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    Buggy round up trip reports and pics

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    I have to say thank you to everyone who was at the buggy round up! The nicest guys and gals for sure! I apologize if I was not in the best of spirits or the most talkative but I felt horrible the whole trip. Thursday I had a cough, Fri I had a cough and stuffy nose and I got very achy in my legs and arms, Sat day was same as Fri, Sat night I had the shakes and had a fever, I sweat it all out and felt much better Sun morning but I still have a cough and stuffy. I didn't want to get anyone sick so I just stayed close to my trailer. Fri night my propane regulator went out and luckily DJ had a extra one, I swapped it out and got the heater and fridge back up and running. My car was popping and dying, I found a loose wire on the fuel pump, that fixed the cutting out issue but it was still running very rich and down on power, I will be addressing the issue this week. The ice cream truck went by on Sat so I grabbed my cash and hauled but to the ice cream truck to get ninja turtle bars for the family. I put $70 bucks back in my pocket and never seen it again. Someone at the dunes will be $70 richer. The dune runs were very very awesome and I have to say Pete can sure pick some good lines! We did 2 buggy round up runs every day and I also did a mild run or two with the family in the car. Sunday I asked Tim why he was loading up and he said "my car is in one piece and I had a blast so im going home" I told him we were going on one more ride and he told me to be carful and that's when things break and go bad... sure enough I broke the crap out of my rear arm when I landed in a deep hole sideways. I was in 2nd gear going about 40mph when I turned then went in the air and the pass rear landed in a 3 ft hole. It hit hard but it still drove fine so I kept going with the group. I finally stopped when I realized something wasn't right, I got out and walked around and saw the carnage and I was like "holy crap I was just going through the woops at the top of third like that!!" my rear arm was barely hanging on and looked like it was going to fall off. I limped her back in one piece and loaded her up in the hauler. I wasn't upset one bit, I got to dune every day Thurs-Sun and I beat on the car pretty hard. Sausage, eggs, potatos every morning, steaks for dinner man I couldn't beat that! Thanks to my babe for cooking like crazy! It was only my second time in the car, I was finally getting used to it, learning the turning brakes and the feel of her. Im very glad I made this trip and even though I had a heck of a time it was the best time and I will not miss the next buggy round up! Thanks guys!

    I didn't get many pics because I was having too much fun but ill post what I have later on. Entrance road was awesome and im not gonna lie I did 40mph on it :)

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    Buggy roundup trip, Dec 13-15, 2013

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    I took my sand car to Rotary Evolution yesterday, compression is good and everything checks out. Good news the timing was way off so I picked up more power adjusting the timing but the bad news is the Webber carbs are too fat and not allowing for full power or revs. I cant get a jet kit in time so ill just take it as it is. Its down about 50hp he said!!! Im about to load it up in the hauler and start packing up! So stoked!

    Buggy roundup trip, Dec 13-15, 2013

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    Whew, I just got done with a long weekend of rock crawling! Im going to start loading up tools, compressor, load car, load, the 70 atc etc etc Tuesday and I will roll out Thursday afternoon sometime. I just need to do a little to the car here and there but its mostly all ready to go! If anyone wants to convoy out Thursday let me know when and where to meet up.

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