Rc4wd, long term view!

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[@accessiblerc]

Im an old guy too. Your honesty is refreshing.

[@tobydyes]

You're the first older gentleman that ever mention anything about being senile good for you man

[@alkuhn5219]

Just found your channel and subscribed, great content. Your spot-on about the RC4WD and how they look and perform and how they look going down the trail,so real. I have two one if it gets scratched I'm O.K. with the other I drive more carefully. They are quite capable when pushed a bit surprise's a lot of people you just drive them like a full size truck and know there limits. Can't say how much I enjoy driving them. BTW I'm an old guy also. THANKS !

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Thank you AL 😊 I always love hearing about good experiences with rc!

[@stringsattached67]

I just bought the Marty McFly LWB rc4wd trailfinder 2 and this thing is an amazing truck . I'll definitely be changing a few things like the rear taillights and the KC lights front and the ones on the roll bar. Maybe the wheels and tires but as is it's fine.

[@alexgallardo7833]

I do too, amazing truck

[@eder8583]

Olá! Sua definição sobre o RC4WD é perfeita!! Compramos e pagamos o preço para obter o realismo, os detalhes, é outra pegada!! Não se deve esperar um escalador como um Axial, Traxxas ou outros.. É simplesmente agradável quando se consegue obter bons resultados de um carro tão limitado em termos de suspensão... Apoiado!

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Sorry eder, not translated

[@aaronbaird9444]

Hey Gerry, good to see you back behind the camera. Picked up my first RC4WD last fall. Love the look of my TF2. Of course I threw out the poor electronics in favor of a HW AXE 3300 system and Reefs servo. Spent double on upgrades than the original truck cost. Looking back on it, I should have left it alone, and just had fun with it. Disappointed in the TF3, however. The engine cover and bell crank steering with the old Mojave body is not doing it for me on the TF3.

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Thanks Aaron 😁 I have found that replacing usable items before they go bad can snowball out of control just like that!!🤣🤣🤣

[@stringsattached67]

My RC4WD martin is coilovers with just about every upgrade possible including k44 front rear axles and it's one solid rig I'd put it up against any of my crawler's. Good video BTW I'm now a subscriber..

[@trevorcourt1403]

I really enjoyed yr insight into Rc4wd very interesting

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Thank you Trevor!

[@TachyonDriver]

Definitely on the same page here, Gerry! I don't expect my trail trucks to full on rock crawl, although sometimes I am pleasantly surprised, both my Carisma Range Rover and my FTX Hi-Rock surprised me. A bit late to comment on this video, but I've been distracted by the purchase of a full size 40 year old classic automobile last week :)

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Never to late buddy!! That is still my favorite thing with rc, finding out what it can do!!

[@thimaspayne1933]

What's the new classic?

[@TachyonDriver]

@@thimaspayne1933 1982 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit.

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Nice bud!

[@fezzolare]

my first RC4WD truck was the Stomper..after a few months i put a Tamiya Hilux cab and bed on ....ive been hooked ever since

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Mine was the tr2, and it stopped there!

[@jonlaird5082]

Just found your channel and subscribed. You make alot of good points on rc4wd trucks. I have several TF2 trucks all are pretty much dialed. My most dialed TF2 is my lwb 'kit' version with the xtracab body. I have the super soft springs (with the chino mod done) vertical rear shock mounts made extreme rc 4x4 and a gcm transmission. As for electronics,I'm running all holmes hobbies. This truck outperformed many elements,scx10's etc. at my local comps. I turned several local guys onto leaf sprung trucks,lol

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Thanks for joining this crazy channel Jon! Sound like you have really dialed your truck in! Since I updated my tf2 I really love its drive. And it's so true nothing drives like a leaf sprung truck!

[@himeshroy5689]

Cooler gadi

[@Fourwheeljive]

I have the red G2 Cruiser and love it! First hobby grade RC and it’s a blast.

[@3dman875]

Great video today Gerry i have a rc4wd blazer and I love it

[@ronkausin9707]

Rc4wd, up until the tf3 could do no wrong in my book. Will I still pick one up? Yeah but second hand

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Hello ron! Leaf springs still have a place in my heart and I do still buy lots of rc4wd accessories but they will have to build something fabulous to get me buying trucks again!

[@stuartharvey7677]

I have a rc4wd a little expensive but i have a tf2 swb rtr with interior and a leather loadbed cover and i do love it but it needed a 1080esc and i put a crawlmaster sport 550 can init and a 50kg steering servo and now drives loverly now

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

The price is abit high I agree, i could also do with them being a bit bigger!

[@josecanseca8979]

spot on my rc brother....got into rc4wd a little later then most..but always loved rc since a kid..im 41 now...the gen7 pro is what started me on rc as an adult..but once i did my hardbody gen8 pack build..hardbodys was my true passion..and then rc4wd released the xtra cab rtr and being i was gonna build the marty truck and the kit and body alone was 630$ plus paying the 70$ more was a no brainer...and i was hooked from there..being an rc trail guy my self..i was getting tired of the point and dominate part of my gen8 scout or rigg i was using..and the thinking part of the line i was taking..and then the leaf spring side of things just really made me jump head first with these models...i sold the other 3 linked riggs i have..stayed with my jeep hardbody on a gen8 pack build..and just finished my 2nd rc4wd tf2 hilux build recntly i got that via a trade....and just got the boomracing brx01 chassis to put my version 2 lc70 on it..as a newbie..i was gonna put that on a trx4 sport..but once i got thar rc4wd xtra cab..i knew the lc70 was gonna go on a tf2 lwb or a brx01..and after selling the trx4 sport and another item..i jumped on the brx01 which i will convert to leaf springs after 60-90 days of running stock.......i was told to buy xvd's for the yota 2 axles...bc they sucked..well i dialed in my endpoints and my yota 2 axles are fine..i was told gut the electronics..well i didnt and the stock electronics in my marty is holding up just fine..i appreciate the scaleness of rc4wd and for me the look and drive of scale is more important then performance and that is why i love rc4wd...great video..and new subb my rc brother..i love your knowledge on the brand and the hobby..a true rc OG and i appreciate your video my rc brother..Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this brand that i love so much....sorry for the long post..just wanted to share my rc story with ya....

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Sorry late brother! Thanks for the kind words! I agree with you completely and I see you are finding you way nicely!

[@sammygonzalez7627]

You have hit it on the money, with it's realism, love the scale looks

[@JenniferHenberger]

Thanks Gary... 😊 always enjoy the gift of your experience... without individuals such as yourself, this hobby would be so much more difficult and less fun for newbies like me... 👍... wait a mintute... hmm 🤔 ... I've spent how much on this hobby?.... Maybe you're NOT such a great influence!! JK JK JK 🤣... I never had so much fun with any other toys!!

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Thank you Jennifer 😊 it is definitely a task in fiscal responsibility 😀 start out slow and find out what you really need!

[@dirtyfingersninja]

Great points, I got a marlin recently and love it cause it can’t do everything, looks great, makes me drive it different from my Cheater truck.

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

I take the most joy in finding out just what a rig can do!😁

[@themildoff-roadist8661]

Nice video and I agree with your points. Subbed for more RC4WD videos!

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

They sure do have a place in my heart ❤️

[@maxm1417]

Totally agree! If you wreck it you can touch it up a bit. Never owned one but building a bruiser body with a scx10 II chassis still did not drive it but I guess only first dent will hurt the others will make it even more realistic.

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

It just makes you drive more carefully 🤣🤣

[@maxm1417]

@@gerrysoldguyreview youre right!

[@NoLimitRC87]

Great video and new subscriber

[@rquino4210k]

Very well said. I wanted the FJ since I saw it online but never saw one in person. When I finally got one the simple fact of how out of scale it was to my Mojave completely turned me off to it. Ended up taking the FJ body off. 😆

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Same with me, it only went out by itself! But then the redcat gen8 came out, and now they always run together. 2 trucks out of scale but scaled to each other

[@pedrolahoz]

Love my bully 2. Professional comp crawling performance at crawler toy price.

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

489 is not quite toy price, but I once had the bully and it was pretty good! But lately their prices have gone up substantially.

[@minimountainscaleohvrcpark]

I love the FJ. You need one of the new d90 kits not the tf3

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

I will be checking it out now!! Thanks bud

[@IllusionSector]

My take? They need to be fair representations of their full scale subjects. Otherwise, what are we even doing here?

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

So true arthur!! If rc4wd could get scale right the would be about perfect 🥰

[@RcDungeon]

Pretty much spot on, Rc4wd makes some nice scale trail rigs, its kind of hard to get a spot on scale on point and keep the same chassis concept without doing a one off new chassis design like for say the Blazer. But owning 3 TF2 based rigs well currently 2 they are fun rigs for light to moderate trailing. Great video

[@himeshroy5689]

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[@himeshroy5689]

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[@himeshroy5689]

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[@avipatable]

In my experience RC cars play very fast and loose with "scale" and it is very disappointing - considering the cost of many of them. The TRX4 Defender is an absolute caricature of a model! I would like it if you could buy axles of different widths as well as being able to make longer and shorter wheelbases. Wide one-size axles really limit making a nice scale truck - sticky out axles look so awful!

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

I agree, you can get different size axles and some rigs come with adjustable wheel base but they require more parts and guessing if it will look right. The redcat has adjustable wheelbase with out buying more parts, but the scale is big!

[@avipatable]

@@gerrysoldguyreview Yes, there are different axles, but I do really like the functionality of the Traxxas remote diff locks. Performance wise the TRX4 really suits me, it is just the dimensions to make a really nice scale truck. The best scale TRX4s seem to be hardbody unimogs from what I have seen.

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Maybe try narrow tires and some fender flares, maybe you can get other bodies to work on it.

[@avipatable]

@@gerrysoldguyreview ​ Oh yup I have done that! I moulded my own fender flares and also bought the wheels with the least offset. However you can only do so much... if you divide track by wheelbase for a ratio on the full size 110, and then do it with the TRX4 there is no way to make a proper scale truck sadly, you can only do so much... Ive spent too much on Defender parts to go to another body! Live and learn!

[@jjm2948]

Stop messing around already and get a TF3!

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Alot of plastic for the price! Don't think they are making them anymore everyone seems to be out of stock.

[@bustedknux]

Well said all around!

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Thanks peter!

[@DanTech_Customs]

Hey Gerry, I just stumbled across your channel. This is great stuff. I’ve got to ask, have you ever had the opportunity to spend some quality trail time with a GCM CMAX?

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

I wish Dan, everytime I go to buy one they are out!!

[@Rcworldshop]

There awesome but maybe change the name to pre assembled instead of rtr. I love all the rc4wd trucks but I know how to handle them. Once you know you love it or hate it. I sold all my trx4s to get more tf2s

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

The tf2 has always been my favorite, and what you can make them into is outstanding!!

[@ronhelman3985]

Hi Gerry, Great video my friend!!! I don't have any rc4wd, I may have to get one this summer. What would you recommend?? As far as the snow send me some I can water my yard with it. How are you doing??

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Doing good my friend!! I would get a tf2 kit, so you could use your own electronics!!

[@thomassanio8745]

Really great review. As the owner of 2 FJ40’s and being new to the hobby, detail and authenticity is important to me. That said what is your opinion as to the quality of the Gelande 2 FJ40? I see another company now makes a FJ40 as well but it looks really big, and not sure of the quality either. If you were building one to be as detailed as possible would you pick the Gelande again. Thanks.

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

The FMS fj40 is way more detailed, I have a different fms rig and the detail is excellent. The fms is also licensed the gelande is not and the interior is very boring. The gelande is also big and the fms is abit bigger then that. I myself will be buying the fms soon. Both will be scaled bigger then most other rigs but the fms is way more detailed and fms makes pretty reliable rigs.

[@thomassanio8745]

Thanks Gerry. Is it possible to run the Yota Classic wheels on the FMS? They look just like stock FJ40 wheels or would the scale be wrong? I know they work on the Gelande. They are listed as 1.55 and made by Boom Racing. I know a lot of guys with the Gelande 2 FJ40 run them as they look so stock, correct. Thank you.

[@thomassanio8745]

Hope to see you do a comparison review compared to the Gelande FJ40 when you get the FMS FJ40. I am sure many vintage 4X4 fans would be interested in seeing a comparison review👍

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Iam sure they would fit, just don't know about the scale yet. I do know the stock 1.9's that come on the gelande are very small

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

That is my plan when I get the fms, just waiting on another part to get in-stock before I order it.

[@rcwhore6548]

TF3 is a completed disappointment. TF2 is legendary for the last 20 plus years!!

[@Musky0503]

Great Vid holy shit do you get snow

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Just a wee bit!🤣🤣

[@TachyonDriver]

Gerry - I hope you're OK? Not had a video from you for sometime, nor any notifications.. just checking, sir!

[@SnarkyRC]

Out of all my RC crawlers, my Trail Finder 2 is my least favourite. The quality vs the price is just not there imo.

[@rcquangminh5784]

Hello

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Hello!😁

[@mikusoxlongius]

I got over rc4wd pretty quickly. Overpriced sub-quality.

[@gerrysoldguyreview]

Agree mike!

[@tobydyes]

Your mind is stuck on trx4

[@tobydyes]

Price is the reason I don't own one

[@SnarkyRC]

You're not missing much. Boom Racing builds better scale chassis.