The wife and i spent a day in the dunes today with some friends and had a blast. the weather was finally nice but it was a bit chilly at the lake. heres some pics and vids

at home, waiting for steve (steev) to get there


steve and his girlfreind.









the black pearl, my wifes favorite dune buggy






i want this truck!!







red white and blue!



after the dunes hanging out at our freinds cottage on silver lake


and some vids

test hill






my friend kicking my *** on the drag strip with his GMC lol. at least i beat steve though, but only by a little bit

 

nice! looks like fun. makes me wanna take a trip out to pismo.

 

I wish i had 4 wheel drive, looks like a he// of a good time!

 

you don't need 4wd for the dunes!


looks like a blast wish i could make it to the trip in 3 weeks

 

whats with the big flags on everyones trucks?

 

it's so if you are coming up over a dune, people have more time to know you are on the other side of it, before they come over the other side of it...

my question, why 2 flags?

 

some of the larger hills are one way traffic but yeah, thats exactly what the flags are for. and i have two becuase it bothered me only having one, it wasnt symmetrical. im kind of OCD lol

 

wow TEST hill looks a hell of alot better then we where up there in april man wow. its rounded down it was 100% up and down

 

parts of test were pretty bad, but overall it was probably the best hill of the day. it helped that it was pretty busy and we got there late so the peaks were worn down a bit.

 

looks like fun. cant wait for june

 

Dude...your Ranger is so freakin nice.

 

So awesome! I wish had something like that around here.

 

man, i'm sooooo stoked!! i acn't wait and it's gonna be here real quick!

 

lol, just curious, do you have dual exhaust too?

i woulda thought you would put one in the center...


also, are you allowed to drive down the road (ie to and from the site) with those flags on?

 

yes i have dual exhaust and you can leave the flags on the truck. i wrap up the flag part of it when im on the road so they dont flap around.

 

i drove around for 3 or 4 days with my mount on. i was just to lazy to take it off and it looked cool. i wanted to ram stuff with it but it's small and i'd still do damage to my front end.

 

I'm heading up there in june super excited!

 

What are you running for tire pressure? I'm taking my truck up for the first time the last week in June, and although I'm used to my dune buggy I have no idea where to start with the truck.

 

i run between 8 in the rear and 10-12 in the front.

 

what would a guy like me with stock goodyears run?

 

i would start about 12 and drop it from there if you seem to not be getting enough floatation. its been a long time but i think i ran around that psi when i had my stock goodyears.

 

ok, i won't have to worry about blowing a bead? it's not trail stuff? just sand.

 

sand you shouldn't have to worry, plus 12 still has some decent pressure... just don't go turning hard at high speeds (lateral g's)

 

no, if you take it easy turning and such you wont need to worry about rolling a bead. thats why i run a little bit higher psi in the front tires, just to be sure but you wont have any issues.

 

thanks