Mark, the problem with this is that they are raising their prices on the Sledge by basically 10% without giving us an option without the belted tires. $699 was already a bit much for this truck considering Arrma and Corally have similar options for $150-200 less. You know that most bashers do not want the belted tires. The rotating mass of the non belted rubber makes it easier to do tricks i.e. back flips, front flips etc. while in the air. This is a pretty crappy way to treat their customers imo. I was saving for a Sledge but now I need to give that 6S Kraton a good look and it's now $220 cheaper. I also want to add that I love Traxxas and I'm local here in DFW. That said this is silly. In this economy I have to question their marketing team's objective here.
Yep, I just got into the hobby less than a year ago. I have quickly learned that even though Traxxas makes perfectly fine products, I can get as good or better as much better pricing from a few other companies. In this time, I have over $10k in the hobby and only $700ish is with Traxxas.
@@alfredyost7972 don't buy Traxxas batteries, simple. You can get a converter or if you have the ability, soder on a Traxxas plug on other brand batteries.
Thanks my dad got his Traxxas sledge and he wanted to run it on a summer day and the motor gave out so luckily we had a warranty, but it still sucked 100% they need to include a fan I actually zip tied a second one on my Traxxas sledge, and I feel more secure that the motor will not give out
I don’t feel like the belted tires are an upgrade IMO. Same with X-Maxx…. They charge $100 more but now it’s REALLY hard to backflip these cars since tires don’t balloon and you lose that rotational mass. Seems like more money for less usability
i mean it was worth it until parts kept breaking.. definitely was & still is fun... but due to constant repairs on factory parts breaking that EZ,the Price Should Be $350 Maybe $400 imo
Honestly, the approx 10% price increase (also pointed out by at least one other person), for no real upgrades other than the belted tires, is a joke. Unfortunately, the aluminum parts are still only 6061, which is still a "fail" in many people's book. Knowing how quickly people go through Traxxas tires (ie. the compound is soft), that will be MUCH better off getting the original Sledge, running until the tires need to be replaced, and then pick up some mounted/belted tires from ProLine or PowerHobby. Besides, the ProLine & PowerHobby tires are not only better, and will last longer, than the Traxxas tires...but, they also cost less. Instead of 'wasting', find yourself a shop selling the original, and put the saved $70 towards some higher-quality 7075 aluminum parts. Heck, you might even find a shop (local, or online) selling the original Sledge for less than it's original $699 price, saving you even more than just $70.
I honestly think that the erevo 2.0 is a better platform than the sledge i used to have one and nothing but problems with it every time I used it the diffs broke and I have three erevos and never broke one yet and the aluminum parts are pretty expensive from Traxxas and I think that’s why they have them color matched on the new ones
I'm glad I bought my sledge a few months ago with a $50 off deal. Honestly, I'd rather have the regular tires over the belted anyway. The different color aluminum is pretty cool, but again just for appearance.
As a basher I don’t need the belted tires. Prefer regular foam tires. Never had any issues with the “old” foam tires. Also belted has less rotational mass(lighter) & easier to rotate in the air & do flips AND it’s $70 cheaper. 🤦🏻♂️ the color matching aluminum is cool I guess..
Seems like a good deal for some. I know a guy that bought a red Sledge and then put all of those same red parts on his rig. To each his own, but I think I like the cheaper, unbelted tires better.
Yo, a lil off topic but I have a question. Do you run lower vis. diff fluid for higher speed runs? Say I want to up my pinion pretty far, lower diff fluid will be better??
Cool so you MUST pay more for Belted Tires upgrade that's a forced option😳 Good way for Traxxa$$ to make sure you get their tires and Not another aftermarket company🤔 Nothing like a forced upgrade that "some" might appreciate..... Is anyone suprised here😨😞🤣🤣 I mean why as a company actually update your rig every year like Arrma and Corally?? Listening to your customer base is TOTALLY overrated🤨
This pisses me off. I converted mine to all red everything. I don't want to even guess how much that cost me. I can't get rid of any of the ugly ass blue stuff to recoup any of the money. Bullshit
I bought the OG blue one.. because I felt I could see this happening. I got lucky But my XRT I got in red cause I knew they wouldn’t be able to touch it, and it comes with the red shocks. Sorry man
I love the Sledgehammer tires. I put the smaller ones for the hoss on my rustler 4x4 VXL and it woke that truck up. Its a mini Sledge. Fast, and can do all the stunts just like the Sledge. Now, I upgraded everything I could to RPM parts as my Rustler is the OG Rustler 4x4 before traxxas came out with the HD parts.
The first sledge was 700$ and came with plastic shock caps. But the day after its release traxxas offers aluminum shock caps in 5 different colors. How can you not see or acknowledge that it's shady business!
Now you have to do is go to m2c and buy chasis, towers, gears made of actual steel, hinge pins, and your good. You will have a decent 2k truggy. They must give you tons of free shit, because I know your not dumb enough to not see how traxxas thinks their customers are dumb!
This is not gonna be good on u traxxas u putting belted tires on and charging 70 dollars more xmaxx 100 more yeah a few little difference to like colors or overdrive gears in xmaxx the add ons is not worth the money u go and buy the tires they are like 10 dollars more a pair so 20 bucks ok 20 bucks more and u add 70 or 100 dollars shame on u traxxas arrma gonna be the choice i like traxxas better for parts availability and cost of parts vs arrma but you guys gonna price yourselfs off my shelves
The esc is a foul, foul system. No throttle control whatsoever. SPEKTRUM, HOBBYWING, vastly superior to the VXL system. They even include an off button! Until Traxxas replaces that esc with something like that makes the Truggy drive like a $700+ rc should, they wont get my business again. Maxx/Slash and the Sledge offer class leading horrible driving characteristics in addition to being the most expensive. Horizon Hobby has been getting a ton of my money, including scx6, 6s Big Rock, Mojave 6s, Kraton exb just to name few in the past few months. During that same time I got rid of every Traxxas vechile I owned with the exceptions being the Maxx and trx4.
Mark, the problem with this is that they are raising their prices on the Sledge by basically 10% without giving us an option without the belted tires. $699 was already a bit much for this truck considering Arrma and Corally have similar options for $150-200 less. You know that most bashers do not want the belted tires. The rotating mass of the non belted rubber makes it easier to do tricks i.e. back flips, front flips etc. while in the air. This is a pretty crappy way to treat their customers imo. I was saving for a Sledge but now I need to give that 6S Kraton a good look and it's now $220 cheaper. I also want to add that I love Traxxas and I'm local here in DFW. That said this is silly. In this economy I have to question their marketing team's objective here.
Yep, I just got into the hobby less than a year ago. I have quickly learned that even though Traxxas makes perfectly fine products, I can get as good or better as much better pricing from a few other companies. In this time, I have over $10k in the hobby and only $700ish is with Traxxas.
i dont even get why its a new kit if the only difference are the tyres and colors, these could easily be option parts
What if you buy Traxxas batteries? They have special connectors now and they are very expensive too. Thoughts?
@@alfredyost7972 don't buy Traxxas batteries, simple. You can get a converter or if you have the ability, soder on a Traxxas plug on other brand batteries.
How can you wonder their objective? It's not like they try and hide it. It's too get as much of your money with the least amount of effort.
I still can’t believe it doesn’t come with the motor fan installed.
Thanks my dad got his Traxxas sledge and he wanted to run it on a summer day and the motor gave out so luckily we had a warranty, but it still sucked 100% they need to include a fan I actually zip tied a second one on my Traxxas sledge, and I feel more secure that the motor will not give out
I don’t feel like the belted tires are an upgrade IMO. Same with X-Maxx…. They charge $100 more but now it’s REALLY hard to backflip these cars since tires don’t balloon and you lose that rotational mass. Seems like more money for less usability
the sledge is a let down for the price. Needs tons of m2c parts if your going to jump it more than a few feet.
i mean it was worth it until parts kept breaking.. definitely was & still is fun... but due to constant repairs on factory parts breaking that EZ,the Price Should Be $350 Maybe $400 imo
Honestly, the approx 10% price increase (also pointed out by at least one other person), for no real upgrades other than the belted tires, is a joke. Unfortunately, the aluminum parts are still only 6061, which is still a "fail" in many people's book. Knowing how quickly people go through Traxxas tires (ie. the compound is soft), that will be MUCH better off getting the original Sledge, running until the tires need to be replaced, and then pick up some mounted/belted tires from ProLine or PowerHobby. Besides, the ProLine & PowerHobby tires are not only better, and will last longer, than the Traxxas tires...but, they also cost less. Instead of 'wasting', find yourself a shop selling the original, and put the saved $70 towards some higher-quality 7075 aluminum parts. Heck, you might even find a shop (local, or online) selling the original Sledge for less than it's original $699 price, saving you even more than just $70.
The price is a joke when you look at the kraton EXB rtr and the corally kagama
Facts , traxxas only do it cause they over saturated the rc hobby with advertisements
yeah it's sad. You know later they are going make an Ultimate version.
@@Clavitz1 they better not
Are they as durable as a sledge though ? I'm seeing mixed opinions on the arrma
@@Zack_G_E way more durable in my experience
Im here for the comments lmaoooooo
I honestly think that the erevo 2.0 is a better platform than the sledge i used to have one and nothing but problems with it every time I used it the diffs broke and I have three erevos and never broke one yet and the aluminum parts are pretty expensive from Traxxas and I think that’s why they have them color matched on the new ones
I'm glad I bought my sledge a few months ago with a $50 off deal. Honestly, I'd rather have the regular tires over the belted anyway. The different color aluminum is pretty cool, but again just for appearance.
Sledge needs major upgrades to be decent
Facts!!!!! nothing else to say
I may sound stupid. I litterally dont care how much it is. All I want is a rc that is super fun to drive and cool
As a basher I don’t need the belted tires. Prefer regular foam tires. Never had any issues with the “old” foam tires. Also belted has less rotational mass(lighter) & easier to rotate in the air & do flips AND it’s $70 cheaper. 🤦🏻♂️ the color matching aluminum is cool I guess..
Of course Traxxas does this a couple of months after I got my Sledge, what next an ultimate ?
Dose the chassis get an upgrade or is it the same as the old version?
Seems like a good deal for some. I know a guy that bought a red Sledge and then put all of those same red parts on his rig. To each his own, but I think I like the cheaper, unbelted tires better.
So 70 bucks increase for tires and cosmetics, I’ll still get it 😂
Thanks for showing this truck off. Seems like many influencers either didn't get them, or aren't in a rush to show it.
The new sledge looks sick I can’t deny that!
Yo, a lil off topic but I have a question. Do you run lower vis. diff fluid for higher speed runs? Say I want to up my pinion pretty far, lower diff fluid will be better??
For speed runs i would run higher cst fluids. You dont want the car to "diff out" with that much power. Thats how you lose control or blow a tire.
The corrally looks like the best deal to me right bow
Traxxas cheerleader always says its better and a good deal 😂 , dude people cant even afford groceries and ur promoting these rip off prices
I just can’t wrap my head around paying so much for a truck with a 6061 aluminum chassis and borderline unstable electronics
Thx pimp , 👍🏻
Dam..So your a big fan of window dressin! Your right, that new orange body and grey chassis fuckin did it for me! 😂 wtf man.
Keep an eye one the small allen head screws, they one loose.
I wish the rustler body went on and off as smooth as the sledge cool video bro
Get rid of the center brace! Just get a losi . So much better
Cool so you MUST pay more for Belted Tires upgrade that's a forced option😳 Good way for Traxxa$$ to make sure you get their tires and Not another aftermarket company🤔 Nothing like a forced upgrade that "some" might appreciate..... Is anyone suprised here😨😞🤣🤣
I mean why as a company actually update your rig every year like Arrma and Corally?? Listening to your customer base is TOTALLY overrated🤨
Show us your drag racing cars
Cool looking tool set when on website to get it dint find it is that something not out yet.
It also has harden gears and I think they went up a couple teeth
Thats a cool jump !
I love the new color matching aluminum.
What do you recommend for a brushless setup for the arrma Gorgon
Is that ramp custom or did you guys buy it? If so where from?
They look insane cool set up
shame they dropped the ball on the chassis potential :/
cmon Traxxas, do better.
arrma exb kraton rtr is by far the better choice over a sledge
Is the sledge more durable than the new arma 2024 kraton what are your thoughts on the two I'm trying to decide witch one I'm getting
No. It’s not. Coming from personal experience, the Arrma is more durable.
That’s awesome. New sun racing I could use a new wallet. lol
Great vid, Mark. You rock!
This pisses me off. I converted mine to all red everything. I don't want to even guess how much that cost me. I can't get rid of any of the ugly ass blue stuff to recoup any of the money. Bullshit
I bought the OG blue one.. because I felt I could see this happening. I got lucky
But my XRT I got in red cause I knew they wouldn’t be able to touch it, and it comes with the red shocks. Sorry man
What time is the live stream at thornhill
Enjoy the weekend brother
Please do a gps speed test!
I love the Sledgehammer tires. I put the smaller ones for the hoss on my rustler 4x4 VXL and it woke that truck up. Its a mini Sledge. Fast, and can do all the stunts just like the Sledge. Now, I upgraded everything I could to RPM parts as my Rustler is the OG Rustler 4x4 before traxxas came out with the HD parts.
The first sledge was 700$ and came with plastic shock caps. But the day after its release traxxas offers aluminum shock caps in 5 different colors. How can you not see or acknowledge that it's shady business!
Its always a good day when you get a new rc 😁🤙
wow new color and price increase. amazing
dude i picked mine up last week, it is glorious
Are u going to get back in to mini z raceing anytime soon ?
You must have so many unopened rc's!😂 lucky your wife is awesome! Ive been pushed into a corner of the garage!😢
Mark how do i get ahold of you to discuss a few things
What is you favorite 1/8 Traxxas vehicle
Well thanks for getting my hopes up bro no I'm just playing good video man. I definitely need to get one!
My chassis is blue and I have the red Sledge
U talk at a normal level then blast us with loud music! Can’t hear the car driving at all.
I love my sledge just in time to get a new body perfect 🤩
Really nice cars cool video
Another great video !
Traxxas just wants money Arrma baby I was Traxxas till I got exb 6s that is an animal
I’m going to get a used one tomorrow for $400 is that a good deal
Depends on the condition but it sounds like a good deal
Now you have to do is go to m2c and buy chasis, towers, gears made of actual steel, hinge pins, and your good. You will have a decent 2k truggy. They must give you tons of free shit, because I know your not dumb enough to not see how traxxas thinks their customers are dumb!
🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🇹🇭✅
This is not gonna be good on u traxxas u putting belted tires on and charging 70 dollars more xmaxx 100 more yeah a few little difference to like colors or overdrive gears in xmaxx the add ons is not worth the money u go and buy the tires they are like 10 dollars more a pair so 20 bucks ok 20 bucks more and u add 70 or 100 dollars shame on u traxxas arrma gonna be the choice i like traxxas better for parts availability and cost of parts vs arrma but you guys gonna price yourselfs off my shelves
Thosw aint wallets bro..they are just card holders
Hey Mark, will you be uploading any videos of this years PNB?
I didnt go to PNB this year... I will be posting a video soon of Silver State thought
Awesome video mark I love seeing some sledge action 👍👍
More like the sludge more TRAXXAS JUNK
@bradstone9765 just a another traxxas hatter
@@bradstone9765You must be fun at parties
@@bazis98 well James bond needs to go back to the movies and drive his SLUDGE to Hollywood
The esc is a foul, foul system. No throttle control whatsoever. SPEKTRUM, HOBBYWING, vastly superior to the VXL system. They even include an off button! Until Traxxas replaces that esc with something like that makes the Truggy drive like a $700+ rc should, they wont get my business again. Maxx/Slash and the Sledge offer class leading horrible driving characteristics in addition to being the most expensive. Horizon Hobby has been getting a ton of my money, including scx6, 6s Big Rock, Mojave 6s, Kraton exb just to name few in the past few months. During that same time I got rid of every Traxxas vechile I owned with the exceptions being the Maxx and trx4.
Nice 👍🏼
W vid
I hate the music in the background
It’s elevator music
OK MSM.. XMAXX OR SLEDGE??? WHICH ONE YOU LIKE BEST ??? 🤙🤙🤙🤙
Both are cool but..... Xmaxx. I enjoy trucks i can take out and not flip over or crash. That is easy to do with an xmaxx.
@@MarkSantaMaria KOOL. THANKS FOR REPLYING BROTHER 🤙🤙. OK NOW ABOUT THAT LOSI DBXL-E YOU NEED TO PUT IN YOUR STABLE…. GREAT CARS.. GET 2 😉😁🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I paid $400 to convert my aluminum to orange 😡
So it looks like mine? Bring it to the next moonlight crawlers ;)
@@MarkSantaMaria will do! 🙂
Dang I was almost the first person to like the video!!! Lmao 😂😂
I saw Traxxas website saw they were charging more and immediately got the old one before they ran out🥹