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Silver Lake
AIR BURBAN!
Things we learned:
We fit in out there at the dunes. Much stupidity occurred.
A Suzuki Samauri with 33" tires and a stock engine cannot get up Test Hill,
even when the hill is not as big as usual.
Hummers have problems out there.
Alcohol aids in removing inhibitions, aiding the Dumpster greatly.
A Chevy Tahoe in 4low will beat row upon row of unsuspecting F150's in the drags.
A fully loaded Suburban can get air multiple times and not break. Running
in 4-low, it makes lots of noise and everybody looks at it. It has decent
climbing ability for a 6000+ lb turd.
Skip's exhaust leak that I fixed before the trip returned due to multiple
submersions in foot-deep water. I really should repack my wheel bearings.
Electric oil pressure senders are shitty. Changing an oil pump is easy on a
Smaw Blawk Chebby. The nice one was $15 at the parts store. Time for a
mechanical pressure gage, as the electric ones will freak you out into
pulling your truck apart.
Sean rides or drives the shit out of anything he gets his hands on.
Price turns into "random garbled conversation guy". Just add alcohol.
Ryan and Nick have a hard time containing their dinner when Jim Beam makes an appearance.
I have never seen anything like the suspension geometry change on the front
of the Dumpster. +/- 5 degrees in camber change is the norm. It seems to
do fine at the dunes, despite a lack of power. We even found a water hole
deep enough to almost swallow the Dumpster.
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