Finally some legal offroading in Central New Jersey!

Ha! Well, I don't really know anything about this hiking trail I'm talking about going to tomorrow. But for the rest of it, I've just gone to public parks pretty much and ventured into places that people don't usually venture into since they're into the woods that run alongside the nice part of the park. And the shore sometimes, too. It's very much a case of me finding my own fun with the Trailrunner. It is a lot easier to do than with my real 4Runner, and I don't have to go nearly as far to do it. Like the title of the topic says, I'm in Central NJ. Most people all over the country don't take their SUVs and trucks off roading, but around here the percentage is even lower than normal.

 

Oh man, our Trailrunners would put you to sleep with how slow they are stock! I'm pretty sure 3S is the most the stock electronics of the truck can handle. At least there will hopefully be nice longevity for all the moving parts since they're not moving so fast.

I actually thought I broke something today, but it was just a case of my transmitter's batteries dying.

 

Here’s my collection. Minus the mini Z and catamaran....

 

My Sandrail reminds me of “The Frog.” My first RC car...

 

I got the dolly for free the tree cutter that ripped me off last year left it.

 

Forget the RC cars. I want to drive this!

 

Shoot , I couldn't drive stick shift anymore with my ankle. ATV is something I wanna get into.

 

It handles like a Porsche, I balanced the tires it rides nice on the highway...

 

DMV came out and riveted a VIN on it for me...

 

I harvested two doe, laid them on the front, and took them to the butcher...

And took two 3rd places at the Bug Out..

 

What happened to your ankle? They do make auto shift four wheelers....

 

Got old injuries when young playing soccer, had surgery 4-5 years ago. It's not healing 100%. I can't even ride a bicycle which I love most.

 

I went to NJ Devils Way early this morning hoping that the hidden pond would be frozen enough for my Trailrunner to do some ice drifting, but it wasn't frozen enough. I left real soon after that, but a section of the big lake there was frozen. You can see that not all of it was frozen, but it was frozen enough in the spot I ran my Trailrunner. I couldn't hear any cracking, and I know that the water is shallow enough at that spot that I could recover my truck myself since I wasn't going far from the land. Video here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/69205803@N04/50778858668/in/dateposted/ I hope to do some ice drifting at the hidden pond in January or February. I'll need a few sustained below freezing days, I think.

So I left NJ Devils way and went to Ireland Brook at the Riva Avenue entrance. I didn't realize it at the time, but the Riva Avenue end of Ireland Brook is separated from the other end of the conservation area and is the smaller portion of the area. I still took my Trailrunner onto the hiking trail. I went off the trail at a couple spots, but I mostly stayed on it. It was pretty easy. The woods at NJ Devils Way are more challenging for my truck and myself, but it was still a nice walk.

 

Thought I share this with you

https://www.etsy.com/listing/841753...allery-8-3&organic_search_click=1&bes=1&col=1

 

Thanks! I'm not big on little accessories like that since I know I'll just break them off, but I see that they have some more functional things on that Etsy shop. I'd love the lift kit.

 

The forecast a few days ago was wrong. It was supposed to be rain, rain, rain this morning, but it wasn't! So I charged up a battery last night and hit Julian L. Capik Nature Preserve in Sayreville, NJ this morning. It looks like there are some areas off the main trails that would be good for my Trailrunner, but you've got to be careful about going into places you shouldn't be going there. There's a police firing range in the area. I did have a nice walk. There were some people out walking their dogs. That seems to be the popular thing to do there. The dogs found the truck amusing.

I did a little bit of four wheel drive drifting as you can see in the video: https://flic.kr/p/2knUCg9 I unfortunately lost a screw in the front driveshaft, and I lost four wheel drive just before the halfway point. It was really challenging to drive it back home in rear wheel drive only, but the truck only had to be rescued once. I already ordered the part I'll need to fix it. Heads up for Enduro owners, @jvinhj240 in particular: You might want to check your 42022 screws on the driveshafts. They might not have been threadlocked at the factory. Two of my four appear to have not been. One fell out today, one I could feel was loose when I checked it after I got home, and the two nearest to the motor seemed tight enough. In any case, four wheel drive drifting on ice is way more fun than rear wheel drive drifting on ice. I can't wait to fix 4WD. I'm going to make sure everything's properly threadlocked this time, too.

 

You need an odometer on that puppy, you are racking up some serious mileage. Happy New Year!!

 

Happy new year to you, too! Yeah, it was quite the walk yesterday. I'll have to go back there in the future after fixing the 4WD and try those side areas in the woods.

 

Check out this RC. Armored Air-Boat. It goes on land and water......,,,,,,....

 

That looks cool! I used to (still do?) have a Tyco hovercraft from the mid/late 90s. It was so crappy, but it was fun.

I have to fix my Trailrunner's 4X4 tonight. I have the parts.

 

And I installed the pin screw, applied threadlock, and now I'm just waiting. Woo hoo!

I also got a bunch of other RC stuff yesterday. Almost none of it was offroad related, but I did get the official Kyosho Mini Z brass front steering knuckle piece. My 4Runner is so heavy now

Off topic, but I got another Mini Z drift car and a bunch of parts to pimp my rides. I got the car in the video below. (Not my video.) Nissan Skyline GTR R33. It's got the same chassis as my Trueno, but it's set up for the 94mm wheelbase. I swear this longer wheelbase is making drifting so much better. I've got to drive it some more to find out. I don't even think I have to install anything on it to make it drift any better, too. I wonder if the longer wheelbase is just that much better for drifting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmT73G4-9cg

 

I got the pin screw for my Trailrunner late last week. I installed it and redid all of the pin screws as well as my steering servo and servo horn screws with threadlock last Friday. Everything held up on today's outing. I'm happy about that. I went to Ireland Brook again today, but I entered from the Beekman Drive entrance. It has an entirely different hiking trail from the one I went to late last year. It was mostly a walk of solitude, but I did some people riding ATVs and a couple other people walking. We maintained distance, of course. It was a lot of dry winter sights while walking, but I also had a bit of an adventure finding the parking spots. I didn't realize it, but they're right next to the road. I was like "no, that can't be parking. This looks like a dirt road. Let me drive up there and find the parking spots." But nope, those were the parking spots. My real 4Runner got some pinstripes while on the search, though! My Trailrunner fared well. I was driving it for about 90 minutes. The 3S lipo held up great the entire run, and I only had to rescue it a few times. I'm glad I brought the 3S with me because I had the extra bit of speed for when I needed it.









I also saw some weird crap that I don't understand!

 

Maybe bee hives?

 

Well, dang! I was walking right next to them!

 

I actually bought some honey today from a local apiary!!! OMG it’s so good....

 

I went out to Tamarack Hollow Preserve and went all over the place there. I didn't get a chance to take every trail, but I did spend some time on one of the unmarked trails. I wonder if it was actually part of a farm, though. I mainly did the Tamarack trail which led into the Fresh Ponds Spur. The whole hike was a muddy fun time!

 

I went back to Tamarack Hollow Preserve today. I spent a lot of time on an unmarked trail. Also, the unmarked trail I went on last time might not have been one of the official unmarked trails after all. This unmarked trail I went on today appears to have passed by another farm and ended at a no dumping sign. It was so cold that it wasn't muddy. The ground was hard, and I didn't even have to do much cleanup. I also spent a little time on the other official unmarked trail, but it was covered thick in leaves. It wasn't fun to drive through, and then I encountered a fallen tree which the Trailrunner couldn't pass. I could have just picked it up and walked over, but I needed to take a human pit stop, so I decided to call it a day and head back home.

 

Nice shot of mountain Laurel...

 

I don't even know what that is ^_^'

 

The native evergreen...,