A couple months ago we went duning for the first time at little sahara and st anthony. I hit all of the steep dunes at st anthonies except for choke cherry but we did stay at the top and watch for about an hour . Since I was new to hillclimbing I wanted to see how others did before I attempted it and after seeing stock raptors only get half way up after about 5 trys and a 400ex only get about a quarter of the way I decided to pass on an attempt(chicken) Most modded quads got to the top without to much problem. I was wondering if the conditions of the sand change to where stock machines can make it. I have a vid of a stock cannibal making it and that day I couldnt make it all the way to the top of the devils wall if thats an indication of sand conditions . I also borrowed a set of 10 paddle tires which I think are to many for my speed. Just wondering about your experiences. Next spring I wont pas up the oportuninty .

 

I don't really know much about dales, but there are some machines that have a hard time getting up that hill. I've seen lots of videos of guys not making it up.

I don't see many 4-strokes w/ 10-paddle setups.

 

A dale would make it up with the right conditions and paddles. Selector is right, 10's are too much for most any quad. Get a 7 or 8 paddle.

 

I used a set of 8 paddle ballon tires to go up sand mountain the day before and they seemed to work great but the next day I tried the 10 paddle which were more square design and you could tell they had much more drag to them and howled at speed .

 

All the real fast hill shooting guys run a 22" tire at least. I run a 20x10x10, which is a square style paddle, it lets the rear slide better, and lowerrs the seat height.

 

My speed made it to the top of choke cherry and devils dune last august. Devils I made it on the second try the first I tried to power up it didn't get a good run at it... Choke really wasn't that bad I carried enough speed at the bottom and dropped gears on the way up top keep rpm high. I was running 9 paddle haulers 22 8 10's. I have a WWE 450 compIV with a trinty stg.IV pipe.

 

The wetter the sand the easier it is to climb. If the sand is frozen in the winter you can go most places with your stock knobbies[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

True to a certain point. If your the first ones on wet sand then sure its great but after hundreds of people ride on it its all tore up and very thick and heavy making it harder to climb hill in. I personally like dry fluffy sand alot better than wet thick sand.

 

Choke cherry is a b$@%h!!! The first yfz I saw this year was a out of the showroom on choke. He tried to baby it up, no good. The next run he pegged it! Bad break in. Choke makes a man out of you fast!

 

Some people use ten paddles on their DS's.
I hope to get to St. Anthony next summer to see what this Choke Cherry is all about.