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Going to come to jarrow with my truck xxt, hopefully next week couple of questions..

1.would it handle on the slippy stuff or would it be a nightmare to drive
2.would anyone object if i raced it, ie if it was in with the buggy's
3. set up.. anyone got any tips

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I think it would be good to watch a truck round jarrow as long as it doesn't ride over all the cars LOL
It's basically just a 2wd buggy with big wheels ! Maybe consider putting putting normal wheels on it ? As not sure you will get truck ones to work ?
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I would say get a big bumper on the front of it to barge those pesky buggy's out of the way

Tyres would be the biggest issue, the big truck tyres might displace the weight to much and you wont get very much grip from them, unless you got something like a minipin tyre to fit. If normal buggy wheels fitted I would have a go with them running minipin/minispikes.
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I would say get a big bumper on the front of it to barge those pesky buggy's out of the way

Tyres would be the biggest issue, the big truck tyres might displace the weight to much and you wont get very much grip from them, unless you got something like a minipin tyre to fit. If normal buggy wheels fitted I would have a go with them running minipin/minispikes.

I do have a set of very soft minipins
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I'm not sure about Jarrow but at York mini spike rear and stagger rib fronts are a good balance on the carpet and polished BUT only when the rears are run in a little i.e. the edge of the spike roubded off. First 2 runs will be a handfull on any polished floor though perfect on carpet.
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I'm not sure about Jarrow but at York mini spike rear and stagger rib fronts are a good balance on the carpet and polished BUT only when the rears are run in a little i.e. the edge of the spike roubded off. First 2 runs will be a handfull on any polished floor though perfect on carpet.
Thanks mate got those tyres. any idea on what shock oil to use...
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