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Sorry fella wont be able to make this one.....Taz has chainsaw and i can lead some other bits if needed.... Im off to where we were two weeks ago....

abbo wrote:Sorry fella wont be able to make this one.....Taz has chainsaw and i can lead some other bits if needed.... Im off to where we were two weeks ago....

tell her to take some clothes

don't want any more trampers knocking on the door

skid wrote:

abbo wrote:Sorry fella wont be able to make this one.....Taz has chainsaw and i can lead some other bits if needed.... Im off to where we were two weeks ago....

tell her to take some clothes

don't want any more trampers knocking on the door

So your telling me you want photos this time....

Sorry guys cant make it - working night shift.

Keep us updated on other dates though!!!

anyone still going this time???

Bolo wrote:anyone still going this time???

yep still on schedule Matt

may be there, may have to work

Jerry wrote:may be there, may have to work

don't panic Mr Mannering, theres not too much to do this time

just lounge about in the sun, oh wait thats what we did up there today

changed a few plans but turn up anyways coz theres tracks to clear

anyone got a 4wd tractor with saw blades on it

9am at the gate

p.s. anyone know where the key is to the gate , *edit* found it

Sadam_Husain wrote:

Bolo wrote:anyone still going this time???

yep still on schedule Matt

Sweet ill be in after work guys

Thanks for the great afternoon guys.. and see ya all next time

made some roads, talked some shit, chopped some trees, chopped them into firewood, talked some more shit, towed some logs away, had some lunch, did all the other shit again, checked out some cool trucks then drank a couple of cold ones in the sun to finish the day off

Sadam_Husain wrote:made some roads, talked some shit, chopped some trees, chopped them into firewood, talked some more shit, towed some logs away, had some lunch, did all the other shit again, checked out some cool trucks then drank a couple of cold ones in the sun to finish the day off

what he said with photos as well





















big thanks to Sadam for turning up to work all day and to Turoa, Bolo, Nstacey and lil turoa (sorry name deserts me) for doing a good half days work

just had a look back through this thread from the start and counted over 10 people who said they would help out where needed, now I understand that its probably the first fine weekend for quite a while and some of you would of been doing stuff at home and others had put in thier apologies, but it was a little annoying to not see many turn up and even more annoying to see others turn up with the other group using the area when they had earlier said they would help out where they could.

So now that I've had my little say, I had a good look today at the whole of Rallywoods in general and the tracks and after discussion with a few others we realised that we don't need to be cutting any more new tracks for now but tidying up the existing ones.

Now what I mainly mean by tidying up is that the edges needs cutting back and the canopy needs to be removed, this is even more necessary in places like Cruiser Drive and other so called "access tracks".

These tracks need to see lots of sunlight to help them keep dry and not get too cut up by folks driving over them in the wet and ripping big holes in them.





So this is advance notice that the next working bee I organise will be a cutting back exercise where the most important tools will be................

1, Scrub Bars walking the track trimming back the edges by half a metre or more.

2, Chainsaws being used by competent operators standing on the back of utes or even better rooves of vehicles to clear the canopy.

3, Manpower walking behind this procession clearing the tracks by throwing excess vegetation off the track.

would be nice if lots more folks turned up

remember if nobody turns up to help then you may as well forget about playing in Rallywoods coz the tracks will become impassable before too long

Weekend of 30 Oct is free for the next one , (also plenty of notice for people)

sorry skiddy, and welly crew. I had to work saturday.

Cheers Daniel

Jerry wrote:Weekend of 30 Oct is free for the next one , (also plenty of notice for people)

Thats when the army land trip is and I think skid is attending?

yep im on the army trip too and it was my mums 60th in the weekend her birthday is on the 12th but she had a bunch of rellies up this weekend so she moved it up a week hence why i missed it
sorry all

Skid
Reading from Aussie about this thread, I take my hat off to you if you are sucessful in getting it going.

I tried a few years ago, after I had marshalled at Dennys Winch challenges, Taupo 1000 and a few other events.

But finding enough people to put forward their spare time, was very hard, and so I never got it off the ground. Even being in a club with around 200 members.

Dont want to sound negative, but good luck to you and your team, i hope it all works out ok

Larry