Crawler Canyon Quick(re)view: Traxxas TRX-4 Sport High Trail

[@chrispearce9224]

Deep down I really, really, really hope Traxxas is jumping on the LCG trend and will have a carbon rail TRX-4 this year.

[@JUSTHAVEFUNRC]

I don’t even want a carbon rail. Just something more rock oriented with that Traxxas durability garuntee.

[@ReneeCorsaro]

​@@JUSTHAVEFUNRC..."Same here" !!! 👍 I have been waiting for almost 4-years, in hope of this... ...But TAXXUS does have a tendency to disappoint with some design details & lack of more often releases !! 🙄 ..."guar"anteed ✌️

[@JUSTHAVEFUNRC]

@@ReneeCorsaro I have heard some whispers of something new and crawler related coming. Not sure if it’s for the trx4m or the big boy. Or if it’s something new. Or how true it is

[@ReneeCorsaro]

@@JUSTHAVEFUNRC Oh, bro... ...I "sooo" hope it is an LCG 1/10th scale, or (at least) an improved TRX4, to a [ TRX4 II ] !!!! Man, I am so excited now !!!!!!! 😆👍 ...Thx guy for info !!! ...Sidenote, have you ever noticed the front lower links on the TRX4, are spaced apart wider than most any other RC crawler...!?? (and the links are parallel) !! - Interesting huh...!!?? I'm always super invested into RC (crawler), especially LCG design aspects, so I tend to see these differences. Any idea why Traxxas went with "link-stance/position"...?? 🤔

[@ReneeCorsaro]

(19:50) - How 'bout... the Traxxas/"TAXX-US" powers that be... that essentially, no, "that do" manipulate (us) into instantly upgrading what (should have already came with...) the RTR/KIT !!!! ...And, this "is why" I "cannot stand" Traxxas !!! 😤🤬 ✌️

[@derrickhays3627]

The colors definitely catch your eye😲 your right there is a segment that is not obsessed with scale or crawling they just wanna have fun and that thing certainly looks the part. Thanks for sharing.

[@Driver86421]

You're right about tiny trucks being kid magnets. A favorite memory is of a little girl petting one of mine like it was a puppy. Flash the lights, wiggle the wheels a couple of times and their squeals of delight pitch up another 3 octaves. Never too early to get 'em into the hobby.

[@SoteroMurguia]

Ive had one of these for a few months now. You nailed the description of the truck, fun as hell and not scale. If anyone out there is thinking about getting one, try running GensAce adventure 4300 battery in the battery tray in the front. It makes a huge difference.

[@michaelhorn9361]

Yeah, I hear yah. My fleet has 1 trx4 that came about as a chassis kit. I got it last Christmas when the traxxas website had $50 off all kits. Then went to Jenny's and got a bronco body. So all in it was $475 and built by me and it's great!!!

[@Tyrells_Tiny_Trucks]

I got a LWB (K10) high trail built into a mud truck, and I've been astonished at how it crawls over logs, through rip raff, etc. Until the terrain gets really steep, it just goes.

[@Stinkles_]

I bought my first crawler last year, a TRX4 79 Bronco. I think it was in ideal first crawler. It’s been super durable, and has no Achilles heel that needs to be replaced immediately, ie Reedy electronics. It looks fantastic, the tires are awesome, and it has enabled me to learn to crawl. The 2 speed and unlockable diffs also give it the ability to be a very fun scale basher. I don’t think the FMS is likely to survive running the local carpet buggy track at speed, or dropping into a skatepark bowl. My TRX has handled both, and then gotten back to being a very composed crawler with the flick of a couple switches. I love it, and am charmed by it.

[@Jnichols77]

One of the kids at work started crawling with us and the LHS made him a really good deal on a TRX-4 sport w/ a fusion and some brass and Amazon servo and I gave him some ssd wheels with injora silicon and voodoo tires. Damn $250 will just about keep up with with most of the guys scx-10 pro and vanquish builds….

[@brianmorrison2846]

My K10 high trail is #5 in performance out of 17 1/10th rock crawlers. In some situations it's the boss. It will make it to the Canyon someday.

[@fuse557]

I agree with you 100%, Redcat is at least trying to move forward! LOL

[@themountain59]

With what?? 🙄

[@markcole6475]

@@themountain59I’m assuming moving into comp crawlers …traxxas is all about trail rigs….they perform well but not comp level.

[@ka4172]

"High Roller" in all locations!Super nice "Trail Truck" for crawling i think the stock Sport is a better/great basic.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

Agreed. I don't think the Sport was improved at all by making it taller than it is wide. The OG Sport was a fantastic starter platform-- durable, affordable, endlessly customizable. This is... a thing that is. But not better.

[@neildaniels5443]

Dat Green is now creeping into da work shop 😅

[@stphndxtr]

I drive hopped-up TRX4s and a VS4-10. Any one of my rigs individually cost more then 1k by the time im satisfied driving them. As much as my son would like to have one like mine, he is getting this one because I believe it fits him better. He is 10 by the way. I see it as the perfect first 10th scale truck for the kid of a long time scale/trail/crawl guy; kind of a niche rig. Eventually his allowance will turn it into something else, but until then, he will be having lots of fun crashing and rolling around while the adults are crawling. Im glad its on sale and comes with a winch.

[@trenchpig]

Yep now I have more questions than answers… I miss the sport kit already..😢. Looks like I will get the Vanquiash kit.. Thx for the video. As always brutal and truthful.

[@LumpkinMumfins1]

I just don’t know how I feel about the High Trail Sport… I can sorta justify the fancy-bodied High Trails bc they look like some of the jacked-up country trucks I’d see while growing up, but the Sport is a bit too generic-looking for me. 🤷‍♂️

[@ReneeCorsaro]

...For me, the typical TRX4 Sport Body, "is generic," but it does (imo) have an attractive "fender" design to them !! ✌️

[@Chuck-w4c]

The stoppies make me happy

[@nj2033]

Traxxas IS the RC equivalent of Apple! Haha Totally agree

[@dexteww]

Nice video … btw can you use a killer body Toyota Land Cruiser?

[@DoubleADay]

I prefer the longer wheelbase of the K10 or F150 High Trail. I have the K5 which is exactly the same except 2-speed and locking diffs, and it is way tippier than the other 2. But I have a brass kit that needs installed

[@thekracken4572]

The sport kit was the best trx4!!! It was a mistake for traxxas to not offer it anymore.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

All I can figure is they realized it was too good of a deal. They can bring it back without the body, we'll still buy it.

[@thekracken4572]

@@CrawlerCanyon agreed.

[@JUSTHAVEFUNRC]

Word around the block is something new is coming for the trx. Not sure if it’s the 4 or the 4mini.

[@BrandonM83]

That would be a awesome change of pace

[@alexonthemountain8343]

Darn, I want one bad, but I do like to crawl 50% of the time and this one seems to be 100% trail… Great review 👍

[@CrawlerCanyon]

Yeah, the "regular" Sport is much more versatile.

[@dirtybauer7022]

Well something is going on because i was just in mckinney and got a unassembled sport kit and now the website doesnt ha e a buy option for the sport but the multi servo option is available for 400. The regular sport rtr is on backorder right now and has been for a few months. Just watch the website instead of bullshitting.

[@FaithSaraG]

That color green requires that you change your name to Kyle.

[@ElVatoSasqwatcho]

Love my TRX4 Sport awesome for dry river beds 🔥 and mud

[@wvlfkvnt]

Wtf did they discontinue the the trx4 sport diy kit. So frustrated right now.

[@thindigital]

Because they represented good value? Good value to customers is less profit to the company I guess.

[@BrandonM83]

I do admit the green and gray is not awful

[@JUSTHAVEFUNRC]

Man I just realized they killed the sport and sport kit… they did drop the price on the sport high trail… but still. Where’s my bare bones no frills, sport at?

[@fromfin90]

Something between a basher and a crawler, sounds a bit like my Summit! 2-speed and lockable diffs :-)

[@stevesweeney7892]

Do you recommend an Ascend ? Red cat?

[@CrawlerCanyon]

Absolutely not.

[@brianvanhedel]

i recently bought one, and it is great thru dutch forest and mud, I have some shorts on my channel is does great.

[@Team_ReVolt]

I thougtf you lived in the desert... What's all the green struff?

[@stevesweeney7892]

What are " better options" ?

[@CrawlerCanyon]

Well that's the thing-- the High Trails are stuck in the middle-- not a competent crawler, not fast enough to do trailing/bashing, etc. So whatever you want to do, there's a better alternative for it, likely for less money. I still wholly maintain that the non-High Trail Sport is a better option for as it will crawl, and trail, and do all of the things, not being held back by tires that are far too big for the vehicle.

[@EddieDesigned]

Susan's on form today

[@barryrhoads4261]

I refer to my TRX4's in terms of smiles per foot. I live near swamps, not rocks. ;-)

[@BrandonM83]

Helllooo tipppy long shockings 😎😎😎😎😎

[@joncrespo1596]

The 4runner is what 15 Years old. Old is good.

[@reddeerrebelrc6674]

Mode 5 for drag brake

[@Stinkyj6443]

Yep....traxxis blazer was 1st rc hook line and sinker....oh you need batteries..2 and the traxxis charger...lol and a body for proper color full re^&#@

[@DoubleADay]

If you remove the limiters on the shocks, it will get better travel

[@ReneeCorsaro]

(18:20) ...This is "why" I bought/picked the Gmade (GS02F), cuz it does not "do this," [torque-twist] !! ...😆 It is a no brainer to "ONLY" pick Gmade's new-er version of their old (GS02), cuz it didn't have the anti-torque-twist/counter rotating driveshafts either, back then... and yuh "gotta" love Gmade's GS02(&) GS02F rotated/tilted differentials, front & rear, "and" with no offset, to me is wayyy more appealing than a off-center pumpkin, to the left or right, because who would want to "know" while driving their RC crawler, that yuh have to keep "in mind" not to catch the "diff" on a rock, regardless of which side of the front axle, and/or rear axle, the diff.(s) are on !!! 🙄... 🤔 ✌️

[@CrawlerCanyon]

It is not wise to compare the gearbox in the GS02F to what's inside every TRX-4. While the Gmade box has opposite rotation on the driveshafts, and underdrive inside the box, it is also fitted with (count 'em) 1.5x7.2 millimeter pins. You can put a 1/8th scale buggy motor in a TRX-4. I wouldn't try that in a GS02. Same goes for the portals. And the ring and pinion gears. The GS02(F) is a fine platform, but the TRX-4 has enjoyed this longevity for a reason. If we're talking about ATT/ATAC gearboxes, I prefer Carisma's offering, or any of the all-metal "reverse rotation" boxes on Amazon. The GS02F box is unnecessarily complex.

[@ReneeCorsaro]

​@@CrawlerCanyonMissin' the point ...I would never want, nor put an 1/8th scale motor in my badazz GS02F !! 🤔 I am simply speaking about potential crawlability, and this is where everyone misses "the mark" !!! 🤭 Not durability, as much... cuz I would buy a TRX4 "specifically" for that purpose, not for technical (LCG) crawlin'. For a stock "out of box" crawler... the Gmade "is" the best bang for the buck, but is also the most capable, when modified, being that it is "so light-weight" (and) agile... better than any other stock RC. 😉

[@chrispearce9224]

I have sat many a evening going back and forth between the Sport Trail, the Trail kit,l or other normal kits....for my daughter. I am so set on a kit for here since this would be a build we do together. She's 21 years old and not much of a basher. She understands what the 'purpose' of RC cars are for. Dirt oval cars she would only use on dirt. Monster trucks would never go on the race track. And 1/8 buggy/truggy she would never bash with. I have always hoped Traxxas would release a non-high trail '79 F-150 or the K10. I'm still holding out hope.

[@DoubleADay]

Get the trx4 crawler kit and build your own. Last time I checked it was $399. Then you would need the high trail chassis parts which shouldn't cost too much

[@DoubleADay]

Plus the body

[@wvlfkvnt]

@@DoubleADayyou can’t buy the builders kit anymore they discontinued it for a different kit that doesn’t include a body or the accessories.

[@JUSTHAVEFUNRC]

@@DoubleADayyou’d have to get the longer rails, inner fenders, and longer links though you’d probably need custom to dial the wheelbase back to account for the links being layed out.

[@DoubleADay]

The rails are longer, I just checked mine. Something else you would need

[@DoubleADay]

Traxxas just lowered the price of this truck

[@brianmorrison2846]

Hello everbody

[@Camocrawler2868]

Yep we all have a dumbness built in, some a lot more than others.

[@antoineozaneaux6881]

as high as kamalla after lunch with corey . .

[@biggoodlookinfella]

Definitely not low

[@BrandonM83]

#1

[@oliverkundrat3544]

An expensive toy for my children if they ever destroy their SCX10 1.

[@JC-Nor-Cal]

Definitely not my bag of tea. Reminds me of a $79 toy you get at the local five and dime straight off the slow boat from china

[@reddeerrebelrc6674]

It is NOT a " crawler"...it is a trail/ mud truck . Traxxas electronics are garbage period.

[@DanBrando]

No, you just don’t know anything

[@reddeerrebelrc6674]

Moron​@@DanBrando

[@ejlucas93]

I like your videos but you are absolutely a whiner about trigger tension. You acted like the Dumbo ddf was horrible. Not my experience. Now the tq lol

[@CrawlerCanyon]

The Dumbo terrible. There's well past a dozen different radios in here, and the DDF-350 was worse than all of them by a wide margin. Add to that the idiotic angled wheel that is only comfortable in one position, and it's a nightmare of ergonomics. I don't have to like it, and there's enough variety out there that I don't need to put up with it, I'll just use a different radio. The TQ has a built-in excuse for being bad-- it's a 2-decade old OE radio that probably costs $3.50 to produce. But I've used $20 radios with better trigger and wheel feel than the DDF-350. The Cross branded Dumbos aren't bad at all-- so it's not all Dumbos.

[@ejlucas93]

@@CrawlerCanyon fair enough. You know what they say about opinions. Like a holes and everyone has one.

[@The_Craw1space]

It is so evident that you put extra effort into making certain products look much worse/better than they actually are. I really like your channel but it is very evident that you feed off of drama and misconception on products you want to do good or bad... It is clearly visible in the footage itself. Just a regular guy's opinion. See ya tomorrow

[@CrawlerCanyon]

I don't know what gives you that impression, nor do I see where I said anything about the High Trail that isn't objectively true. It's a rock crawler (the OG Sport was,) it is absolutely, 100%, inarguably outdated, if you look at literally ANYTHING any other mfr. is putting out today. I can all but guarantee that I own more Traxxas rigs than you do, as as much as I like them, I maintain the ability to be objective. The High Trail is aimed at enthusiasts, it's not made to crawl rocks, and it is in no way, shape, or form a progression of the original Sport. But I do love waking up to an accusation of bias. Good for you.

[@The_Craw1space]

@@CrawlerCanyon I agree you own many more Traxxas trucks than I do... But this goes deeper than that. When you build rigs vs RTR you pick your lines and drive more carefully and if they happen to fail at something you just say you aren't done tuning yet.... Once again. Your channel is by far my favorite on KZbin period. I just sometimes can blatantly see some bias in your non bias opinions. We are all guilty of this at times and I hope i haven't offended you by saying these remarks. Have a good day and I look forward to seeing your video this evening.

[@BrandonM83]

Brother there is no biased here. He gives the raw side of things. I’m glad he’s not like all the others that just feed you the line of the big manufacturers and say ohh. It’s just great or yaa this is a must have. That’s not how it goes lol. It’s just raw and honest thoughts

[@The_Craw1space]

@@BrandonM83 I will agree with that in "most" situations. I have bought several products based off of Mr. CC's opinions and testing footage... I'm not trying to be a negative Nancy, but more like a couple of friends talking amongst each other... And thank you for chiming in with your thoughts and opinions.

[@themountain59]

Outdated,overrated,overpriced..,Traxxas..🙄

[@dexteww]

Nice video … btw can you use a killer body Toyota Land Cruiser?