I was out at gordons talking with Britt over at gordons storage and camp area, and he told me that the sherrifs are building a new jail, and will be cracking down even more next season on the rifraf ,anyone else hear anything on this, they are also going to be building a new concrete canal and getting rid of the old dirt canal, just a little off season info

What do you mean by "Riffraff" ?

rifraf= drunk drivers, meth pheens, etc

Very cool.

Never been to Buttercup....so I don't know the crowd that goes there...

Thanks.

Now I have to find a new place to dune.

I have not heard of that going on. The way things go anymore it would not suprise me though.

Or you could just sell your toyhauler and sleep in the jail

^^^^^^ TROUBLEMAKER^^^^^^^^^

The news is true! The facility is called "South Dunes Operations Center" and is owned by the Bureau of Land Management. The facility will also include inhouse EMT personnel. The site will be located just off the Gray Wells Road exit south of I-8 Highway. This will be a Design/Build project and is scheduled to start construction this summer.

Rich

Soooo we need a jail in the south dunes but they are not building one in Glamis

Did he also tell ya Mcmillin leased out 80% of the RV Park to the engineering firm doing the canal.? Alot of people will be desert camping again!!!!

Pipelayer spends most of his time at Gordons

yes dave he did, thats why i stopped in,I tried to fanagle a spot for the new volvo, I have the thought of sinking the rig

You suck boy.
but that was funny

That looks nice James to bad it's the wrong color though
I only got stuck on my 1st trip with mine and it was all my fault ,not the best tires and not the best place to camp After new tires and better lines I never had a problem again. Those tall tires have alot of surface area

You're not the only one.

red ,soon to be white with grafix !, I was thinking of pickin up some cement truck front to keep er floated on top of the sand and keep away from the pizza cuttin effect

Will it be climate controlled with comfy beds?

You get the Volvo from Larry Z ??

thats funny you say that, I checked into larry's trucks but felt I could build for less,but that never happens, I did follow all of the guide lines on finding the right truck, and ended up up with a great rig, 500hp,1500lbs of torque, with an autoshift , truck will drive itself, I did all of the conversion work myself,regisration,hitch,converters,etc, soon I will build a bed system so i can haul the car on the back for the solo trips, I will post some interior shots, you guys might be amazed at the room inside. and to think I will never have to buy a truck again, this truck has 650,000 miles and is a million mile truck, heck the tires will wrott of before i even put a 100,000 miles on her. thanks for the interest.

Got to agree.......Volvo is the only way to go.

Trash?

very nice 610 ? why did you go that rought,heght, have you been to the sand yet? spelling sucks!

Nothing like the smooth ride,quietness and POWER!!!! 12 Speed Meritor w/Skip Shift Is Nice.

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Got it from Larry, he does mostly 610 conversions. Roof height is nice, it even with the WW. Nothing like unlimited torque and better gas milage than a regular truck. Had Big Blue out to Glamis last two seasons, probably 12 trips - mostly to wash 13.5. Just watch for the soft spots, ive never come close to getting it stuck.

very nice Dave you sure know how to roll !

C'mon James,I know you're no slouch....................

How does the insurance and registration compare to a regular 1 ton truck?

Its about the same - registered as 'non commercial', it gets treated just like a pickup.

What is the down side to owning the big truck? You can pick up a nice one for way less than the cost of a new dually. Why don't more people go this route more often?

Because they don't listen to good advice and they need that new truck smell.

Because they dont look near as cool as they do rolling down the road in their lifted 4x4 with tires overloaded, too small of brakes, not enough G.V.W. and all the bling they can find.

Just kidding, most people just dont honestly know anything about class 8 trucks. I have spent alot of time explaining the pros of this type of setup to alot of people. If anyone is considering trying them out let me know, I will be glad to give you all the info I can. I have lots of experience in this area, if it can benefit someone else let me know. PM me if you like, I should be back on the computer next week.

For a lot of guys thier tow rig is also the DD.

If they could easily swing a rig like those they probably would in a heartbeat. If I had the dough and a place to park it I know I would. Adds macho points too, right?

If this is all true....I'm sure the Jail will be for all the locations. They just had to put it somewhere.

Probably the same reason allot of people preffer a truck trailer setup over a motorhome, why pay for something that is just going to sit in the driveway most of the year.

Any conformation this jail thing is true?
Who's paying for it?


Also not all of us can afford a daily driver and a tow rig so we have to combine both

your right Mike, I just couldnt afford to continually replace f-350 trucks every 2 years the 8 grade just destroys trannies so I now ride a scooter to work so I can allow the truck to sit in my yard

Is this "jail" the same thing that's been talked about since 2005? Back then it was called a "visitor center" or the South Dunes Ranger Station.

http://www.glamisdunes.com/invision/index....c=48599&hl=

Here's a nifty little power point presentation on the (then) proposed project

http://www.isdratrt.org/documents/South%20...ng%20062105.ppt

The agenda for the last TRT meeting included a "South Dunes Ranger Station" item (it appears regularly on the agendas). There are no TRT meeting minutes after January 2007 so it's hard to tell what the progress is at this point. As of January 2007 Neil Hamada was saying they were breaking ground "next month" and it sounds like they have.

As for funding, "federal highway dollars" have been mentioned as well as funding with the help of Congressman Bob Filner (some may remember it was Filner, an avid liberal, who publicly blasted (then) Congressman Pombo during a Congressional Field Hearing in San Diego), but I haven't been able to nail anything down and have no idea if the two are somehow related. It's possible that Filner was the one who made the arrangements for the federal highway dollars to funnel to this project or maybe he dug up some extra cash, who knows at this point.

The last budget spreadsheet shown on the ISDRA TRT website is from a year ago.

I'll make a few calls to see what I can dig up.

VW

SailAway
You are correct, the project was first named "Imperial Sand Dunes Visitors Center" but later the name changed to "South Dunes Operations Center". Last I heard the project was on hold based on some type of building permit. It was my understanding the project was scheduled to be under construction this summer.

Rich

this jail is starting and underway they just hired a crane operator away from the canal job.fyi..