Reading post of here it seems the average trucks getting about half way (10km in) ??thompson track
thompson track
Hi all , interested in doing this track soon so just wanting to know what kind of truck and set up would it take to do whole track? Reading post of here it seems the average trucks getting about half way (10km in) ??
Reading post of here it seems the average trucks getting about half way (10km in) ??Re: thompson track
nigh on 2wd all the way up to the crossroads from TeAroha side (last time i was there anyway). Minimum of a winch with Mud 33's+ (and multiple trucks advisable) for Katikati side.
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it has been raining alot though recently so may need to actually use 4wd
my 4wd is not a truck
old mercedes never die but sometimes they do need some love
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old mercedes never die but sometimes they do need some love
older cars are good,mercedes are better,older mercedes are the best
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went up 2 weekends ago with 'tintin'
it was raining most of the day. got to the crossroads no problems, but couldnt get up to the summit. it was too slippery - mind you i am in a standard wizard, dont have a locker.
was good tho. will get very slippery in parts with more rain (which we have had since then).
best person to ask would be tintin. he goes up there alot.
it was raining most of the day. got to the crossroads no problems, but couldnt get up to the summit. it was too slippery - mind you i am in a standard wizard, dont have a locker.
was good tho. will get very slippery in parts with more rain (which we have had since then).
best person to ask would be tintin. he goes up there alot.
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it's still a walk in the park to the summit as a front wheel drive corrolla was up there a couple of weeks ago
i dont know about the katikati side i can only go so far on the bike by myself ,
a good winch, tyres and a couple of vehicals im sure you can do it
i dont know about the katikati side i can only go so far on the bike by myself ,
a good winch, tyres and a couple of vehicals im sure you can do it
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tintin wrote:it's still a walk in the park to the summit as a front wheel drive corrolla was up there a couple of weeks ago
that was gold! had to pull him out of a bog.
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Might go for a little nosy on 24th, have a little play before heading away Queens Birthday weekend.
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harden up.... go over the back alone at night
i have done it 4 times like that and back a few times
i have done it 4 times like that and back a few times
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4 times now is it... fuk youre a legend!
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does your jeep even make it over?
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dunno... I'm sure you could make it get over though, on only two wheels too I bet!
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sounds good to me:D. ill have my licence by then:D, im getting it to morrow
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we wait with baited breath 
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XJ if you go up there on the 24 can you put up a comment i here on track condition. Thanks. Was trying to get up ther the long weekend but still trying to get bumper and hooks finished on truck 
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Gotta work on 24th now.
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Shot up today and had a nosy. Still a highway, cutting up a very little bit in from a month or so ago.
First play area is as it always is.
Second play area is as slippery as always. Went up the rock climb, a couple of nice rocks that give the diff and skid plate a touch up. Turned around at the top of the roacks again, still way washed out from there up.
Summit was a cakewalk
Went down katikati side to the first boghole, track is still easily driveable up to there. It was 2pm by then so came back home.
Loop is still blocked off.
First play area is as it always is.
Second play area is as slippery as always. Went up the rock climb, a couple of nice rocks that give the diff and skid plate a touch up. Turned around at the top of the roacks again, still way washed out from there up.
Summit was a cakewalk
Went down katikati side to the first boghole, track is still easily driveable up to there. It was 2pm by then so came back home.
Loop is still blocked off.
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Sounds like a alsum track. Still trying to finish truck and get in a few days 4wd local to much sure every things sweet with truck and get used to it before heading over that way
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The Saffy is pretty much ready to go up there for a look now too, next time anyone goes up there 
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For the fellas that went up last weekend... what sort of state was the track in?
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Sunday ill be going up with RJ (in his Pajero) for its first outing with a lift and 33's. Im sure he wouldnt mind if we had company.
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No probs for extras, was just going up for a few hours to have a look and test the new 33's etc. How does 9.30 at the bottom gate on Sunday morn sound?
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Track was pretty easy on the way up, bit chewed up when i came back down nothing major. The rain at the beginning of the week may have made it a bit more interesting tho
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might catch you guys up sumtime during the day i might not be in the surf though, my bike's been a bit neglected lately
RJ wrote:No probs for extras, was just going up for a few hours to have a look and test the new 33's etc. How does 9.30 at the bottom gate on Sunday morn sound?
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9:30.... !!!! Bloody hell Rod, I need my beauty sleep man!!
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xj wrote:9:30.... !!!! Bloody hell Rod, I need my beauty sleep man!!
he meant at night dummy
that should plenty of time (just) to get your ugly mug to look a little bit more sexy for the boys
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xj wrote:9:30.... !!!! Bloody hell Rod, I need my beauty sleep man!!
Ok give me a time then. I was going to grab a coffee at Morrinsville so maybe meet there.
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xj wrote:Sunday ill be going up with RJ (in his Pajero) for its first outing with a lift and 33's. Im sure he wouldnt mind if we had company.
Might see you there
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Possibly a bighorn and a mu attending as well....... a right little menagerie of trucks!
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Rodders, ill call ya tonight.
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You Get Your Lockers 
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Yeah got em, but havent got em in. I've had them sitting in the lounge, all sparkly, glistening with a fine sheen of oil.... ahhhhhhhh.
Wifes transmission on her TJ went west again, thanks to a bloody leak in the transmission cooler, so the money i had set aside for putting the lockers in has been reassigned to that. (couldnt come out of her bathroom refit fund now could it!!!!)
That aside, I have just put one of my new diff skid plates on, the rear one is still en route from the US. And with a bit of skill and dexterity (im not doing it!!) I'll have my SYE and driveshaft in tomorrow.
Wifes transmission on her TJ went west again, thanks to a bloody leak in the transmission cooler, so the money i had set aside for putting the lockers in has been reassigned to that. (couldnt come out of her bathroom refit fund now could it!!!!)
That aside, I have just put one of my new diff skid plates on, the rear one is still en route from the US. And with a bit of skill and dexterity (im not doing it!!) I'll have my SYE and driveshaft in tomorrow.
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