Is there any specific things to look out for ?
I was just wondering cause other than a large air cleaner with snorkel and pre filter I was gonna run it . Wash it off replace all u joints and replace the front axle when I get home. ? is can the sand get into the little breather for t-case and axles ?

damn you are being careful. i drive there alot and have never done any of that. id say just worry bout the air cleaner and steering parts should be lubed afterwards. other than that i dont know thats the extent of my maintainance

be sure to rinse the fins on your radiator really well. My old radiator was super rotted from the salt and sand.

-Dustin

John, rock wheeling and sand wheeling are like night and day! Where slow and steady rules the rocks, fast and bouncy rules the dunes. If your suspension can bottom out, you will do it in the dunes. Also expect that the wind will have scalloped the sand into a sea of small choppy waves that will chatter every part of your truck so that ANYTHING that is not properly tightened WILL vibrate loose in dune running mode.

Actually, this sounds a lot like trying to keep up with the NorCal80's on a Death Valley desert run.:flipoff2:

just don't get any sand in your schlitz!:flipoff2:

if you don't know what i'm talkin about, ask toploaders mom!:D

Marks right about bumps and suspension.
Check motor mounts, radiator mounts, battery mounts, everything mounts.

Wheeling the dunes is a perfect "shake down" run if you know what I mean.

Be sure to tie down any potential "headaches" inside your cab.

I'd add high engine revs. If you got a squealing PS pump, water pump or other accessory expect it to complain when you're hitting the rev limit at the base of a long steep slip face.

The air time is great, but the landings can be harsh...

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You will discover that sand will find its way into places you never knew you even had!

You will discover that sand will find its way into places you never knew you even had!

You sound like you talk with experience, where did it get you....:flipoff2:

you mean there's jumps , oh mamma.

there dunes, at the top or off the side of everyone its a jump

haha yes jumps are fun. good times

You sound like you talk with experience, where did it get you....:flipoff2:

It taught me that toys used in the sand are going to need alot more maintenance. :(

It taught me that toys used in the sand are going to need alot more maintenance. :(
Yeah, washing out your mangina sure does suck...











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I'm sure you would know about that. :shaking:

DO NOT OIL YOUR AIRFILTER


ya dont want it to be a sand magnet!

and get a prefilter...even your boyfriends pantyhose will work :flipoff2:

I did not know grog was comin to surf n turf :flipoff2:

DO NOT OIL YOUR AIRFILTER





i guess i'm fawked with my oil bath air cleaner then?!:flipoff2:

i guess i'm fawked with my oil bath air cleaner then?!:flipoff2:

A good way to go home with a souvenir from your beach visit. :laughing:

are you coming this year ed? i've been looking forward to meeting you for a while.

i'm trying to get the 63 ready, still have some work ahead of me though.......

you're never gonna get all the sand out, but it's really not that big of a deal...


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i heard something funnay at the local swap meet today:

"i'd rather have no car than a mopar!":flipoff2:

i wasnt gonna but now i have to post this pic. my pride and joy

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oh not very people notice but thats like 3 feet of air under tha back and maybe 5 under the front. look closely. take off is in the far corner

saaaweet! good times miles. how was the landing?

softer than you might think. especially since i have some stiff ass springs. and it drove around after wards too. just shredded teh exaust and heater hose and bent a rim ...and things i am still finding out. i drive gentle now

watch out for the crabs:flipoff2:

I got out to pismo almost everyweekend and I just wash off the sand on my truck than park it on the front lawn over a sprinkler and turn them on to rinse odwn the undercarage. Also there's a car wash in Pismo that has an undercarage wash, which is a god idea afterwards. Here's the rig's I take out there. No pics of it in the dunes because I just got the new camera. Also they're both 2wd and never have a problem with getting stuck or even starting to get stuck. Another thing is air down to like 15 or 10psi and it makes the choppy shit alot smoother.
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one thought John, you should get your airpressure down in them hawgs.......in the pigrun video it looked like you had about 25psi going through gatekeeper:laughing:

last time i was at pismo, i found sand on top of my tranny and t-case two years later while changing a clutch!

that pic is with 10 psi pops.........

time to pull the valve cores then....lol

are you coming this year ed? i've been looking forward to meeting you for a while.

i'm trying to get the 63 ready, still have some work ahead of me though.......

I am really hoping to go, Georg. My problem is that the weekend before S&T I am going to Calico, and Thanksgiving I'm going to Truck Haven Hills. I just have to budget my money & time, but I as it stands now, I'll most likely go. I, too, look forward to meeting you.

I side stepped a clutch once , 72 Bronco , 351W , 3.50's , 33's and stock 3 spd. ,,,,,,,, 3,500rpm and let it go ,,,,,,,,,,,,, on pavement ( wet ) , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,sheared all the bolts holding the ring gear to the carrier in the 9" rear and trashed the tranny output bearing....

Good, now you know how to drive in the sand..


As for prep... It is sand, noting much to it. When you are done, wash it out. Sand gets everywhere. Go wash it out afterwards. It really is not a big deal :)

If you are concerned about your air filter, get a Nylon to put over it ;)

Only prep I can think of is getting a bigger motor..

that pic is with 10 psi pops.........

hey sonny you have never seen the footage i took, in fact someone even said, "dang, how much air pressure does he have in those hawgs?"........oh waite , that was me that said it. .....:D

bring your sand paddles and 500 hp

To be commandeered as the Official Surf n Turf Staff Vehicle.
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Launching it will help you find out if things are too short. Shocks, brake lines,driveshafts etc... You'll know quickly if things aren't right.

i wasnt gonna but now i have to post this pic. my pride and joy

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Every time i see this picture, it makes me laugh. is it still set as yout avatar on mud? did you break anything when you did it?

bring your sand paddles and 500 hp
Is that your truck or whose is that. Do you have any more pics of it. That things is bad a$$.

Is that your truck or whose is that. Do you have any more pics of it. That things is bad a$$.
http://www.hannaquality.com/index1.html custom fab and then geolander

that rig better be there. i got a woody....

that rig better be there. i got a woody....
did my hoopty wagon give you wood to?

Is that your truck or whose is that. Do you have any more pics of it. That things is bad a$$.

that is the Geolandar, it is a customer/friends desert truck. I do not have any other pics of the truck in action. That was the 1st test run in the sand with paddles. We were too busy driving to take pictures. The truck was apart for almost 7 years till just resantly.

Pismo Jim has been for a ride in it :flipoff2:

Sorry to say but I will not be able to entertain everyone like the 45 run:shaking: , Mark and his :grinpimp: guitar will have to do. I have to attend a wedding. Have a blast and keep the fire burning for me :flipoff2: