Firewood Loop Akatarawa Forest

[Sadam_Husain]

I might sit this one out this time (have driven that track 3 times now), will be up sat night for dinner.

Come on jerry stop pussy-footing around and get your arse down there first thing tomorrow morning coz it wouldnt be the same if your not there.... hey and just video the farking trucks not the after-hours dancing up at the gazebo



Oh yeah and I remembered to throw that axle housing on the back of the truck for you to setup my new rear-steer jafa

[haynzy]

geeez sadam does noah know you stole that off his ark

[Jafa]

I might sit this one out this time (have driven that track 3 times now), will be up sat night for dinner.

Come on jerry stop pussy-footing around and get your arse down there first thing tomorrow morning coz it wouldnt be the same if your not there.... hey and just video the farking trucks not the after-hours dancing up at the gazebo



Oh yeah and I remembered to throw that axle housing on the back of the truck for you to setup my new rear-steer jafa

Nice!, chuck that brake backing plate on as well and I'll use it to measure for disc brackets

[skid]

I have to:

1. put my Alternator back in, TICK
2. put my radiator back in TICK
3. recharge my battery OOPS, THANX MR SUPERCHARGE
4. get it started (it's been a while) with no LPG in it. It may even need towing down to the Servo, depends if there's any left in the tank CHEERS 2s
5. Top up the front and rear diff with fluid as both have been slowly draining over the last couple of months, they stop leaking that normally mean it needs topping up THERE'LL BE ENUF IN THERE, SHE'LL BE RIGHT
6. Oh, and bring my kids DON'T FORGET

That may not be a long list for some but... so I will see how I go

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

FIXED THE STRIPPED BOLT, BOLTED A FEW THINGS BACK ON HERE AND THERE, 2s TURNED UP JUST IN TIME TO START IT, ALBEIT ATTACHED TO AN 80 SERIES


SKID WILL BE CALLING IN EARLY IN THE MORNING TO FIT THAT FINAL PART new battery


bubba is now confirmed

[skid]

Fixed it for ya Reece

Ok so far we've got

VEHICLES
1. Suzuki1k (confirmed)
2. Sadam + Curly (cook) + Abbo (confirmed)
3. NStacey + passenger (confirmed)
4. Crizpy + Pa (confirmed)
5. Thrasher and his Ma (Ma's confirmed)
6. Bubba + kids (confirmed)
7. Tuigod + Lynx (confirmed)
8. MarkR + Jerry (confirmed)
9. GraemeC (confirmed)
10. Neighbour next to Suzuki1k - possibility
11. Jafa + Skid (confirmed)
12. fj40
13. BlackDeath (confirmed)

Can you guys confirm that your still coming this weekend?


PASSENGERS
1.
2.

[Sadam_Husain]

Ok so far we've got

VEHICLES
1. Suzuki1k (confirmed)
2. Sadam + Curly (cook) + Abbo (confirmed)
3. NStacey + passenger (confirmed)
4. Crizpy + Pa (confirmed)
5. Thrasher and his Ma + Michelle + Baby Doll (confirmed)
6. Bubba + heaps of kids (confirmed)
7. Tuigod + Lynx (confirmed)
8. Blackdeath (confirmed)
9. GraemeC (confirmed)
10. Neighbour next to Suzuki1k - possibility
11. Jafa + Skid (confirmed)
12. fj40


Can you guys confirm that your still coming this weekend?


PASSENGERS
1. Jerry.... yes your farking coming (camera man)
2. Jumper (Course Marshall) (confirmed)

Fixed it again

[Lynx]

Hey, Sorry Guys, wont be there, got a fair bit to do before easter.

Cheers Daniel

[graemec]

I saw this trip advertised and wondered where the Firewood Loop was. I checked with Reece, received the warnings on possible damage but still decided to go and see for myself.
My little Escudo will always struggle when the ruts get deep and the bogs get deeper but with a lot of help from Mark (and considerable use of my strop) I made it round. It was pleasing to note that even those with lots of clearance had difficulty in some places.
Apart from a radiator clogged with mud and a hot engine on the way home, a good damage free day.
I will now mark the Firewood Loop as having been done and will leave another trip round it until I have bigger wheels and more clearance.

Thanks again to Mark for the tows and to Reece and Marty for organising this trip.

[markr]

I saw this trip advertised and wondered where the Firewood Loop was. I checked with Reece, received the warnings on possible damage but still decided to go and see for myself.
My little Escudo will always struggle when the ruts get deep and the bogs get deeper but with a lot of help from Mark (and considerable use of my strop) I made it round. It was pleasing to note that even those with lots of clearance had difficulty in some places.
Apart from a radiator clogged with mud and a hot engine on the way home, a good damage free day.
I will now mark the Firewood Loop as having been done and will leave another trip round it until I have bigger wheels and more clearance.

Thanks again to Mark for the tows and to Reece and Marty for organising this trip.

Anytime Graeme.

Glad you enjoyed it. The track was dry compared to the last time I drove it...
Still a good track.

Catch you next time...

[Beer_Cruiser]

Photos... this thread is no good without etc
How was the weekend wish I could have been there

[Sadam_Husain]

Thanks for organising another cool trip Reece
had 13 trucks start and 11 made it through, the track was hard and dry so it made it pretty easy going this time although everyone needed pulling through the last hole as usual, shit poor old Jafas truck got so badly wedged in the hole coz of its width it was harder to pull through than the 5 ton safaris..... cool truck jafa and thanks for the ride

Ended up towing Thrashers truck home today after giving up on trying to get the solid block of mud out of the radiator, had to make a quick stop at Reece's on the way for a cuppa and waterblast my radiator out a bit as well


So whens the next Aka's trip


Edit*
Oh yeah and another broken windscreen

[SV1K]

What a great trip! Thanks to all for coming and making it another fantastic weekend!

A Couple of pic's below... the rest are here.



A video is here

[nstacey]

A few pics,

Cheers guys for the help when I drowned the hilux.

[Bubba]

WARNING: This is what happens when you get bored and decide to drive off the track and go exploring.

And people laughed at my stinger, well so do I but i was frigging glad of it then. The pictures don't do it full justice but the stinger was the only thing stopping it from going right over (potentially)

[possum70]

top day guys looking forward to the next one. thanks marty and reese for helping out.

[Strait23]

Marty is that a green beer bottle in yoru hand? You know what happens when you drink green beers!

[possum70]

here are some pics