| Have you even been somewhere where you can find | | | | very high power to weight ratio and They use large |
| sand dunes, and dune buggies? Somewhere where | | | | high flotation tires with very large treads. Both of these |
| the buggies are allowed to drive on the dunes? And | | | | factors allow them to skim lightly over the surface of |
| have you ever sat there thinking to yourself wow, that | | | | the sand rather than bogging down into it as a heavier |
| looks hot? | | | | vehicle, or a vehicle with narrow tires would do. But a |
| Well it is. Owning a dune buggy is one of the cheapest | | | | sandrail usually has narrow front tires to allow it to bit |
| and best ways to get into motorsport. And a sandrail | | | | into the sand when turning. |
| dune buggy is the buggy you need if you're serious | | | | A sandrail has a very low center of gravity, which |
| 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 just |
| For example there are street legal buggies, you may | | | | a frame built around a motor, and normally the motor is |
| well have seen them, and even some offroad buggies | | | | rear mounted, or sometimes mid mounted. Motors are |
| are built to be street legal just so that the owners can | | | | usually lightweight with a good power to weight ratio, |
| drive them to where they want to go, rather than | | | | and often air cooled, sometimes original VW beetle |
| trailer them. And show off their buggy a bit on the | | | | engines, although modern sandrail dune buggies are |
| way as well of course, because they do draw some | | | | now using more modern lightweight water cooled |
| attention. | | | | 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, depending |
| different to the street legal buggies, and are also | | | | on the construction. They perform so well on sand |
| different to the sand dune buggies that are specifically | | | | dunes that it isn't rare to see one up to 10 feet in the |
| designed for sand dune driving. | | | | air at the top of a dune. A sandrail is excitement |
| These are the sandrails. What is a sandrail? Or, as it | | | | 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 is | | | | can get a good one for less than you'd expect, and be |
| legal to drive on the dunes, and this is where you find | | | | on the dunes in no time. |
| the sandrails.tThey are extremely lightweight, wtih a | | | | |