I posted to a couple of RC BBS this morning. I will let yo know what I find out. So far, all of the new Nitro trucks I have found are independant suspension, but bost of the rock crawler RC's I have seen are solid axle.
Zig

HOM MUCH THESE LITTLE BABIES GOING FOR ANYWAY ....SPENT MY TIRE MONEY LAST MONTH ON NEW HALLOWEEN PROPS FOR MY HAUNTED HOUSE ...WHO KNOWS MAYBE THIS MONTH IT'LL BE A NEW R/C   I'LL HAVE TO ADD THAT TO MY SANTA LIST   .......MATTY D.

I would love to see one of those RC trackers!  I bet those leetle ones still turn on a dime and give nine cents worth of change!

A decent pro level RC starts out around $300 for the kit, motor, controler, etc. Most hoby shops will build them for you, but that is half of the fun. The cool part is that you can select everything you want for the use that you intend for the RC. When I purchased mine, I was looking for speed and good handleing. I went with an HPI RS4 MT, 4x4. It works realy good on dirt tracks but is geared to high for rock crawling. You can also change stuff as your needs change (motors, gears, locked diffs, diff gears, transmissions, etc...
Later,
Zig

HEY THANKS FOR THE INFO    I DRIVE BY A SPECIALTY SHOP EVERY NIGHT ON MY WAY HOME, I SHOULD STOP AND LOOK SOMETIME BUT IT COULD PROVE TO BE DISASTEROUS TO THE ZUKE FUND AGAIN     MATTY D.

RC's are almost as much fun as a Zuk. The good thing is that you can pick up a pile of rocks and rock crawl in your back yard. The down fall is that you can spend as much $'s on an RC as you can on a Zuk It all depends on what you want out of it. The more I investigste, the more I THINK i'm going to do gears, tranny and lockers for what I have, but I sure would love to have a Nitro Rock Crawler.
Zig

check this out if i can get the link right!http://home.comcast.net/~broncojim/rccar.wmv

check this out if i can get the link right!http://home.comcast.net/~broncojim/rccar.wmv

I've always wanted to watch somebody totally trash a perfectly good vehicle.  Glad somebody did it for me!
Nice air.
~Nate

NOW I BET THEY GET MORE THAN 5 MINUTES TO A TANK OF GAS     HMMMMMMM... MAYBE THERE ON TO SOMETHING    WAY COOL ...MATTY D.

if you find where to buy some parts to build one from the US or canada plz link me i reallllllllllly wanna build one hehe

Do a search for RC Trucks, RC Nitro, etc... I'v just started dealing with a local hoby shop Cookeville Raceway and Hobbies (www.cookevillehobbies.com) 931-520-6017. He has alot of stuff to build a tough RC but he does not stock much if the rock crawling stuff yet. Also his web site is under construction but look at the raceway link and you can check out some of the RC's he has.
Zig