Reefton Winter 2013

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Epic weekend and met up with some of the guys..great bunch and heaps of laughs..
Trips were awesome. . will be telling stories for ever.lol..got pics and movies..but uou know..
Cheers Keri
Thanks for having us along. .

[mikeyt1689]

awsome weekend cheers to everyone who were there. heaps of laughs and good to get out on a big trip looking forward to the next one...

[muddyplumber]

Great trip, good bunch of fellas. West coast 1, Richs truck 0....went bang 4km from my house

[Bulletproof]

We need some photos

Cheers Richard

[lneil]

Great trip, good bunch of fellas. West coast 1, Richs truck 0....went bang 4km from my house

Bloody hell! Who would have thought it Rich? And when it had been so reliable & trouble-free all weekend too...

I, on the other hand, only got as far as Springs Junction before having to be rescued by my daughter. Yet another Suzuki alternator defeated by Lake Daniells, a jump start needed every ten kms so I could limp home to Reefton, also stopping every few minutes to fill up & cool off an overheating, mud-encrusted radiator.

It was a great weekend though. So good to put names & personalities to faces & usernames. Really enjoyed meeting all of you who came over and hope to repeat the experience.

[QUADRACER]

Great trip, good to see al and rude, nothing chanes
Just like the old days.
Truck still running good.which is the only thing different from the old days.

[hosehustler]

Was a great week for the Aussies and me, real pleased to get through 4 days of hard fun nursing just the loss of rear brakes
The chasm was a challenge as always, the usual Reefton tracks were great and lake Daniels across Thompsons flat was good fun too but boy the river in to Thompsons has changed

[muddyplumber]

[mikeyt1689]

will upload photos as soon as i can figure out how to resize them..

[mikeyt1689]

just a few to start off with..

[mikeyt1689]

[mylux]

Took the cruiser up to daniels for the night
Managed to break down at Hamner turnoff
Got towed to Springs Junction.(Thanks Dylan )
Smashed the passenger door in
Ripped the wing mirror off
Bent the exhaust over
Trucks full of mud and shit
Had a great time
We chickened out as it started to drizzle and left for home at about 8pm and got home at midnight.
Good to meet new faces and catch up with others.
Thank You

[hogy_276]

is this on the track to Montgomerie hut? is it still drive able to the hut was really washed out last time i was in there?

[Smurf]

is this on the track to Montgomerie hut? is it still drive able to the hut was really washed out last time i was in there?

Yep, easy to drive, drive around the washouts now.

[petefj40]

Good to read the reports and pix.
That pic you uploaded muddyplumber, awesome..

[pressy]

great trip and with great guys. great to put more names to faces and see the trucks in person and in action. many thanks to lee for the trip and look though the mine and down into mongom hut. and also to smurf for sorting the trip to lake danials. yet again many great areas to see in this great country of ours still many still to see. my boy loved it and didnt want to come home.

[hosehustler]

We need some photos

Cheers Richard

here's a few for ya Richard

[Bulletproof]

Good photos Tim. I wish I had been there. What is the bonnet off Ricks Truck for?

Cheers Richard

[albundy]

Fixng it of course Richard...nah, just needed more auto trans fluid. Those pics I took Richard (thnaks Tim for loading them, I'm just too slack) and I'm sorry I never got more of the chasm, too busy playing winch bitch for a few guys I suppose. Nathan got a few good vids though, you can catch those on FB. We got thru in about 4hrs. The Grey was pretty low as you can see and really I would have to say the track seems easier then it has been. Dropping down into the chasm from the Clarke end tricked a few up and caused a few arse pucker moments I would say. I had an awesome week back in the land of the long white cloud and I especially miss the westcoast. Good to catchup with old friends and places.

Al

[Mattman]

Looks like an awesome trip!

[Bulletproof]

Fixng it of course Richard...nah, just needed more auto trans fluid. Those pics I took Richard (thnaks Tim for loading them, I'm just too slack) and I'm sorry I never got more of the chasm, too busy playing winch bitch for a few guys I suppose. Nathan got a few good vids though, you can catch those on FB. We got thru in about 4hrs. The Grey was pretty low as you can see and really I would have to say the track seems easier then it has been. Dropping down into the chasm from the Clarke end tricked a few up and caused a few arse pucker moments I would say. I had an awesome week back in the land of the long white cloud and I especially miss the westcoast. Good to catchup with old friends and places.

Al

Thanks Al
So it looks like you did Slab hut, Petrol hill, Chasm and lake Daniels. That is a good time for the chasm with a number of trucks. Unless it is the angle of the photo Petrol hill looks although it might be be harder and the ruts on Slab hut deeper as well with Tim on quite an angle.

You will have to move back to get back into proper 4 wheeling.

Cheers Richard

[albundy]

Yep, the rock face of petrol hill is getting longer and more of an acute angle from the bottom from being dug up by tyres. Those ruts into slab hut arent too bad really. As for proper 4wheeling, your right in one perspective, I enjoy it most on the Westcoast. The parks over here can be quite challenging as they have winch challenge tracks on them, but not the "safari" style of NZ. You just never know Richard

Al

[kbjj]

[2.8SURF]

Sorting through the videos now, here a few of my favourites I have just uploaded

Apologies for the video of Tim in the bog hole the camera seems to have changed the frame rate for some reason so plays a tad fast, still sounds good though


Awesome solid axle surf:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd2BjuwhHKQ

Tree pushing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbaJPpIcJ6Q

Tim entering the chasim:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjVFqwAJ37g

Tim hitting bog hole: (plays a tad fast for unknown reason)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8fHUfbb ... e=youtu.be

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here is a couple pics that I got.. Al has more..he's got the camera..

Reefton township.. sleepy ol place

Just before slabhut creek

everyone unloading and getting ready


I'll try to get more..

[DMcCready]

Looks like an awsome time guys!! I would love to make it down there for next year if another trip is being planned.

Do you have to be road legal or can trailer queens still manage to get from track to track?

[hosehustler]

Looks like an awsome time guys!! I would love to make it down there for next year if another trip is being planned.

Do you have to be road legal or can trailer queens still manage to get from track to track?

Some road legal some trailer queens

[DMcCready]

Nice!!!

I might be pushing my luck driving the buggy down the road haha!

[hosehustler]

should we go again and sort a 2014 trip
I haven't been out since last years trip

[tomsoffroad]

should we go again and sort a 2014 trip
I haven't been out since last years trip

Yes