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Post up a good one and then we'll vote. VOTE! Dune Pic of the Month Rules 1. The picture must be YOURS. You cannot post any photos you did not take. 2. The picture must not have any watermarks or logos on it. 3. The picture must be at least 600 x 600 pixels. 4. The picture must abide by the rules of this board and be DUMONT related. 5. By posting a photo, you allow DDR to use it on our webpages & social media.

Nope, working that weekend. I'll be living vicariously through you all.

Although the dunes were damp from the recent rain, I was loving every minute of duning this weekend. The sand had some good traction, but had just enough slide factor and was even dry and fluffy in some areas. Our dune runs were fast! Leading was much easier this weekend with all those distinguished lines. We had a nice sized camp of 8 rigs or so. The weather was awesome! I didn't take as many good pics as usual, but grabbed a handful of quick pix with my phone and point & shoot camera. Banshee Wars/ 4 Stroke Wars drew quite a crowd. The wet sand allowed them to park a bunch of RVs over at Banshee Hill. MMM, fancy cheese! Thanks Rod! (@Mustache Motorsports) We set up our roof tent to show everyone how it worked. Since it was up, Anna and I relaxed in it for a bit. It's like our own hammock in the sky. @RUn2it & @FE135 talked about the good ole days after Lee busted out some cool old photos from the hill climbs in the 70's. It's funny how many of the dunes are still the exact same shape. Rod & Blake put on nice G52 Funco show! Neal didn't miss a beat and grabbed his camera for some shots. I only managed to snap a couple. After our dune run on Saturday, we stopped on the sunset hill. Those Banshees went at it until the sun went down. Neal duned his FJ up the hill. He got pretty close to us after a couple attempts. The sunset didn't disappoint as usual. After the sun went down, Supercross went up! Thanks for setting it all up Chad (@Dent boy) @JVZ still had a Christmas tree to burn. I love watching those go up! Race gas in the sand. "Doc" tweekin on something. I snuck a pic in. Sunday morning we had perfect weather again. It was a very chill day. A small group of us went on a nice, slow "champagne cruise" from the south end to the north pole. I brought out stuff for breakfast mimosas at the north pole. Between the 6 of us, we all had a nice little toast to the great weekend. We hung out and enjoyed the nice weather for a while out there. We were in no rush to head back. This has become a new tradition on dune runs over the last year. I was surprised how many people were out there on a Sunday. Most people seemed to have Monday off. That's probably why. Anna relaxed in her "don't bother me chill zone" We stayed until the sun went down. Jason (@JeepingJay36) fired up his smoker and made everyone some bomb ass BBQ burgers! A couple last photos before heading out. Great weekend!

yes, I completely forgot about that step! It's probably the most important one too. haha I removed the nut completely in order to get enough slack to remove the chain. I used a small pocket magnet to fish it back through when it was time to reassemble.

If I remember right, I removed the shaft that connects the motor to the other side first. Next, unbolt the nuts on top that attach to those little carriage bolts (which you already did). Then, with beds removed (or the weight of them supported), I was able to pull up on the top bracket enough to pull the chains off the sprocket that is connected to the motor. Whatever you do, don't let the chain fall down in the side track though. You'll have to pull it off the wall to fish it back up. I remember this was a pain in the ass going back together because the chains sort of had to be timed correctly and evenly.

The weather forecast is looking GOOD this weekend. http://www.dumontduneriders.com/weather/

Yep, tire has pretty much everything to do with that.

Yeah it's looking like it! Let's do it.

It's all part of building a new car. You'll get the bugs worked out. It had to feel good to at least get out and drive it though!

Just curious who might be heading out for MLK. Hopefully next week's rain doesn't jack up the dunes.

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Yes, we were able to locate the wife and sandchick contacted her. Thanks!

Should have put it up on the memorial hill rather than with all that trash at the North Pole. I don't know why people hang their shoes and old riding gear up there. I understand some pieces are memorials for fallen riders, but the rest is literally just trash. Whoever built that memorial flag did an awesome job. It deserves to be in a much better place.

Awesome

Maybe? I posted your link in the comments.

The new car looks bitchen, Cody!

Post up your New Years weekend pics/ highlights. How was everyone's weekend? Here's a few shared with us via Instagram.

First DPOM of 2018!. Post up a good one and then we'll vote. Dune Pic of the Month Rules 1. The picture must be YOURS. You cannot post any photos you did not take. 2. The picture must not have any watermarks or logos on it. 3. The picture must be at least 600 x 600 pixels. 4. The picture must abide by the rules of this board and be DUMONT related. 5. By posting a photo, you allow DDR to use it on our webpages & social media.

no, I'm shooting for MLK weekend instead.

Congrats, Cody! Nice ride man.