Morning Hunt
Hello Abu Jimmy and All,
This morning, my drive started hunting the GPS minutes, it was indicating ETA 7:03 but I managed to speed up a bit and made it ETA 7:00 !
I arrived to Al Badayer shops on time and was very happy to find back all members and marshals/leaders. As I was outside the country for almost two weeks, I really missed you ladies and gentlemen.
This drive was a combination of moving and stopping time. Stopping time is difficult to judge on this trip because sand was very soft, terrain was new it was a mixture of all dunes size and shapes and crests. As 4th convoy car speaking, mostly all the problems occurred behind me. It suggests that the broken sand was also a parameter to keep in mind. At stopping time, I often get out from the car to help or to chitchat. But I realize that isn't the best thing to do in the extreme heat. Because you lose a lot of energy during your drive and you will have a lack of concentration at the end and do more mistakes. I hit my front bumper twice on this trip but lucky no damages, Japanese cars are stong :045:
The moving time was a lot of fun. I tried few tricks, I paid attention to what we can hear while having windows down. And found it very useful, we can even hear the suspension noise of the car in front to judge the bumps level. As my windows were open, I tried the heater trick to reduce the engine temperature, and yes it works well, I turn the heater and airflow on max and oil temperature gauge indicator dropped 5 to 10% down.
I was asked which gear I was using during the drive, well for the benefit of all, I used the first gear 60% of the time and second gear the rest. In my opinion, this also will depend of the track. If we are playing a lot while climbing we will use more the first gear of course, so there is no standard for which gear to use. I think that the second gear should be used whenever the vehicle have an horizontal pitch or descending, it will give rest to the engine and transmission.
Hope to read your experience about this trip dear Almosters
Cheers
This morning, my drive started hunting the GPS minutes, it was indicating ETA 7:03 but I managed to speed up a bit and made it ETA 7:00 !
I arrived to Al Badayer shops on time and was very happy to find back all members and marshals/leaders. As I was outside the country for almost two weeks, I really missed you ladies and gentlemen.
This drive was a combination of moving and stopping time. Stopping time is difficult to judge on this trip because sand was very soft, terrain was new it was a mixture of all dunes size and shapes and crests. As 4th convoy car speaking, mostly all the problems occurred behind me. It suggests that the broken sand was also a parameter to keep in mind. At stopping time, I often get out from the car to help or to chitchat. But I realize that isn't the best thing to do in the extreme heat. Because you lose a lot of energy during your drive and you will have a lack of concentration at the end and do more mistakes. I hit my front bumper twice on this trip but lucky no damages, Japanese cars are stong :045:
The moving time was a lot of fun. I tried few tricks, I paid attention to what we can hear while having windows down. And found it very useful, we can even hear the suspension noise of the car in front to judge the bumps level. As my windows were open, I tried the heater trick to reduce the engine temperature, and yes it works well, I turn the heater and airflow on max and oil temperature gauge indicator dropped 5 to 10% down.
I was asked which gear I was using during the drive, well for the benefit of all, I used the first gear 60% of the time and second gear the rest. In my opinion, this also will depend of the track. If we are playing a lot while climbing we will use more the first gear of course, so there is no standard for which gear to use. I think that the second gear should be used whenever the vehicle have an horizontal pitch or descending, it will give rest to the engine and transmission.
Hope to read your experience about this trip dear Almosters
Cheers
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Vishal
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Well this weekend was one hell of an amazing trip ! :D
really intense and technical which was actually fun :D
some stucks some pop outs well thats a part of off roading and is fun !
Thank you yoggy for the trip and the marshals !
And srry for being late yoggy :p
really intense and technical which was actually fun :D
some stucks some pop outs well thats a part of off roading and is fun !
Thank you yoggy for the trip and the marshals !
And srry for being late yoggy :p
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elena
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[quote=MOMO;37503]Hello Abu Jimmy and All,
This morning, my drive started hunting the GPS minutes, it was indicating ETA 7:03 but I managed to speed up a bit and made it ETA 7:00 !
I arrived to Al Badayer shops on time and was very happy to find back all members and marshals/leaders. As I was outside the country for almost two weeks, I really missed you ladies and gentlemen.
This drive was a combination of moving and stopping time. Stopping time is difficult to judge on this trip because sand was very soft, terrain was new it was a mixture of all dunes size and shapes and crests. As 4th convoy car speaking, mostly all the problems occurred behind me. It suggests that the broken sand was also a parameter to keep in mind. At stopping time, I often get out from the car to help or to chitchat. But I realize that isn't the best thing to do in the extreme heat. Because you lose a lot of energy during your drive and you will have a lack of concentration at the end and do more mistakes. I hit my front bumper twice on this trip but lucky no damages, Japanese cars are stong :045:
The moving time was a lot of fun. I tried few tricks, I paid attention to what we can hear while having windows down. And found it very useful, we can even hear the suspension noise of the car in front to judge the bumps level. As my windows were open, I tried the heater trick to reduce the engine temperature, and yes it works well, I turn the heater and airflow on max and oil temperature gauge indicator dropped 5 to 10% down.
I was asked which gear I was using during the drive, well for the benefit of all, I used the first gear 60% of the time and second gear the rest. In my opinion, this also will depend of the track. If we are playing a lot while climbing we will use more the first gear of course, so there is no standard for which gear to use. I think that the second gear should be used whenever the vehicle have an horizontal pitch or descending, it will give rest to the engine and transmission.
Hope to read your experience about this trip dear Almosters
Cheers[/quote]
Hi [MENTION=8718]MOMO[/MENTION], very informative for the fresh newbies)))
Cheers,
elena
This morning, my drive started hunting the GPS minutes, it was indicating ETA 7:03 but I managed to speed up a bit and made it ETA 7:00 !
I arrived to Al Badayer shops on time and was very happy to find back all members and marshals/leaders. As I was outside the country for almost two weeks, I really missed you ladies and gentlemen.
This drive was a combination of moving and stopping time. Stopping time is difficult to judge on this trip because sand was very soft, terrain was new it was a mixture of all dunes size and shapes and crests. As 4th convoy car speaking, mostly all the problems occurred behind me. It suggests that the broken sand was also a parameter to keep in mind. At stopping time, I often get out from the car to help or to chitchat. But I realize that isn't the best thing to do in the extreme heat. Because you lose a lot of energy during your drive and you will have a lack of concentration at the end and do more mistakes. I hit my front bumper twice on this trip but lucky no damages, Japanese cars are stong :045:
The moving time was a lot of fun. I tried few tricks, I paid attention to what we can hear while having windows down. And found it very useful, we can even hear the suspension noise of the car in front to judge the bumps level. As my windows were open, I tried the heater trick to reduce the engine temperature, and yes it works well, I turn the heater and airflow on max and oil temperature gauge indicator dropped 5 to 10% down.
I was asked which gear I was using during the drive, well for the benefit of all, I used the first gear 60% of the time and second gear the rest. In my opinion, this also will depend of the track. If we are playing a lot while climbing we will use more the first gear of course, so there is no standard for which gear to use. I think that the second gear should be used whenever the vehicle have an horizontal pitch or descending, it will give rest to the engine and transmission.
Hope to read your experience about this trip dear Almosters
Cheers[/quote]
Hi [MENTION=8718]MOMO[/MENTION], very informative for the fresh newbies)))
Cheers,
elena
Hi all,
Writing a short report.
Morning started with a rush, being Friday, i never expected MBZ (Mohd. Bin Zayed rd) to have a traffic jam. But due to an accident on the road, it was jammed and had to take some alternate routes to get on to the Hatta road. Managed to reach the Badayer shops at around 0715 hrs.
Around 100 mtrs from the badayer shops, i smelt some burning oil and when looked in the rear view mirror, some white smoke was coming from the rear. So when i stopped at the shops, Abu jimmy waved me to immediately switch of the jeep, and we found that the Transmission oil came out from the Dip stick tube. Jeep grounded and declared unfit for the Fridays drive. :melt:[URL="file:///C:\Users\s384628\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png[/IMG]....(Unfortunately"]....(Unfortunately[/URL])
Again got an opportunity to sit in blacky's cockpit (thx for the lift Abu jimmy) and learned some tricks (visually).
Lead by Yoghy, the drive started at 0740 hrs. and the sand was really soft. Within 10 mins, at one of the tricky dune, bunch of cars were having tough time. Although, i am no one to comment, but it's quite easy to do that (Sorry guys), then to be urself in that situation, i was analyzing and could figure out some of the reasons as why the drivers were struggling to cross that dune and the good thing was that i was sitting next to the marshal, so clarifications were on the spot.... It was a combination of not having enough momentum, technique to gain that momentum and higher tire pressure.
After that the drive was smooth and all the drivers were going good. Reached the pink rocks and there was a short break to cool down the engines. Started again and crossed the pinks rocks, and then first pop out...front RHS tire of sheikhs pathfinder popped out..... phew .:on fire:.. it's really tough to fix a pop out in this hot weather....but marshals got it fixed within no time.
Drive started again with some small stucks and second tries over the dunes... then the second pop out... T[URL="file:///C:\Users\s384628\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image004.png[/IMG]..This"]his[/URL] time it was Shambu's pajero.....front LHS tire.....and his nicely packed new compressor made to work in this hot weather..:059:... it was already 1015 hrs. by that time and the marshals decided to finish for the day and started towards the Badayer shops.
Definitely it was a good drive, full of fun and learning.... i learned in a different way and this'll definitely be of some help for the upcoming drives.
Thanks to Yoghy for leading, Abu Jimmy for rescuing & Bu Salem for sweeping on this drive and well done to all the fellow drives for driving safely.
Regards To All.....
Writing a short report.
Morning started with a rush, being Friday, i never expected MBZ (Mohd. Bin Zayed rd) to have a traffic jam. But due to an accident on the road, it was jammed and had to take some alternate routes to get on to the Hatta road. Managed to reach the Badayer shops at around 0715 hrs.
Around 100 mtrs from the badayer shops, i smelt some burning oil and when looked in the rear view mirror, some white smoke was coming from the rear. So when i stopped at the shops, Abu jimmy waved me to immediately switch of the jeep, and we found that the Transmission oil came out from the Dip stick tube. Jeep grounded and declared unfit for the Fridays drive. :melt:[URL="file:///C:\Users\s384628\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png[/IMG]....(Unfortunately"]....(Unfortunately[/URL])
Again got an opportunity to sit in blacky's cockpit (thx for the lift Abu jimmy) and learned some tricks (visually).
Lead by Yoghy, the drive started at 0740 hrs. and the sand was really soft. Within 10 mins, at one of the tricky dune, bunch of cars were having tough time. Although, i am no one to comment, but it's quite easy to do that (Sorry guys), then to be urself in that situation, i was analyzing and could figure out some of the reasons as why the drivers were struggling to cross that dune and the good thing was that i was sitting next to the marshal, so clarifications were on the spot.... It was a combination of not having enough momentum, technique to gain that momentum and higher tire pressure.
After that the drive was smooth and all the drivers were going good. Reached the pink rocks and there was a short break to cool down the engines. Started again and crossed the pinks rocks, and then first pop out...front RHS tire of sheikhs pathfinder popped out..... phew .:on fire:.. it's really tough to fix a pop out in this hot weather....but marshals got it fixed within no time.
Drive started again with some small stucks and second tries over the dunes... then the second pop out... T[URL="file:///C:\Users\s384628\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image004.png[/IMG]..This"]his[/URL] time it was Shambu's pajero.....front LHS tire.....and his nicely packed new compressor made to work in this hot weather..:059:... it was already 1015 hrs. by that time and the marshals decided to finish for the day and started towards the Badayer shops.
Definitely it was a good drive, full of fun and learning.... i learned in a different way and this'll definitely be of some help for the upcoming drives.
Thanks to Yoghy for leading, Abu Jimmy for rescuing & Bu Salem for sweeping on this drive and well done to all the fellow drives for driving safely.
Regards To All.....
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Arun Pandyat
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This was my first drive that marshals didn’t assign convoy position to each driver. We started the drive at 7:30 AM through behind the Badayar shops.
Yoghybear as lead and Oxana as second lead in mini-me. We crossed the Hatta road and started hunting. Unfortunately I was the first victim of soft sand. Lost the momentum, couldn’t climb the dune and then I was in a bowl. Abu Tariq came and reduced few more PSI and he drove the car out of the bowl after that the drive was smooth. We had first stop at Pink rock. While moving to Badayar we had our first pop out and fixed within no time. Again I was victim of stuck on top a crest and Al Shamsi towed me out and explained me how and why. While moving forward we had another pop out at the end of the convoy.
The weather was so hot and was drinking lots of water to cool down myself. Sorry Shaikh, I didn’t come out from my car when you came to talk to me. I was almost going to faint and was trying to cool down my self.
Marshals used to say don’t be shame or afraid of get stuck. But honestly I felt shame and had a bad feeling that other members are waiting for me to get out of the situation. Thanks folks for your patient and support when I was in trouble.
Thanks to Yoghybear, Oxana, Abu Jimmy and Al Shamsi for the wonderful drive and I really appreciate your efforts on this hot weather.
See you all in the next drive and take care.
Yoghybear as lead and Oxana as second lead in mini-me. We crossed the Hatta road and started hunting. Unfortunately I was the first victim of soft sand. Lost the momentum, couldn’t climb the dune and then I was in a bowl. Abu Tariq came and reduced few more PSI and he drove the car out of the bowl after that the drive was smooth. We had first stop at Pink rock. While moving to Badayar we had our first pop out and fixed within no time. Again I was victim of stuck on top a crest and Al Shamsi towed me out and explained me how and why. While moving forward we had another pop out at the end of the convoy.
The weather was so hot and was drinking lots of water to cool down myself. Sorry Shaikh, I didn’t come out from my car when you came to talk to me. I was almost going to faint and was trying to cool down my self.
Marshals used to say don’t be shame or afraid of get stuck. But honestly I felt shame and had a bad feeling that other members are waiting for me to get out of the situation. Thanks folks for your patient and support when I was in trouble.
Thanks to Yoghybear, Oxana, Abu Jimmy and Al Shamsi for the wonderful drive and I really appreciate your efforts on this hot weather.
See you all in the next drive and take care.
[quote=Arun Pandyat;37542]
Marshals used to say don’t be shame or afraid of get stuck. But honestly I felt shame and had a bad feeling that other members are waiting for me to get out of the situation. Thanks folks for your patient and support when I was in trouble.[/quote]
Hello Arun,
Please don't feel that way, because we are all exposed to the situation you've gone through and mostly all of us experienced it many times. We are one family and we are patient enough when it concerns a safe recovery.
Cheers,
Marshals used to say don’t be shame or afraid of get stuck. But honestly I felt shame and had a bad feeling that other members are waiting for me to get out of the situation. Thanks folks for your patient and support when I was in trouble.[/quote]
Hello Arun,
Please don't feel that way, because we are all exposed to the situation you've gone through and mostly all of us experienced it many times. We are one family and we are patient enough when it concerns a safe recovery.
Cheers,
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Mark B
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Morning Hunt was a great run. I lucked out. got moved from the waiting list to the convoy on Thursday. Excellent. An early start to beat the heat. I am getting the routine down pat which means rigging for the trip takes less time and leaves more time for socializing prior to the start.
The summer heat has been baking the sand in the Sharjah desert and the sand was loose in areas. In one little bowel it was especially fluffy (sorry guys that is a snow term). Ran back and forth trying to crest the rim, but no way. I checked the GoPro video afterwards and each time the nose of the vehicle could see over the rim, but alas, not the rest of the Jeep. Marshals directed me to a more stable part of the bowl and up and over I went. Thank you Abu Jimmy.
Yoghybear cut a path in safari style and seemed to be focusing on drifting, crossing over the crest and riding the crest. It is the first time I have done so much Jeep surfing. It was great fun and helps so much in tuning the drifting skills in soft sand. Our turn around point was the Pink Rock area. By 9:00 AM it was Hot. At the break point the marshals had us recheck our tire pressures. Learned something new on this trip. Your tire pressure can climb a couple pounds just from the heat. When even one PSI can make the difference, two can get you stuck. Got to try my new 0 to 15 psi tire gauge, reset to 9 and the driving got easier.
Got my second lesson in Pop Out recovery courtesy of Shaikh and his pathfinder. The marshals make it look so easy. Got that on the GoPro also for review later. Ride back saw everyone in their groove with few issues. Another pop out near the end of the drive. Never found out who. Then it was back to the pump up station where there was a chance for more socializing.
Great trip all round. Everyone had fun. I had a visitor from the US who joined us. He had a great time. Thanks Marshals for your time and efforts. They are appreciated by all of us.
Mark
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The summer heat has been baking the sand in the Sharjah desert and the sand was loose in areas. In one little bowel it was especially fluffy (sorry guys that is a snow term). Ran back and forth trying to crest the rim, but no way. I checked the GoPro video afterwards and each time the nose of the vehicle could see over the rim, but alas, not the rest of the Jeep. Marshals directed me to a more stable part of the bowl and up and over I went. Thank you Abu Jimmy.
Yoghybear cut a path in safari style and seemed to be focusing on drifting, crossing over the crest and riding the crest. It is the first time I have done so much Jeep surfing. It was great fun and helps so much in tuning the drifting skills in soft sand. Our turn around point was the Pink Rock area. By 9:00 AM it was Hot. At the break point the marshals had us recheck our tire pressures. Learned something new on this trip. Your tire pressure can climb a couple pounds just from the heat. When even one PSI can make the difference, two can get you stuck. Got to try my new 0 to 15 psi tire gauge, reset to 9 and the driving got easier.
Got my second lesson in Pop Out recovery courtesy of Shaikh and his pathfinder. The marshals make it look so easy. Got that on the GoPro also for review later. Ride back saw everyone in their groove with few issues. Another pop out near the end of the drive. Never found out who. Then it was back to the pump up station where there was a chance for more socializing.
Great trip all round. Everyone had fun. I had a visitor from the US who joined us. He had a great time. Thanks Marshals for your time and efforts. They are appreciated by all of us.
Mark
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Mark B
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[quote=Arun Pandyat;37542]This was my first drive that marshals didn’t assign convoy position to each driver. We started the drive at 7:30 AM through behind the Badayar shops.
Yoghybear as lead and Oxana as second lead in mini-me. We crossed the Hatta road and started hunting. Unfortunately I was the first victim of soft sand. Lost the momentum, couldn’t climb the dune and then I was in a bowl. Abu Tariq came and reduced few more PSI and he drove the car out of the bowl after that the drive was smooth. We had first stop at Pink rock. While moving to Badayar we had our first pop out and fixed within no time. Again I was victim of stuck on top a crest and Al Shamsi towed me out and explained me how and why. While moving forward we had another pop out at the end of the convoy.
The weather was so hot and was drinking lots of water to cool down myself. Sorry Shaikh, I didn’t come out from my car when you came to talk to me. I was almost going to faint and was trying to cool down my self.
Marshals used to say don’t be shame or afraid of get stuck. But honestly I felt shame and had a bad feeling that other members are waiting for me to get out of the situation. Thanks folks for your patient and support when I was in trouble.
Thanks to Yoghybear, Oxana, Abu Jimmy and Al Shamsi for the wonderful drive and I really appreciate your efforts on this hot weather.
See you all in the next drive and take care.[/quote]
Arun. Momo is right. No one worries about the wait. We have all been there. Besides, that is how you learn.
Mark
Yoghybear as lead and Oxana as second lead in mini-me. We crossed the Hatta road and started hunting. Unfortunately I was the first victim of soft sand. Lost the momentum, couldn’t climb the dune and then I was in a bowl. Abu Tariq came and reduced few more PSI and he drove the car out of the bowl after that the drive was smooth. We had first stop at Pink rock. While moving to Badayar we had our first pop out and fixed within no time. Again I was victim of stuck on top a crest and Al Shamsi towed me out and explained me how and why. While moving forward we had another pop out at the end of the convoy.
The weather was so hot and was drinking lots of water to cool down myself. Sorry Shaikh, I didn’t come out from my car when you came to talk to me. I was almost going to faint and was trying to cool down my self.
Marshals used to say don’t be shame or afraid of get stuck. But honestly I felt shame and had a bad feeling that other members are waiting for me to get out of the situation. Thanks folks for your patient and support when I was in trouble.
Thanks to Yoghybear, Oxana, Abu Jimmy and Al Shamsi for the wonderful drive and I really appreciate your efforts on this hot weather.
See you all in the next drive and take care.[/quote]
Arun. Momo is right. No one worries about the wait. We have all been there. Besides, that is how you learn.
Mark
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Arun Pandyat
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Thanks [MENTION=8718]MOMO[/MENTION] and [MENTION=9155]Mark B[/MENTION]
