thompsons track

monstr · Post by **monstr** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:34 pm

Hi Coxsy Sounds like you guys made the right call if you were worried about dropping a truck over the bank,I dont know if were talking about the same slip but when we went through both ways on Wed the only slip that we came across was from the Te Araha side about 20 mins down from the start of the trackat the summit it was on a left hand corner and you had to winch half way wait for the back of the truck to slide down into the slip and then winch out of it,It was before the rock wall going from Te Aroha through to Katikati ..Steve

mudhaw · Post by **mudhaw** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:34 pm

Sounds like the same slip, the only wagon that can get passed without droping a back wheel in is a suzuki or similar. But if you got big hairy ones and dont mind pulling the seat cover out of your crack it aint to bad.

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:43 pm

sounds like the same one was with older more experanced guys took their call with one truck without a winch would make it a hard day

monstr · Post by **monstr** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:46 pm

Hey There winch bitch,That was one of the few times i would of gladly changed places,If it had turned ti sh"t you would of just waved goodby as we went down with the ship...

mudhaw · Post by **mudhaw** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:53 pm

No don't sugest attempting without useing winch as safety harness

scrambled · Post by **scrambled** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:17 pm

like mudhaw said earlier uo just have to have big balls or go home :twisted:

monstr · Post by **monstr** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:11 am

hey scrambed,sorry mate but that go hard or go home attitude sucks,we had the trucks that are set up for that type of situation,Both wayne and i have done advanced recovery courses and had our trucks in worse conditions many times before,its that go hard or go home attitude that gives 4wding a bad name...My thoughts...Steve
Ps Without exception every time weve been on a run with people with that type of attitude its turned to crap and weve spent most of the day either fixing trucks or recovering them ,,wheres the fun in that?

Big-AL · Post by **Big-AL** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:55 am

i had a great day on wed! after going to the wrong end! :oops:

thanks heaps to XJ for coming back to get me from the correct end

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Big-AL · Post by **Big-AL** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:56 am

something went wrong with that photo . . . lets have a look.

Big-AL · Post by **Big-AL** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:05 am

Big-AL · Post by **Big-AL** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:06 am

mmm ... maybe i should walk down stairs and ask icekayak what i am doing wrong...

Big-AL · Post by **Big-AL** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:10 am

Big-AL · Post by **Big-AL** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:10 am

haha little brothers are great!

Big-AL · Post by **Big-AL** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:19 am

Big-AL · Post by **Big-AL** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:20 am

is it just me, or do photo's never quite do 4wding justice?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:48 am

it isn just you
it always looks alot tamer in a photo videos are better

scrambled · Post by **scrambled** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:40 pm

monster i think you have taken wat i said the wrong way i donot condone rippig up tracks so that they become undriveable we should all respect the tracks tha we drive and ensure that we leave them the way we found them i just ment tat we should dive or trucs to there capabilites :oops: