Kraton How does the Kraton 8S do in the snow?

[bicketybam]

Stay tuned to find out ???

 

[RcObsession]

Iam sure it was a blast !!

 

[bicketybam]

Video is up, guys ? ?

Check my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37NNA6TVkJuhgO70yJ6pAw

 

[Dutch213]

paddles????

 

[bicketybam]

paddles????

Stock tires ???

 

[Porschetech🇬🇪]

Great vid. Lots of fun in the snow

 

[Dutch213]

Stock tires ???

lol.,., na i meant when are you gonna throw them on... haha.. that thing would be awesome with paddles!!

 

[Notorious J]

Video is up, guys ? ?

Check my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37NNA6TVkJuhgO70yJ6pAw

Nicely done Ed. Watched it while driving home on a three hour trip. I remember the Granite tumbling off that ramp now it looks like a speed bump under the K8S. Good times.

 

[Chris Lane]

Bad ass @bicketybam keep the snow up your way! The snow just missed me.. so here is SW Pa it's overcast and mud.... until March.

 

[Dutch213]

your yard is gonna be fu#$ed in summer! lol

 

[Surchaufeur]

Rip bearings for me i have to open the whole truck up and check every single bearing
And i just run on hard snow still i have to do 1-2 hours of check ups

 

[SrC]

@bicketybam , you "Barbarian" with a "bended brain". Nice stuff...

 

[Surchaufeur]

I would really want to run on snow even burry my truck under snow and say fk winter and laugh until i die but the fact that my esc started acting weird last time my electronics were burried woth snow and having a lot of rusted bearings. Pinion and spur rusted i don't think i will do it again. Its fun yes but the amount of atiff i have to do after is just paintful for me

Stay tuned to find out ???

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Also someone made alluminum cnc brases already for the kraton 8s was released a few days ago

 

[SrC]

The fun factor in snow is incredible. But at a price. Bearings go junk real fast no matter what, especially plain shielded ones. Even Sealed bearings with Marine grease are shortlived.
I run one of my crawlers in snow, I have wheel wells to prevent snow from entering, and I conformal coated all electrics my self even though they are waterproof. Crawlers are slow however and don't get the wear that the faster rigs undergo. The bearings will still rust out, but slow rigs don't need perfect bearings anyway.
Everyone should go for the snow once in a while. It is so much fun. Stainless Steel ball bearings are a prerequisite if you can source them for your particular rig. Be weary of streets or areas where road salt is used, as it will destroy all the metal hardware, the electrical connections, and the Lipos. Been there done that.

 

[bicketybam]

You guys enjoy the video. I'll worry about the bearings ?

 

[jondilly1974]

Ed it looks like it’s still diffing out side to side. In the slo-mo shot after you said you didn’t want to hit a tree, you were doing a donut and the one side was ballooning. Wondering if going a lot higher front and rear would help that? Might help with snow traction overall. Great video as always. Too bad there wasn’t any breakage ??????

 

[r4nd0m]

Wow, I cant believe you risking even more parts as you broke them already at higher temperatures, good on you - have to admit I envy you for the space you got around the house to easily run your cars but then I probably wouldnt want to live out in the sticks - anywho keep the videos coming I really hope I have more time until we see our first snow here in the UK

 

[TooTall]

@bicketybam curious what kind of runtime u getting with those monster Lectron pro 7600mah?

 

[Porschetech🇬🇪]

The more vids I see on YouTube and the more that people praise it. I want one ?

 

[Branson_Basher]

Nice little snow bash, with the weather you're getting that may have to hold you over for a good bit.
Maybe snow tracks next year?

Nice choice in music! Very well done