Waitawheta "Mudzilla's favorite track"

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The quality is no good because it is off the video camera. I will post some more later

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[flyingbrick]

man that place looks awesome.

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More pitures








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[DaveM]

Looks like one heck of a track

[BrentC]

How many hours

[mudzilla]

:shock: How many hours

9hrs,, Pretty good for three trucks and no winch men..

[Bulletproof]

:shock: How many hours

9hrs,, Pretty good for three trucks and no winch men..

The track was so slippery that on the hill it was nearly impossible to pull a winch rope out. I fell over many times and wayne had both feet slip and landed hard on his back and did injury.

Wayne reminded Jafa and myself that it wasn't his idea to do this F--king C--t of a track.








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[BrentC]

:shock: How many hours

9hrs,, Pretty good for three trucks and no winch men..

That's a good time - some have been known to take 24+

[mudzilla]

Last time I was there it took 26hrs, Best time through has been 5hrs with Monster and good winch men to help, So this trip was good considering.

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The deck of Mudzilla's truck



A Waitawheta Wheel hub that fell from the Jalopy at Wayne's place



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[coxsy]

i carried 40 litres of fuel in there with my son to refuel a chevy blazer hell of awalk

[curly12]

i carried 40 litres of fuel in there with my son to refuel a chevy blazer hell of awalk

Why didn't you make James walk??? Bugger carring him and the fuel........

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A few pics from Pureora




A V8 FJ40 with broken pinion



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[SV1K]

A few pics from Pureora


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I know that track, is there still that really nasty climb where the rope is heading? I hated that track... we had 15 trucks to get through there... took forever!

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I have transfered the video files of our Waitawheta trip onto a DVD last night .
It is 59 mins long of Mudzilla , Jafa and myself getting stuck

A few have asked for a copy so if anyone else wants one it will be $5 dollars to cover disc and postage.

Send me a PM if you want a copy.

Cheers Richard

[skid]

I know that track, is there still that really nasty climb where the rope is heading? I hated that track... we had 15 trucks to get through there... took forever!

its called the rotorua highway

got pissed off waiting one trip and went to the other end and drove back to the group, looks like its cut out a bit since then

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I have finished copying the disc's so will send them out tomorrow.
If there is any problem PM me.

A couple more Waitawheta pic's





Cheers Richard

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Taz commented that after watching the DVD that Mudzilla's truck is like a coal train.

There is a story to this.

Wayne was having trouble with his glow plugs so to get at them we removed the air pipe from the intercooler.

When we replaced it, Wayne fitted his end to the manifold but I didn't tighten the hose clip at the intercooler end so when the 30lbs boost came on it just blew off leaving the motor over fueled.

Cheers Richard

[mudzilla]

Nah,, Its a coal train .. I can only use it once a year because I have to save up my carbon credits....

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[jocko]

3 trucks from the Hawkes Bay went up there at labour weekend and went for a leisurely 20hour drive around Waitawheta .
We went to the deep creek crossing on the low road of the access track then straight out of the creek we turned left and went up there which i think is a little longer. Had lunch at the top of that hill before coming back out on to the main track.
Had tea at the top of the hill at the rock garden at 7pm. then down around the waterfall and out through the new deviation.
Lots of new dents!! One viscous fan hub that had to be locked up on a cruiser, 1 broken rear pan hard rod on a Safari and another cruiser with a dodgy clutch.
It was tough but we all had a ball

[Bulletproof]

3 trucks from the Hawkes Bay went up there at labour weekend and went for a leisurely 20hour drive around Waitawheta .
We went to the deep creek crossing on the low road of the access track then straight out of the creek we turned left and went up there which i think is a little longer. Had lunch at the top of that hill before coming back out on to the main track.
Had tea at the top of the hill at the rock garden at 7pm. then down around the waterfall and out through the new deviation.
Lots of new dents!! One viscous fan hub that had to be locked up on a cruiser, 1 broken rear pan hard rod on a Safari and another cruiser with a dodgy clutch.
It was tough but we all had a ball

We saw 2 or 3 4 wheel drives plastered in the right colored mud on trailers heading towards the main rd on the monday somewhere between Tirau and Matamata I think so was probably you guys

Richard

[jocko]

Yep that would be us. We travelled home separatly but i passed jaffa i think and someone else on trailers in Putararu....

[flyingbrick]

Nah,, Its a coal train .. I can only use it once a year because I have to save up my carbon credits....

Hows that automatic trans going? its out of my old twin turbo mk4 supra

Great having it back in the family.

[mudzilla]

Works good.. That is an awesome Supra.

[flyingbrick]

Works good.. That is an awesome Supra.

Thanks.
It had the nicest ass I've ever seen.

[T-Boon]

Works good.. That is an awesome Supra.

Thanks.
It had the nicest ass I've ever seen.

Needs more offset and bigger dish!

Man that track looks tricky...

[madmatt]

That track IS hell tricky! Should have seen the shape of my LWB Safari after I had dragged its arse around there on the PTO!!!!!

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[curly12]

I have transfered the video files of our Waitawheta trip onto a DVD last night .
It is 59 mins long of Mudzilla , Jafa and myself getting stuck

A few have asked for a copy so if anyone else wants one it will be $5 dollars to cover disc and postage.

Send me a PM if you want a copy.

Cheers Richard

Got them today thanks Richard