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BIG Announcement
The Christchurch 4WD Club is to hold an open day/4WD trip that anyone can attended. We want to show and tell about our Club.

DATE Sunday 17th February.

TIME 9am. Registration. Or pre register at our Club meeting on the 11th Feb. Cashmere Club. 7.30pm.
Or register on FaceBook. http://www.facebook.com/events/127840294042126/

There is more here too.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christchu ... 6604907457

PLACE. Sheffield Domain. Main West Coast Road. Sheffield.

THE TRIP. Guided by Club Members we will head west and Enter the Kowai River near the Lime Works. Our trip will take us down the Kowhai, dropping in and out of the river. If you have not done much 4WDing you will find some parts a little challenging. Your smile will tell us how much.
Bring your lunch as around mid day we will take a break before picking our way down to the confluence of the Waimakariri River.

WHO can come. As long as your 4wd has high and low range you are welcome to come on the Trip. If you don't have a 4WD or a suitable one then you will be welcome as a passenger in one of our Club Members Trucks. Must have Ref and WOF.

THE END. After the River trip its back to the Sheffield Domain for a complimentary BBQ and the Drawing of lucky numbers. Have a chat about the day and talk to Club Members about the Club.

THE COST. $5.00 The Club will Donate all proceeds from this to the Rescue Helicopter.

QUESTIONS. Ask them here or on FaceBook as your question might be the same as others have.

Cheers


Graham
Club President

Looks like the info page on your fb account needs updating.
President - you Graham or Wayne?
I will think about this date and register, if going, nearer the time.
Thanks for this posting. Great idea.

Took a bit to find that. Fixed.

OVERSZ wrote:BIG Announcement

WHO can come. As long as your 4wd has high and low range you are welcome to come on the Trip. If you don't have a 4WD or a suitable one then you will be welcome as a passenger in one of our Club Members Trucks.

Graham
Club President

is this the only restriction ? so ya could take an old farm truck or trailer queen ?

passengerpete wrote:

OVERSZ wrote:BIG Announcement

WHO can come. As long as your 4wd has high and low range you are welcome to come on the Trip. If you don't have a 4WD or a suitable one then you will be welcome as a passenger in one of our Club Members Trucks.

Graham
Club President

is this the only restriction ? so ya could take an old farm truck or trailer queen ?

If you have a trailer queen likely this will be too easy for you.

Amend above to read must have reg and WOF

Hi would be interested to come along with a friend we have each just bought a 4X4 both of which are standard and in need of some offroad mods. would like to come as passengers to learn about offroading in general especially if anyone as a couple spare seats in a Terrano or escudo,

jesse james wrote:Hi would be interested to come along with a friend we have each just bought a 4X4 both of which are standard and in need of some offroad mods. would like to come as passengers to learn about offroading in general especially if anyone as a couple spare seats in a Terrano or escudo,

nah mate go and grab your friend and sign yourselves up and turn up with your trucks thats exactually what their open day is about

Sadam_Husain wrote:

jesse james wrote:Hi would be interested to come along with a friend we have each just bought a 4X4 both of which are standard and in need of some offroad mods. would like to come as passengers to learn about offroading in general especially if anyone as a couple spare seats in a Terrano or escudo,

nah mate go and grab your friend and sign yourselves up and turn up with your trucks thats exactly what their open day is about

Exactly right. Its what the trip is all about. We will set off in small groups, each with a club member or 2. There are places to experiment or just watch and take the easiest option. River crossings are very shallow, only a few inches.
Time wont be an issue. It took us only a bit over an hour yesterday of driving time. We moved fairly quickly, but we have 4 - 5 hours to use up so its a good chance to find out about yourself.
I say yourself, because any 4WD the has high and low box can do it. Its you finding out for yourself that you can.

Love to have you along

Sounds good. But just making sure, this is suited for std 4wd's (with hi/low box)?

Yes indeed.

Thinkin of taking the disco with el nibbo's horde along.

niblik wrote:Yes indeed.

Thinkin of taking the disco with el nibbo's horde along.

Ideal Neal Brake that truck in

kbjj wrote:

niblik wrote:Yes indeed.

Thinkin of taking the disco with el nibbo's horde along.

Ideal Neal Brake that truck in

Lol. Hence I'm thinkin and not confirmed. Not wantin to pedal the family wagon really bud.. Maybe I need another truck too?

CraigS wrote:Sounds good. But just making sure, this is suited for std 4wd's (with hi/low box)?

Correct.
You have a Terrano??? You will be sweet as.

So you won't need a snorkel for this ?

Evo88u wrote:So you won't need a snorkel for this ?

The deepest on our recy was about 150mm. You will handle alot deeper by just taking it quietly.

Cheers

Graham

One of the things about this day is you will see some of the Modifications the serious trucks have had done to them.
But it wont be like what you have to do to yours to become a member.
There are a number of trips planned to cater for standard trucks and more can be put in the program if we have the numbers to do them.

Remember to register. Facebook is the easiest.
http://www.facebook.com/events/127840294042126/?ref=22

Cheers

Graham

would love to come. sounds like it'll be a great introductory day. if only the safari hadn't drunk a large amount of water before xmas..... looking forward to seeing pics

Graham Im a maybe with the whole family.

Wots stopping me it my birthday on saturday. Ill call you if we're coming out.

red-devil wrote:Graham Im a maybe with the whole family.

Wots stopping me it my birthday on saturday. Ill call you if we're coming out.

Happy Birthday for Saturday.
Just come on out. We will be able to handle a few extras. No problem.

I'll be taking the family along. Sounds like fun.

Im coming along good to meet new faces with similar intrests

as long as the snow stays down ill be ok on the track lol

Cheers to the organizers. We had a great day thanks!

Bugga that i missed it!

There'll be another meet real soon.
Was good to see new faces and trucks.
Well done to the organisers!

A short video clip of a river crossing towards the end of the day.

http://youtu.be/OTxZ0tT17XQ

great day out, really wish I had my hilux sorted out for it but oh well, will try upload some photos later of pete and jason and od one of rick

some great river crossing, even some floating landcruisers

anyone get video of me so called "floating" i even got a prize for it haha.

They read out my number plate,stood there like a numpty thinking i wonder who that is...... oh wait thats my truck they are pointing at haha

The WEHI wrote:anyone get video of me so called "floating" i even got a prize for it haha.

They read out my number plate,stood there like a numpty thinking i wonder who that is...... oh wait thats my truck they are pointing at haha

Was good to meet ya. You weren't the only one to get a red face collecting a prize for a minty moment. Using my winch on the first obstacle for the day that others cruised over?

The Weather wasn't brilliant, but the folks that came were. Seeing the smiles on the faces as we made our way down the Kowai River made up for it big time.
We had 40 trucks plus the club trucks and broke into groups of 5-7. We also gave the option of a couple of groups playing hard. Ropes, winching and one truck floating in the Waimak were all part and parcel for the hard players. Meanwhile those on the easy teams began to experiment with little angles and bigger as they learned about them selves and their trucks.
A few even tried a short pinch through some willows. Some getting there while others needed to be towed out.
One truck had to be taken out to the road and the AA man after it lost all power after being in some not very deep water. This was in the newest Truck but the assure me they will be back for more.

We all returned to the Sheffield Domain for a sausage sizzle and anyone who got towed, stuck, or even just felt a bit nervous at times picked up a price. Anything from Tow Ropes to Bow Shackles. Minties were a popular prize.
At the end more than 25 indicated they would like to followup on a second club trip. ( a requirement of the club membership to to complete 2 day trips before being proposed for full membership.

Members also report they had a great day and enjoyed meeting every one there.
Thanks to those who came along.
Our next Club night is on Monday 11th March at the Cashmere Club. Meeting Starts at 7.30pm.
And those who say meetings are boring, I say why does 80% of our members come to our meeting. Its because our meeting are fun.
See you there

The WEHI wrote:anyone get video of me so called "floating" i even got a prize for it haha.

They read out my number plate,stood there like a numpty thinking i wonder who that is...... oh wait thats my truck they are pointing at haha

you were floating to fast for my ph to start recording cause i was trying, you just droped in and took off so dont know how you realised that ay