Recent content by Erik N

Tent cot. Get the "oversize" one. Absolute best $150 you can spend. You're welcome.

Wrist rocket.

Just my 13yo kid driving North.

My beach trailer is for sale. I am in San Antonio.

I had a '91 Xploder that I used for a beach truck. The most unsafe handling POS I have ever owned. And I have had a lot of cars and trucks. Stick w/ the Burb. Trails are usually made by full size vehicles anyway, and for a reason. They work.

Toyo M55. I run them on my Suburban and love them. There is a dedicated thread about the tire here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/7861-Toyo-M-55?highlight=toyo+M55

I agree a hubcentric design is necessary on a performance car with high speed capabilities. But we are talking about giant sidewall tires in this thread. Come on... you are comparing apples to oranges.

Exactly. My '88 gets 11mpg EVERYWHERE. Either on the freeway with a tailwind to 4 low 1st gear crawling. Amazing, really. My 96 gets 11mpg on the freeway, but only about 4 in soft sand.

Keep it stock. Look at this shot of the '88 traversing a canyon hillside, between fishing spots. Steeper than it looks, and a sheer cliff downhill 200' to the river. A bit of a butt-clencher... NO WAY I would have done that in a lifted truck.

My '88 V20 is like a billygoat. Tight turning radius, decent clearances, reliable. My '96 K2500 is good for churning thru cookie-dough sand w/ it's 454. Had a beach beater Exploder, wasn't big enough to sleep in. Trust me, there is no going back!

No offense, but I would call the cops on that thing doing 90 around other people.

I would hate to do this to a DD, but so far the trucks have been dead reliable. Of course, the white is used only once or twice a month and the tan one once or twice a year.

^THIS^ Dedicated rigs are the way to go. I have different vehicles for different jobs. Just grab the one you need and blast off! My 2 suburbans just sit, fully loaded and ready to go. Heck, I haven't even vacuumed the sand out of my '96 in over a year!

Meh. Use sticks, newspaper, blankets and duct tape.:sombrero:

I would add a 2nd SAM splint as well. I know there are people here who will say that they can make a splint out of sticks, newspaper, duct tape, blankets, etc, but those SAM splints are great IMO.