dunefreak

Well here it is. Some of you may know what happened to me back in January of this year, some of you don't. I didn't feel like posting anything about it at the time because it was kind of a sore subject for me and my friend that was involved. The kinda short version of the story is this: I was in a bad spot and a bad time at the dunes and got hit by my buddy's rail. It was pretty scary, but in the end it couldn't have turned out much better. The old car suffered some minor bends in some of the main frame tubes. It was about the same price or cheaper for Larry (Short Sand Cars) to just replace the frame all together. Luckily my insurance company (Allstate) completely covered the whole thing thank god. Other than a small cut on my wrist and my knee getting banged up a little, luckily nobody was hurt. It could have been much worse. So...since the accident I have been pretty paranoid about safety. I talked with Larry about doing the new frame in chromolly instead of mild steel. He had no problem doing whatever I wanted. It was slightly more, but I didn't care about price at this point. I had him do this frame out of .095 chromolly and added lots more bracing to it. He added full size braced bars to the front end and x-braced them. We also x-braced the roof. B-pillars were added along with some more support below them. Bracing was put in between the lower front control arms. The cross bracing was up'd from 7/8" to 1". The bar behind the seat was also up'd from 1" to 1 1/4". Then came the fun part. Time for a new color. Out with the old and in with the new. I loved the blue but felt it was ginxed. I went with a satin black frame with the bright green metallic panels and accents. I think it came out awesome. I love it even more than the last car. It weighes about 100-150 lbs more, but it doesn't feel much different in power. I still want to add a turbo one of these days though. Here are some more pics... New car next to the old chassis pictured here whic is now FO SALE should I be sad? NAH! Just look at the new car! loading the old chassis up in the back of the truck Here's me getting a pic with Larry and Nannette Short. They have got to be some of the nicest people to ever deal with. 200% customer satisfaction!!!! http://shortsandcars.com/ It sucked driving ALL the way back up to Salt Lake City, BUT we managed to squeeze in a trip to LITTLE SAHARA on the way back. That place is AWESOME. (I'll get more into that in the trip report ) But here are a few pics of the car in the sand! Pictures don't even to it justice, You gotta see this green in the sun and in person. Needless to say. I'm happy.

Looks like you guys had fun. Seems like the meadow was pretty empty for Memorial Weekend.

Thanks, Dave. It has been on our maps page for at least 8 months now.

ok votes are in and we have a winner. (and it's not OGP because he didn't take that pic which is copyright protected by someone else ) Winner goes to 2nd place...Brian73. Congrats Brain. E-mail your name and address to me at pete@dumontduneriders.com and I will hook you up with a DDR sticker by mail! Thanks for playing this month, everyone.

Welcome to the site. There is quite a bit of info currently on the homepage and the info page is always helpful for first timers. 1) Riders get there at all kinds of hours of the day. It depends on the time of year though. Right now at this time of year you will be lucky to see anyone there on a TUESDAY morning. 2) Check the weather link above the forum. It will probably be upwards of 110+ after next week but no hotter than peobably 80's or 90's before noon. When I go during teh HOTTEST time of the year I get there abou 5:30 AM and leave about 10 AM. Thats when it starts to really get hot. Remember this is in July though. 3) Honda CRV is fine for teh highway AND teh entrance road. You can get there in a Civic if you wanted to. Just stay away from parking very close to the dunes because it can get soft. 4) Easiest route is I15 to Baker, then 127 to Dumont. Especially if you have never been down teh Old Spanish Trail Hwy or thru Tecopa. More directions and map on this page. Good luck with that hike!

I had enough time earlier to watch about half of it but had to run. I will watch the rest of it later when I get a chance. So far it is a really good video. I hear ya loud and clear about society. It scares the hell out of me too. Sometimes I just think I am getting old (at the young age of 30) and starting to realize these things like uneducated people, lack of morals, integrity, work ethic, etc, etc in society these days. I can go on and on. I'll have to catch the end of the video here soon. Good post.

If anyone is heading out there this weekend (Dumont), please take some pics.

^ The unsugar-coated version of my post. Seriously though. My sandcar weighs about 1000-1100 lbs with almost 200 HP. Thats like half the weight and twice the power of that little, yet heavy as hell, Joyner turd.

Wow this is some old stuff right here. We have had a much better/ updated grid map to use ever since this old thread.

Just curious what all of those peeps are doing this weekend that are NOT going out of town. :freakin_nuts: I've heard quite a few people are hitting the up lake. How about you?

Wish I could make it but I doubt I will have time to stop by. I STILL haven't heard 100% for sure that the car will be done in time to pick up on Saturday. I sure hope so! :freakin_nuts: It's kinda down to the wire, but I'm sure they'll get it done. If I go up to SLC to pick it up, I'll probably just hit LS and skip Coral. There's just not enough time to do both. You guys have a great trip and take plenty of pics for all of us that can't make it!

You can't see the pics in this thread? I can.

his avatar used to be an illusion type pic- he has since changed it obviously

Hey David, is your fuel filter ok? Otherwise you may need a new fuel pressure relief valve.

I appreciate it, Mike, but I'm bring it it so I can bring a couple quads as well. I'm gonna be fuggin loaded down for sure. 2 quads, sandrail, and an extra sandrail frame in the bed of the truck! oof!

haha, I was just given you a hard time. No appologies needed. And thats what it is all about

Badass leather jacket right there! jeeezuz! Anyways.....nice video MQ. Good job putting that together. Looks like some good times in the sand fo sho. No love for the DDR though huh? I see how it is. I guess we're too "PC" for a video plug! :stir:

Its looking like there's a really good chance we'll be stopping by Little Sahara this weekend. My car should be done and ready to pick up on Saturday. So....this weekend we're just gonna play it by ear and prolly hit it up on the way back and do a day or two in LS. New dune territory is always an exciting experience for me. I can't wait to check it out!

I'm confused. Where the hell are you guys actually going this weekend?

Is there an echo in here? That's what I'm talking about, Yosh. exactly I was just lettin the guy (QUAD STAR 238) know my input because I wouldn't want to see someone dump a chitload of their hard earned omney into something expecting alot and ending up gettin China garbage quality in the end.

Thanks. You know it. It's lookin like a 90% chance we'll be headin up to UT Sat am EARLY. So we might hit up LS on the way back that afternoon. I wonder if you get signal there? I'll try and call ya.

Cole once you fix that eyeball talk to Nick about helping him fix his. :breakdance:

BIG difference when you are talking sandrails and quads there, lad. Besides, I don't think any of those are built in China. I think it's Japan? I'm pretty sure Japanese techonology/ engineering is far more advanced than China. Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Honda have been engineering and building ATVs for many MANY years. Go ahead and buy a China built rail/ UTV/ whatever you wanna call these p.o.s's and see how long it lasts. Thats if it you are still having fun with it after a week.

China built I'd stay American if I were you.

HELL yeah! We'll have to post up extra early this year for the SSSS and to get a good DDR crew together down there. Last year was a blast! yiah yiah