Costa Tuff Truck

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Not long now people! are ya all sorted?, got ya winch tuned up ready for a thrashing!? got ya miserable weather clothes packed? whose still putting their trucks together? :lol: :lol:
Lookin forward to it!
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tirfor winch all lubed :mrgreen: Cant wait :D
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lilpigzuk wrote:tirfor winch all lubed :mrgreen:


tmi...! leave ya pet names for it out of the thread fella.. :mrgreen:
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still slowly puttering away on the lux. This is the third event and third time its been in bits the day before the rally :roll: (well not so much a rally this time. More get stuck and get the winch bitch to pull it out)
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but this time no damage or incidents and just all full on fun guy... :wink:
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Might have to cut a big hole in the fire wall for a heater :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Yup I'm still putting shit together as usual :wink:

Any chance that someone can take a m10 tap and 4 10mmx25mm or thereabouts bolts as I wont be able to sort a little issue before i leave :wink:

Bigger tyres are going on the LR today (nice bigger old SAT's thanks to 2's). Big ups to stinky and taz down at wellingtons king of fabrication shop (wellington tow bars) for assistance with running the winch rope and mounting the fairlead yesterday.
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Still looking for additional video people .... would be good if each team can get a video bitch to follow them round with a video camera....., or failing that a volunteer or 3 who can run round and get video for me.......
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Brrrrrr! shes gonna be cold!

Fri 29 Cloudy periods. Southwest winds developing early morning.
Sat 30 Becoming cloudy with rain at times. Southerly breezes.
Sun 31 Rain or showers, snow lowering to 500 metres on the ranges.Southerlies rising gale in exposed places and becoming cold.
Mon 1 Showers, falling as snow above 500 metres at first. Cold strong or gale southerlies slowly easing.
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Jerry wrote:Still looking for additional video people .... would be good if each team can get a video bitch to follow them round with a video camera....., or failing that a volunteer or 3 who can run round and get video for me.......


Don't leave it to the last minute or anything Jerry :roll:
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Ive got in-truck cam :D :D
Are you tring to say it might be cold Jaffa????
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Ok up dated forcast
If its not sunny it will be cloudy,
If its not cloudy it will be raining
If its not raining it will be snowing
If its not windy it will be a hurricane
If its not any-one of the above it will be all of them :(
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Landy Rover wrote:Are you tring to say it might be cold Jaffa????


Might need to tie my beanie on!
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Depending on the weather I might have to stay nice and dry and warm.

Not that I would mind being a bit cold but I don't think the kids will handle tenting it in a screaming southerly for a couple of days
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Bubba wrote:Depending on the weather I might have to stay nice and dry and warm.

Not that I would mind being a bit cold but I don't think the kids will handle tenting it in a screaming southerly for a couple of days


Dont use your kids as an excuse for your frailties! such a cop out! :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

anyway it only says "breezes" :lol: :lol:
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Yeah and we all know what a breeze is like at Costa with only little sticks of Manuka to hide behind :lol: :lol:
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i will be placing fluro arrows from the Ponagroa turn-off for everyone that hasnt been there before, they will go up tomoorow morning as i head out! 8)
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Jerry wrote:Still looking for additional video people .... would be good if each team can get a video bitch to follow them round with a video camera....., or failing that a volunteer or 3 who can run round and get video for me.......


Jerry, I'm going to be there with my Camera
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Jafa wrote:
Bubba wrote:Depending on the weather I might have to stay nice and dry and warm.

Not that I would mind being a bit cold but I don't think the kids will handle tenting it in a screaming southerly for a couple of days


Dont use your kids as an excuse for your frailties! such a cop out! :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

anyway it only says "breezes" :lol: :lol:


Jafa wrote:Brrrrrr! shes gonna be cold!
Sun 31 Rain or showers, snow lowering to 500 metres on the ranges.Southerlies rising gale in exposed places and becoming cold.
Mon 1 Showers, falling as snow above 500 metres at first. Cold strong or gale southerlies slowly easing.


I see the words SNOW and RAIN and GALE and SOUTHERLIES

Fine, you look after two kids once the novety has worn off and they are cold and wet and want to go home.
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Bubba wrote:
Jafa wrote:
Bubba wrote:Depending on the weather I might have to stay nice and dry and warm.

Not that I would mind being a bit cold but I don't think the kids will handle tenting it in a screaming southerly for a couple of days


Dont use your kids as an excuse for your frailties! such a cop out! :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

anyway it only says "breezes" :lol: :lol:


Jafa wrote:Brrrrrr! shes gonna be cold!
Sun 31 Rain or showers, snow lowering to 500 metres on the ranges.Southerlies rising gale in exposed places and becoming cold.
Mon 1 Showers, falling as snow above 500 metres at first. Cold strong or gale southerlies slowly easing.


I see the words SNOW and RAIN and GALE and SOUTHERLIES

Fine, you look after two kids once the novety has worn off and they are cold and wet and want to go home.

YOU LIVE IN A CITY THAT HAS THAT ALL THE TIME :mrgreen:
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Bubba wrote:
Jafa wrote:
Bubba wrote:Depending on the weather I might have to stay nice and dry and warm.

Not that I would mind being a bit cold but I don't think the kids will handle tenting it in a screaming southerly for a couple of days


Dont use your kids as an excuse for your frailties! such a cop out! :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

anyway it only says "breezes" :lol: :lol:


Jafa wrote:Brrrrrr! shes gonna be cold!
Sun 31 Rain or showers, snow lowering to 500 metres on the ranges.Southerlies rising gale in exposed places and becoming cold.
Mon 1 Showers, falling as snow above 500 metres at first. Cold strong or gale southerlies slowly easing.


I see the words SNOW and RAIN and GALE and SOUTHERLIES

Fine, you look after two kids once the novety has worn off and they are cold and wet and want to go home.


:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Bubba wrote:Fine, you look after two kids once the novety has worn off and they are cold and wet and want to go home.

Bubba!!! You have MAN FLU, so that will make it three kids!!!
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nstacey wrote:
Jerry wrote:Still looking for additional video people .... would be good if each team can get a video bitch to follow them round with a video camera....., or failing that a volunteer or 3 who can run round and get video for me.......


Jerry, I'm going to be there with my Camera


i will have an incar camera somewhere
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Wonder if it will be colder than the -3 it was at the big rallywoods trip at queens birthday (last year?? or the year before??)

Might have to turn the aircon up in the big green airconditioned tent with the ladder on the back if thats the case :lol:

Cheers for the video volunteers guys... pics for the DVD will be welcome as well....
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I see it's open season on Princess Bubba, gezzz What did I do to deserve all this.... :lol: :lol:

Truth be known i have bought the kids new thermals already

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All Packed and ready to go

See you guys up there
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good morning evrybody!!!!! its costa go day! 6.40 and im up and ready.... just got to get junoir outa bed :twisted: :roll:

see you all there~ :mrgreen: :D 8)
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Good morning. Pink sky this morning, shepards warning so they say :?:
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Landy Rover wrote:Good morning. Pink sky this morning, shepards warning so they say :?:


I think those shepards you are talking about must have been Mo wearing shepards coz there's nothing wrong with a bit of pink in the morning
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crizpy is heading to costa plenty 1pm today ... If anybody in wellington region wants to join .. text or call 021852446
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