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cheers dude

so i guess we all better watch out if the fiddys goin up, that thing will just drive over and around the holes that we will fall in damn those zookies

Thats where us evil track setters come in to it ,They wont be driving around any holes i can assure you of that ...Steve

monstr wrote:Thats where us evil track setters come in to it ,They wont be driving around any holes i can assure you of that ...Steve

nice !

There are plenty of swamps and bogs at the park, and after all this rain they should be nice and slopy.
Alread we have half a dozzen in mind. You my want to glue your boots on coeys

monstr wrote:PLEASE NOTE IF YOU OR YOUR TRUCK IS A CURRENT COMPETITOR YOU CANT ENTER(and yes we know who you are)

I take it an existing navi driving their own club truck with an amateur navi will be OK.
Is there going to be camping on the Saturday night for outof towners?

Hi Re camping on site ,I have just tried getting hold of Russell who runs the park but he is away with with his boys doing the nat rally so i wont be able to give you an answer untill Monday .I dont think it will be a problem but i have to clear it with him first...Steve

have made payment but have yet to send in the entry form.... when do these need to be in by mate ?

Hi We need the entrys in ASAP so that we know how many tracks to set etc..Steve

kewl, will get it away on monday to you. been a bit busy and lots of work to do and...the dog ate the first copy i had and then the missuz burnt the second copy and...... yea ok i forgot

but im there man so pen me in

Great idea Steve. Put me down to help out on the day however you need.
Darin

Well We spent the day setting the tracks hope you people like mud and hills? Nothing really nasty every track has at least one winch a couple of them may have two depending on the weather and your right foot.there is at this stage two compulsary winches one of them a short double line pull,we have 8 tracks ready to go and more available depending on how it goes through the day .Roll on the 11th May...Steve

Please take note of equipment needed for a winch challange as this is part of scrutinering .eg d shackels winch dampners and snach block as you will probable need them. If you dont have every thing you need some one will probable lend you one, we wont be to anal at scrutanering apart from saftey items. But on some stages you may need this equipment, you will be told at begging of a stage if you need the fancy stuff and wont be aloud to start if you aint got it (DNF). (No ground anchors needed )We are beeing nice . We have tried to keep the stages tough but not too tough eg short winches for the low mount electrics, this dosent mean you guys with PTO's are going to walk away with it. With most winch comps, short winches, its not the speed of the winch its the speed of the set up and pack up that makes the differance

This comp could be a trend setter, a few other clubs will be having a good look at this one and may turn it into a serries.
Fingers and toes crossed
A good steping stone to the real thing (spending lots of money and braking lots of sh**)
Bring lots off spear parts, CVS, alternators, batteries and anyting else that could brake (a spear winch rope would be good)

We have been known to change a cv or 4 in a comp, we have got it down to 15 min so far, at worst you miss one stage and if you dont know what your doing there are always 101 people to lend advice and a couple of people that will actually take over and do it for you
Keep the enteries coming in and will see you there


Dion

mudhaw wrote:We have been known to change a cv or 4 in a comp, we have got it down to 15 min so far, at worst you miss one stage and if you dont know what your doing there are always 101 people to lend advice and a couple of people that will actually take over and do it for you
Keep the enteries coming in and will see you there
Dion

Sweet... In that case ill bring my brown 40 so we can fix the transfer case I split at the mud drags (Still havent fixed it)

looks like abit of me ... a usless driver and hopeless surf somewhere new to embarrass myself. I'm in ? ( if i dont get called into work )
cheers DJ

monstr wrote:Well We spent the day setting the tracks hope you people like mud and hills? Nothing really nasty every track has at least one winch a couple of them may have two depending on the weather and your right foot.there is at this stage two compulsary winches one of them a short double line pull,we have 8 tracks ready to go and more available depending on how it goes through the day .Roll on the 11th May...Steve

What time do you want proceedings to start on 11th May? Driver's briefing, Marshall's briefing and other stuff. Days are getting shorter rapidly.

mudhaw wrote:Please take note of equipment needed for a winch challange as this is part of scrutinering .eg d shackels winch dampners and snach block as you will probable need them. If you dont have every thing you need some one will probable lend you one, we wont be to anal at scrutanering apart from saftey items. But on some stages you may need this equipment, you will be told at begging of a stage if you need the fancy stuff and wont be aloud to start if you aint got it (DNF). (No ground anchors needed )We are beeing nice . We have tried to keep the stages tough but not too tough eg short winches for the low mount electrics, this dosent mean you guys with PTO's are going to walk away with it. With most winch comps, short winches, its not the speed of the winch its the speed of the set up and pack up that makes the differance

This comp could be a trend setter, a few other clubs will be having a good look at this one and may turn it into a serries.
Fingers and toes crossed
A good steping stone to the real thing (spending lots of money and braking lots of sh**)
Bring lots off spear parts, CVS, alternators, batteries and anyting else that could brake (a spear winch rope would be good)

We have been known to change a cv or 4 in a comp, we have got it down to 15 min so far, at worst you miss one stage and if you dont know what your doing there are always 101 people to lend advice and a couple of people that will actually take over and do it for you
Keep the enteries coming in and will see you there


Dion

Hey Dion could a couple of newbie's enter this event using Darryn Bells Range Rover, I would like to help them get a feel for the sport with out having to spend a load of cash setting somthing up. This event sounds like just the ticket really. Let me know cheers darryn

Hi Darryn ,I can answer that one .Unfortunatly the answer is No ,Right from the start we deceided not to allow any current competing winch challenge trucks as they are so highly modified that it wouldnt be in keeping with the aim of this comp .What we wanted to try and achive was a fairly level playing field for new people in non winch challenge competition trucks to have a go ..Steve

I have just heard from Russell Re camping on the Saturday night and have been given the okay ,Just a couple of conditions
as he has a corporate do on that day it would be appreciated if you did not arrive untill after mid day ,Also anyone caught Hooning around will be escorted from the property ,if you intend coming up on the Saturday please let me know ..cheers..Steve

Just to keep you up to date ,We are limiting numbers to 20 trucks so if you are thinking of entering you had better get entrys in quick ,you can email your entry to norwestohv@xtra.co.nz with club class in the subject line Tracy who is doing the scoreing really needs the names ASAP so she can set up the computor system..Cheers..Steve

mudhaw wrote:....
We have been known to change a cv or 4 in a comp, we have got it down to 15 min so far, at worst you miss one stage and if you dont know what your doing there are always 101 people to lend advice and a couple of people that will actually take over and do it for you
...
Dion

I thought you and monstr had got over changing CVs and found somthing better to do with your time?

I thought there were no sales pitches allowed on here!!!!!!!!!!!

monstr wrote:Just to keep you up to date ,We are limiting numbers to 20 trucks so if you are thinking of entering you had better get entrys in quick ,you can email your entry to norwestohv@xtra.co.nz with club class in the subject line Tracy who is doing the scoreing really needs the names ASAP so she can set up the computor system..Cheers..Steve

finaly managed to get my entry away today(had to get navi signature) so its in the post

bit of work to do on the truck before then tho steering got a bit of a hammering over the long weekends rock crawling so its out with the old and in with the new(steering arms) also need to straighten my PTO prop shaft so i can spin it at full revs without it vibrating the truck to bits

also bought some new ARB gear off scott today so all my safety gear should be in order

What is the exact ruling on who is able to compete. There is a lot of rumour flying around about who can and can't compete.
We all accept that no currently competing winch trucks can be used, BUT
Can an existing driver navi for someone else?
Can an existing navi drive? (and is a current navi who might have driven the odd stage considered to be a driver?)

Rural53 wrote:What is the exact ruling on who is able to compete. There is a lot of rumour flying around about who can and can't compete.
We all accept that no currently competing winch trucks can be used, BUT
Can an existing driver navi for someone else?
Can an existing navi drive?

This is from Steve a few posts back:

monstr wrote:In answer to your co-driver question...

What we want to do is try and create a fairly level playing field for everyone, there are some teams out there that would be hard to beat no-matter what truck they were in, this is why we are splitting them up ie; a current driver and navi team are not allowed to swap seats in a new truck and compete.

So to try and make it fair...

A current Navi may only navi in a NEW truck and driver combination
A current Driver may only NAVI in a NEW truck and driver combination...

A new truck means a truck that has not competed in a winch challenge in the current series.
A new driver means a driver that has not competed in a winch challenge in the current series.


If you need further clarification on this, please ask.
Cheers
Steve

Cheers TJ, missed that. What is the definition of the current series?

Hi Were classing The "Current series" as anyone who has competed in either Last years Norwest ,Rotorua,Whakatane ,Northland,Or this years Norwest .The only exeptions are any trucks that did the Outlaw class in Whakatane ,or the club class at Northland...Steve

as per TJ's question, do we have a start time yet as to what time we need to be there sunday morning for scrutineering etc ?

cheers

Hi,Scruitineering is from 7 to 8am we hope to have the first trucks in the start boxes by 9am .as per previous post any out of towners are welcome to camp the Sat night ..Cheers
Ps i intend to be staying Sat night so hopefully will have access to the woolshed so there will be toilets available and i will have a BBQ on site if anyone wants it ..

monstr wrote:Hi,Scruitineering is from 7 to 8am we hope to have the first trucks in the start boxes by 9am .as per previous post any out of towners are welcome to camp the Sat night ..Cheers
Ps i intend to be staying Sat night so hopefully will have access to the woolshed so there will be toilets available and i will have a BBQ on site if anyone wants it ..

cheers steve,will be there bright and early....

having a small drama tho, my navi who is signed on the entry has had to pull out due to work commitments so having to find a new navi, can i alter the navi name and sign the new navi up on the day ? (if i can find one game enough to be my navi that is.... )

ohh and are spare wheels and hi lift jacks ok to be ratchet tied down ? or do i have to make a frame to bolt stuff to ?.

can i ditch stuff at each stage to save weight in the back then put it back in to trasport to the next stage after each stage ?

cheers