1993 Ford F-250 Traxxas Stampede body is a direct fit for the Granite, as it’s designed right at a 10.5″ wheelbase. Perfect width as well. The only thing you may [...]
- 2/18/2020
- 11:59 am
- ARRMA RC
Monster Truck Madness - By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness - Impressions of the Updated Axial SMT…
Greetings everyone- it’s ya monster truck boy, Doug! I’m fresh off an MT racing weekend where I did very little actual racing. Instead, I spent the day driving around a brand new Axial SMT10 Grave Digger, sharing the remote with as many of my MT-obsessed buddies as I could, to get some collective impressions. The original Axial SMT10 came with a [...]
- 2/11/2020
- 1:37 pm
- Axial
Monster Truck Madness - By: Doug
