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Monster Truck Madness – A Huge Loss
Hello everyone. This is a very somber MTM. Last week the r/c monster truck community lost a very important figure – Marlon Cox. Marlon has long been active in the online monster truck community (full size AND r/c). He created, along with his brother Rafael and friends, the Showtime R/C Motorsports club. He is one of the folks behind the Solid Axle [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Love of Beadlock Rings
Hey folks and Happy Friday! Little bit of an expected topic this week, but with Duratrax annoucing Clip-Lock Wheel Faces for Ripper 2.8″ Wheels, I wanted to talk about my love of beadlock rings for monster trucks. Beadlock rings, whether real or faux, are one of my favorite accessories to add to any monster truck to really help set off the look. [...]
Monster Truck Madness – New JConcepts Ford Body on the way
Hey gang and Happy Thursday to you all! One of the guys I race with, who is also JConcepts team driver, showed up to our race in early April sporting a very slick looking Sudden Impact livery on a mysterious 90’s Ford truck body. Specifically, a 1997 Ford. This was a popular getup with full size monsters in the late 90’s, probably [...]
- 4/20/2023
- 3:23 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Little Monster Truck, Scale Tires
Hey folks and Happy Thursday! I hope wherever you are reading this, that the weather is as nice as it is where I’m at – high 70’s and sunny. It’s prime “get back outdoors with your r/c’s” weather! I’ve got a couple e-mails to get through this week, so let’s do it. Good afternoon, I have seen a lot of your articles lately [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Racing the LMTs
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! I just had my first monster truck racing weekend of 2023 and got to get my fleet dirty! I want to focus on my LMT’s here, though. Both are quite a bit different from each other given they are the same platform, but both trucks are my two favorite r/c’s that I currently own. Let’s start with [...]
- 4/6/2023
- 4:59 pm
- Losi
Monster Truck Madness - By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – The Spectrum
Hey folks, welcome to a special edition of the weekly MTM! April 2nd is Autism Awareness day, and in celebration of that I’m wanting to give some extra visibility to a special build from friend Outlaws of Motorsports RC (his Instagram handle is @outlawsofmotorsportsrc). His truck, named “The Spectrum”, has a great story behind it. And with that, I’ll let [...]
- 3/30/2023
- 2:43 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Building the TLR Tuned LMT
Hey all and Happy Thursday! I wanted to share where I’m at with my TLR Tuned Losi LMT kit and share some overall build impressions thus far. In my 30+ years in the hobby, I’ve somehow never built a Losi kit before. Kinda wild when I think about that, but it’s true! The instructions are nicely laid out, and each step of the [...]
Big Squid RC – Slam Tech’d
Hello everyone and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This week we are talking about foams. Closed foams to be more specific. Ok, JConcepts Slam-Tech monster truck closed cell foams to be hyper specific. Closed cell foams are dense and resist deforming, unlike the “sponge” feeling of standard open cell foam. They resist flat spotting. They last a long time. They are also water [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Electronics for your New Losi LMT
Hey folks and Happy Thursday! I got a shipment update from UPS that made me VERY happy- my TLR Tuned Losi LMT kit has shipped! I was one of the first to pre-order and got in the first batch, so I got lucky in a crazy quick turn around. I think all pre-orders are slated to ship by April at the [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Losi LMT is Getting the TLR Treatmen…
Hey guys and Happy Thursday! Just a slow news day in the r/c monster truck world, eh? In case you missed it, Losi announced a limited edition TLR Tuned LMT. The main specs that differentiate from the RTR version, save for the obvious that this is a builder’s kit that needs electronics and tires to be completed- – Carbon Fiber Chassis Plates – TLR [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Watch the light boys, we're going ra…
Hey folks, it’s time to announce the 2023 Trigger King RC Monster Truck Racing Series schedule! It should be a fun summer of racing in the dirt over in Waterloo, IL at JB Graphics Raceway. There are 3 classes this year – Outlaw Retro Clod Buster, Sport Modified, and Pro Modified. Sport Mod and Pro Mod are modern style monster trucks and [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Warpath 4 Monster Truck Racing Chass…
Hey folks, Happy Thursday to you! A heads-up that next Monday February 20th I’ll be the guest on the RCMT Motorsports Pit Party Podcast where I’ll be discussing all things monster trucks. We will be live at 10 EST and you can check out their IG page right here. It’s gonna be a great time! So this week we are going to [...]
- 2/16/2023
- 4:35 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Many Minis
Hey all and Happy Thursday! Today we are gonna discuss the Traxxas TRX-4M. The TRX-4M was the hottest release in the hobby over the holiday season, and while hobby shops across the country seemingly finally have them in stock with regularity, they remain a very hot ticket. The aftermarket around the baby TRX4 has been the most interesting part of it though, [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Tundra Tires on the FMS Smasher
Hey all and Happy Thursday! One of the coolest things about the solid axle monster truck genre within the world of RC are all the small builders that are building custom products for the variety of platforms out there. The Clod, Axial SMT10 and Losi LMT hog their share of the limelight, but today I wanted to show off a small [...]
- 2/2/2023
- 6:58 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Ungluing and Re-Using Your Tires
Happy Thursday all! As we are set to hit February next week, many of us are at the height of bench racing season. New builds for warmer weather are being planned or are actively underway. All those builds need one thing regardless of whether they are a monster truck, buggy, scaler, or stadium truck….a set of tires and wheels. And when many [...]
