Porter road and rendall mill road

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Porter road and rendall mill road

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Heading to porter road and rendall mill road tomorrow if any1 is keen meeting a mate at te puke at 10 so if you are keen meet an te puke z around 10ish give me a text to let me know if you gunna be there and we will meet up
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Where is Rendall Mill road? Can't see that on google maps at all. I know of Porter road though.
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no matter, found it:-)
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Rendall mill road was a mean track to definatly going back to do another day but go earlier next time spend more of a day out there a theres a lot more there than i thought a
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soft ground and a interesting drive isn't it :D
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wasnt to soft a ive been throuh there when raining now thats a challenge lol but for pumice ground it is very interesting changes all the time
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Only been down here once but must do it again once the new project is running. Only went down as far as what must be rendall mill site, not into the axle twisters etc
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3VILC wrote:Only been down here once but must do it again once the new project is running. Only went down as far as what must be rendall mill site, not into the axle twisters etc

are you meaning the little clearing down the bottom of the hill next time i go out ill message ya and you come along for a look
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How far out of te puke is this? Is a winch required?
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probably about 40 min from te puke a if you know the bush roads other wise its a 1hr 20 going long ways a winch nah ive got one and been there like 8 times now and never used it are you keen for a bash are ya it can be a little difficult somtimes a when the weather has changed it i would be keen to go after this cyclone lol
shity old hilux wrote:How far out of te puke is this? Is a winch required?
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Id be definatly keen. Hav got 33s and a lockie have been up thompsons to many times keen on something new :D
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Which weekend 22nd 23rd
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coxsy wrote:Which weekend 22nd 23rd

I'm pretty busy this month now but I we can sus something out for early next month if you guys are keen
shity old hilux wrote:Id be definatly keen. Hav got 33s and a lockie have been up thompsons to many times keen on something new :D
mean that's all you need bro
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about 3 hour drive for me, but do like the place
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Oh tru shit so will have to give ya plenty of notice then a
coxsy wrote:about 3 hour drive for me, but do like the place
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My engines currently sitting on the floor so pottering around with odd bits and pieces until my mate brings his engine crane around. But def keen once its all going will need a test run somewhere closeish
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Sweet as a how long do you reckon till it will be a mate wants to go for a camp out there in easter weekend but have to see on that one
3VILC wrote:My engines currently sitting on the floor so pottering around with odd bits and pieces until my mate brings his engine crane around. But def keen once its all going will need a test run somewhere closeish
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