24 hours track

dazza85 · Post by **dazza85** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:50 pm

Jerry wrote:
Organise a trip Doddzee.....we have the insurance noe....we can probably get a suitable trip leader Laughing

How does "24 hour" compare to Thompsons ??

xj · Post by xj » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:36 pm

but dazza... theres already a thread open about thompsons... why not discuss this there???

dazza85 · Post by **dazza85** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:53 am

Opps ....
I meant to say : how 'bout someone arrange a trip through 24 hour ...
:lol:

Tonkar · Post by **Tonkar** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:16 am

dazza85 wrote:Opps ....
I meant to say : how 'bout someone arrange a trip through 24 hour ...

I would be keen to run this trip when my new truck is up and running! Winch's would be needed tho i have done this track a few times and without a winch it would take more than 24hr's

basics · Post by **basics** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:21 am

any pics of this track? i might be keen, although im not wanting to ruin my truck

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:37 am

basics wrote:any pics of this track? i might be keen, although im not wanting to ruin my truck

There are some in Andy Cockroft's album. http://www.andic.co.nz/linpha/viewer.ph ... =2&pn=1#tn

I do have some vid here, but no vid camera to upload it with as its from and older vid camera. Video 8 I think??

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:10 am

Those photos are from about 5 years ago so id imagine is got worse since.

Ill have access to the akkas shortly so could look into running a trip in there. A good winch, mud tyres pleanty of recovery gear would be needed and prob a max of 5 trucks.

Dazza, not sure how they compare as i have not tackled thompsons YET!!

They sound similer though, shity bog after shitty bog.

basics · Post by **basics** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:13 am

that looks like my sorta track.

any one got a spare seat? :lol:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:35 am

Hey doddzee, Ive got vid from I think it was that trip. The vehicles in those photos are on the vid.

Doddzee, dad (on 33's and nissan motor) and a TJ j**p have done the whole thompsons track. We got out just after dark from memory. Was a few years ago though, so its probably worsened over the years. The jeep was fairly standard aswell. Ive got photos somewhere :lol:

mudzilla · Post by **mudzilla** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:20 pm

Hi Guys,,This 24hr track looks good,, How many km to get through ? is it a loop or acess from eather end ?

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:47 pm

requires access key from the council i think. im sure doddzee put up a map on the tompsons thread... put it up here too!!! a few other cool tracks in there aswell... definatly worth coming down for it... here are some pics of the "roller coaster" track

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

other pics from other tracks in my album aswell...

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:49 pm

doddzee.. those arnt pics of your dads patrol are they? if they are ... it was mint!!!! :shock:

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:51 pm

Getting into there requires insurance and an ARAC trip leader, so it will need to be run as an ORE assn trip and we will need an ARAC approved trip leader.

Perhaps those of us without winches can tag along and park up and watch or something, or find a 2nd leader and run it as a dual trip.

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:02 pm

I dont think that would be a smart place to take my truck

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:03 pm

Theres always the 10hr track :lol:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:11 pm

WACKO wrote:doddzee.. those arnt pics of your dads patrol are they? if they are ... it was mint!!!!

Top 3 are of rogers truck, and the 3rd to last and last are of Doddzees dads truck :wink:

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:20 pm

Jerry wrote:Getting into there requires insurance and an ARAC trip leader, so it will need to be run as an ORE assn trip and we will need an ARAC approved trip leader.

Perhaps those of us without winches can tag along and park up and watch or something, or find a 2nd leader and run it as a dual trip.

Not quite true, anyone from a club can request a key from the council to lead a trip and if your given a key and have there councils permission then you area allowed in there without ARAC approval. Many clubs do this. At the moment their are no offical ARAC Trip leaders as they made it that if you didnt atten the training your ARAC status was whiped. Therefore the trip with the crusier club over QBW there was not an offical trip leader there as non of them attended the training. ARAC is a group who train tripleaders and work with the council to keep access for rec purposes.

mudzilla wrote:Hi Guys,,This 24hr track looks good,, How many km to get through ? is it a loop or acess from eather end ?

No its not a loop, it would be approx 4 km long, there is no set direction either with a few capable trucks you can do it both ways in a day, but if you get break down in the middle it is a pain in the arse to get dead vehicles out. There is also the rollercoaster, 10hr, staircase and firewood loop tracks which are all fairly difficult. CCVC is doing a trip through the 10hr next weekend both ways. People can come along and leave their trucks at the start if they wish to watch.

Wacko, yip those pics are dads and rogers trucks. They all start out mint, rogers was a showroom condition kings road when he bought it. :shock:

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:26 pm

Here is that map again

Red = 24hr
Orange = Rollercoaster
Green = Staircase and rockgarden

mudzilla · Post by **mudzilla** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:24 pm

Thanks Doddzee,,I looked at the map you had already posted on the other thread,, a few years back I was on a drive in there, we went up Titi rd and the staircase and rollercoaster tracks were pointed out to us.. didnt drive then tho..Sometime if there is a trip in there I would try to come down and join you guys.. 24 hr track looks a lot like Thompsons , only way shorter..Cheers Wayne

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:28 pm

turoa wrote:
WACKO wrote:doddzee.. those arnt pics of your dads patrol are they? if they are ... it was mint!!!!

Top 3 are of rogers truck, and the 3rd to last and last are of Doddzees dads truck

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahah!!!!!!! holy shit! they were BOTH mint!!!!

its hard to imagine that was rogers!!!

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:44 pm

Jerry wrote:
Getting into there requires insurance and an ARAC trip leader, so it will need to be run as an ORE assn trip and we will need an ARAC approved trip leader.

Perhaps those of us without winches can tag along and park up and watch or something, or find a 2nd leader and run it as a dual trip.

Not quite true, anyone from a club can request a key from the council to lead a trip and if your given a key and have there councils permission then you area allowed in there without ARAC approval. Many clubs do this. At the moment their are no offical ARAC Trip leaders as they made it that if you didnt atten the training your ARAC status was whiped. Therefore the trip with the crusier club over QBW there was not an offical trip leader there as non of them attended the training. ARAC is a group who train tripleaders and work with the council to keep access for rec purposes.

Thats not my understanding of how Access works, There is a list of ARAC approved trip leaders held by the council, which you get after doing training. We had Insurance and a Permit at QBW and Chris was already a Trip leader, there were a number that weren't able to attend due to the short notice of the training.

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:03 pm

mudzilla wrote: 24 hr track looks a lot like Thompsons , only way shorter..Cheers Wayne

i would agree with that, it looks very similar, the only difference being the soil looks like it actually has some traction to be gained on it whereas thompsons is just gluggy clay....mostly :wink:

looks like a good fun track :twisted:

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:59 am

Jerry wrote:Thats not my understanding of how Access works, There is a list of ARAC approved trip leaders held by the council, which you get after doing training. We had Insurance and a Permit at QBW and Chris was already a Trip leader, there were a number that weren't able to attend due to the short notice of the training.

Yes they do have a list but if you were to organise an ORE ASS trip, fill out a permit etc they you could get access.

You had insurance and a permit so there was no problem with you being in there but as no-one has been apointed a ARAC tripleader yet since their last training where they removed all current trip leaders there are not any at the moment. That training was held a week or two before QWB.