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by tpft
Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:29 am
Forum: Winches, Accessories, Tools and Supplies
Topic: Group buy, Runva Winches
Replies: 96
Views: 23451

Re: Group buy, Runva Winches

pretty silly rant, thease winches been out for a while now, u can,t expect the same response as last time a lot of people have got winches by now, plus u add a bit of bad feedback on a few niggling promblems (some installation some not) and people go shy everyone here has a computer, and access to t...
by tpft
Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:13 am
Forum: Winches, Accessories, Tools and Supplies
Topic: Group buy, Runva Winches
Replies: 96
Views: 23451

Re: Group buy, Runva Winches

i,m not sure how all this works Mike? jetboy007 or sinin? is there only one guy selling runva? or a couple? is there any differance between them? reason i asked my mate bought was supposed runva winch of dreaded trade me for considerably cheaper then on offer here? i imagine winch will spend a lot o...
by tpft
Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:30 am
Forum: Winches, Accessories, Tools and Supplies
Topic: Group buy, Runva Winches
Replies: 96
Views: 23451

Re: Group buy, Runva Winches

EWX 12000 4 me, wots freight going to cost?
by tpft
Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:29 pm
Forum: Winches, Accessories, Tools and Supplies
Topic: Group buy, Runva Winches
Replies: 96
Views: 23451

Re: Group buy, Runva Winches

yep
by tpft
Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:32 pm
Forum: Trip Reports, Trail Reviews, Reports and Information
Topic: Whakamaramara
Replies: 36
Views: 6477

Re: Whakamaramara

put it on the 4wd trck list?
by tpft
Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:16 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson - Finals - 5 April - Manukau 4WD
Replies: 46
Views: 4751

Re: Laurie Sanson - Finals - 5 April - Manukau 4WD

yep, a real big thanks too Sarah for putting my oopsy on you tube. :oops:
must bring my camera next time
:wink:
by tpft
Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:56 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson - Finals - 5 April - Manukau 4WD
Replies: 46
Views: 4751

Re: Laurie Sanson - Finals - 5 April - Manukau 4WD

i think i should point out maybe i overcompensated on ballast................... :oops:
by tpft
Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:45 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson - Finals - 5 April - Manukau 4WD
Replies: 46
Views: 4751

Re: Laurie Sanson - Finals - 5 April - Manukau 4WD

Dr_PC wrote:
tpft wrote:yep team Fat b'stard be there 8)

Seeing is believing


nah even if u see me, i,m still fawkin unbelievable.
have a co driver and a new team stragety...........................ballast, 120 kg added each side of truck :wink:

still same motto..................... flatten as many pegs as possible
by tpft
Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:32 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson - Finals - 5 April - Manukau 4WD
Replies: 46
Views: 4751

Re: Laurie Sanson - Finals - 5 April - Manukau 4WD

yep team Fat b'stard be there 8)
by tpft
Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:09 pm
Forum: Projects / Mod's
Topic: I've gone and chopped the bug..
Replies: 4
Views: 931

Re: I've gone and chopped the bug..

you will have to cut the footwell-firewall won,t u?
by tpft
Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:50 am
Forum: The Bike Bar
Topic: HYOSUNG GT250R
Replies: 39
Views: 4763

Re: HYOSUNG GT250R

preety gay.

anyway i,ve been on my learners for 20 years, never worried about sitting full, have never even owned a 250.
own a bike shop so ride all sorts, last time pulled over..........no wof no rego, and speeding (129 kph)
was 120 dollar fine.
by tpft
Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:20 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09
Replies: 50
Views: 5468

Re: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09

sucks going to miss this one as well.
Bop club is doing a shiny run along the kaimai,s and i promised i,d take the kids.
maybe next one.
by tpft
Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:05 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson Whangarei 1st March 2009
Replies: 33
Views: 3376

Re: Laurie Sanson Whangarei 1st March 2009

me staying home where its dry :roll:
really pelting down here, don,t fancy the 6hr drive
by tpft
Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:34 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson Whangarei 1st March 2009
Replies: 33
Views: 3376

Re: Laurie Sanson Whangarei 1st March 2009

p.s last year, last year enjoyed the Whangarei round the most out of all of them, the hazzards were kool, neat property
big drive for us but going to try and make it.
by tpft
Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:30 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson Whangarei 1st March 2009
Replies: 33
Views: 3376

Re: Laurie Sanson Whangarei 1st March 2009

any time u see the guy that pegged it, put on a neck brace then u know its a roller.................... :cry: that tree saved what would have been a multipile very messy series of rolls. of course he could have taken the easy line :roll: http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6667/dscf0706ex1.jpg
by tpft
Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:26 pm
Forum: Video Clips
Topic: check these out
Replies: 9
Views: 1501

Re: check these out

I wonder how long before something like that turns up for the national trials series? Just with better articulation and a bigger engine. bigger engine, more aticulation, 35 inch wheels, and u are talking a totally differant vechile. most of the ones i,ve seen imported here are made in china, (aprt ...
by tpft
Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:49 am
Forum: Tool Shed
Topic: What first, Lock-Right locker or Runva winch? POLL
Replies: 38
Views: 3166

Re: What first, Lock-Right locker or Runva winch? POLL

"lock right" and spread the budget a little more and a highlift jack and winch kit. practice recovering with it b4 hand .
good idea to have as a back up anyway, so u can really bury vechile with confidennce. (especailly with chinese winches)
by tpft
Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:37 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Good Bunny gun
Replies: 23
Views: 3376

Re: Good Bunny gun

i,ve seen a video of a us sniper hiting a um suspected goat farmer at like a couple thousand metres, lots of red mist and stuff. however to me anything that fires a lot of little bullets is better then just one big bullet, seeing a bunny running full bore across paddock with little spurt of dust cha...
by tpft
Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:01 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09
Replies: 50
Views: 5468

Re: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09

ha ha,
u got big motor now!!!! but i,ve not so green now.

so bring it.................. :wink:
by tpft
Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:44 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09
Replies: 50
Views: 5468

Re: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09

the bits for my buggy, that were supposed to be machined a month ago, are not going to be ready in time. (stainless brake pistons, the calipers are oddball). looks like be missing out on this one, and next round i,m flying into the bush to chase deer around, so miss that too. unless i enter A class ...
by tpft
Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:40 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09
Replies: 50
Views: 5468

Re: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09

to those new guys thinking of attending, do it!!
pretty laid back, nothing fancy needed, no body has ever asked me for club membership etc.
trials as it should be , group of 4x4 heads having fun
by tpft
Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:38 pm
Forum: Trip Reports, Trail Reviews, Reports and Information
Topic: Thompsons Track
Replies: 12
Views: 1282

Re: Thompsons Track

yeah, Bop club did a working bee up there last week, sand bagging etc, a couple members up there today putting in concrete culvets etc, and of course a bully and digger. only stuck my nose over the kati side today , didn,t want too get in the way, a couple days for the repairs to harden be good. was...
by tpft
Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:59 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09
Replies: 50
Views: 5468

Re: Laurie Sanson Fun Trials - 2008/09

or is he afraid the fiddy give thunderguts a thumping :wink:

actually come too think of it, haven,t heard from peter for a while, he prob built a new truck :?:
by tpft
Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:27 pm
Forum: Toyota
Topic: FJ 40s -Why
Replies: 41
Views: 3116

Re: FJ 40s -Why

often wondered why too? especailly after seeing lots of them blow cv,s and drive shafts time after time. if i had to have only one truck, too do the club champs and maybe the laurie sanson, plus the clubman trials comps and still drive it to the mount on a summers day, drive it to work etc etc etc, ...
by tpft
Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:21 pm
Forum: Drivetrain / Suspension
Topic: Safari spring lift to run 38,s
Replies: 12
Views: 1678

Re: Safari spring lift to run 38,s

yep checked out outer limits and a few other sites, mostly the posts turn into (like a lot of forums) into why the hell does the poster want such a big lift/tires etc etc etc and a lot of bullshit. mostly i like big trucks, but at my place i use it 4 a tractor and drive over a lot of cleared scrub.....
by tpft
Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:00 pm
Forum: Drivetrain / Suspension
Topic: Safari spring lift to run 38,s
Replies: 12
Views: 1678

Safari spring lift to run 38,s

Hi, want to put some 38,s under my lwb safari, currently on 33,s with a body lift. prob don,t actually need 38,s but i really really want em :wink: besides they are such a ship they make anything less look small. anyway had a scan threw old posts, as much as i can with the stinky dial up connection ...
by tpft
Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:57 pm
Forum: Video Clips
Topic: Nissan Vs Toyota
Replies: 14
Views: 1469

Re: Nissan Vs Toyota

nissan blew him into the weeds, yota ended up where safari started, where as safari never got any further back then start
plus it was up hill.
by tpft
Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:33 pm
Forum: Tool Shed
Topic: Fiddle brake issues
Replies: 23
Views: 3170

Re: Fiddle brake issues

remeber your main brake system runs threw a vaccum booster, while thease don,t. i would think that as above even more mechanical advantage over the brake cyclinder would help. Depends a lot on condition of rear pads and disc,s as well, all the clamping force in the world may not help if the surface ...
by tpft
Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:32 pm
Forum: Tool Shed
Topic: National Trials rules need sorting out .
Replies: 16
Views: 1086

Re: National Trials rules need sorting out .

i don,t see promblem, u will only get protested if u are winning.................... you could get stung at scrutineering, ie got a 9 hour drive too welly with the new truck, be bit sucky if the truck gets failed on something I cant fix by the following morning. true, but i thought u were only talk...
by tpft
Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:05 pm
Forum: Petrol Engines and Modifications
Topic: rear mount radiator?
Replies: 11
Views: 1502

Re: rear mount radiator?

going to post up a pic when i get a chance, 20 hose clamps, 80 bucks of pipe, and lost count of how many radiator hose elbows but have been too every supa cheap and repco in the bay. anyway its in, its all hidden from occupants, and plumbed up. wot will really sux is come time to fit new motor and a...

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