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Oh and the best way to lower your EGT's (from what I have heard) is to ditch your cat. converter. I haven't done that yet on mine because it's not necessarily "legal" in Nevada.

Roy I haven't replaced a turbo yet (at work) due to a failure from heat. (actually I have only changed one once due to a mis-diagnosis by someone else, lol) I think that is crazy considering how many "over programmed" DMaxes are out there. I have an 05 Duramax, Hypertech on level 2, AFE intake, and Banks cat back exhaust. I leave mine on level 2 no matter what, whether I am driving to work or towing the hauler. I tow my 34 ft toyhauler (probably 13000-14000 lbs loaded) by the pyro. I can bury the needle past 1600 if I wanted to. (but I never do) Once my my EGT's reach around 1400/1450 degrees on the big grades then I back out and keep them from going higher and it still pulls good. I usually keep them there and haven't had any problems at all. Many diesel guys have told me that 1400-1450 is just fine especially for semi short periods of time. I had some guy even tell me on dieselplace.com that he has run 1400+ degrees for 15 minutes straight with no problems. I wouldn't push it that high for that LONG, but you are safe below 1450 in shorter spurts. You gotta remember turbo temps are gonna be a couple hundred degrees LOWER than your manifold temp. Also: Hope that helps.

You must contact the Bartsow BLM for a vendor permit application. Barstow BLM (760) 252-6000 some info on permits... http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow/permits.html

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yeah we took it easy this trip. We wanted to get back in one piece with no injuries. haha

Wish I could have made it, Caleb. Glad you had a good time.

a few "observations" -the drive through Pahrump seems like an eternity , but not to Bert -watching Ultimate X while sippinng on refreshments in the back seat makes the drive better -summer rides are great -even half a day of a sand fix puts me in a great mood -always bring extra beer- you'll drink it -it's close to noon on a day at the end of May and it's getting hot.......check it out- WHO CARES! We're in the dunes and not at work! -the entrance road still sucks and is wash boarded to hell -the river was DRY -the south pole was a lil bent over but we fixed her up -someone destroyed bathroom 10 -did I mention the sand was smooth as hell? yep- it was! -it was great to get our friend, Mike, back out to the dunes after almost 2 years! Riding with some of our original crew felt great. -we didn't dune as crazy as we usually do, but it was just as much fun -Mike had to go "talk to someone about a horse" -Aaron (SandYFZ) complains alot but it just wouldn't be the same if he didn't good times, Aaron! -Bert's medium duty kicks a$$, but the back seat gets old after a while

It was a great day. I wish you could have been there.

Wow, that was some weekend for ya! Thanks for sharing the trip report and pics. I saw this same rail out there today...

couple more... the closer it got to noon- the harder it got to read the dunes ... a view from the top of comp- looking towards the north pole... SandYFZ on comp wsky70 on comp just chillen enjoying the breeze in our faces scoping out the dunes B) ... possibley a new favorite pic! camp area (not too many, but a few other duners out there besides us ) regretting the idea of going home at this point ... EFF that road- it still sucks! We're driving over here! same crap road- still not rolled or oiled

Just arriving at 6:30 Woody strolling in just minutes after us... WAKE UP! beautiful sand... 10 minute sinto the 1st ride- Jim's head gasket issue epic dune rides... chillen at the checkin out the Z450 yeah...I'm missing in this pic because someone had to take it priceless... wsky70... looking towards south pole... @ the south pole... hitten Banshee Hill... Aaron testing out his new stock 450 ... Bert telling me I'm number one after jump starting his new quad with my old Craptor

I just strolled in and I must say...today was an awesome day. It felt good to get some riding in. We got there about 6:30 AM- a tad later than expected, but not too bad. The weather was gorgeous, the sand was soooooo smooth, the razors were SHARP and STEEP, and it was some good times. Jim (sand~snake) had a head gasket problem about 10 minutes into the 1st ride. He was done for the day. Good thing we brought beer! The rides were great. We met up with (forgot his name) a guy from Dirt Wheels magazine out at the north pole. Ken's Colors told us he'd be out there. Him and his buddy had some pretty nice bikes. He snapped off some pics of us and said he'd submit them for the magazine. We'll have to see if that pans out. We rode for a few hours. We went out about 3 or 4 times and were done riding about 12:00. It was getting a little warm, but was bearable in my book. Bert's new DS had a battery issue. It just died and battery was fried. I guess DS650's have a problem with overcharging or something. hmm Back to the dealer it goes. Woody (wsky70) met up with us out there too. That was way cool. Good times, Woods! All together it was a great day. We shared some good laughes like always with some good company. Some pics and an "observation list" to come.....

yep we're back. It was awesome...I'll start a new thread for the trip report in a sec.

You guys are lame! We're outta here- see ya

ok Steve...will do :blush:

that sucks

Steve (Vegas Style) or Kristin...are you definitley going tomorrow AM? Steveo backed out, but our buddy Mike B is going now. Bert, me, Aaron, Mike, and Jim are heading out from Bert's at 4:30 am. If anyone wants to meet up we can stop at the Shell station on Rainbow/ 160 at 5AM ish. Otherwise we are probably just gonna jam outta town. I'm thinking we'll get there about 6:30 or so. Then virgin sand for about 4 hrs or so. :blush:

yep! It was the day Bert rolled his rail off the top of the face hill!

seriously! :blush: I'm going out to Dumont early as hell tomorrow morning for a sand fix, but it will only be with the Raptor.

Thanks Tyler Every freakin day I walk past it in my garagae I just wanna load it up and go tear up the dunes with it. It kills me to just see it sit. I wanna drive it some more!

Turbo liner is a spray in truck bed liner. It is VERY durable. Ken Colors does them. Click here. You think that is gonna cover the whole floor of his trailer? :blush:

Yeah that was some chit huh? I agree. The fights leading up to that one were good, then that last one ended so quick I didn't even catch what happened. Literally...I turned my head to say something to someone and everyone started screaming. "WHOOOAAAAA, did you see that?" I was like WTF, and turned back & saw Lidell out on the floor gettin his a$$ whooped! :blush: I thought it was a bullshit call the 1st time I saw the quick replay, but then after a few more times I saw that he friggin went limp when he got hit. derrrrrr

Very cool. That turned out nice. May he rest in peace.

good GOD :blush: Looks very nice, Tyler.