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Surprisingly no. Shows you how much I just wanted to yank that big b*tch out and GTFO of there. lol No time for pics.
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That's what you though was great from this trip report?? LOL I'll have to ask Rick to post up. It was his jack.
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It's a good chance it's the same one, but I believe this gear fits more than one model. My trailer is a Forest River Sandpiper with a Quick-Draw Power Safe EZ Lift system made by Lippert. If it's a HappiJac, they were bought out by Lippert and there's a good chance this gear will fit that unit as well. You can Google Lippert ez bed electric lift and you'll find this guy's posts on multiple forums including the one on GD. Check his ebay link out.It has more info... http://www.ebay.com/itm/281637406039?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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http://www.dumontduneriders.com/index.php/news/_/articles/14th-annual-dumont-dunes-cleanup-r68 PDF download: 2016_cleanup_14th_annual.pdf
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http://wreg.com/2016/01/26/teens-deaths-possibly-caused-by-deadly-new-trend-of-drinking-racing-fuel/ Unreal how stupid some kids can be. They are mixing RACE GAS with Mtn Dew and drinking it. They're naming it Dew Shine. There has been more than one reported death from it. WTF?
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Over the past few trips, the motor on my rear bunk beds has been making noise. It's been clicking when I raise or lower them. Last trip it finally failed. Turns out the gear set is all metal except one little nylon gear that the motor drives. So dumb! You have to buy a complete motor assembly to fix it too. Well I found a guy on GD who had this happen to him so he decided to engineer a metal replacement gear. So if this happens to anyone else, this is the fix. This is the motor. Yep, the whole track has to come off. It's bolted on from the rear. The gear set Failed gear The replacement
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I had my GPS running all weekend and although I knew we got a ton of duning in, I was shocked to see we duned almost 100 miles. 98.4 miles to be exact. We layed down some tracks that weekend!
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Sunday was chill. Lou & Ben got another run in around 8 AM while the rest of us slept in. Later in the day we got some more duning in. It was so gorgeous out. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was a really nice temperature. Towards the end of the day we cruised up to memorial hill and visited our friend, Bert's, memorial. I made sure there was still a Pepsi up there and dropped off a cookie.
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Saturday morning...time for some breakfast My car was running great but everyone was still concern or something. They were swarmed around it like a pit crew! ??? Duning on Saturday Lou got a little surprise on a razorback. Luckily he landed it without any issue. I couldn't believe my eyes. POOF ATC fun with Randog Sophie Came up on my buddy, Howard, out in the dunes.It was almost a close call. Photobombed by my shadow. Randog pulled sick wheelie and got me pumped up and laughing about it. Big group of side x sides passing by. Ben busted out his scales and we weighed the buggies. Randog, 1675 dentboy, 2450 edwatertoad, 1950 80grit, about 3K! This was the most shocking. 4 seat RZR, 1977 lbs! WOW that's awful. lol I spotted a huge group of people hiking up the dunes. ? More duning pics... Duning behind Randog. The sun was at a great angle. Cody tearing it up on his CR250 Hanging at the north pole. Duning on the way back. The moon was full and bright! The sky was awesome. So out came the tripod and camera. We watched Supercross on the big screen projected on dentboy's trailer. SX at the dunes is the best. At 2 AM the moon was straight up above us. There were no clouds left in the sky. We could see the dunes almost as clear as day. It was so bright we were tempted to go duning! dentboy spotted a log that looked like...big wood & balls. haha Chillen after Supercoss listening to tunes. I tried the old steel wool long exposure trick but the steel wool didn't want to burn. Better luck nest time.
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I rolled into Dumont early Friday morning. The road is was in great shape. I always get super pumped when I see this pulling in. The place was pretty empty as expected. Lou B, Randog & edwatertoad were already there. Ben rolled in right behind me. I did a little ATC maintenance. The 5 of us plus Lindsay B on her quad went out for a morning cruise. The weather was gorgeous. There were some fighter jets flying way up high through the sky. There were various contrails and even some loud booms either from the sonic booms or maybe some testing out west. When we got back to camp 80grit & Rick (Highfly) had showed up. Later in the day we got ready for a dune run but thanks to Randog's keen eye he clued him in on a little issue before we went out. Rick swapped the tires to the correct direction. Lou B took the ATC for a rip. We headed out and stopped on the sunset lookout on the way back and hung out for a bit. Love empty weekends. Once we got back to camp, we all made some dinner while Sophie ate some firewood. Time to make the buggies glow!
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From the album: Jan 22-24, 2016
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From the album: Jan 22-24, 2016
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From the album: Jan 22-24, 2016
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From the album: Jan 22-24, 2016
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From the album: Jan 22-24, 2016
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A group of us headed out to take advantage of the empty dunes. As much as we like the energy of a holiday weekend, quiet empty dunes are more our style. It gives us a chance to rail the dunes without the added risk of other dune traffic. Dumont was empty Friday morning and it was as nice as it gets out there. Temperatures were in the 60's and there was abundant sunshine. It was pretty much 50's and 60's weather all weekend. Saturday was very cloudy and overcast, but it stayed warm and there was only a slight breeze. Sunday it was back to sunshine without a cloud in the sky. We only saw a couple groups pass by when we would stop to take a break in the dunes. It was mostly side x sides and a couple quads. The dunes were soft and dry on top and about 8" down there was some moisture from recent rain. They were smooth until later in the day on Saturday. By then we had left quite a few tracks from our buggies. The duning was great! We burned through some fuel this weekend as our GPS told us we duned almost 100 miles! That was impressive to find out but not as impressive as zero breakdowns. At one point we had 8 sandrails and not one issue. Nobody getting hurt and nobody breaking down is a perfect weekend in our book. There was one close call though. Lou B flopped a razorback in normal fashion but he quickly found out it was a slipface razorback with very little sand towards the top. His car was literally on it's side at one point but luckily he stayed on the throttle, steered into it and the car landed perfectly on all fours at the bottom. It was quite a sight to see. We took a well needed break after that to take a breather and have a good laugh about it. https://vimeo.com/152938331 https://vimeo.com/153329003 More photos from this trip and full trip report on the forum, http://www.dumontduneriders.com/invision/index.php?showtopic=20555 -
From the album: Jan 22-24, 2016
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From the album: Jan 22-24, 2016
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From the album: Jan 22-24, 2016
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From the album: Jan 22-24, 2016
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