| Have you even been somewhere where you can find | | | | wtih a very high power to weight ratio and They use |
| sand dunes, and dune buggies? Somewhere where | | | | large high flotation tires with very large treads. Both |
| the buggies are allowed to drive on the dunes? And | | | | of these factors allow them to skim lightly over the |
| have you ever sat there thinking to yourself wow, | | | | surface of the sand rather than bogging down into it |
| that looks hot? | | | | as a heavier vehicle, or a vehicle with narrow tires |
| Well it is. Owning a dune buggy is one of the | | | | would do. But a sandrail usually has narrow front tires |
| cheapest and best ways to get into motorsport. And | | | | to allow it to bit into the sand when turning. |
| a sandrail dune buggy is the buggy you need if you're | | | | A sandrail has a very low center of gravity, which |
| serious about getting into sand dune driving. | | | | allows it to drive both up and across steep slopes |
| A sandrail buggy is a specific type of dune buggy. | | | | without rolling. |
| There are, in fact, a number of different types of | | | | All this is achieved by the use of an extremely light |
| buggy, and a number of different places where you | | | | frame, normally made from tubular steel and a built in |
| can drive a buggy. | | | | roll cage. There is no body to the vehicle, it is really |
| For example there are street legal buggies, you may | | | | just a frame built around a motor, and normally the |
| well have seen them, and even some offroad | | | | motor is rear mounted, or sometimes mid mounted. |
| buggies are built to be street legal just so that the | | | | Motors are usually lightweight with a good power to |
| owners can drive them to where they want to go, | | | | weight ratio, and often air cooled, sometimes original |
| rather than trailer them. And show off their buggy a | | | | VW beetle engines, although modern sandrail dune |
| bit on the way as well of course, because they do | | | | buggies are now using more modern lightweight |
| draw some attention. | | | | water cooled motors, for instance Subaru motors. |
| And then there are offroad buggies that are | | | | A good sandrail dune buggy isn't cheap, but is well |
| specifically designed for dirt driving, For steep tracks, | | | | worth the cost. It can have around 400 horsepower |
| for mud, for offroad fun. And these buggies are | | | | for an all up weight of 1500 to 2000 pounds, |
| different to the street legal buggies, and are also | | | | depending on the construction. They perform so well |
| different to the sand dune buggies that are | | | | on sand dunes that it isn't rare to see one up to 10 |
| specifically designed for sand dune driving. | | | | feet in the air at the top of a dune. A sandrail is |
| These are the sandrails. What is a sandrail? Or, as it | | | | excitement epitomized. |
| can be called sometimes, a sandcar, or sand rail. | | | | So if you're into motorsport, and want to get into a |
| These are dune buggies that are specifically designed | | | | (relatively) cheap form of motorsport, consider a |
| for driving on sandy terrain, particularly steep sandy | | | | sandrail dune buggy. If you buy in the right place you |
| terrain. There are quite a number of places where it | | | | can get a good one for less than you'd expect, and |
| is legal to drive on the dunes, and this is where you | | | | be on the dunes in no time. |
| find the sandrails.tThey are extremely lightweight, | | | | |