dunefreak

Wow, sorry to hear about all the broken stuff, including your friend. I hope he recovers ok. By the way, welcome to the forum.

No problem, Michelle. I kinda figured you guys were SOMEONE from DDR. As for the name tags, yes they would help :redhat: , but sometimes everyone just simply needs to introduce themselves.

You saw it happen? How exactly did it crash? Was it how everyone said, rear end over?

Good job, PETE? Good job, everyone! It was Jim (Sand~Snake's) idea. He came back from comp Sunday afternoon and told everyone how much trash was over there. He suggested that we go help pick it up. Everyone hopped on a bike or in the back of my truck and we went over to tackle the problem. I should of stopped by your camp on the way, but it's all good. We had quite a few peeps helping out already.

I'm not sure about 3, but there has been multiple fatalities before from what I have heard. As for the new ride...no. It's just my old 94 YZ250 with new graphics.

The fatalities happen just about every holiday weekend. All of them were accidents. It's just a reminder how dangerous the dunes can be.

On the way back from a ride to the north pole on Saturday, we came up on a bunch of people standing around some wreckage in the dunes near the northwest end kinda near the superbowl. We stopped to see what happen and found out that an ultralight plane had gone down. The pilot's friends said that they didn't know what caused the crash, but the plane took a hard left/ dip and crashed in the dunes. We helped them load the wreckage from the ultra-light into their truck. They told us the pilot broke his leg, had some broken ribs, and cut his head kinda bad and that they were transporting him to the hospital. They were in pretty high spirits about him. They said that he was so happy to have his new toy out and is gonna be so upset that it is destroyed now. We heard from one of the Rangers that the pilot died in transit to the hospital, but it is not confirmed. Hopefully it is just a rumor and he is ok.

Are the parts discontinued from Yamaha? I have had good luck with Bike Bandit. They take a little while to get, but are cheaper than the dealer and can sometimes get stuff that dealers in town can't. Try them out maybe.

I posted up all the pics I took in the gallery ...click here. (There are 3 pages)

nice car! I think I have seen that car before. Welcome to the site too!

That was aweome, Steve! Some of my observations.... -chile and queso make awesome chili cheese burgers :fart: -DDR group rides rock! -racenjasen needs to keep his beers in his cooler, not his underwear -Chicken breasts make giant dust clouds when they land in camp -stanky a$$ C12 gas still works great for Sobe's -dnchevyman and racnjasen can find teh same witches eye/ hole in the dunes on a ride -Jager Man's name is way too fitting -Rhino King CAN actually jump his Rhino...even on a dirtbike jump -Midnight brings a skateboard to the dunes for some reason -My Raptor can jump start my toyhauler generator -Eddie never learns to not pass out around the fire -The DMax dune-limo dunes awesome...even towing Joe Duner's rail -BaBert's giant halogen light comes in handy for way-later-than-planned potlucks -rockinlvhottie..."ghetto" -lindernglamis' dog can make some funny a$$ noises

It hits home pretty hard for me seeing this stuff out there. When we first heard of the crash, cdavego thought he saw Aaron (trickls2racer) out there picking up the belongings from the deceased. All we could think of was that it was someone in his group and the way the car was described it almost sounded like it was limodriver (Tim). Our hearts were racing as a few of us went out to see if that was really the case. Luckily Tim was ok and it was not him. I thought I'd feel alot better at that point when I found out that news, but I didn't. Seeing that rail and imagining what those 2 guys' friends and families have to deal with is terrible. I feel so bad for them as this could happen to anyone of us out there duning. You just never know. Everyone needs to be very carefull when out there. I know I will. Rich, if you or anyone else finds out who the family is and if we can help in any way, yes please let us know.

Cool pics, Ash. It was great seeing you again and the dune ride was fun!

I doubt I will be able to make it out at all that weekend. It might be a while before the car is fixed too.

Again... I'd like to thank everyone who helped out with cleaning up comp hill this afternoon. We filled up the entire back of my truck with about 7-8 bags of trash. I can't believe some people! First...the people that leave all that trash there in the first place.... ...then all the people that just watched us pick up the trash and not help out at all. A few people and there kids did help us a bit. That was cool to see that SOME people care and wanted to help. Others just sat back and looked at us like we were crazy. At one point, I think it was sand~snake that heard a lady say, "oh look, they have people that come out here and clean this up!" HELLO???? No they don't have people that clean it up...other than 2 volunteers, Don & Ellen (the camp hosts), they don't have anyone other than duners like us that appreciate Dumont and want to take care of the place. You don't sh*t where ya eat, people! I hope more people become pro-active and try and take care of Dumont so we don't have to keep cleaning everyone's crap up! First off, pack it in, pack it EVEN MORE out...that's a no-brainer Second: your last day at the dunes, grab a trash bag and go over to comp and fill your bag up. We took over about 10 of us and it took about 45 minutes WITH TEN PEOPLE. If more people helped out, teh less we would all have to do. Third: If you plan on partying over at comp, bring a trash bag or two with you. Thanks to crazymexeddie, vegas style, racnjasen, and anyone else that threw some trash in the bag of their trucks to haul back home. Even after dispersing the trash to all the trucks, Eddie's truck was STILL full!

yep, I saw those bags on the highway. We picked up quite a bit at comp...enough to fill the entire back of my truck! Something like 7-8 bags of trash.

Yeah, that's why the sides are cut up on the driver's side.

What needs moderating? Besides...I was at Dumont. I already reminded everyone of the forum rules...... The situation has somewhat been resolved. It hasn't gotten any deeper in this thread, so it's no biggie. Thanks for the heads up though. Next time report a post if you feel it needs attention.

No, the arm that comes off the spindle broke. So the actual spindle itself broke. I just replaced it not too long ago too! I wouldn't have to replace the whole thing, but when I was being towed, the spindle shaft snapped because the wheel was being dragged so hard and cocked under the a-arm. (yeah...I said "cocked!") It looks like it wasn't welded good enough. Time to beef this front end up. ugggh

It's cool. It sucks it happened, but I'm glad you got to have some fun it it while it lasted. Much thanks to Dave Larson for helping out with his truck and the rest of the group that helped me get the car back to camp. Oh and I doubt those guys that towed me to the flats are on here, but thanks to them too! oh well, at least it happened at the END of the weekend and not the very beginning. Cole and his cheesy smile,

No biggie, Mike. Actually I did catch you pulling out at the end of the finger dune, but you didn't notice me. I was on my 2 wheeler. You did wave, but I doubt you knew it was me. Regardless, I had a great time hanging out. Can't wait for next time!

Here these pics are a lil bigger and brighter. (Click on them)

Here are the pics... From what I heard and saw, the car when off a pretty steep drop-off at the south west end of the dunes behind comp. The driver must not have seen the drop and the car flipped completely back-end over landing upside down on the cage. The 2 occupants died at the scene. The frame and cage looked pretty stout, but the impact was bad...very bad. I doubt many (if any) cars would have been able to survive that crash. My thoughts go out to the family and friends of the 2 that died. It was a horrible accident. Oh...and for the record, no alcohol was involved in the crash as per one of the rangers at the ranger station. It seems as though it was just a freak accident.

Nice to meet you this weekend, David. Glad you found us. Sucks we didn't go on any rides, but glad you found teh group. Thanks for letting him know where we were, Mike. We were a bit farther down more than usual, but he found us.

I just got back. It was a pretty fun weekend like always. The potluck was a hit as usual and LOTS of peeps showed up. It was a pretty fun shindig. Riding was good Friday, then Saturday it was a bit too crowded and rutted. We got some good runs in though regardless. I am glad noone in the group got hurt. The big weekends are so dangerous and full of a lot of irresponsible fools all pumped up on adrenaline not using their heads. Big weekends are fun for partying at comp at night :shoot: and to see all the different types of toys, but I am almost over these weekends. It hits home pretty hard actually seeing these accidents and the devastating outcomes of some of them. I'll post pics of the wrecked buggy soon (in another thread since I'm sure it will open up all kinds of discussion) I would like to wish a HUGE thank you to each and everyone of you guys for: helping out stranded duners, chipping in for the potluck and hanging out, cleaning up the potluck aftermath, all of those that showed the support for the site and bought DDR shirts, the good peeps in our camp that helped clean up the rediculous amounts of trash at comp, and mostly for the good times. ...and the biggest thank you of all goes out to Chad (Alligator P) for stepping up and selling the shirts for me. Thanks again Chad...it was much , much appreciated!