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Someone i.e trip leader say this trip $20 we pay sign then drive, thomos is having a lot of use this month, not just from us, have noticed we drive the main tracks play in the side areas , quads play on the track

Merc, what size tyres you got on?

Sorry coxy.... im a bit dim tonight.... so the club is taking $20 off each truck, then paying it to what organisation?? Is that getting passed onto Matamata Piako District Council, or is that a charge by the club for the club?

i just got 235/85 x 16 but my secret weapon is my twin lockers

the same tyres i had on at the BBQ

have to admit i don't know. For farm runs we do it goes to the land owner i.e ness valley ,thompsons farm, onewhero, niake, sorry ican not help with this question but only joined manakau 14 months ago

like i said in the above post.. im a bit dim tonight, what does that convert to in inches? must be 31 or there abouts

let me see.....

16 inches = 406mm
85% of 235mm = 199mm

406 + 199(x2) = 804

804mm = 31.6 inch........

Youll be fine, those rocks wont even touch the underbody......

xj wrote:like i said in the above post.. im a bit dim tonight, what does that convert to in inches? must be 31 or there abouts

let me see.....

16 inches = 406mm
85% of 235mm = 199mm

406 + 199(x2) = 804

804mm = 31.6 inch........

Youll be fine, those rocks wont even touch the underbody......

thats what i wanted to hear

cool as coxy, no prob.

Im just curious how clubs work this kinda thing out. If its going to the farmers for the use of their land then id be happy as, if a club is taking money off members to play on a public road/track (that has free passage)with no intention of passing any, if not all, of that on, id be a bit grumpy.

Before anyone gets all nuclear, ive never belonged to a club, as and as stated, im curious how they charge for trips.

did mine bent the left front rim lip bent right rear radis arm mount

coxsy wrote:did mine bent the left front rim lip bent right rear radis arm mount

yeah mate, i punched a hole through the, what i call, thermal barrier (between the body and the muffler) missed my muffler and heat sensor by millimeters, but didnt pierce the underbody, and stoved in my drivers side door sill..... both, i think, happened on the rock climb.

Thanks to whoever designed skid plates on front and under fuel tank, cause theyre both pretty well scored after yesterday too...

BigAl had 31's on too i think and he got some nasty sill bruising too.

Fun fun fun fun

donnt mind xj , i ve been in clubs since i was 25 not to keen in running them. was elected pres of the mustang club in auckland mainly as no one else stood quit aftter 3 months as the club editor started to run thing around me

hey coxsy how many vehicles are heading up there tomorrow with you guys do you know

Dixie, you were heading on both sides of the track on your quad regularly back then....... what say you on these postings???????

Yeah man been over this track for years on my bikes(2 or 4 wheel)and has never been impassable may take a bit longer when its chewed up but never has it stopped us nor have we ever needed to use our shovels(but always good to have em).
I go over this hill at least once a month,just lately the old back is giving me grief,so ive slowed down.It once took us 9 hours up and over,lunch and back home.
The mates and I thought it was awesome when the 4x4's had been through it made the track interesting.


Cool day up tomos my winch got a good workout thanks to callum(ha ha)
got a few bruises myself,nothing major.I fukin hate panelbeating but the door wouldnt close so cheers callum for the shackle and coxsy for the hammer.
Got some picsbut im feeling sooooo fukin lazy at the mo,kinda lookin for a boat(so let me know if ya got one for sale)

Hi xj,While agree with you about a charge being made to help maintain tracks,you would end up with the same situation that happens with the honesty box at Maratoto,,There its a measly 10 bucks and bugger all people pay,Ive been up there many times with our club and seen heaps of 4wds and dozens of bikes and have talked to Ces who does most of the work up there and the box is almost always empty,The local bike clubs in that area did a big push to get 4wds out and it was only the work of people like Peter Vahry and others that the track is now under the control of the 4wd clubs..While im at it there has been talk of going in and doing some work on tracks i know that there has been many working bee:s trimming back and filling holes in Maratoto which has been advertised in club mags but on the day your lucky to get 6 trucks.So when the call goes out for help next time are we all going to sit on our bums ? or give a bit of time to maintain tracks that are there for OUR enjoyment...my thoughts....Steve

xj wrote:Merc, what size tyres you got on?

Sorry coxy.... im a bit dim tonight.... so the club is taking $20 off each truck, then paying it to what organisation?? Is that getting passed onto Matamata Piako District Council, or is that a charge by the club for the club?

In Manukau 4wd's case - the money collected will go to the appropriate Farmer or Group that it is raised for - the club is very solvent and doesn't need to skim more dosh from members

hi brent, i was more referring to Thompsons.... who would that money go to if it were collected for a trip?

we've covered tha farmers scenario.

xj wrote:hi brent, i was more referring to Thompsons.... who would that money go to if it were collected for a trip?

we've covered tha farmers scenario.

The NZ4WD Association

ok, so i guess by the question mark that that's a maybe?

someone will know no doubt..... annnnnyway..........

id think your pushing it on 31's. up to you. i didnt really think it was hard on wed at anystage. but if you tried wrong line you got stuck on main track isnt that right xj.. 31's and twin lockers.... we carried a quad bike through too..

quite right callum, i did indeed, and had to winch meself out too.... still got me a bit buggered what happened there, both lockers on got me 2mm of nothing, like you said, wrong line...........

however, the 31's were fine, it was the only spot that buggered me, and that was due to the driver not paying attention, not the tyres.

xj wrote:

coxsy wrote:did mine bent the left front rim lip bent right rear radis arm mount

BigAl had 31's on too i think and he got some nasty sill bruising too.

Fun fun fun fun

BigAL's got 700x15 SAT's so 29's
the vitara sills do (or did) hang down below the chassis, hence why mine have been replaced with RHS

HI we had 4 trucks today 2 safaris a swb bighorn [with locker's] and the pres in his landover, we got half way over the otherside got stopped by a slip, tried digging the bank to fill in the slip so a truck could get passed called it quits needed more guys to achieve anything did a uturn and back up then down, the track is a lot dryer today a bit harder on the suspension , had to use a sledge hammer to staighten my front rim bent it more, as the only truck that didnt have lockers got hung up three times had to be tow out

coxy, the number you posted up the other day is crook, tried to give ya a call today and got the "im sorry this phone is not currently connected....." speil came forth

i don't normaly ring myself i'll check it out

bugger didn't write it all down 0211337384 my apology tech chalanged.

Ok havent put any pics up for a while so lets see if this works!!!

Callum being tugged out by the Safari,good effort.

And Callum being salvaged up the hill and out of the trees,Fukin awesome!!!!


I actually have the whole movie of him hitting that bog and man does that little toy sound good!!!

Ok that didnt work can someone turn that fukin light on for me.....

Hey Coxsy ,Im not trying to be smart but didnt you guys have winches.. Are you talking about the slip about a km after you start going down on that slight left hand bend?

Hi coxy,,dont think that slip is anywhere near half way down the kati side.We have got across it three times in the last 2 months,twice this week.We put a winch across for safety and pull the truck over.A few more trucks thrugh will soon have it driveable.

no we were by GPS reconing half way down the track from the west side its was a flat open section then dropped down righthand corner with a steam running down the track and accross the track, Three of the four trucks had winches, driving up it i don't thing it would be a hard drive the other way a swb safari could not get passsed with out dropping off the track then it would be a major recovery it was deceided to take the easy course and return , then have a major recovery on our hands , we were set up for a day trip not a long day,