Offroad-Express

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My turn

This week has been most productive.

First, I have replaced both broken cross members,





Then I took my girlfriend up Thompson's from the Waikato side. Had a small play on the way down.

At work

ditto jerry. workin nights.

been hiding out at my mum n dads in the sunny wairarapa since xmas eve

boredom has set in a few times and today I'd had enough, so I went for a little tiki tour.............

wheres that skid??

chrome wrote:wheres that skid??

Waiohine Gorge, up against the Tararuas, theres a DOC campground at the end of the road and everything

went fishing for the first time, spent an hour or so at one point fixing my tangled line but now have the hang of it. going back out another time soon.

all today so far room renovations, ripping up carpet and underlay .

skid wrote:

chrome wrote:wheres that skid??

Waiohine Gorge, up against the Tararuas, theres a DOC campground at the end of the road and everything

looks nice bro! good swimming hole there to by the looks?

Put my tyres (tahs for Heath ) on the new beadlocks and stuck them on the truck.

LOLYF wrote:Put my tyres (tahs for Heath ) on the new beadlocks and stuck them on the truck.

wow thats shiny!! freekin cool man!!

took my boy for another goat hunt yesterday with the .17HMR, popped a couple just behind/below the ear hole at 100m with the 20gn hollows and they dropped like a stone! and jack had heaps of fun falling over in the long grass and tripping on fallen branches etc, was awesum fun! good first outing for his new hunting boots

no pics tho..camera was in glove box not hunting bag

tested my winch today

and got a couple of new dents on the roof of the 80

LOLYF wrote:Put my tyres (tahs for Heath ) on the new beadlocks and stuck them on the truck.

Lolyf, you know what I said about exposing these guys to all that bling at once
You'll bring out the magpie in them
Look awsome mate. One day it'll get dirty

at you skid, you had the GPS incase you get lost in the Wairarapa

basics wrote::lol: at you skid, you had the GPS incase you get lost in the Wairarapa

being a smart arse from the other side of the world bro

the gps shows up all the little side tracks

skid wrote:

basics wrote::lol: at you skid, you had the GPS incase you get lost in the Wairarapa

being a smart arse from the other side of the world bro

the gps shows up all the little side tracks

i can pretend to be tough when im here
good idea bro. youve had mint as weather in the wraps lately ay, jealous with all the snow im in haha

Hey Mark, weres the pic gone bud.? And how far away is your truck from being finished now.

Cheers Hayden

Put my tyres (tahs for Heath ) on the new beadlocks and stuck them on the truck.

second day of exploration on back country roads, went to the end of the road and found forest park sign, took the obligatory flex shot in a waterway

then found an awesome secluded swimming spot with room to pitch maybe one or two little tents, thank god for gps systems and saving favourites

excuse the teeny tiny crappy pics as they came off crappy cell phone














p.s. bottom right of shot 3 has the 2wd oops getting too close to the river
so got out and put hubs in and gently reversed out which only just happened

looks like a nice spot skid, you might have to share your secret spot when i come home.

haydgq wrote:Hey Mark, weres the pic gone bud.? And how far away is your truck from being finished now.

Cheers Hayden

Put my tyres (tahs for Heath ) on the new beadlocks and stuck them on the truck.

Don't know what happened there, think the wife moved it on photobucket so it disappeared on here. hopefully i've fixed it now.
It's getting closer just lots of small thing still to do.

skid wrote:took the obligatory flex shot in a waterway

where?

niblik wrote:

skid wrote:took the obligatory flex shot in a waterway

where?

hehehehehe, just a wee bit shallower that Jafa's waterway pic

Went upto gum fields (Ahipara) over the weekend with my brother n law and my brother 2x Safari's and my Bighorn (TL) got through no problems on my road tyres but had a few hairy moments.
Damage: Alternator (brothers safari), Broken exhaust (brother n laws safari), no problems with the bighorn but Selector bungs came out of the bighorn on the way back to camp and lost a about 500mls of fluid but still no big deal drove back to Whangarei like that and sorted it out this morning. Didnt have to pay a koha to use the track either.

also I think I saw "mark.griffith" parked up at a flash looking house on my way to the track.

pics to come.

it wasn't on the weekend but have been tinkering on the G for the last few days have decided i need to make some headers that have different exit points. the standard ones interfere with the firewall.
swapped the intermediate drive shaft from yoricks g to mine as my new gearbox is shorter than the old one and the auto that yorick is going to put in his g is longer than the manual which worked out nicely for us also have to remote the oil filter as it was fowling with the chassis. then just have to work out where the exhaust will run and also figure out the engine computer and electrics

had a wee play with the helmet cam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjnBW3LCQY4

gotta love that fresh powder

sambo wrote:had a wee play with the helmet cam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjnBW3LCQY4

gotta love that fresh powder

Fckn awesome man! Where abouts was that?

I think Niseko is in Japan.

Nice pictures from the cam....

Calvin

kbushnz wrote:I think Niseko is in Japan.

Nice pictures from the cam....

Calvin

Didn't even see that title there.
Looks primo. A mate just started a winter instructing at Whistler in Canada so I've been nosing through the pictures grumbling about how unfair life is haha. She said skiing through trees is a bit of an adjustment but shes still got all her teeth so is doing alright

FORGE1 wrote:Went upto gum fields (Ahipara) over the weekend with my brother n law and my brother 2x Safari's and my Bighorn (TL) got through no problems on my road tyres but had a few hairy moments.
Damage: Alternator (brothers safari), Broken exhaust (brother n laws safari), no problems with the bighorn but Selector bungs came out of the bighorn on the way back to camp and lost a about 500mls of fluid but still no big deal drove back to Whangarei like that and sorted it out this morning. Didnt have to pay a koha to use the track either.

also I think I saw "mark.griffith" parked up at a flash looking house on my way to the track.

pics to come.

Was it you i saw driving on Tokerau beach on NewYears day? gave ya a wave but I think you had your bikini spotting glasses on .Al

Taz wrote:

kbushnz wrote:I think Niseko is in Japan.

Nice pictures from the cam....

Calvin

Didn't even see that title there.
Looks primo. A mate just started a winter instructing at Whistler in Canada so I've been nosing through the pictures grumbling about how unfair life is haha. She said skiing through trees is a bit of an adjustment but shes still got all her teeth so is doing alright

yep niseko is in japan, haha yeah ive had a few close encounters with trees already, this one came out of nowhere the other day and snatched the camera off my head!
managed to fix it with half a roll of duct tape tho

just amazed at the amount of snow there is here, walking through the car park all you can see of a few cars is their wing mirrors and the tip of their wipers sticking up into the air.

thought i might give this morning a miss from skiing (-18 outside ) so ill try find a few photos to show you guys

sambo wrote:

Taz wrote:

kbushnz wrote:I think Niseko is in Japan.

Nice pictures from the cam....

Calvin

Didn't even see that title there.
Looks primo. A mate just started a winter instructing at Whistler in Canada so I've been nosing through the pictures grumbling about how unfair life is haha. She said skiing through trees is a bit of an adjustment but shes still got all her teeth so is doing alright

yep niseko is in japan, haha yeah ive had a few close encounters with trees already, this one came out of nowhere the other day and snatched the camera off my head!
managed to fix it with half a roll of duct tape tho

just amazed at the amount of snow there is here, walking through the car park all you can see of a few cars is their wing mirrors and the tip of their wipers sticking up into the air.

thought i might give this morning a miss from skiing (-18 outside ) so ill try find a few photos to show you guys

thats pretty awsome, i flew over from Ontario at xmas, went up whistler yesterday, i know what you mean about trees jumping out at you, amazing slopes over here.

im looking at a working holiday visa for japan in 2012, is that what your on?