Oregon Dunes, beach driving in OR

We were there last summer and the only full sized anything I saw on the dunes was a GM pickup frame with a roll cage welded on where the body used to be. It was being used by the outfit we rented the ATV's from to smooth out the moguls in the trail. They were dragging what looked like an old bed frame. The tires on this beast were Mickey Thompson 35x17.50 Baja's.

I was really disappointed that I didn't see one Jeep where we were. (But maybe they weren't allowed. I don't know)

Now if you want to talk about fun, those ATV's we rented were a blast on the dunes, and they were just 250's. I'd never ridden one before and it was a total spur of the moment decision to rent them. Unfortunately for my wallet I now have a real bad case of the "I wants."

The dunes are a fun place and I hope to return someday, Dean

air down to about 25psi...

if you feel yourself stop moving, let off the gas, IMMEDIATELY....

treat it like mud...except even harder to get out of....

ed .... ( beach local....)

And be quite knowledgeable about local tidal schedules. Nothing like watching the water slowly head for your tires as you try to get either a tow or enough stuff under them to get a bit of forward motion again....the good news is that the wetting from the incoming tide can help you get out. The bad news is if you don't follow Ed's advice and have buried yourself in the sand.

Ed Roper proclaimed:

Air down to 25 psi??? That little amount of airing down will not do much good at all. To effectively increase the footprint of the tire, you need to get the air pressure down into the low or maybe the mid teens... which is not airing down too much at all. Remember to let the sand slow you down and stop you, using the brakes to stop on sand will usually cause a berm to form in front of your tires which makes getting started again a dicey thing.

Jerry

L> And be quite knowledgeable about local tidal schedules. Nothing like

As a rock crawler mud and sand scare me. Give me broken u joints, snapped axles and roll overs any day!

Dean

The woman behind you - reminds me of the painting "the scream" :-)

Looks good to me. Where was that taken ?

Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ