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Old 03-18-2007
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Went off road, got stuck but had a blast!!!!!

Ok decided to go out to the lake with my girlfriend and a friend who has a ZR-2 Chevy. We could help but go around and do some serious off roading!!!! Mainly because i just finished my lift, and wanted to feel like a bad ***. Its a B3000 with a LS 4:10. It did surprisingly good and made it thru more than i ever thought it could, I have 30 inch tires. Here is pics.




The ZR2 almost got stuck trying to pull me out. After I got out he went thru. And i hammered it and made it also!!!! Victory!!!
 
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eeesh I hate sand lol


nice truck haha I wish I have a good off road story, but so far it ends in holy hell im still alive
 
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you are lucky that sand is dry or your truck would have wound up like Beards......
 
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now thats stuck
 
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that is why when on sand you need to keep up the momentum and keep the RPM's down.
 
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Amen! It's something every 2WD offroader knows, thats for certain, lol.

Your experience is like some of my early offroad experiences when my truck was stock, lol.
 
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This is a 2wd wheeler speaking:

Momentum is everything

If you lose momentum, you are going to get stuck!!!

You will dig, to your diff...lol

It happens to me every time!!!
 
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lol. funny, hey, ricky, you still got that spool? i want it again.

Thats what started my offroad bug. I got stuck exactly like that, and then a week later i got a bodylift, and then 6 months later got my 31s. In sand like that, momentum, low rpm, and baggin tires is very helpful.
 
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What happend to Beards truck?
 
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look up his visit to sand lake last year or the year before. much damage occured.
 
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much much damage..

they decided to get a camera op if im correct, did brake stands in the sandy water in 2wd, and dug in, then in 4wd he was too deep to get out.. long day, it was a while ago but his truck was trashed


back on topic, looks like u had fun, what kind of lift did you do?

sand=low tire pressure, same for 4wd, just the added security of 4 wheels pullin lol
 
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Get come beefier meats and air down a bit and you'll do sooo much better

Trucks still looks good tho
 
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that looks like a job for 20 psi
 
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Yea it was defiantly fun. You are right I needed to let the psi down, next time i will know better. I dont think i will be getting any tires any time soon, I just got those. Couldn't find anything on visit to sand lake.
 
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looks good.. BTW here's a link to beards sand dunes page.. have fun readin

beard
 
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That's pretty stuck.
 
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Wow beard got stuck bad! If it did that much damage to his truck imagine what it would do to mine LoL
 
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