CR01 in Maine

[Saito2 5616]

Well, I'm back (sorry everyone) from my first vacation in 20 or so years (excluding the odd day-trip to the beach) I took my family to the state of Maine for a week. My wife has always dearly wanted to visit the state. The weather forecast was...well,... it was really bad. She prodded me to take my CR01 Bronco and a Monster Beetle just in case. There were lots of trails to hike and when I hurriedly prepped the Bronco, I just ran an S3004 servo and Tamiya servo saver that's getting discussed in another thread, along with a locked rear and anti-wear-greased front diff. This worked acceptably on a local trail test made before the 9.5 hour trek to Maine.

It rained pretty much everyday as evidenced by the first pic in which the CR01 got a little action between raindrops...

 

You'll notice, that's no trail but rather rock. As it turned out, our daughter was not really in a cooperative mood for trail hiking. The beaches however had plenty of rocks! After the morning of the last day, the sun managed to muscle its way through the offending clouds for good and a short trip to see a light house brought us to another beach where, despite its poor prep/equipment, the old CR01 did pretty darn good on the rocks. I don't know if it was finally seeing Mr. Sunshine again or what, but I finally "got" rock crawling. It was peaceful, meticulous work, carefully picking lines and slowly working over the rocks. I think after two previous attempts at CR01 ownership, this is the one that clicked and should stay in the fleet.

 

Looking out across the Atlantic...

 

Both diffs need locked and better servos with 4WS would aid it tremendously, but all things considered, it worked great. Never once did I want for a better product despite its "dated" design. I'll retract an earlier statement about not recommending one, because for the right person and dedicated Tamiya-nut, its perfect. It felt perfectly suited to the day's task.

[Badcrumble 3866]

Glad you found a keeper @Saito2 and enjoyed your time on the rocks - as well as getting a holiday! A very nice looking truck.

[OldSchoolRC1 881]

Very nice pics and a good looking truck!

[ADRay1000 50]

glad you enjoyed my state!

[Saito2 5616]

4 hours ago, ADRay1000 said:

glad you enjoyed my state!

Yes! The people there were very nice. We went to Boothbay.

[87lc2 2395]

  Too bad about the weather, hope it was a nice trip otherwise.  And yes, you either get crawling/trailing or you don't - glad you finally had a positive moment that will keep you in this segment of the hobby.  There are times where I can't be bothered and just want to go fast, but there's nothing like a quiet morning on the trails (or rocks), its by far the most relaxing form of RC when done properly.  As for the CR-01 its a fantastic rig (as I've been trying to tell you, haha), I really like mine.  Very unique truck.  

[Busdriver 5959]

On 6/12/2023 at 8:12 PM, Saito2 said:

Yes! The people there were very nice. We went to Boothbay.

Boothbay is Stunning. My wife and I spent 2 nights there, pre pandemic, whilst on a two week tour of New England during the fall. I did wonder when I saw the pictures!!

[Saito2 5616]

4 hours ago, Busdriver said:

Boothbay is Stunning. My wife and I spent 2 nights there, pre pandemic, whilst on a two week tour of New England during the fall. I did wonder when I saw the pictures!!

Its a great little place! We were looking for nearby lighthouses when we found this little beach. It's called Hendrick's Head beach. The lighthouse is just out of sight in the pics.

Those are the rocks I was picking over in the last two shots. The tiny lighthouse is visible in the background.

The cabin we were staying at has some good crawling areas on the hillside behind it in the woods. Unfortunately, the woods was infested with some small biting flying insect called "noseeums" that made it intolerable. They gave the mosquitos we have here in PA a run for their money.