sandawg

Thanks for the welcome and the comments. Now that I am officailly retired I will have more time to enjoy the site, meet some people and enjoy the dunes more often that the 5 trips a year that I have done for years. I will look for some old pictures from Pismo and Sand Mt. from the 70's before Pismo got so resticted and Sand Mt. had no bathrooms.

Have a great day and thanks again.

http://www.rc-trucks.org/yamaha-rhino-snorkel.htm

I recently attempted to change my intake system to increase the air flow and help with my performance. It didn't work and after finding this article I found out why. It is about the snorkel system but the theory of "vacum signal" explained it all.

If I had wanted to spend $403.00 for the Edlebrock carbuetor, developed for the Rhino, I could have left it the way I had it.

I just put it back to stock and I was lucky that Checker refunded me the $43.00 fpr the K&N filter I special ordered. We live and learn.

The stock carb uses vacum to operate the slider and with no air restriction there is not enough vacum to work. I have talked to a couple of others that have tried to use the snorkel and they weren't happy with that system either. Not to say no intake mods work but mine didn't.

I did attempt to re jet it up to compensate but that didn't help either.

I was thinking about reversing the direction of tire rotation on my Rhino to see if that would give more traction in the sand. My reasoning is that the tread pattern would pull sand into the tire track and help keep me on top of the sand instead of digging deeper while spinning the tires. Probably not a huge difference but who know it could be better.

I assume that the arrow is just to remind us that that is the prefered direction of rotation and not that reversing will damage the tire.

Thanks, I just hope there is someone out there that sees this thing as a positive. I tried to sell the KFX 400 for a year and had no takers. I'm reluctant to try and sell anything now. We'll give this idea some time for more to see it and see what happens. Thanks for the input. Especially from Hendertucky or Hooterville in the old days. Home of the Green Cloud.

Sorry for the duplicate messages. I'm just learning and having my share of senior moments.......

That doesn't solve my issue. If I just buy a buggy I have to leave the Rino home. My trailer will haul my Rhino and the ATV now. I have always had a spare vehicle to go on a trip. If I trade the rhno for a buggy I can still take the quad and the rail if it is under 13 feet long. My old rail was 13 feet long and it worked perfectly.

With the economy the way it is, most people don't have the money to spend so why not just think about trading for what I want. That way 2 of us get what we want and no one spends any money.

I do appreciate that you responded though!

Pat

just save yo money and buy a reliable buggy

I miss my rail and am thinking I might want to trade my Rhino for a decent reliable rail. If I keep my Rhino I would consider trading my Toy hauler, a tag along 26 footer, for something smaller.

I am new to the forum but not new to Dumont or the other sandy areas in the southwest. Be doing it since 1976.

What I am looking for is help making a decision on what to do. I am uncertain at this point.

thanks. Smaller trailer, keep Rhino or trade Rhino for a rail.

Henderson

I miss my rail and am thinking I might want to trade my Rhino for a decent reliable rail. If I keep my Rhino I would consider trading my Toy hauler, a tag along 26 footer, for something smaller.

I am new to the forum but not new to Dumont or the other sandy areas in the southwest. Be doing it since 1976.

What I am looking for is help making a decision on what to do. I am uncertain at this point.

thanks. Smaller trailer, keep Rhino or trade Rhino for a rail.

Henderson