tracks arround Hamilton/Waikato area

natedogg · Post by **natedogg** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:10 pm

Hi All,

long time user, 1st time poster.

New the the 4wd scene and keen to get into it.

I've been searching hard for places to go 4wding arround the hamilton/waikato area, and cant find much more than Thompson's track in TeAroha.

lady at the info centre said that you typically need a winch to get up there.

Im just a beginner (i.e. i dont have a winch)

1993 terrano R3m.
only mods are mud tires and front/rear recovery points.

anybody have any good suggestions of tracks i can try out around here?

any help greatly appreciated.

(I have ordered the 4wd North Island book that aparently has 102 tracks, but its taking ages to arrive - and im keen to get into it)

cheers

Nathan

brianr70 · Post by **brianr70** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:40 pm

best to view the book

not a lot of tracks around this neck of the woods

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:58 pm

Hey Nathan,welcome aboard

tracks around hamilton are few and far between unless you know a farmer. plenty of tracks in the waikato/coro/BOP area tho but most of which would probably kill your truck :shock:

having said that, keep your eyes on the forums and be ready to come out on some trips with us, were not allways doing hard core stuff :wink:

and thomo's from this side to the top is pretty doable by most vehicles and a pretty good test track for you to get used to your vehicle....just dont venture over the other side :wink:

see you out there some time

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:22 pm

isn't pueora near there

natedogg · Post by **natedogg** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:59 pm

thanks for the tips guys.

i may have sussed a farm on the way to raglan to have a go at. its got a fairly cool track the goes through dense bush all around the farm. here's hoping its not to tame. might tackle that tomorrow arvo. will let you know how i get on.

Have also got a trip up thompsons with some guys from ORE and the Hamilton cossie club 4WD on the 22nd. that should be good.

cheers

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:53 pm

natedogg wrote:thanks for the tips guys.

i may have sussed a farm on the way to raglan to have a go at. its got a fairly cool track the goes through dense bush all around the farm. here's hoping its not to tame. might tackle that tomorrow arvo. will let you know how i get on.

Have also got a trip up thompsons with some guys from ORE and the Hamilton cossie club 4WD on the 22nd. that should be good.

cheers

SAFER IN PAIRS (can i come?) :lol:

and what ORE guys in the cossie club mate ? 22nd you say... might roll allong for that one :twisted:

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:55 pm

lucky hamilton people:(,

Gay restrickted!

natedogg · Post by **natedogg** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:59 pm

wopass wrote:
natedogg wrote:thanks for the tips guys.

i may have sussed a farm on the way to raglan to have a go at. its got a fairly cool track the goes through dense bush all around the farm. here's hoping its not to tame. might tackle that tomorrow arvo. will let you know how i get on.

Have also got a trip up thompsons with some guys from ORE and the Hamilton cossie club 4WD on the 22nd. that should be good.

cheers

SAFER IN PAIRS (can i come?)

and what ORE guys in the cossie club mate ? 22nd you say... might roll allong for that one

hahaha, I already got a mate coming along with me to the farm sorry and dont want to push my luck on the first time, but i'll let you know how it is, and if we can go back.

JINX is organising the 22nd trip. flick him a PM.

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:37 pm

JINX.... havent met that one i dont think ? why werent you guys at the BBQ last satday ? :roll:

was an awesum day in the sun having fun :twisted:

turn it up loud !

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... ORE_B9.wmv

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... RE_B11.wmv

rad

DJ · Post by DJ » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:20 pm

not a lot of tracks around this neck of the woods

BOP
you are kidding ...right??

xj · Post by xj » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:29 pm

Wopwop............... how many activehamiltonians are there on this site now??

Dixie
You
DB
NZ Hunter
SafariMulisha
Me
Generalmud.............

There must be more..........

JINX · Post by **JINX** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:45 am

Hi Fellas

Me (Jinx) been here for only a little while. I'm Hamilton based also. I'm in the Cozzie four wheelers (Hamilton Cossie club). only a small number of us but we try to get out every now and then. I didnt know there was a Hamilton ORE BBQ on?, but I had a bloody boring family thing on the same day. Would have been a good excuse to leave early and get muddy by the looks of the vids Wopass has posted. Nice.

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:49 am

JINX wrote:Hi Fellas

Me (Jinx) been here for only a little while. I'm Hamilton based also. I'm in the Cozzie four wheelers (Hamilton Cossie club). only a small number of us but we try to get out every now and then. I didnt know there was a Hamilton ORE BBQ on?, but I had a bloody boring family thing on the same day. Would have been a good excuse to leave early and get muddy by the looks of the vids Wopass has posted. Nice.

heya JINX, how many of you heading up thomps on the 22nd ? might be a couple of us keen to tag allong :wink:

JINX · Post by **JINX** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:05 am

Hi Wopass, probably only half a dozen-ish. looking at taking it easy though as we dont want to scare the newer chaps (and I dont want to break anything). Have a couple of guys possibly interested in joining our Cozzie 4x4 club so thought we'd show them Thompsons track. Looking at going up the western side (easy side) to the look out and back down, maybe a play around half way etc... Maybe you guys with the mean as wagons could show us some tricks or two?. Natedogg's keen to check it out too. should be fun - cheers Mike.

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:36 am

will put it in the dairy, see how we go,might be a good chance to meet some more people :wink:

i dont know about tricks tho.... i just go where the wheels take me..nothing really to flash about it :lol:

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:47 am

thompson's on 22nd you say :scratch: , im keen, im allready there :wink:

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:25 am

Will see if i can make it aswell

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:54 am

tintin wrote:thompson's on 22nd you say :scratch: , im keen, im allready there

CHEATER ! !..... so your place for a coffee in the morning then ?

Big-AL · Post by **Big-AL** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:54 am

im keen to tag along

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:58 am

crikey.... gonna be a big group !.... will break a select few off and do a tour around the loop i think :twisted:

natedogg · Post by **natedogg** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:09 pm

should be good to see afew of you more "Hard core" guys get into some bog holes :lol:

Diorama · Post by **Diorama** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:38 pm

I,ll be in for that trip. If I can get off work.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:09 pm

hmm if there is room i am interested

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:12 pm

mercutio wrote:hmm if there is room i am interested

2X

natedogg · Post by **natedogg** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:07 pm

so back on topic a little bit.

anyone know of any other tracks that can be traveled round this neck of the woods? (easier than thompson's or closer to hamilton)

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:06 pm

Thats a bit of an odd question there mate. You wanna go 4wheeling, but what, you don't want to travel out ofthe city limits??

Just kidding

Thompsons by definition is right on your back door step.

4WD tracks that are open to the public generally unmaintained legal roads. The remoteness of these roads are the reason they are not maintained by the council. If they were nice and close to town, they would be maintained by the council, and therefore would not be good for 4wheel drive recreational activities.

Due the above, you generally have to travel away from the city to the remote areas, where these tracks are generally located.

More on that later...........

LOWDWN · Post by **LOWDWN** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:09 pm

natedogg wrote:should be good to see afew of you more "Hard core" guys get into some bog holes

natedogg..... i heard of you before

join tha hamz club and get a cage etc they have a nice track about 20mins owta city centre, but club use only, and trust me its not desighned for the 4 door pajero we tried it in

LOWDWN · Post by **LOWDWN** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:15 pm

xj wrote:Wopwop............... how many activehamiltonians are there on this site now??

Dixie
You
DB
NZ Hunter
SafariMulisha
Me
Generalmud.............

There must be more..........

im in the build!

natedogg · Post by **natedogg** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:10 pm

DieselBoy wrote:Thats a bit of an odd question there mate. You wanna go 4wheeling, but what, you don't want to travel out ofthe city limits??

Just kidding

Thompsons by definition is right on your back door step.

4WD tracks that are open to the public generally unmaintained legal roads. The remoteness of these roads are the reason they are not maintained by the council. If they were nice and close to town, they would be maintained by the council, and therefore would not be good for 4wheel drive recreational activities.

Due the above, you generally have to travel away from the city to the remote areas, where these tracks are generally located.

More on that later...........

yes i see your point.

was more meaning something i could do one afternoon after work. having said that thompsons is only 40 -45mins away from my house so we should def give that ago.

Just a bit hesitant of getting stuck in the evening and not getting out before dark.

natedogg · Post by **natedogg** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:11 pm

LOWDWN wrote:
natedogg wrote:should be good to see afew of you more "Hard core" guys get into some bog holes

natedogg..... i heard of you before

join tha hamz club and get a cage etc they have a nice track about 20mins owta city centre, but club use only, and trust me its not desighned for the 4 door pajero we tried it in

haha, probably wouldnt suit me then. im in a standard terrano with 31inch mud tires.