Weekend Dune Bashing/Beach Driving

We had a small event this weekend which consisted of a long drive through the dunes and across the beach. It was mainly a Jeep thing, but someone had to represent the Hummer brand, in addition, they needed a V8 incase they needed to be towed

Some of the trucks that were there.



Cruising on the dunes.



Jeeps doing donuts. It was fun watching. I tried doing some but the AWD just keeps me driving through instead of drifting. Its a shame it can't be disconnected.



A shallow sea-water crossing, approx 50 cms deep. I wanted to show I could do it (since Hummer has great fording capabilities) but I decided to go around it since I don't have rust undercoating, unlike the jeeps that did, and Im not to fond of sea-water corroding my truck, even after a thorough wash sea water gets to places not easily washable.



This was a very steep climb, for some reason the pic doesn't do any justice to it at all. I was the second in-line to do it, managed to in one go :horns:



The other V8 in the group. The truck is a monster through the mud/wet sand. My friend in the H2 got excited when he saw that I did that climb, tried to do it, banged his car hard just at the incline. He says he saw his speed drop from 30 miles to 15 in an instant. Anyway, he drove around it to avoid causing any damage.



A poser pic





Hopefully there will be another run next weekend, and more people to join

Very cool! I think I would've skipped that drive through the salt water as well.

(BTW, I moved your thread to this section. Not a big deal, just wanted it to be in its proper home)

It's good to see that our members in Qatar are busy!

Great pics! Nice ride! :thumbs:

My Dad simply drove his Jeep through some salt water during a Hurricane and the Insurance company totaled it. It started and ran perfect but because he drove through salt water the insurance company said it would be nothing but problems for a very long time as each wire that was exposed to the salt water would eventually corrode. :corn: Glad to see you avoided it! :thumbs: Great Pics!!

Try turning off stabil-trac for a bit more loss of control in slides. You can get sideways or even spin out.
The dang system really works when on!

Some might recall my test of that;

I even got it to do a 180.

I think I had it off, but perhaps I just didnt push it hard enough! Perhaps this weekend?

Everyone was overly impressed with the power of H3 V8, even the H2 guy, and 2 of the guys run heavily modified SRT-8 wranglers with the Hemi 6 litre engine. Its funny that when I first pulled up to the group, 3 of the Jeep drivers thought I had an H2 (since there aren't many hummers in the country, and due to the effect of 35s and level) but then realized that my truck was different than the H2 by my side. I was glad no one threw a Hummer-Jeep rivalry joke

Beautiful locale! Looks like a lot of fun.