When my friends told me they were going to Silver Lake Dunes, I told them I wanted to go. The response I got from them all was, "you want to take your trailblazer there, are you crazy?" Their trucks included a 6 in lifted sierra on 35's, a 6 in lifted silverado on 33's, a 2012 6 in lifted f150 5.0, and a jeep xj lifted on 33's. Now I knew I was not going to go as hard as them simply because of my lack of ground clearance and "soft suspension", but I also knew that my trailblazer would be able to handle the sand no problem. My friends seem to think that you have to have a huge lifted truck to go offroad. They were telling me that i would be getting stuck all over, and also things like the "fact" that my front bumper was going to get ripped off. I knew better than them though. I have had much experience offroad in trailblazers, and knew i would be fine. Now my trailblazer is completely stock suspension. The only upgrade I have for offroad are 265/70/16 Toyo Open Country AT2's. When we got there I aired my tires down to 15 pounds and got ready to prove everyone wrong. Immediately when I got on the entrance hill, I was very impressed. I had an incredible amount of traction and great control. I was worried about having to keep up momentum and not stopping, but I was able to stop anywhere on the dunes, and take off no problem. the sand there is like a very fine sugar sand but I was able to pull through even the softest sections with no sweat. We all drove in like a convoy a lot, and I was able to keep up with the lifted trucks no problem, even when they were moving slow, I was able to slowly creep up hills behind them. I did everything they did, without having to beat on my TB at all. There is a sand drag section, and With the TB in 4x4, I was keeping up with a couple raptors (I was very impressed), and even beat my friends on sport quads. If anyone gets a chance to go here, I highly suggest you take it, the only downfall is that I'm still finding sand in my interior. Basically I proved my friends wrong, but they still don't like to give my TB respect.
I towed my friends two sport quads there. The TB towed great, although on the slightest incline it wouldn't hold overdrive(3.42 gears). And we had the quads loaded very far forward of the axle, and while this made the trailer very stable on the freeway, It caused my TB to sag quite a bit.
