Darkjuju

F the wind, anyone want to meet up at olds and hang out?

See you all in 32 hours

F cancer, so sorry to hear. 

We got a hold of them last year, spent 2-3 hours just trying to figure out how to meet their " CC " machine guy running around on a quad. Had a heavy 4 seater xp turbo with cracked transmission case between lizard hill and northeast of the swing set. Long story short they got my friends car out but only after I chased after this quad dude from swing set to flagpole in my yxz after burning the clutch up trying to tow him out. They came out with the snow tracked truck and drug him to roadrunner where I meet them with a trailer to get back to wash 15.  Although they were very nice/friendly guys they seemed overwhelmed and not to experienced with dunning. The truck had a boom tow setup but they ended up dragging his car on its side for a bit not even realizing it. $1200 was the total I believe from the valley between swing set and flagpole to roadrunner.

Thank you all for your service! 
 

@matt86m Its basically the same as the RV service but using the residential hardware, which is pretty much the same unit just a little larger panel.

https://www.starlink.com/rv

Made it!

@wopachop that would be a great option if it gets as hot as fast as propane. I have a solar setup and normally run a lil Honda 2200 to just keep everything topped off. Then I could use it at home too in my outdoor kitchen without needing more floor space or another propane line, thank you for the suggestion.

I just sent the wife and mo-in-law out for tickets and told them to hurry!!! The line at the grocery store was wack and they only have these digital kiosks at fry’s, ppl are dense.

MWB isn't wrong but I would say it depends on when your retiring, how much you want to take out, and how fast you plan on paying it back. Also if you do take a 401k loan and move jobs, you have to pay that back within a quick amount of time or you get taxed on it as a distribution. if example if you have say, $400-500k in a 401k and only plan to take say $24k out for the trailer and will pay it back in 2 years I don't think its that big of a deal. Now if you have a smaller retirement account and want to take 60-70k for a really nice brand new unit then i don't think it make as much sense. How old are you, roughly and how much a year do you put in your 401k, the max amount ($18-22k i think)?

9 minutes ago, Cookie said:

I have no issues having a home and RV set up permanently mounted, actually prefer (I am lazy, I like to keep my camp set up simple).   Is the home and RV box like the old Direct TV where you could just grab from the house.  

One thing, then there would be no internet at home, thus no smart home features would work (nest, ring and so forth).

I currently pay Direct TV $140 a month, internet is $60 a month, I am trying to make the math work.

If you live in a metro area Starlink is almost useless, at least in Phoenix the upload is like .5mbps at best. The more users in one area saturate the service, in sticks/glamis its goes from not to bad to really good, but at home i only use it as a back up. the box really only consists of the antenna and base a 50' usb-c  cable and the wireless router.

I would assume the gas station in Palo Verde has them, they have dune passes. I have them but havent put them on my sxs because there doesn't seem to be an official, "this is where to stick them". on the sticker it has ATV and motorcycle but nothing about sxs at least. I just carry it in the glove box until/if i get harased. 

I just put it on top of my trailer and feed the cable through the slide, unless you want something permanent it works fine. you can even just set it on the ground and it will work, until someone pulls in a blocks the line if sight. Also a tip to new owners, the satellite is motorized, I almost broke mine trying to fiddle with it not knowing it was.

I’m in again 

what's the best smaller 20"-ish size for my trailer since its just the wife and I most of the time now days?

Great decorations, I am going to steal some of this for our party next year, did you custom make this one?

Damn! 

Thanks for all the responses, I let you know how things go after Vets weekend.

1 hour ago, Bobalos said:

 

This is what @Dunerkingis talking about.  My wife had to do it for vertigo. 

 

 

 

I am familiar with this as my wife too has dealt with vertigo for about 10 years

Thanks for the replies, I lead 95% of the time, I will check into Kwells, I dont wear earbuds much but headphones all the time, for the last 5 years a turbo LT YXZ (no windshield) and yes I drive it like a go cart at times :) 

I have Duned Trikes, Quads, Broncos, and golf carts for over 25 years and only once ever experienced motion sickness and it was last season which I chalked up to slamming a Gatorade on a pit stop and the sugar bugging me. That day I had to completely stop for 10+ minutes to keep from chuckin, took the damn sand highway home back to wash 15 from K12/Osborn, and had to sleep off the nausea for like 4/5 hours. I had another 4/5 trips last season not a single issue. This weekend right off the bat Thursday night, felt that sickness in the pit of my stomach headed back to camp and felt ok after sitting down for a bit. Friday am, ran my usual route from the washes up through the Brawley line into the valley past flag pole and swing set no problem, 1 beer 1 water on a 30 min pit stop. headed back through lizard over to Brawley and then it struck me, told my group i was leading to move on to camp and I lost my cookies shortly after. felt ok after i got back to camp had lunch ate some much needed vinegar and salt chips took a nap and then rode from 4ish till sunset and back to camp no problem. Later off to Dang Bros for a pizza and back that night also no issue. Then today we head out and mob the bowls between lizard and china, no problem, back to Brawley through the bowls to the washes and bam out of nowhere sick again. I pick a straight line to camp and nauseas the rest of the day, pack up and headed home (no way I was dealing with Glamis wash road after last year).

I just turned 50, 2 years ago it was my eyes having issues seeing the contours in the sand, now this, anyone else? Is this age or maybe just some sinus/allergy bullshit? I wouldn't say my life is the Dunes but, its been my drive force since I was young, I have watched my kids, family and friends grow up in the sand since I was in my 20s. If I can no longer dune, I am afraid of what my mental state may become, I know that's a bit dramatic but I recall my uncle who was big into flat bottom jet boat racing and ended up with Meniere's disease and couldn't even drive anymore, or be around loud motors etc. he was miserable. This was a dude that would wax his truck, trailer, and boat while chilling at the lake every weekend waiting for the glass of the evening to go run against anyone that wanted to line up.

Just heard LaRue racing had an accident on the top of the hill, some dipshit crossing at a 90 degree angle right at the top of olds at night while all these other dipshits raced as fast as possible to the top. I stayed in the bowls around lizard today except to get a dang brothers pizza this evening.