Westport Winter 2014

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:35 am

i went in last night to check if a log on the other side of the first crossing had moved with all the rain ... no such luck lol if anyone decides to go in from that end the tree just needs winching as me and flag went in on the last hit and i winched it till my winch died and flag put a couple of cuts through it so will be easy to move now .... as going up the bank beside there u could well rip your tyres on the roots sticking out .. as for further in went in with nelson club a few weeks back and cut the way to the skidd site at that end ... mite want to widen it a bit tho lol
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby mayder » Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:51 pm

be keen to help out round 9 10 11th wats needed in the way of truck and gear? :)

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Still Unbroken » Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:47 pm

All help welcomed, just bring whatever you have... saw etc or just yourself :)
Dont worry about ur truck, it'll either be fine or you can jump in with someone else.
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby mayder » Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:23 pm

rough time and where yas startin

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Still Unbroken » Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:23 pm

As posted before :)

If there are a few staying at the camp, I'm happy with that...
Perhaps I will park outside the camp from 8.30 in the morn and we head off at 9.00. 37 Domett st (left off main rd to seddonville etc)
Will be on prs ch 19 and will have ph on too 0276300950


Cheers Barnesy

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:59 am

after flag helping fix my winch (thanx bud) :D :D went in to test it out and winched the log out of the way so first crossing at tailings creek end is now user friendly :D
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Still Unbroken » Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:26 pm

Good on ya Nuts :)
You gonna be around on Thurs? I should be over on wed night :)

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:15 am

Still Unbroken wrote:Good on ya Nuts :)
You gonna be around on Thurs? I should be over on wed night :)

yip heres my cell number 0278900597 heading back in today for another we hit
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:57 pm

went back into tailings track fixed up the ford better .... can tow a trailer through it now .... carried on through to the last skid site at the end of the 4x4 track alot of trees that were still up had gotten alot lower so spent 4 hours cutting our way back through me and my mate bob had a ball comming back out in low 4 with trailer bouncing like mad as had broken a spring pack and sheered of the locater pin all in alll mint time laughing our asses off :mrgreen: (trailer fixed enough to go do some wood in the morning :D :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby kbjj » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:29 pm

1. StillUnbroken. Barnesy. 6-10/08/14
2. Smurf, Can't do mid week but 9,10,11 Aug
3. ChurchurDan, 9-10 Aug
4. Drive It. 9th & 10th.
5. Muddyplumber, 8th afternoon 9th & 10th and 2 other fellas
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7. andrew007 9th & 10th
8. CCS 8,9,10th
9. Twodiffs 9th & 10th
10. Turoa and 1 other truck 9&10th (plus a couple of passengers)
11. kbjj 8,9,10th, maybe 11th
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Still Unbroken » Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:14 pm

That's enough work for one week!!

On the other side see you I will :)

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Smurf » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:33 am

Heading over soon,
0272220916 if anyone wants me, :roll: :roll:

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:21 pm

went in again today nearly through first windblow at one end and started at the other end with flag and barnesy :D
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Fri Aug 08, 2014 5:02 pm

went in today with barnesy and smurf ... opened right through to the bog at the top of second crossing 8) :mrgreen:
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby hillfilly » Fri Aug 08, 2014 5:09 pm

Was talking with Flag this morning and he said there might be a spare seat for an extra set of helping hands.

Sorry don't have chainsaw ......yet

Anyone have a spare seat?
Not what if, but why not

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Still Unbroken » Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:53 pm

Plenty of spare seats... More the merrier :). Will see you in the morning

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby ClassicCruiserSpares » Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:04 pm

I couldn't make it sorry guys :cry: but will definetly catch up on the next one. Have an awesome weekend.
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:45 pm

well mint weekend ... thanx heaps to everyone for the hell effort to reopen taillings !!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: plenty of good laughs :lol: :lol: :lol: and piss taking :P :P :P with allot of hard slog to get there (no whipping needed) :twisted: :twisted: so officially taillings is reopend :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby turoa » Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:18 pm

Gutted I missed it!! Sorry we didn't end up making it lads, the tow pig dropped its ATF all over the ground in Culverden at 3.30 in the morning :evil:

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:37 pm

turoa wrote:Gutted I missed it!! Sorry we didn't end up making it lads, the tow pig dropped its ATF all over the ground in Culverden at 3.30 in the morning :evil:

bugger not good .... welll theres plenty more tracks and trackwork to do around here so more than welcome anyone that wants to come help at any time :wink: :mrgreen: as for dammage um well lert see broke my grill .. blew winch brake .... think power steering pumps packing up .... got my winch so hot my fingers didnt enjoy touching the gearend and then blew the hex rod through the end of the gear housing on my winch and broke the chain brake on my saw mean lol so its been a mint week for me and thats only my dammage :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: oh and peeled the bottom of front guard off pmsl
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Big » Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:04 pm

pictures or it never happened.. :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Bulletproof » Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:22 pm

Hi Nuts
Did it take the whole 2 days just to open Tailings ? It must have been a hell of a mess.

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby fisho » Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:30 pm

Substantial operator error suspected.

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Bulletproof » Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:51 pm

nuts wrote:
turoa wrote:Gutted I missed it!! Sorry we didn't end up making it lads, the tow pig dropped its ATF all over the ground in Culverden at 3.30 in the morning :evil:

bugger not good .... welll theres plenty more tracks and trackwork to do around here so more than welcome anyone that wants to come help at any time :wink: :mrgreen: as for dammage um well lert see broke my grill .. blew winch brake .... think power steering pumps packing up .... got my winch so hot my fingers didnt enjoy touching the gearend and then blew the hex rod through the end of the gear housing on my winch and broke the chain brake on my saw mean lol so its been a mint week for me and thats only my dammage :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: oh and peeled the bottom of front guard off pmsl


There is no tar seal in there Nuts, so it is not really NISSAN country. :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby ChurchurDan » Sun Aug 10, 2014 8:37 pm

It was a bloody good day on Saturday and it was good to meet some new faces.
Tailings was open by the end of Saturday just in time for the group that went all the way through to winch out, except for the Nissan that drove out :lol:

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:32 am

Bulletproof wrote:Hi Nuts
Did it take the whole 2 days just to open Tailings ? It must have been a hell of a mess.

Cheers Richard

richard some of us went in and have done a few 3 and 4 hour hits earlier in piece prior to this
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby nuts » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:42 am

fisho wrote:Substantial operator error suspected.

hahaha flag you know me and weell nissan with trailer behind 6 foot plus gorse um well was just too tempting so flattend as much as i could :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: and wouldnt ya know a tree end poped out and said boo at the last minute and well i just wasnt fast enough geting away from it :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: as for pics im sure someone took some oh and richard thursday friday and saturday and we were tthrou ... sunday we went into seddonville for a look at moabones
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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby tuff lux » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:15 pm

Big wrote:pictures or it never happened.. :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:


agreed

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby L-andy » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:41 pm

Good effort guys. Pleased to hear its open again.

How did Moa bones look?

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Re: Westport Winter 2014

Postby Smurf » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:37 pm

I got 4 photos all weekend, nothing worth posting, but a huge effort was put in by all to re open the track, I had a great time meeting a few new faces and talking shit.
If you drive the track the work put in is very obvious in several places, especially at the Tailings end where the last hill climb out was totally covered over in trees, and one large tree at the top about 3 ft. thick blocked the track completely. Driving out the last hill climb you are under tree trunks most of the way up and roof damage is possible if you have a tall truck.
Nuts' truck put in a huge effort winching trees out all day to clear the exit.
A large pine windfall at the Totara end was also a huge effort to clear, mostly cut out by Flag and Nuts prior to us heading over, and cleared by Barnsey and myself on the Friday.

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