Have you not viewed any of the videos in this thread? Apparently not.
Owner of a Ram TRX decides they've had enough of Burning Man, leaves with camper.
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Yea, looks like salt flats more than desert sands.
Its more like cement. Yes, there is sand but it's not like what you see on tv with Sahara dunes. It's so dry that the ground can't absorb it and the top layer of sand turns to mud and muck.
The NV desert ground is composed of a compound called caliche. Hard as can be so the water just pools instead of being absorbed
Caliche - Wikipedia
Just imagine it all turning into thick gooey quicksand from all that rain that isn't soaking into the ground.
As one article about Nevada I read years ago said: "A winch might occasionally be useful, assuming you had about a thousand feet of cable to go along with it...."
As one article about Nevada I read years ago said: "A winch might occasionally be useful, assuming you had about a thousand feet of cable to go along with it...."
And then that mud hardening back after everyone dug their tires in from trying to get unstuck! That's my worry.
You can use a land anchor to pull yourself out of soft stuff. Or bury the spare tire and winch off of it. You won't find any trees, that's for sure
See the last post on the first page of this thread.
Which a major contributor of CO2. LOL.
But the wood they're burning is 100% Certified Organic.
Modern hippie festival turns into an endurance test. No thanks.
I thought it looked pretty boring until that TRX decided to get the [CENSORED] out of Dodge! That looked like a blast! Even better that it was a rental!
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No doubt - I turn mine off - that’s for snow on pavement - not for the mush when centrifugal force cleans the lugs …
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The popping sounds when he lets off the throttle? Probably the results of a free flowing exhaust and unburnt fuel igniting within. He’s pouring the beans to it and all of the beans aren’t getting cooked.
We've got Adobe clay here I call Turbo Mud.Its more like cement. Yes, there is sand but it's not like what you see on tv with Sahara dunes. It's so dry that the ground can't absorb it and the top layer of sand turns to mud and muck.
The NV desert ground is composed of a compound called caliche. Hard as can be so the water just pools instead of being absorbed
Caliche - Wikipedia
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The least bit of rain makes it extremely slick but also sticky. Suddenly your shoes are 3x their weight. If you get caught out on some of our mtn bike trails you're suddenly trying to portage a 70# bike -- it just literally stops your wheels from rolling as it builds up immediately in the fork and rear triangle.
And yeah, hardens like cement. There's a reason ancient civilizations could build Adobe homes from the stuff.
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