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This one was a lot of work.. Annual trip to Little Dunes. Finally made the hike to the top of the highest mountain above the little dunes. 

4 hours ago, Mr. Sandman said:

We've been going to Dumont for close to 40 years now and usually camp in the canyon towing a 5th wheel with a 4x4.  This year will be our first year in a Class A motor home up on top.  Any tips on not getting this beast stuck?

Momentum and if you are towing a 2 or 3 axle trailer do not turn too sharp.

Almost looked at this car on a recent trip to Prescott, Nice ride 

Welcome to Ca. My family loves Death Valley, what brought you there as not many people live there? Watch the site, there are people heading out to Dumont just about every weekend. NY weekend  it will be fairly busy. It may be cold but considering where you moved from it's teeshirt weather .

I'll send Brian over 

My buddy had one, it was a 3 speed, definitely not made to hold up to a v8 and parts are very scarce these days. I'd pass for sure.

dumontdunedogfinders.com 

Looks like he is pissed about the pink leash  Hope you find the owners, good lookin out!

Try DMS side by side repair, we specialize in SAR vehicles, Also hand out Yetis to our favorite customers 

That car has BIG power. Sweet video! 

Cool Vid, Thanks

Thats a nice 7.3 .  Its a long drive for you but this guy is a guru on that trans, he can change it out while you wait .       

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Id say if you are going to spend much time in the sand at all the turbo is worth it. That being said a turbo is certainly not a must to dune. I have a xp900 and the kids can drive it anywhere out in the dunes though they prefer the X3 RS Turbo or their quads. 

I usually see TH400s or powerglides. most of the TH400s are in cars running primarily hardpack.Some of the BIG horsepower guys run a manual trans with a torque converter. 

Perfect set up IMO. Hmm....

19 hours ago, dunefreak said:

 

That sounds like much less investment than I would be into this. 

, the beer garden is the great equalizer 

It's less than an hour drive and I get free tix so I will check it out 

C'mon Pete, average temp for that weekend is only 105deg 

Thought it was yours as well. Lot of money for a 13 year old car but I am still tempted by it daily(-=

Cool pics, my dream rig is a Moho built on a Unimog Chassis. Camp just about anywhere in those rigs 

Clean ride! GLWTS 

Probably charging batts, those lithium ion batts are impressive when they go.  

If you are an aggressive driver and don't do any slow, rock crawling or technical driving then they are good. The power band is just WAY up in the rpm range.

Killer Vid!

Great to see all the pics of the future generations of duners! Kids are off at college now, only guarantee I have of seeing them is to tell them we are camping at Glamis or Dumont. Brought back some memories, Thanks