For next years one what about running a shinyish trip in conjunction with the hard trip and both trips end up at wherever and then have a big party????? (this is just a suggestion ) Now that sounds like a superb idea......all those that want to a sample what the Coast has to offer could then do ...

Thanks guys....hope you all keep the shiney(er) side up and the oily side down for the trip and have a ball with minimal damage. Please.... encourage the TREAD LIGHTLY philosophy over here.... I know I harp/bitch on about it...but... landowners...like the new(ish) one at the top of Napoleans Hill ...

Elmo wrote:Im in vehicle maintanence.

I work on pretty much any motoriszed Ford thing that breaks down. .... Theres heaps of them, and E350 vans.... (slightly modified quote)

I guess that WOULD keep you VERY busy !!

Sorry Guys....work re-scheduled....now at the coal face for the whole weekend . Ah well... at least the pays a bit better for the pubic holidays.

Have fun all

Might be around for a day trip Depends on lotsa other things Nice track is the Pylon Track....may need a winch on first vehicle if stuck in ruts to get up though. One request for everyone venturing over this way... STAY OUTTA THE BOG BELOW MERRIJIGS HOTEL SITE ON BIG RIVER ROAD....Thanks :thumleft:

Where's the piccies

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/albums/DieselBoy/Untitled_2_copy_002.jpg Take one nice straight bog standard VIRGIN 80 Series Land Cruiser and .......................................... Notice the major comfort difference from the old agricultural buggy (sic tractor) you used to drive Nice ...

All I can say is..."Fluctuations!"

Having said that, others have said on here that turboed vehicles don't need spark arrestors. What is the informed reasoning behind this? I figure that the spark arrestor catches any sparks from the engine by very simply giving it something to hit to interfere with its path and therefore extinguish ...

Here's the piccies of one I made from a sheet of guaze/mesh....similar to what Lilpigzuk has alluded too. It fits over the end of my exhaust which is nearly 3" at the end. http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/albums/Baldrick/Spark_Arrestor_1_Cropped.sized.jpg http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images ...

lilpigzuk wrote:this sort of thing, then just hoseclamp it too exhaust

Just trying to think how the handle bit attaches to the exhaust pipe

Zuks were always an odd buggy :joker:

lilpigzuk wrote:this sort of thing, then just hoseclamp it too exhaust

You been hunting thru mum's cooking cupboard again for parts :happyjump:

Gidday Mike From Edgecumbe in the Bay of Plenty. m Steve Whos Mike the new gut you doofus gudday Mike,welcome to the site Thanks for clearing that up Wopass... So Hi there Mike.... or is it really Steve (from what he's signed as.) Edgecumbe...the area with the shakey ground WELCOME

Visit the MetService website: m {ROADSNOW Event 2007/1.16} Issued by MetService at 7:26am Saturday 02nd June 2007 Valid until 3:00pm Saturday 02nd June LINDIS PASS A southeast change this afternoon (Saturday) is likely to bring some brief snow to higher parts of the road. Up to 1cm may settle at ...

Here's the latest...Pass it on: {SWW Event 2007/27.7} URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST IN: WESTLAND BULLER CANTERBURY SEVERE WEATHER WARNING. ISSUED BY MetService AT 8:10 pm 01-Jun-2007 ALL RAIN WARNINGS LIFTED The cold front that brought heavy rain to the West Coast and Southern Alps now lies north of ...

Baldrick & Albundy you guys have made some great posts here, The only thing I would add is:- 'Watch the weather'. I have roamed many if not most of the drivable tracks on the coast over the years and the high rising waters will rise fast, and fall fast, but hell they take out stream beds and turn ...

Just called Ross Police to query this - he advised that as far as he is aware, there is no blockage etc on the road. He was planning on having a walk up there this weekend, but it absolutely pouring down at the moment with a hell of a lot of water coming down. He said that there were 3 trucks went ...

DOC have asked that trucks reframe from going up the clay hill at the end of the valley, if its wet it can make quite a mess of the track. So in the interest of doing the right thing, You make that choice. There was a sign there, but someone must of taken ofence to it. Yes - I'd agree with this ...

Thanks - have compiled maps and info that should see us right. Couple more queries How 'shiney suitable' is it? I generally wouldn't bother doing all this digging, I'd just get the basic info and cautions and go explore but when going with others I don't want to take them all the way in and then ...

any one got an opinion of this one http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/465ea2ba001dc1202740c0a87f3306ba/Product/View/D1764 Looks good. Has the Scan function. $50 cheaper than 4WD Bits - so this cover the costs of an aerial, mounting bracket & coax. I think that some people mount these in ...

With the CB you have you will find that as you drive down the main highways you will suddenly pick up truckies talking bollocks to each other on channel 10 (or is it 11??). ........ Some of the things you hear them talking about just blows you away sometimes! Channel 11 - and if you have kids in ...

Also heard today that the Suzuki Club are supposed to be descending on the Coast (Westport) area.

Free on Monday for a trip - weather dependant of course in this sunny neck of the woods. Wouldn't mind having a look up Sawpit Road (Slab Hut) here in Reefton - but looks like might need a couple of trucks - just in case "Shit Happens" as they say. I know in the Reefton Challenge that a small ...

PeterVahry wrote:Pete, the bad news is that DOC administer 1/3rd of New Zealand now and still growing!

Not a hi-jack...

Saw this on a billboard in January:

DOC - where good land goes to die!!

Looking for a map/ instructions for Napoleons hill and the Waipuna tunnels, not in my Sibley book, Just a rough direction and alert of any major things to look out for Volume 2 of Sibleys Book - Page 128 Easiest from Ahaura end - downhill. Once through the Tunnels - turn left and follow the worn ...

Robo wrote:now now.....come on guys everyone needs a bit of lovin, and theres a whole heap of it there for one....... any takers?

One what

One Country - or continent

Not so concerned about the tyres, but please please please change that avatar dixie, otherwise ORE membership may drop considerably Thought it was quite appropriate considering the truck im building is as big as a whale tooooo....these chickiesss probably weigh as much as the VX. Perhaps in that ...

fweddy wrote:What are RMTs?

That's what I have on my cruiser, they seem not so aggressive as MTs

Yep - Firestones - not as aggressive as teh ATX23's they put out. Seem to be more of an AT than MT. Had some on the old Safari - both RMT's and ATX's.

Big River is always a favourite. (Just stay outta the mud-hole at the old Merrijigs Hotel site . About 12 km from the turn-off to Big River. Lotsa locals & DOC getting pissed off with the damage done at this location) Montgomery Hut - up the Waitahu River - depending on river flows Sawpit Road ...

Complete bag of recovery gear fround on TradeMe - would be ideal for those looking at getting some of this stuff together. (No - I'm not the seller - just found it on TM)

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 7.htm?p=45