dunefreak

Already heard about a bad sandrail accident involving a purple Funco. At least one person, maybe more, are hurt. They were waiting for the helicopter to show up. I guess they came in too hot in a turn or off a razor and ripped part of the front of the car and rolled. Hopefully everyone comes out ok! Be extra careful people.

It's official. The road is as smooth as butter. 25 mph with a toyhauler.

That's ridiculous. Really? Someone is gonna see a quad on DDR they want to steal, THEN drive out and find it in a crowd of 20,000 duners. Talk about being paranoid what you post on the internet! I think this is taking it a bit too far.

This topic is for updates, not paving techniques. Lol According to my buddy who rolled in this morning, the grader is working on it now.

It's only been a couple weeks. Just gotta be patient these days. A buyer will come along. It's a nice car and still cheaper than most RZRs!

That would be me. Email pete@dumontduneriders.com for advertising inquiries. We have a few spaces left.

No, I brought every GoPro accessory and mount that I owned but left the damn camera on my desk at home!

LMFAO!

Joe here's that original thread I started which I believe you are referring to. Maybe as we get more info throughout the week we should bump it to keep that sucker going with updates. http://www.dumontduneriders.com/invision/index.php?showtopic=9696&hl=

One more thing it could be... I have a squeaking noise coming from mine when walking on the floor. One of the bolts came loose that secure the frame outriggers to the floor above one of the wheels. There is no way to tighten the damn thing either. Drives me nuts and I don't know what to do in order to take care of it.

Srpung spring sound? I'm not sure what kind of sound you mean, but get underneath the trailer and take a good look at all the leaf springs, cross-bracing and brackets. Mine just had all kinds of broken stuff underneath and it's well maintained too. Toyhaulers suck.

You can use mine. I'll have to grab it from my trailer at my buddy's house but it's not a problem. He lives very closeby here in Henderson. Just let me know when you want to pick it up.

Thanks! It's a Honda 3.5 running about 7-10 psi of boost. It's too bad you couldn't make it out. It was a nice weekend.

They need to make up their minds. They were contacted months ago with the question regarding which weekend it was and they said BEFORE. Whatever, people are going when they're going regardless. Vendors will still be there too. As for the road, I went extremely slow (5-10 mph most of the way) and it still snapped one of my springs. Going slow is still very hard on toyhaulers.

I never saw you stopped let alone heard you.

See I THOUGHT that was you! I even mentioned it to Terry, but I figured there was no way a friend would have just cruised on by us without stopping to say hi! LOL I hear ya though. Was Bud out there with you in his red car? I think he tried jumping in line with us but stopped and gave up. haha Same here! Great races.

You're welcome, Randy! Sounds good. I had a great time and didn't wanna leave. I was just starting to have fun. I started a trip report thread with all the pics over here. Check it out. http://www.dumontduneriders.com/invision/index.php?showtopic=18837

Weekend went great! We only had a few minor issues but got them all handled for the most part. Thursday morning we pulling into Dumont and it took forever to get down that wash-boarded road. It was bad. I pulled into camp and noticed my rear axle leaf spring snapped. Wonderful! Luckily Todd hadn't left town yet and he was able to bring me out a new leaf pack. Terry and I headed out for our first run. We took an easy cruise out around the back side to the North Pole to make sure our cars were ok before hitting the dunes. All was well. At the end of a nice, long run Terry's car popped a main fuse. I checked it out and it seemed to have a short but then went away. We put in his spare fuse and it was all good. We chose not to go on another run until more spare fuses showed up. Raspadoo was bring us some in the morning. It was fine the rest of the weekend so maybe it was just a fluke. Todd showed up that afternoon with my leaf spring and I changed it out with no issues the next morning when it was nice and cool. As the sun went down a very bright, full moon came up. Camp area was nice and empty! Looks like some people doing a photo shoot off in the distance. Home sweet home. Terry & I killed some Apple Pie moonshine around the campfire. raspadoo showed up Friday morning and the three of us went duning Eric's new Extreme. Very nice ride! Some duners passing by Terry was loving his new twin turbo LS setup. Look who's pulling wheelies now! Eric was nice enough to sit this wheelie session out so he could get some pics of me doing the same. Eric's Eco 2 Chillen at comp for a little bit After comp we split and I took off to watch the sunset and grab some photos. Chillen. Reflecting on a great day at D! Bright azz moon! That night we polished off the rest of the moonshine. Terry was feeling it the next morning. lol Friday morning my buddy Randy showed up with his brand new RZR XP1K. This thing was impressive. We went on a fairly fast-paced ride and he stayed up Terry's tail the entire time. Other than the really fast straight aways where we'd pull away, he was right there with us the whole time! I was impressed! We stopped for a couple action shots. (random duner) PUCKER moment! LOL It took it ok! I bailed around 1PM on Saturday to head back to Vegas and catch Monster Energy Cup. It was a great day- duning in the morning and SX at night! As you can see from the pics the dunes were nice; smooth, virgin sand in many areas. Hard to read in the middle of the day, but once they got some tracks they were easier to follow. There's still plenty of sharp razors and a few holes and witches eyes so be careful next weekend. Weather was very nice, slightly warm during the day probably in the low 80's but shorts and a t-shirt made it very comfortable. I only saw one BLM ranger in camp area cruising around when I was leaving on Saturday. I'm sure there will be plenty more next weekend. Overall the shakedown went well. My car is still spitting coolant when warm, but I don't think it's anything major. I think I just need a new, higher pressure cap. It never ran hot, it just fluctuated because of the low level. Terry's car seemed flawless. CBM did good in the install and he's happy with the new setup and power. Great duning, company and grub! Just how a dune trip should be. Until next time....