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Thread: How would you rate the VX in sand?

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    Quote Originally Posted by surf-life View Post
    Ok so it seems that the VX is for sure the ultimate off road machine.....snow, sand, mud, gravel whatever you throw at it it will make it through. Only thing that it cant do it go over water huh?
    surf,
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    Quote Originally Posted by RamAirZ View Post
    She may not "like" it but she makes it through it just fine, just keep the alt clean lol

    You said what I said ... just better ... with fewer words ... I H8 U
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    Put a smiley after you say that Bub.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tom4bren View Post
    You said what I said ... just better ... with fewer words ... I H8 U
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    Since pictures are worth a thousand words....here ya go!













    And they do well on petrified sand also...

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    Thank You all for the pictures

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    Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete View Post
    Since pictures are worth a thousand words....here ya go!



    I was hauling *** when I hit that hill!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScottinMA View Post
    Here on Cape Cod we are often on the sand. It's not just the tires...it's the pressure of the tires that is most important. When on sand I drop in down to 10 lbs in each tire.
    The only downside to lowering tire pressure is the possibility of getting sand granules/dirt caught inbetween the tire bead & rim. This happens very easily when high "torque" (skinny pedal) input is applied as the tire bead will be slightly pulled away from the rim edge allowing sand/dirt to get trapped within the tire bead. This will cause a slow tedeous air leak when the tires are re-inflated as the tire bead can't properly seat against the rim due to the stuck sand granules/dirt. If this happens, the tires must be unmounted and both rim & tire thoroughly cleaned and then re-mounted-- a real P.I.T.A.!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riff Raff View Post
    The only downside to lowering tire pressure is the possibility of getting sand granules/dirt caught inbetween the tire bead & rim. This happens very easily when high "torque" (skinny pedal) input is applied as the tire bead will be slightly pulled away from the rim edge allowing sand/dirt to get trapped within the tire bead. This will cause a slow tedeous air leak when the tires are re-inflated as the tire bead can't properly seat against the rim due to the stuck sand granules/dirt. If this happens, the tires must be unmounted and both rim & tire thoroughly cleaned and then re-mounted-- a real P.I.T.A.!!!
    x2, my trip to Moab was on brand new wheels and tires. When I got back, had slow air leaks in 3 of 4 tires? WTF?!!!! Turns out sand had gotten in there, was enough damage to score the seating surface of the tire, and they had leaks forever after. Not bad, had to put air in every month. Those tires went with the truck we traded in

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    And for your urban sand crawlers, we like it more relaxing....

    Gary Noonan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marlin View Post
    x2, my trip to Moab was on brand new wheels and tires. When I got back, had slow air leaks in 3 of 4 tires? WTF?!!!! Turns out sand had gotten in there, was enough damage to score the seating surface of the tire, and they had leaks forever after. Not bad, had to put air in every month. Those tires went with the truck we traded in
    X3, after my trip to Mobile Swamp and running about 10psi all day, I had leaks in my front 2 tires, one of them was from a tree branch getting wedged in between the rim/tire and allowing crap in there and the other I figured was from the sand/dirt/mud.

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    Best cure...beadlocks!

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    Wanna buy me some

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    Quote Originally Posted by RamAirZ View Post
    Wanna buy me some
    Sure!



























    Right after I win that BIG lottery!

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    awesome! I'll be waiting patiently

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    Quote Originally Posted by RamAirZ View Post
    awesome! I'll be waiting very, very, very patiently forever
    Fixed it for you!

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