Sheffield Volunteer Fire Brigade bog hole Event

spankmeister · Post by **spankmeister** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:42 pm

Hi guys,

I was there to watch and learn, and of course take photo's. What a great day. Saw albundy give it death numerous times, which my son appreciated..haha

Here are some photo's of the days events

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... _album.php

Macca · Post by **Macca** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:58 pm

Yep was a great day, Didnt get a chance to meet any of you guys as had the female companion with me and had to keep her entertained :roll:

. Really testing stuff in some of the holes. A few brown pants moments for some. Especially the guy in the yellow suzi as he proceede to roof plant it. Am already excited about next year. Congrats to all ore members who gave it a shot, made for great veiwing :twisted:

kiwipete · Post by **kiwipete** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:57 pm

Am slowly gettin the photos uploaded guys to here, http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules.php?set_albumName=album26&op=modload&name=Gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php&page=2

Sorry it will take ages as there is 190 of them and I have to downsize the lot to get them to load onto the site. My camera creates them at 2084 x 1360 pixles or around 2.6Mb each!

H2OLOVA · Post by **H2OLOVA** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:49 pm

Well yes the fact the prize was for laying the truck on its side in reverse on the first obstacle :shock:

But what can i say.... they did give this prize out first :wink:

And i have to add how well the trusty old toyota went considering she got two healthy air cleaners full of water.

.........So after a bad start on the first two hurdles with water problems we came back and placed 12th or 13th out of ? (probably 13 :roll:

) Anyway as i said before it was an awesome day and will post my new avatar soon :wink:

kiwipete · Post by **kiwipete** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:22 am

Pictures are finally loaded now, just some re-ordering to do tomorrow.
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules.php?set_albumName=album26&op=modload&name=Gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php&page=2

Goose · Post by **Goose** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:10 am

Ummm, Pete, which folder are they in, I see some from 2004.....

And did no-one get a pic of H2o on his side??

C'mon Richard!!!!!!

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:16 am

ah yes h2o my friend.. how good was that outing?!

managed to put her on her side in the first hole of the day within 5 mins of the competition starting... :mrgreen:

thats was all good to sort, oil refill and empty/clean airbox..lined up for 2nd hole and soon as we entered all the crap left in snorkel entered the air box.. damn it, clean the air box again.. after that clean, everything came right and we cruised on through stages 3 to 6..

after lunch on the first hole was a damn close thing too.. whilst launchin up a sideling and tryin to follow the course, the truck didnt want to play cricket and were close to goin over.. h2o had to steer back down hill and boot it.. would've been a real mess as were goin a lot quicker with deeper water to land in.. shot h2o.. :cheers:

neat fun.. :twisted:

next year i'll have to enter in my completed modded 40.. :veuzelol:

BrentC · Post by **BrentC** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:32 am

No pictures of jacked up - lexus powered HiLux's - to tough for them - or do they only like rocks :?:

worzel · Post by **worzel** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:39 am

got one of h20 on his side user pic page 13 worzel

will add some more later of sons camera

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:43 am

Hey Pete, there is nothing in your albums.
Al

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:50 am

theres nothing in worzels or petes..

this may be the 'supporters' payment fee package membership thing comin into play...? the ability to upload photos...

worzel · Post by **worzel** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:13 am

will e-mail them u nib

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:19 am

Suspect so, shame as there will be alot of shots not going on the forum then. I know of at least two standard members who took shit loads of photos and we will never see them as they have no intention of becoming club members.
Al

worzel · Post by **worzel** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:22 am

nib e- mail bounced back from yours will try jasons

worzel · Post by **worzel** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:40 am

nib

files might have been to big will try one at a time

sent them again to you and sent to jasons as well

kiwipete · Post by **kiwipete** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:48 am

Sorry guys, I dont understand why you cant see the pics. They are not hidden or anything silly like that. I have just been through them all and re orderd them, taking out a whole bunch of double-ups too.
Unfortunatley somehow I have lost a whole bunch of shots from the 2nd half of the day. Something went wrong with my CF card.

worzel · Post by **worzel** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:54 am

when i checked in photos and they are in mine on page 13 under worzel but cant understand why you cant see them

Post by **mike** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:59 am

albundy wrote:Suspect so, shame as there will be alot of shots not going on the forum then. I know of at least two standard members who took shit loads of photos and we will never see them as they have no intention of becoming club members.
Al

This must be something else because the gallery is still the same as it ever was. I havnt done any modifications in that area and wont till the new GPS gallery goes online.

I'll see what I can find.

Mike

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:59 am

you can email them to me if you like bill.walker AT netspeed dot net dot nz or stick em on a CD and post them

Insky · Post by **Insky** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:00 am

heres a handy tool for resizing photos - you can still get a pretty good shot at alot smaller file sizes - makes uploading files a bit quicker..

http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

SupraSurf · Post by **SupraSurf** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:00 am

BrentC wrote::lol: No pictures of jacked up - lexus powered HiLux's - to tough for them - or do they only like rocks

Where ya going with this ?

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:11 am

Thanks to Tim for being kitchen b#$Y% for the day, fantastic setup and nice sausages

And thanks to everyone (and I mean everyone - seems like no-one missed it!) for taking photos and videos of the MU coming so close to going over it was teetering... I damn near had Rik sitting in my lap... :shock:

Did ok too... apparently got 12th in the open class against some pretty impressive monsters... would be keen to see the final placings tho.

Like H2O I duffed the first hole... couldn't turn sharp enough and ended up against a tree - lack of forward motion, end of hole

Second hole I did in style, including punting Rik in the back of the head with the doof doof - snapped the ratchet tiedown and sailed the sub around inside the truck while standing it on its nose (litterally, 2 wheels

) on a drop-off into the river.

Once again, thanks to all the ORE members who came along - it was a great day. (Didn't see Bushpig anywhere, despite the offer of a beer)

Steve

Post by **mike** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:21 am

Album was there but was somehow hidden.

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules.php?set_albumName=album26&op=modload&name=Gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php&page=2

Get those members Al who say they will never support the site to upload their photos, its the least they could do :wink:

Mike

H2OLOVA · Post by **H2OLOVA** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:04 am

Some excellent pics there

Just a quick thanks to steve(supralux) for the donation of half a litre of oil :wink:

The only thing i had to add after my wee tip

Apart from a push on the inside of the door skin to pop the dent out :oops:

But pleased to say the truck is now running sweet again(or as sweet as a 3B diesel can :roll:

)

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:08 am

BrentC wrote::lol: No pictures of jacked up - lexus powered HiLux's - to tough for them - or do they only like rocks

The mud is for Pussys who can't handle the real thing man :lol:

No room for errors when you flop it on the rocks, (they don't bend like mud does) :cry:

'Course it would be good to get some Cruisers, Pootrols, and zukis coming out and playing on the rocks, but apparently they are not up to it.(or maybe the trucks are, but their owners are not)
:shock:

Don't tell me how good your truck is, come out into the real ugly country and show me

Still it is good fun to watch all the inferior wagons wallowing around in the mud!

Seconded on Steves comment about Tim. He made a huge effort and it was very much appreciated

But then again there is always one who will go the extra mile eh H20

BrentC · Post by **BrentC** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:47 pm

SupraSurf wrote:
BrentC wrote::lol: No pictures of jacked up - lexus powered HiLux's - to tough for them - or do they only like rocks

Where ya going with this ?

Just wondering - as I thought that those big tyres, high clearance and extra grunt might also suit the mud - personally I hate the stuff :lol:

worzel · Post by **worzel** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:28 pm

got it all on video as well h2o cant upload to pc as not set up for it
but will get you a copy when i get some tapes

kev

SMOKEY · Post by **SMOKEY** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:41 pm

Steve was next vehicle in line after you did your balancing act and was running to try and add a bit of support to stop a complete flop when you selected reverse and backed out , and was only after a couple of Fanta's I thought that was clever with two right hand wheels on the ground and left hand high in the air you drove it out ------- have I missed something or could the diff spider gears have got jammed up or something ??? . ..
What a great day, sorry I didn't get to meet all ORE members I seamed to be bussy all day and on the occasion I got to the ORE kitchen there was no one there and after I cleaned the cruiser in the river and packed up the group had packed up and gone . As for my event , I had a ball did all stages I was comfortable with and wimped out on the ones that I thought where going to hurt . Next year I will fit 33in tyres and go in the Modified class , more suited to road going vehicle . Thanks to all those that turned up to compete and support and those that didn't make it see you next event or trip. I will attempt to get a result sheet and post it here.

GOT DIRTY , FITZY.

H2OLOVA · Post by **H2OLOVA** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:51 pm

worzel wrote:got it all on video as well h2o cant upload to pc as not set up for it
but will get you a copy when i get some tapes

kev

That would be most excellent :thumright:

Cheers Worzel :wink:

H2OLOVA · Post by **H2OLOVA** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:56 pm

Mike said

Mike wrote:Yup he put his hand up and offered and judging by his latest ones I think it will be quite good, of course that depends if the boyz make it interesting or they just putt through all the obstacles
Mike

and i said

H2OLOVA wrote:I'll make it interesting for ya Mike!!! And i'll ensure the camera is present and rolling when i do it

and Worzel said

worzel wrote:got it all on video as well h2o cant upload to pc as not set up for it
but will get you a copy when i get some tapes

and i said "I love it when a plan comes together"

Sheffield Volunteer Fire Brigade bog hole Event

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