Dont often get on the forum as I only compete once or twice a year if the stars align correctly. In regards to winch challenges, I think one of the problems is the perception of the sport as often the only viewing a person who might think about having a go is Youtube, and that is often a distorted ...

I don't often get involved in these threads, but I agree with JR. My wife and I try and compete in the odd winch challenge and believe that to get more people involved in the sport, we need to provide events where people get the satisfaction of competing, being able to complete most of the stages ...

End of Three Stones Road...which is towards the Clinton end of Old Coach Road.... Entry is on the day.....I will put in the scrutineering time when I find out..but is generally about 8.30am...otherwise contact Ben miller via the Clutha Club...I dont have his number and have been getting info via our ...

Yep, as per the previous post it is being held on the 27th March at the same location as last year....

Clinton Rally organiser has informed our club that their rally will be on the 27th March 2011....

These dates are tentative at this stage and will need to be confirmed with the organisers closer to the event. Clinton Rally - 05/03/11 Waimumu (Young Farmers) - 19/03/11 Mataura Rally - 09/04/11 Waitaki Rally - 18/06/11 We will try and update these if/when we find out the dates change

Try putting "Waitati Mudplug 2010" into Youtube....good 5 minute video

Hope your not going to try and copy some of the other rear steer vehicles, we got to try and stay ahead some how.......

What number truck is that...I lost count after 3, and still no 4WD'ing ...dont let that Club Membership to go waste Marty

I agree, a spot of rain would have made a huge difference but in saying that there were no complaints at prizegiving . I believe we need to have events that might appear a bit more user-friendly as it will get more people into the sport, rather than have all the events hard-out truck breakers which ...

Are you keen on breaking up a set, I only need two, one to replace a split sidewall and 1 as a spare. Happy to pay aroun $200 - $250 per tyre for the ones with the most tread. I am in Southland so would probably get freighted down.

Cheers Tommo

Rotary Club or Waitaki 4x4 Mud Plug
12th June starting at 10am

Tim Fox property, Gemmels Crossing (about 10km south of Oamaru), will be signposted from S/H 1

For further info phone Ralph on 03 434 5799

I hace cut and posted this from the STB magazine. Tony Richardson is he contact person on 03 203 8779 Mataura Scouts Fundraiser Rally The rally site itself is on Waiarikiki Gorge Road and will be sign posted from the Old Coach Road (approximately 10km from Mataura). 8-30am till 9-30am Scrutineering ...

Weather was a whole lot better than last year, obstacles were good but bogs cut up quiet quickly meaning they had to be modified with the digger during lunch time. Well worth the effort for those that came over....Dont know results but hopefully they will get posted at some stage soon

Due to a recent puncture I have 3 x 35/12.5 15's for sale. They have done about 4 rallies and 300 - 400 km of road work and therefore have good trad depth but the odd sidewall blemish etc. I am happy to sell seperately or together. Price per tyre is $250 ono plus freight at your expense. If you are ...

Thanks for that....might end up with three General Grabbers for sale...good condition (4 rally's and about 300km of road work)...open to a reasonable offer

I am trying to track down one or two near new 35/12.5 x 15 General Grabber tyres for my Nissan Safari. I live in Southland so the closer to home the better, but anything would be considered. Thanks in advance for any help.

I am trying to locate someone that might either build or be able to give me some ideas in building a pneumatic free spool for a Nissan GQ PTO winch. I have just started in the winch challenge arena and see that a good deal of time can be saved by being able to free spool the winch out a bit quicker ...

Just going through the process at the moment after having a Nissan converted to ute with rollcage, seats etc $350 plus GST is the cost, so they are quite correct when they say get all mods done before taking it in as it will cost the same for a single modification. Technically I think they alllow a ...

Might be able to assist with two more marshalls, husband and wife so it will handy if you separate us...will be able to stay nearby as we are planning a north island trip at that time...

Already runs a turbo...it also has a 50mm body lift but it's proving very tough of body mounts....

cheers

Sorry about that, Im a bit new to this lark... 88 SWB Nissan Safari...tends to get used for club trips and the odd challenge that we run down here in the south...day to day tyre is 32/33 BFG and 35 Simex's for the harder trips.....main worry i have with the diff ratios is changing the high range ...

Just a couple of quick questions.....100mm suspension lift, does anybody have thoughts on where to obtain a reasonably priced kit...also running 35's with a PTO winch causes the vehicle to over-run the rope when winching....any thoughts on pro's and con's of changing transfer case ratios or diff ...

Not sure if they are the style but my Nissan Safari had the same problem. After a lot of mucking around at the local auto sparky, it was found to be the following; A reducer that sits in the passenger footwell had got wet and blown, this in turn caused the sender unit on the timing gear to go ...

Would love to say yes, but unfortunately July and August are out for us due to work commitments, we also have a few more things to do to the truck regarding rules and regulations and that was why we were looking at early next year....but thanks for the invite, I have heard that the Rotorua event is ...

Yep, thier right, Gary Tong is the caretaker at the Borland Lodge and yes he has locked the road at this time..... Seems that since the Pylons have been maintained by chopper, the roads condition became quite bad and general travellers were having problems... Also it would seem that some members of ...

Thanks for that.

I had a look at the site, the Palmy event must be a new one, sounds interesting.........

Does anybody know who I would contact to find future Winch Challenge dates. I live in the south of the South Island and would have to juggle 2 x competitors work commitments along with the logistics of getting to the North Island where most of the events are held. It would certainly help if I could ...

I agree that it often comes down to your WOF outlet, however our club has a good relationship with our certifier and he has shown us the documents outlining body lifts etc and it would appear that they should be certified......unfortunately Insurance Companies don't always have the expertise to ...

We put a 2 inch lift in a Nissan.... One good reason for certification was mentioned to me by a friend of mine who is an insurance investigator... He simply stated if you have an accident on the road, and the assessor believes that the lift may have contributed then they won't pay out.. It gives ...