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nitrofevr
02-12-2006, 06:50 AM
We just received 2+ inches of snow here in Central VA. Looking forward to seeing what my MGT will do in it. It is still dirty from the last run and needs a good cleaning. God I love an air compressor, makes them look almost like new... anyway I will try and post some pics at the least and hopefully a short video or 2 later on today. My little olympus digicam only takes 15 sec .mov files. I will try and convert them to mpg.
Cotharyus
02-12-2006, 08:13 AM
Cool, an MGT in Central VA. I grew up around there. I bet it would be fun in that area. I've run my MGT in the snow here once - thats all the snow we've had since I got the truck two years ago.
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LD3Furious
02-12-2006, 10:49 AM
We're gettin absolutely buried here. So far, looks like close to 2' and no signs of stopping!!! :D


I got my buggy runnin and am mildly tempted...but really wish my MGT was ready!!!
Brian23
02-12-2006, 12:10 PM
what do i need 2 do 2 get my mgt ready for snow i think we got over a foot and half here in bergen county
nitrofevr
02-12-2006, 12:11 PM
Ok here we go... had a blast this morning. Be nice on my amateur video taking. Using a 5 yr old olympus digicam, and my Dad was driving. I actually built a ramp out of snow later on, pretty wild... Sorry too for the large video size and short runtime. Best I could do for now, hope you have broadband... http://users.cwsva.net/corywhitlow/Public/
nitrofevr
02-12-2006, 12:15 PM
what do i need 2 do 2 get my mgt ready for snow i think we got over a foot and half here in bergen county

I didn't do anything, mine is completely stock... so far... I do however take it to the shed after every run and use the air compressor to blow all the snow and water off, especially around the electronics. We actually prolly got around 3-5 inches in some places. It is melting like crazy now so I think it's time to bash a little more... :D :D :D
LD3Furious
02-12-2006, 12:22 PM
From snow runnin to mud boggin!!! :D Sounds like a great day
nitrofevr
02-12-2006, 12:27 PM
We're gettin absolutely buried here. So far, looks like close to 2' and no signs of stopping!!! :D


I got my buggy runnin and am mildly tempted...but really wish my MGT was ready!!!

I bet you could pack it down being that deep and make a pretty cool temp track, with some 'killer' jumps... :D
Cotharyus
02-12-2006, 09:20 PM
Nice video, for amature work. It's more fun that I had inthe snow today :)
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suckfish
02-12-2006, 09:21 PM
well he was not kidding we just got 2 feet of snow... a snow track does sound very tempting...
chrisoneal
02-12-2006, 09:46 PM
i wish we could get more the a inch or two last year we got about 28 inches around christmas i wish we could get it again
nitrofevr
02-13-2006, 07:45 PM
yea tell me about it, i was almost bout ready to give up on winter this year. I would love to see a white christmas one year, I think I was was about 5 the last time that happened in VA, and I'm 26 now.
Brian23
02-13-2006, 11:45 PM
im to scared to run my mgt 4.6 in the snow because i dont want to damge the electronics and i only got 20 $ and that ws from shoveling lol we havennt had this much snow in a while!
nitrofevr
02-14-2006, 08:39 AM
im to scared to run my mgt 4.6 in the snow because i dont want to damge the electronics and i only got 20 $ and that ws from shoveling lol we havennt had this much snow in a while!

Well I don't blame you, I had reserved thoughts about it too. But the temptation overpowered that and it just kept going and going. The electronics, especially battery box and receiver are sealed pretty tight. I checked them after every run. But I also would never let the packed snow melt on it either. Took an air compressor and blew off any snow build up, and made sure the electronics were bone dry too. I even had my TT SSK out in it. I thought for sure that would break being most all the electronics are not covered up, but it kept going also. That being said don't hunt me down if I convinced you to give it a run and it breaks... :D
Good-n-Plenty
02-17-2006, 04:38 PM
Snow would be fun. We might get some freezing rain this weekend. If so, I'll have to see how my MGT SE handles it!
ofnaravager9
02-17-2006, 09:36 PM
YAY 2 FEET IN NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!! got to use my txt-1!
Good-n-Plenty
02-19-2006, 07:49 PM
We had a little bit of ice this morning but I was too much of a wuss to get out and run the MGT. It's so much more comfortable sitting in front of the fire place with a laptop.
ofnaravager9
02-19-2006, 11:32 PM
lol watching rc videos!!!!!!!!! ;-)
Peg Leg
02-25-2006, 12:06 PM
I just took my Savage out in the snow here in CA we had last weekend and she performed well. My only problem i had was the snow got up in the clutch area and just started to spin with no movement of the truck. I just kept gassing it and shoving it with my foot and finally she took off again. Ran fine after that. Next snow storm i will get some pics and video. :rolleyes:
ofnaravager9
02-25-2006, 12:09 PM
I just took my Savage out in the snow here in CA we had last weekend and she performed well. My only problem i had was the snow got up in the clutch area and just started to spin with no movement of the truck. I just kept gassing it and shoving it with my foot and finally she took off again. Ran fine after that. Next snow storm i will get some pics and video. :rolleyes:

nice
all the snow needed to do was melt!