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Old 08-28-2017, 10:29 AM   #1
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SMB Sprinter on Rock Course



Did anyone see this at Overland Expo?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUZeSyjg...n-by=aluminess

Have you tested your Sprinter to this degree?

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Old 08-28-2017, 11:30 AM   #2
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While those are large rocks, they're very tightly packed, so the ride will be slow and bumpy, but not necessarily challenging except for some scrapes. That pic is also taken at an angle, so it exaggerates the steepness of the slope.


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Old 08-28-2017, 11:42 AM   #3
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That pic is also taken at an angle, so it exaggerates the steepness of the slope.
Good catch! I didn't even notice that. Thx
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While those are large rocks, they're very tightly packed, so the ride will be slow and bumpy, but not necessarily challenging except for some scrapes. That pic is also taken at an angle, so it exaggerates the steepness of the slope.


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haha, funny how you can make it look so steep, I don't think its hardly a slope at all, the tree at the back it lined up with the body, probably mostly a flat course im guessing. pic makes it look tough though
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Old 08-28-2017, 12:16 PM   #5
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Still more of a trail than you want to take most stock vehicles on, but yes there's a good dose of marketing going on there (just like most other vendors do).


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Fixed it...
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Here's a few pics of this year's course at Expo West.
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Old 08-28-2017, 06:46 PM   #8
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looks like it could easily be the same course that the sprinter was photographed on...
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yup, can see the same yellow flag in picture #2
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