Duneraider

Thanks, I'm on my way,,,

,,, as you guys stear me straight. Any specific brand to get? I tried the Harbor Freight they all suck. Any place to buy or good brand? Like Kragan, or does Home Depot have a good one? I'm always taking the wheels off something,, time to get with the program,,, Thanks.

Yeah, all our cameras work fine on mac, though slow. The FLIP is different though. Fussy and difficult.

I though DDR peeps were mostly computer savvy. Hacking Red China Industrial computers on weekdays, hitting the dunes on weekends. Maybe not. We have the really cool Flip movie camera, and are having a fit getting it to upload to Mac. Any takes? Thanks.

Curious of the ride quality and suspention travel. The print on the website is too small to read. Have they finally released it? Price? Does KTM still stand for Kill The Mechanic, or is their quality good? Or,, is it a Polaris in Home Depot Orange.?

I work'd there for a short time when I got out of the Marines as a diesel plant operator/mechanic. Got the job through my dads company. If you accidently kill somone as what could'a happened there, the restitution to the family is based of the victims nationality. That's all: A local is about $30.000. An Egyptian about $1.000 A Palestinian is about $300. That's accidentally. If on purpose, ya pay with your life. The best middle east place to go duning is Jordan. Wife works with lots of cool Jordanians. People are friendly towards Americans, zero crime, no rules or regs at all except don't hurt anyone, don't steal anything, or walk out on a tab, or drugs. Thieves are considered rats with rabies. They have no feelings for them and are usually executed. It's a Kingdom, with usually an American Queen (by marriage) & Princess' but they don't interfere with customs. Thieves are whacked within days of the crime. The locals appear in the dunes outta no where and feed your group out of centuries old custom. You pay them what you can. You can leave your quads and stuff & wallet full of cash for years in the same spot. No one will touch it. If you rent duning equipment, they'll bring it out, and ya simply drive back to the hotel at nite. Leave all the stuff at the dunes. It goes unmolested. Then, when your trip is over, ya stop by the rental shop pay up, and they eventually go out and get it all. Ya don't even have to tell them specifically (Just roughly) where ya left it. The locals all know. Dunes sizes beyond your wildest dreams. I'd love to organize a DDR Jordan trip. It would be epic. Ya gotta like to eat dates and a mid eastern type tortilla with blue cheese though. And drink a fermented Honey Gatoraid kinda stuff that gives you a deluxe buzz, and makes ya "regular".

We got a cool FLIP camera. It hates MAC Book, but works ok on Windows. Any movie galleries hosting sites out there you can recomend? It's not-ready-for-you-tube family play stuff.

We're in. Should I bring the big screen?

Thanks for the takes. Americas Tire called today and asked us to come in when we get back from the river for a new set. When they were ballancing them. I noticed the crew circling huge spots on the tred where their may be problems.. like perhaps out-of-round. We'll see. Love everything about the tires except the vibration.

The GMPP is the only good warranty out there we've ever found. And the price is negotiable. We shop for warrantys where the mechanics get paid full shop rates. Seem to cover the customer too.

Wife mentioned the XMX TV shows should be sponsored by Kaiser Peranente, Charter, Blue Cross. Yeah, they do get a few owies.

I was buying routine maint parts for our various brand quads getting them ready for the upcoming dune season. It's taken me from Yami, to Honda, to Kawasaki, to Zuki shops. All their parts counters had various topical pain killers for sale, with free samples. Some spray, some drops, some lotions or creams. I've been trying them all and most work good. They'll numb the pain for sure. Ya try any?

I had Goodyear Wranglers on my new 94 Grand Cherokee, and again on our new '96 Suburban. I could never get them ballanced correctly. My neighbor Doug, is a heavy line mechanic at a Jag and Aston Martin dealer. A real off roader too. He casually mentioned once he could never get his GoodYears ballanced, and is a Goodrich fan. My other neighbor owned a Ford dealer (may it RIP) and mentioned during the Firestone fiasco, they didn't want to use Goodyears because of the vibration compaints. My wife has a new set of them on her Pre-Runner, and she mentioned they vibrate at 60 MPH and above. I took them back, and others were there with their wranglers with ballance problems too. Goodyear has it's big sale going on now, so plenty of new customers. They still vibrate, and the dealer is cool, they want to replace them. Did you ever have Wranglers, and did you have ballance issues? I love the tire. Quiet running, looks excellent, wife doesn't have to air down at the dunes whe she arrives at odd ball hours,,,, My Goodrich's never give me problems. But dammmm,, those GoodYears Wranglers. Death wobble at 60 MPH+. Any similar experiences? How did you handle it?

Fun trip. We did it too and loved it.

They were asking $3900 +T/L/R at our local dealer.