Offroad-Express

Hi People ,The entry form has been up less than 24 hours and already we have 8 confirmed entries . So if your thinking of entering dont take to long or you will miss out .the way things are going we will be closed off in the next day or so .If you have sent an entry but havent been in contact with me could you please drop me a PM or email oink@xtra.co.nz or if your intending to send off entry contact me first .
Cheers Steve

So far there are confirmed
2 teams from Wellington
2 teams from Hamilton
6 teams from Auckland

"WE ARE NOW FULL"

Now 9 teams entered 1 more from Auckland .1 space left......

"WE ARE NOW FULL" and have one team on a cancellation list ,Cheers to all those who have entered and the offers of help.
Steve/Tony

Wahoo let the trash talk begin

Im Not going to put up complete team names as some are still sorting out a truck or two ,but team contacts are

Phil (Traxion) Auck
Taz Wellington
Blackdeath Wellington
Tim Randall Hamilton
Mark Auck
Mike Maybell Auck
Simon Collett Auck
Tony Differ Hamilton
Calvin Tyler Auck
Glen Raymond Auck
Kevin Chapman Auck

you will notice there are 11 teams this was due to the mass influx of entries in one day and us not closing it off quick enough if your names not here please PM me
Cheers Steve

oh man, just make it 20 teams you will get it easy.., haha can imagine hard to organise 60 trucks though..

If anyone requires good Spotlights (HID or LED), Recovery Equipment or Dyneema Rope I am happy to offer discounts. Mike, winch.co.nz

madmike wrote:If anyone requires good Spotlights (HID or LED), Recovery Equipment or Dyneema Rope I am happy to offer discounts. Mike, winch.co.nz

I Would be only to happy to test some for you mate while im setting stages

Lets talk

monstr wrote:I Would be only to happy to test some for you mate while im setting stages

Steve, when you'r finished setting stages I would be only to happy to take them off your hands

LOLYF wrote:

monstr wrote:I Would be only to happy to test some for you mate while im setting stages

Steve, when you'r finished setting stages I would be only to happy to take them off your hands

Me first me first......

welly crew we are now booked here......about 8k from event
http://www.parakaisprings.co.nz/index.html

taz01 wrote:welly crew we are now booked here......about 8k from event
http://www.parakaisprings.co.nz/index.html

Water slide races while Taz gets a facial and manyicure

PR wrote:

taz01 wrote:welly crew we are now booked here......about 8k from event
http://www.parakaisprings.co.nz/index.html

Water slide races while Taz gets a facial and manyicure

yeah yeah ....your following me at night????? hmm must get more rear leds oh yeah shipment of 20 just arrived.................

Hi guys , some additional information has been added to the Auckland club web site .
Cheers Steve

hope you lot don't snore

A couple of questions
http://www.auckland4wd.org.nz/downloads ... mation.pdf

VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS:
Spare tyre/s

are spare wheels going to have to be carried on the stages, will a spare wheel(s) per team going to be ok or will each vehicle have to carry one or would beadlocks and spare tubes be sufficent?




PITS:
Is there going to be a lot of room to spread out in the pits or will it be congested and bearing in mind its a no camping venue can tents, marquees etc be put up for shelter, gear storage, support team etc?

Sadam_Husain wrote::?: A couple of questions
http://www.auckland4wd.org.nz/downloads ... mation.pdf

VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS:
Spare tyre/s

are spare wheels going to have to be carried on the stages, will a spare wheel(s) per team going to be ok or will each vehicle have to carry one or would beadlocks and spare tubes be sufficent?




PITS:
Is there going to be a lot of room to spread out in the pits or will it be congested and bearing in mind its a no camping venue can tents, marquees etc be put up for shelter, gear storage, support team etc?

Hi Mate ,Re spare wheels ,No requirement to carry one or have one (but in saying that would suggest that at least one of your team has one that fits all 3 trucks) as some stages are quite long .1 stage being over 20 km

Yep there is plenty of room to spread out ,we have 2 quite large areas to use for the base ,parking trucks /trailers etc.and put up a tent or 2 for cover and storage
Cheers Steve

spare wheel 20 km stage feul mite be more important

Jerry wrote:hope you lot don't snore

crap forgot about you jerry guess if we vote your wayyyyy over the other-side of the camp ground ya nightchainsawingsnoringgruntingkeepeveyoneawakechinesephototakinggirlrunning lollieeatingnondrinkingbastard that should just about cover it

What he said

stinky wrote:What he said

Can we leave him at the sky tower so he can watch from there

Have been up at the forest quite a bit lately setting tracks to entertain you guys and because a lot of the tracks you will be doing are quite long it can be a bit confusing getting to and from the control hub as multiple teams will be using some of the access tracks at the same time to get to the sh#tty bits ,We will be putting up as many signs and directions as we can but things look real different at night .on the day all the teams will be given maps of the forest and a stage map that they are doing ,but if it helps anyone that has a GPS and wants a copy of the forest map drop me a email at oink@xtra.co.nz and I can email you a copy to load on your gps .it wont show the stages you are going to do but is a general map of the whole forest area we will be in ..I am making this offer as it might help teams from getting lost and most of the Auckland teams know the forest quite well and it might help take away the home advantage and it wont affect the timed stages
steve

just a thought you may not have realised....
Event start: 4.30pm briefing. Course available from 5:00pm
Event Finish Saturday 7th April at 5:00pm

daylight saving finishes on the 1st.....

taz01 wrote:just a thought you may not have realised....
Event start: 4.30pm briefing. Course available from 5:00pm
Event Finish Saturday 7th April at 5:00pm

daylight saving finishes on the 1st.....

Just means you might get a track in before sunset at 6:08pm
Also means you only have to wait till 6:40am for sunrise.

For those that were thinking about getting the map and importing / calibrating it to use in your GPS....
It wont quite work as the map trails as marked were not made using a GPS and the are not where they show up ..heheeh some by quite a bit.
Just make sure your GPS has the Topo map loaded for this part of the country and compare the stage maps to it....As you go...
It will be handy getting to the various stages and back to base camp but wont help once on a stage. Thats what bunting tape is for
Gunna be a fun event.....

if i get lost its the bloody navi's fault and its gonna cost him a box a beer each time too.........

A bit of a sneak preview what you may experience during the 24hr challenge!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcyBGOGm ... e=youtu.be

Cool Vid ,Thanks Yael/Warren ,I think those new tracks we found today will keep the Auck guys guessing