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Bird of the Week - Off-Road - Brian Gatley - 03-20-2006 12:09 I have to ask...and I may have missed this in the discussions... How far off road do people take their birds? It looks like all sand around the Bird of the Week. I have heard of people driving on the beaches, but 40,000+ off pavement sounds like a potential disaster. If you do go off road regularly, how often do you get stuck? Also, the bird in the picture doesn't look like a 1998...? Brian Gatley 93 WLWB PT40 Bend, OR [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Bird of the Week - Off-Road - mbulriss - 03-20-2006 12:48 >the bird in the picture doesn't look like a 1998...? Good catch oh eagle-eyed one! Changed now. Typo by your truly. :-( As far as your other question, I had Stagecoach, our 83 PT40, offroad regularly on the beach at Padre Island, in fields at the NASCAR track in Dallas/Ft. Worth and at the NHRA track in Ennis. Been stuck more at the NASCAR track and my side yard than on the beach. On the beach, look for relative hard pack, avoid obvious deep loose sand, make no sudden stops, avoid aggressive starts and turns, and you'll be surprised how tolerant they are of not sinking. Lots of tire patch on these big rigs. Spent many nights on the sand under the stars with no incidents. Got stuck on the beach only once when co-pilot screamed "STOP" for some perceived bug a mile away! Slam on brakes in loose stuff - Bad move! You sink. Shovel and place rugs and strips of plywood under rear wheels, roll on throttle very gently, don't accelerate wildly. Worse case, add a small toad to tug gently and you drive away. It doesn't take much to get them moving again to hard pack. At the NASCAR track, everytime it rained, it was problem. Stagecoach would spin the rear wheels at the slightest provocation on any wet grass or dirt - just putting it in gear, even with the foot on the brake, and the rear tires would start spinning immediately on wet stuff. Surprisingly, newspaper wadded up under the tires is a great aid in getting it moving. Once moving on muddy ground, don't stop until you get to pavement! McMahan will verify we got three Birds out of ankle deep mud after a bad rainstorm on one trip to Texas Motor Speedway, with lots of newspaper. Ahh, the adventures keep on piling up! Not taking the 91 offroad anytime soon however. Mike Bulriss 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" San Antonio, TX --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Gatley" wrote: > > I have to ask...and I may have missed this in the discussions... > > How far off road do people take their birds? It looks like all sand > around the Bird of the Week. I have heard of people driving on the > beaches, but 40,000+ off pavement sounds like a potential disaster. If > you do go off road regularly, how often do you get stuck? > > Also, the bird in the picture doesn't look like a 1998...? > > Brian Gatley > 93 WLWB PT40 > Bend, OR > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Bird of the Week - Off-Road - John Suter - 03-20-2006 23:36 Not proud to admit, had to be towed off our own property three times (during construction, before driveways poured). John (noname) LOL --- Brian Gatley wrote: > I have to ask...and I may have missed this in the > discussions... > > How far off road do people take their birds? It > looks like all sand > around the Bird of the Week. I have heard of people > driving on the > beaches, but 40,000+ off pavement sounds like a > potential disaster. If > you do go off road regularly, how often do you get > stuck? > > Also, the bird in the picture doesn't look like a > 1998...? > > Brian Gatley > 93 WLWB PT40 > Bend, OR > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Bird of the Week - Off-Road - Blair - 03-21-2006 02:25 At 03:36 AM 3/21/2006, you wrote: >Not proud to admit, had to be towed off our own >property three times (during construction, before >driveways poured). > >John (noname) LOL > John, We've had cats, excavators, backhoes, 10 yarders, tractors, bail wagons and more all stuck out on the ranch.... we only had one Bird though, and of course it was a Canadian.......... Blair in Oregon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Bird of the Week - Off-Road - Jon - 03-21-2006 14:40 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, John Suter wrote: > > Not proud to admit, had to be towed off our own > property three times (during construction, before > driveways poured). > > John (noname) LOL > > > > > --- Brian Gatley wrote: > > > I have to ask...and I may have missed this in the > > discussions... > > > > How far off road do people take their birds? It > > looks like all sand > > around the Bird of the Week. I have heard of people > > driving on the > > beaches, but 40,000+ off pavement sounds like a > > potential disaster. If > > you do go off road regularly, how often do you get > > stuck? > > > > Also, the bird in the picture doesn't look like a > > 1998...? > > > > Brian Gatley > > 93 WLWB PT40 > > Bend, OR > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been No problem at Ocean Shores as long as you stay on the hard sand and not get into soft stuff. Took my Wanderlodge down to the beach last year and there are a couple of pictures of my wife standing next to it in the photo section. Realy kind of cool to go down to the beach and sit at your dinner table and have nothing but ocean and sand in frount of you. Jon Jon 1978 Wanderlodge Bremerton Washington > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >