2 Hustlers on the beach

[boncrshr]

6x6world member Sandcassle and I went beach camping this weekend. Had a great time and got lots of stick time. His Hustler is in pristine condition and that two stroke will get up and move.

I wanted to show my superiority in mud, which ended up with both of us getting stuck. It took us several hours to leap frog our way out of salt marsh muck. This mud was BAD!! As in step out of your Hustler and sink to your waist! But we made it, and his machine did real good! We had to pull each other out several times to get out of the bad area.

Sandcassle will post some video that I took of him soon. We GPS'ed his speed at 30+. Said he thought he could get more with a little tuning and a little more room to run. I drove it and that kind of power is addicting. Those things sound awesome when you are driving them!

[LarryW]

Wow, sounds like a blast.

I cant wait to see the video!!!

Larry

[mudbug3]

boncrshr ,


Sounds like you guys had a really great time that weekend. I,m looking forward to watching the video when sandcasle post it on the forum.

[boncrshr]

Definitely had a good time...I know Sandcassle is tired, he drove a pretty long way there and back, hopefully he will feel like messing with the video soon. I did not see the video yet, but it should look pretty cool....as far as I know, this will be the only video of a two-stroke Hustler out there??

BTW, his set-up for drive chain tensioners looked superior to my later Hustler model. We need to get him to post some pics up. On the other hand, the late model T-20 shifters, and hold downs for the shifter pins were a big improvement IMO. However; he does have a factory split shifter...

[Sandcassle]

2 Stroke Hustler High Speed Action

Here's some video Boncrschr took of me having fun on the beach with my Hustler.

[George]

Wow! Very cool Sand. That really moves. Looks like you two had a blast.

[jerbear]

Nice Video Guys!!!!

Beach drivin' looks like fun, I'd like to open my superchief up on a stretch like that.

[boncrshr]

Sandcassle's Hustler was much faster in person.....I think I overdid the zoom.

[bucketobolts]

Love watching that. I just posted a link in the video thread of a 2 stroke hustler like mine with the 340 CCW. Does sandcassle's have a kohler? Did it do well in the mud with the 2 stroke? I was thinking of putting a 4 stroke in mine but would really like to leave it original if I could make it at least comfortable noise wise and knew that it would do alright in the slower type riding I plan on using it in with my family.
Randy

[boncrshr]

Yeah, his Hustler has the Kohler. We were laughing about the mud comparison, as well as comparison between my Vampires and his Carlisles. The truth is that it did just as well as mine in the mud.....as we both got stuck like Chuck in the only mud we found!!! Seriously, there was no graduation of the intensity of mud we found. It was either hard-packed dirt, or soupy gumbo that I sunk up to my waist in when I got out to push/pull my Hustler!

That being said....I think Sandcassle's machine would do pretty good in normal muddy conditions because it is much lighter than my Hustler. We could very easily pick the front of his up out of the muck and move it over.

I got to where I liked the sound of his....especially after I had grabbed a handful of the throttle. The only downside as I see them, would be having to keep the RPM's up and fuel consumption.

Maybe Sandcassle will chime in??

[lewis]

Very,Very nice guys. Driving on the beach is a blast so I know you had fun. Some times the camera doesn't do justice to the event but i know that machine was rolling!!!!

[bucketobolts]

Thanks boncrshr, I really appreciate the input. So it's safe to assume you are the one in all the hustler video's on youtube that I watched like a thousand times? You machine is really what i want mine to come out like. You did a great job with the exhaust...it's funny to watch your video's and you can hear the lug's on the tires tapping the water OVER the exhaust.
I still have a few weeks to think over what I want to do, it's like 6 degree's here still with a BRUTAL wind chill.

[boncrshr]

Thanks Bucket! I actually got lucky on the exhaust...my neighbor is a retired pipefitter and is pretty helpful on that kind of stuff.

[Sandcassle]

2 Stroke Hustler

Buckettobolts said, "Did it do well in the mud with the 2 stroke? I was thinking of putting a 4 stroke in mine but would really like to leave it original if I could make it at least comfortable noise wise and knew that it would do alright in the slower type riding I plan on using it in with my family."

Before this beach trip, I took my machine to a friends farm that is located on the river bottoms. I never once got stuck and I was purposely trying to find some muck to get me stuck. When we both got stuck on the beach, that was the first time I've been stuck since my Hustler's rebuild. So with that said, I'll say the 2 stroke Hustler with the original 21" Rawhide style tires is very capable in most mud situations. As far a slow speed operation, moderately slow is not a problem. Crawling slow isn't the greatest, but I think that is due to the gearing rather than the 2 stroke engine.

I did 2 things to my machine to make it be not so loud. First, I insulated the inside of the rear seat/engine cover with a fiberglass heat blanket. This worked very well and also protects the rear seat/engine cover from the heat.
The second thing I did was to cover the two openings in the top rear corners of the rear floorboard. I just formed 2 pieces of aluminum to shape and pop riveted them to the floorboard and covered with carpet.

Boncrscher said, "Yeah, his Hustler has the Kohler. We were laughing about the mud comparison, as well as comparison between my Vampires and his Carlisles. The truth is that it did just as well as mine in the mud.....as we both got stuck like Chuck in the only mud we found!!! Seriously, there was no graduation of the intensity of mud we found. It was either hard-packed dirt, or soupy gumbo that I sunk up to my waist in when I got out to push/pull my Hustler!

That being said....I think Sandcassle's machine would do pretty good in normal muddy conditions because it is much lighter than my Hustler. We could very easily pick the front of his up out of the muck and move it over.

I got to where I liked the sound of his....especially after I had grabbed a handful of the throttle. The only downside as I see them, would be having to keep the RPM's up and fuel consumption."

It's kinda funny about the tire comparisons. When I do get stuck with the little Rawhide style Carlisles, the tires just spin and don't dig down very much. So when you do get stuck, it's not too bad to get it unstuck, especially with the overall lightness of the machine. We didn't have a chance to do a good comparison, though. Like Boncrscher said, it was either seriously bad stuff or hard packed dirt/sand.

Fuel consumption is surprisingly not too bad. I can fill the 8 gal. tank and basically ride all day on one tank. Better than one would expect, I suppose.

[micmac]

Guys,

Thanks for posting the video and ride report. I loved watching the video of the two stroke. Roy that machine looks and sounds great.

Mike