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Date:         Sun, 12 Jul 1998 20:50:34 -0400
Reply-To:     Paul Borghese <pborghese@BIGFOOT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Paul Borghese <pborghese@BIGFOOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2WD sand capabilities?
Comments: To: Patrick Foltz <Pfunky@AOL.COM>
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Don't do it!!!!


I drove the Vanagon into a sandy campsite and needed to be pulled out by a
passing jeep.


Those rear wheels dug so deep into the sand the muffler was almost covered!


Take care,


Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Foltz <Pfunky@AOL.COM>
Date: Saturday, July 11, 1998 10:39 AM
Subject: 2WD sand capabilities?




>Anyone have any sand experience with a 2WD westfalia?  It's almost vacation
>time and I'd like to scoot out to Cape Fear where the trail is sand, mostly
>packed but with a few stretches of deep.  I'm thinking about a spare set of
>wheels with wide tires at low pressure, but hopefully someone has
experience
>and can tell me if I'm wasting time or will be ok.
>
>thanks, patrick
>
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