Dirty Weekend - Queens Birthday - Rallywoods Wgtn

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:38 pm

Jerry wrote:Hmmmm 6 weeks.....thats good timing.......good Prado test

You better take the carpet out because we will be sending you into the deepest nastiest bogs there is. The plus side is that we will send you into the river so you can clean it out aswell :wink:

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:39 pm

yeah I think I will be in. As long as I get a few things out of the way first.

1. buy new truck! Semi shinny
2. A frame the Zuk
3. New tires for the Zuk
4. New starter motor for the Zuk (maybe just fit a lawn mower start pull )

I know where there is a Rugger for sale...one careful lady owner, only used on Sundays, 2000k on the clock (5 digit speedo :lol:

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turoa · Post by **turoa** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:40 pm

ill give her a dollar for it.

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:41 pm

You better take the carpet out because we will be sending you into the deepest nastiest bogs there is. The plus side is that we will send you into the river so you can clean it out aswell

Towing dead Landrovers probably :roll:

OK Snorkel is first on the list......

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:43 pm

Jerry wrote:
You better take the carpet out because we will be sending you into the deepest nastiest bogs there is. The plus side is that we will send you into the river so you can clean it out aswell

Towing dead Landrovers probably

OK Snorkel is first on the list......

Take the snorkel off the hatsu, remove $3000 from the listed price, and I will buy it

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:18 pm

Jerry wrote:I know where there is a Rugger for sale...one careful lady owner, only used on Sundays, 2000k on the clock (5 digit speedo )

explains some things.....

Beast · Post by **Beast** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:28 am

A couple of years ago the army was testing the hummer in there. They managed to find a mudhole that the hummer sank in up to its windscreen. This could be a good hole to find for someone to play in. :twisted:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:41 am

Beast wrote:A couple of years ago the army was testing the hummer in there. They managed to find a mudhole that the hummer sank in up to its windscreen. This could be a good hole to find for someone to play in.

i was there......they wern't supposed to be there lol.........that mud hole has dried up now :cry:

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:55 am

Don't worry though, for those that want seemingly bottomless mudholes, we will find them some of those.

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:14 pm

just get somone to try the right hand side bog at at the twins. everyone has trouble on the left hole and the right is supposed to be worse.

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

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:27 pm

A short video of a South Islander (who might be on this forum) having a go at the left bog, not being able to get through and then skirting the right bog. This was a Hilux on 35's, Supra motor, all the gears. A very nice truck.

Link to video:
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/albums/Cloggy/Movie.wmv

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:29 pm

Are you sure it wasn't you and your hilux :roll:

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:34 pm

Jerry wrote:Are you sure it wasn't you and your hilux

No, this is (was) my Hilux, 2.4 diesel fitted with a Turbo on homemade manifolds, 35" General Grabbers with 5 point something diff ratios

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/albums/Cloggy/Cloggys_Hilux.wmv

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:56 pm

Cloggy_NZ wrote:
Jerry wrote:Are you sure it wasn't you and your hilux

No, this is (was) my Hilux, 2.4 diesel fitted with a Turbo on homemade manifolds, 35" General Grabbers with 5 point something diff ratios

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/albums/Cloggy/Cloggys_Hilux.wmv

was that in the old wainuni play ground???

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:07 pm

Sure was, awesome place so close to home. It is so close to the top of the Wainui Hill road you can see the lamp posts on the side of the road. But from the road you just can't see it (unless you climbed the lamp posts). It was just one big swamp covered in Manuka. The kind of place where you really need at least 4 vehicles as at times 3 of them could be stuck trying to recover each other. Have had to walk out to get another 4x4 when all other vehicles where stuck up to the door handles. Great fun :lol:

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:00 pm

all going well you can count me in for this trip....
could be the maiden voyage for the new truck..... :lol:

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:05 am

who is checking the trucks before this trip?? my problem is i wont be able to get hooks mounted by then aqnd i want to know if recovery from the
front or rear x-members is ok?? this link shows my zuk with the bumpers off it and the x-member that im on about....thanks for any help....

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

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:00 pm

Cloggy is organising this trip (i think) so I'm sure he has all that stuff in hand :lol:

Cloggy?

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:04 pm

Ryan wrote:my problem is i wont be able to get hooks mounted by then

A month should be plenty of time to sort a couple of hooks out even if you have to re-mount them elsewhere later on as you re-build the truck

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:14 pm

Have a chat to Stinky......do you have a rear towbar? or the mounts for it? what were your thoughts for the front? the problem with the 410/413 is that most of the chassis is less than 3ml thick so you need something custom....otherwise PM redzuki..how has he done his hooks?

Besides.....you will need hooks when you will need to tow me in the prado when it gets horribly stuck :lol:

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:08 pm

yeah would be plenty of time if i wasnt moving and if it was legal to drive on the road.....no towbar...i need to fabricate front and rear bars with hook mounts....why couldnt i loop around the cross members?

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:10 pm

We'll find somewhere to yank you out. If all else fails, you can hook it around the diffs.

Ill tow ya out if im there anyway :wink:

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:14 pm

cheers tu....its not heavy anyway....but i want to here that its ok from whoever is organising this trip because i have to sort a trailer to bring it.....dont want to turn up and get told i cant go because no hooks....

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:30 pm

Well we could always get a person on each corner and pick it up :lol:

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:35 pm

thanks jerry....but do you think you cud handle a corner by yourself???

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:37 pm

Only if your big ass wasn't inside it when we were lifting it :lol:

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:19 pm

hmmm this is a possibility the wagen is booked into the panelbeaters the week after next to get the rust sorted for a warrant

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:27 pm

Are you thinking of coming down then as well Mercutio?
You may want to delay the panelbeaters till after this event. :lol:

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:30 pm

Cloggy_NZ wrote:Are you thinking of coming down then as well Mercutio?
You may want to delay the panelbeaters till after this event.

the panelbeater is only fixing the rust i told him not to bother bogging it up as i will probably dent it sometime but then again it is built like a tank and takes a bit to dent it

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:31 pm

Ryan wrote:cheers tu....its not heavy anyway....but i want to here that its ok from whoever is organising this trip because i have to sort a trailer to bring it.....dont want to turn up and get told i cant go because no hooks....

I am sure we'll find a way of getting it recovered safely. We'll tie a strop around the diff before you get stuck. Only so you won't have to lie in the mud on your tummy to do this once you are stuck.
But best thing is to get some hooks sorted. It is only really a couple of hours work on an afternoon to put hooks on.
If you need a car trailer that can be sorted too. I have got one.