Traxxas Revo 3.3 and RC Nylint Rock Crawler Snow Fun

Our boys have been getting more interested in RC vehicles lately so we fired up the Revo 3.3 and got it out in the snow a bit today. We also dug out a couple of our old RC trucks to see if we could make some repairs and get them working. Our first attempt of our radio shack hummer and 18 volt cordless drill battery was really fun until it went up in smoke, not surprising since it was barely usable anyways. Our old Nylint rockcrawler took a lot of work, but by making use of the same 18 volt cordless drill battery and a total cleaning of all the working parts we got it working quite well. I'm not sure if these ever took off since they became popular way back when, but when ours started to loose power, we thought the worst and kind of lost interest in it. They use a small belt inside each axle that were covered in grime on ours. Taking the bottom cover off each axle allows access to the motors, belts, and gears. We cleaned it up with soap and water, added fresh grease and that's all it took. The original 12 volt batteries were left dead so long they wouldn't hold a charge though. The 18 volt power hasn't been too much for it yet, and I'm fairly confident it won't be a problem. It has 2 speeds that can be shifted from the controller and the axles are locked, no differential. It will flex pretty well when needed as well. Here's some video footage of the old Nylint and new Traxxas Revo 3.3 on a snow bank out in the yard.