car Stands

[JeremyB]

hi guys

Im thinking about making my own pit stands and was wondering if any of you guys might have some pics of yours? I was thinking about a plywood top and a piece of 2x4 for the support and maybe another piece of plywood for the base.

Thanks
Jeremy

[vaderbxman]

Have fun. I use a gladware container that holds my tires, batteries, and a couple tools and set it under my evader to keep tehe soft tires from flat-spotting.

[blktransam]

u can buy a cheap-o duratrax stand for like 10.00

[evst 360]

Just use a tire. Thats what I do.

[JeffEmbracedDC]

yeah.. I use a tire/wheel. I saw some real nice looking huge stands for 1/8th monster trucks that wee made out of PVC and painted black. Those looked great. But anyway I usually just use tires.. A rotating stand might be nice though. I'd pobably just get a duratrax or ofna stand if you want a rotating stand or if you want to look cool in the pit.

-J

[vaderbxman]

I like the looks of the duratrax one. I still like the tire and plastic container idea, but that's just me!

[JeremyB]

are the duratrax stands any good? or are they kind of crappy? I might just buy one of those if there any good

[pleaseletmeon34]

A roll of toilet paper seems to work just fine. :D

http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/showpost.php?p=2169406&postcount=28

[FESTER2004]

dog food can,i used that once,lol

[chestnut007]

I like the toilet paper idea, lol. I use a piece of 2X4 wood for my onroader and i use my starter box for my offroaders.

[blktransam]

i have the duratrax one with the little "parts tray" and love it cheap compact and spins :) works just fine for me and I have 1/8 buggys,1/10 trucks,touring cars so its very versital

[Y2KGTP]

I got 3 of the Duratrax ones....work great

[JeffEmbracedDC]

I really want one of the ofna ball bearing ones.. but they're expensive :).. I am also in to painting a bit so I've been interested in getting a few JConcepts clear lexan stands.

-J

[Duster_360]

I've got 2 of the DTX ones and one by Ofna, but with 11 more rcs, I just started using anything that would get the wheels of the ground and be stable.

My Savage is sitting on a 1/2 case of shotgun shells, lol. Thats nice and stable!

[Chachi_RC]

I built the PVC one that there are directions to build on this site..I think. It works great, and held my EMaxx even at full throttle and torque-ing it back and forth. I can send you a picture if you want one. Just let me know. It cost me about $5, and about 1/2 hour of time. But with that said, they do have some nice stands that are relatively cheap. I know some are $10-$20, but I have seen one on Tower that is like $70-$80! What a joke that is! Or rip-off, I should say.

[Eli the rc guy]

If the bottom of the chassis is clean I just stack a couple of hard cover books, and because of what they made of they don't usually slide of each other. If I'm cleaning the car just put a plastic bag over the books.

[JeremyB]

I broke down and bought a duratrax one from ebay :)

[vaderbxman]

I think those are pretty neat for the price. They get the job done, and that's about it. I still like the toilet-paper idea and my gladware idea! :D

[dlaforc1]

i have some stainless steel rotating stands for sale.$10.00 plus shipping

[chestnut007]

hmm, i want want one... i'm going to pm you

[SerpentCT4S]

I'm about to make myself a stand for my Savage. Heres a link....
http://westcoastelite.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=417

[c2s]

Thanks for the link serpent.