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Nath up the Worsley today.

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Nathan at 4WD Acc is going to take his truck up the Worsley this avo.
He's asked me and another chap to tag along.

Now this short trip will be very interesting.
It's the first time Nath's truck is out after the heavy mods to it. It's still not completed. But he wants to give a blast to see how it goes.

Watch this space. I'll upload some vid n pix later. :mrgreen:
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Hope you fullas dont mind some panel damage i was up there the other day and its really greasy and ruff but great fun though, what time are you guys heading up?
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whats nathan got and whats he done to it?
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ClassicCruiserSpares wrote:Hope you fullas dont mind some panel damage i was up there the other day and its really greasy and ruff but great fun though, what time are you guys heading up?

Not sure Jase.
Early avo I think.
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None of us care about panel damage. :D
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Awesome yea panel damage doesnt bother me either and the tracks is so much more fun and challanging in the wet.
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ClassicCruiserSpares wrote:Awesome yea panel damage doesnt bother me either and the tracks is so much more fun and challanging in the wet.




Nah nah nah. It is much more fun in the dry. You can pull way better angles and flops in the dry when there is some traction, and the big rock at the beginning is much easier to climb in dry conditions (also make the uninitiated scream like little bitches when they are going shotgun :wink: )
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rokhound wrote:Nah nah nah. It is much more fun in the dry. You can pull way better angles and flops in the dry when there is some traction, and the big rock at the beginning is much easier to climb in dry conditions (also make the uninitiated scream like little bitches when they are going shotgun :wink: )



Haha so true
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We should there in another hour.
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ClassicCruiserSpares wrote:
rokhound wrote:Nah nah nah. It is much more fun in the dry. You can pull way better angles and flops in the dry when there is some traction, and the big rock at the beginning is much easier to climb in dry conditions (also make the uninitiated scream like little bitches when they are going shotgun :wink: )



Haha so true




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNZuYfxqQ1M

Ahhh the old days. Can't do that up there in the wet :P
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Thats a cool vid, its amazing how different the track is up there now. Ideal place when dry for crawlers though.
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i remember doing DH runs on the MTB down that track :) where are all those surfs now-a-days???
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Nice vid there rok. :wink:

Well. Got back at about 6.
As most of you know. I haven't done a lot of 4 wheel driving. But this trip? Was the farken hardest I've EVER been on!!!! :shock:
I'm STILL buzzing from it. :mrgreen:
I just love off road tracks. I got the bug big time. i wanna go out and go it again aye. :lol:
It was all about Nath's truck maiden voyage today, after all the mods.
He was running 10psi and was bound to pop a tire. It happened. We all grouped together and got it changed.
Those twins with the white Surf must of been on steroids aye. Coz they helped out like no one I've know. And it was there trucks maiden run after their mods. No lockers but bead locks. Their rid did REAL well. With lockers there will be no stopping em.
But Nath's truck did an awesome job. The pix/vids I took didn't do it justices.
Then there was Diesel's truck. His truck is the one on it's side. Just a slow roll it was. A gentle roll back by hand is all it took to get it back on it's feet. No panel damage can you believe. His truck did real well to.
So after winching in just one spot. (Diesel's didn't need winching anywhere :shock:) we got up with no major breakages.

AWESOME trip guys!!
First time for me going up that track.
I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!
It was great getting to the top.
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Some video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOGlCWdMKdI
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niblik wrote:whats nathan got and whats he done to it?


The photos will show some mods Jase.
Sorry for the bad phone pix.
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PETE have you never been up there.

man last year i was up there offen with lili for a picnic lunches.

have done the track in the old mitzzy in the wet and it was FUN then.

time i started saving up for some silerstones.
let me know how adams ones go please
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red-devil wrote:PETE have you never been up there.

man last year i was up there offen with lili for a picnic lunches.

have done the track in the old mitzzy in the wet and it was FUN then.

time i started saving up for some silerstones.
let me know how adams ones go please


From what I heard, because it's getting so rutted out lately, they are thinking of closing the track.
Honestly. The track was hardcore! :shock:
Like I say, I've done a Reefton trip with Al, and that's a walk in the park compared to the state of this track right now.
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your wing mirror get spanked?
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looks like it and the support bar for the rag top
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That same spot were nathens truck is we spent 1hr digging and winching my mates 40 out of there but he was coming down and got berried in under the bank, it broke his snorkel,left front guard, indicator and bent his bonnet. But we got it out in the end.

Ill have to go up there again soon get in before they do close it.
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niblik wrote:
your wing mirror get spanked?


Both mirrors did nibs.
The rag top bar didn't bend. And the rag top itself only got scratch. :lol:

Next time I'll take the mirrors off before heading up. :roll:
But since the mirrors were the only damage. I'm stoked.
Those multimillion dollar bash bars are paying off.

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Last mod (I've said that before) would be coil the front end. :roll:
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it'd like to test my junker up there in the dry..

or drier
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niblik wrote:it'd like to test my junker up there in the dry..

or drier


I would imagine nibs. It would be a completely different track in the dry.
Like Jase said. You might want to do it soon. Coz they are going to close it.
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niblik wrote:it'd like to test my junker up there in the dry..

or drier


I would imagine nibs. It would be a completely different track in the dry.
Like Jase said. You might want to do it soon. Coz they are going to close it.


I heard a year and a half ago they were closing it soon. Soon maybe 5 years?
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they have been closing it for the last 5 years,i havent been up there for some time.always nasty in the wet though.
Going by the trucks that were there it must be pretty bad 8)

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Pitty you didn't come Shane.

This was the state of my truck after getting up. :lol:

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petefj40 wrote:From what I heard, because it's getting so rutted out lately, they are thinking of closing the track.


Are they going to gate the rain water off? :lol:
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petefj40 wrote:Pitty you didn't come Shane.

This was the state of my truck after getting up. :lol:
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Good to see pete, looks much tougher all covered in shite :mrgreen:
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It isn't a track. It is a public road, and I would. imagine the legalities of shutting that down would be far more involved than a closing a track.
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was a bloody gud trip thanks for the pis pete good to finaly meet you all the trucks did really well cant wait to get back out there.got a few we things to do to the hilux but im happy with how it went
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rokhound wrote:It isn't a track. It is a public road, and I would. imagine the legalities of shutting that down would be far more involved than a closing a track.


The council will find a way, same way that the Maungatapu was closed off :(
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flexy wrote:was a bloody gud trip thanks for the pis pete good to finaly meet you all the trucks did really well cant wait to get back out there.got a few we things to do to the hilux but im happy with how it went


Taking the piss you meant flexy. :lol: You n your twin bro know how to dig a track! :shock:
Was good to meet you both.
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