I have had a Runva 9500lb winch on the front of my cruiser for a while now. It's ok, that is, it has not let me down. On the other hand, it will not free spool, it is slow and noisy, and it kills batteries like they are going out of style. I have buried it under mud and in deep water (over the bonet ...

skid wrote: I read you payed $3000 for land access, which in my mind is way too much and I personally would not of run a trial if that was the case.

You obviously don't live in Auckland. I'm sure we'd all like free access to vast amounts of good 4x4 country on our back door step, but up here, it costs....

Skid, if you are indeed as knowlegable as you say, and have had as much to do with the organisation of these events as you claim (and I have no reason to doubt you), why wait till the end of the day to get the two man made hazards pulled? What a waste of time for both the organisers & marshells, and ...

Here, here! As a member of Manukua 4WD club who contributed time & effort to this event, it saddens me to see a few vocal people bring down an event which I think ran very well. Yes, there were a few problems, but they were insignificant compared to the effort and organisation that went into making ...