Dune pics

Here are a couple pictures of our toys in the dunes.  These were taken from last spring when on a trip to the Little Sahara Recreation area in Utah.  Thanks for looking, Mike.

Coach towing 26' Hualmark Edge
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Custom built quads.
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This is of our Jeep GC hooked up heading for Moab this past fall.
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I guess I will have to reduce my file size.  Pics won't attach.

Finally, somebody elso that thinks like me. Everyone says the Quadzilla already has plenty of power, but I agree with you, streetbike engines do belong in quads.

with quads having that much power you should check out St. Anthony's in eastern Idaho it's near Rexburg. Great hill climbing! I haven't been in about 10 years and don't forget to re-jet for 5k feet.

Gerry R said:

with quads having that much power you should check out St. Anthony's in eastern Idaho it's near Rexburg. Great hill climbing! I haven't been in about 10 years and don't forget to re-jet for 5k feet.

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St. Anthony's is where we usually dune.  We only make it to Little Sahara once or twice a year but we go to St. Anthony, Id about 4-6 times a year.  We like it much better and much more relaxing/enjoyable.  I sold the green GS powered Suzuki last fall and I am in the process of building a sandrail.  We hope to have it on the sand in the next few weeks.  I just got the chassis back from powder coating and all of the chrome/aluminum back and I am doing the final assembly.  Planning on making a trip after it is completed.  Mike.

Mike,

A dumb question, after looking at the picture of the rig with the trailer, but how does the rig do pulling something in that sand? Will it stay up on the sand pretty well without bogging?

Kim

To be honest I try not to find out.  In that picture it may look like I am sitting on the sand, however, I am only off the pavement about  30' and it is roadbase/gravel with sand that has blown across the gravel.  There are areas where it is not so obvious as to where the gravel is or not and I try to avoid those areas.

A couple of years ago when we went up to St. Anthony sand dunes a friend of ours was merely turning into his site and only went about two tire widths off the hard packed road and sunk his 39' Dutch Star right to the axle.  We had to unhook his trailer and have someone drag it away from the coach so we could work on getting his coach out without damage.  What a PITA!

I don't think there has been a weekend I have been to Little Sahara dunes when I have not seen someone stuck.  It's funny because most of the people with the larger coaches have been going to the dunes long enough to know where to park and where to stay away from.  Most of people that I see stuck are younger people/couples with their big toyhaulers who think because they have a 4 wheel drive diesel pickup pulling their trailer they can go anywhere.  Mike.

just how long is your rig and trailer???...seems a bit longer than my 1989 toyota seabreeze!!!

I am 72' end to end.  Handles like a dream though.  I love towing the trailer.  Mike.

Well, I have had our sandrail done for two years now and haven't posted any pictures of it.  Here are a couple pictures of it done just backed out of the shop and a couple of it on the sand at St. Anthony's sand dunes in Idaho.

The rail took me 7 months to build start to finish.  I built a chassis jig in the shop and then fabricated the entire chassis from scratch as well as most everything else on the car.  Many, many one off parts were built and incorporated into this build.

Here is a complete build thread on the construction of our rail.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81149

Mike.

zmotorsports said:

Here are a couple pictures of our toys in the dunes.  These were taken from last spring when on a trip to the Little Sahara Recreation area in Utah.  Thanks for looking, Mike.

Coach towing 26' Hualmark Edge
http://i53.tinypic.com/wiw5i.jpg

Custom built quads.
http://i54.tinypic.com/344sa5e.jpg

This is of our Jeep GC hooked up heading for Moab this past fall.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2iiinlw.jpg
Edit: Fixed links.

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Wow, sweetio, those are som sexy toys u have there, on a really nice place. I love deserts! I didn't know there is Little Sahara in US

leasar said:

Wow, sweetio, those are som sexy toys u have there, on a really nice place. I love deserts! I didn't know there is Little Sahara in US

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Thanks.  I miss them at times as we sold all of our sand toys several years ago as we have gotten so heavy into the Jeep scene.

The Little Sahara recreation area is located just west of Nephi, UT near Delta and is very popular, especially on holiday weekends like Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day weekends.  Tens of thousands of people are crammed into a fairly tight camping area and then it opens up into the open dunes for playing.  We still go down there once in a while with the Jeeps but nowhere near as much as when we had our sand toys.

Mike

zmotorsports said:

Here are a couple pictures of our toys in the dunes.  These were taken from last spring when on a trip to the Little Sahara Recreation area in Utah.  Thanks for looking, Mike.

Coach towing 26' Hualmark Edge
http://i53.tinypic.com/wiw5i.jpg

Custom built quads.
http://i54.tinypic.com/344sa5e.jpg

This is of our Jeep GC hooked up heading for Moab this past fall.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2iiinlw.jpg
Edit: Fixed links.

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:'( None of these pictures are available.

frank1947 said:

:'( None of these pictures are available.

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Not surprising since that message was posted 9 years ago.