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Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:46 pm**

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Posted: **Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:38 pm**

spent saturday at my mums new house pulling up carpet and underlay, and vinyl...hate that shit :evil:

then went out today and dropped some goats for the freezer, took 2 heads off with my first shot at 275m (glad i can still shoot) with the browning, had a good walk and the dog got a run so all in all a good day

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:30 am**

Finally got round to mounting my twin electric fans after 6mnths of them kicking round in the workshop, poped the dents out of my front gards, checked the seals on my snorkel, and went out to Dwaynes place and got a scheme going for new bullbars and side bars and planned out the itinerary for our two week Sth Island trip for early next year

Oh, and while i was poking around underneath fitting the fans, i noticed my front crank seal is weeping badly :twisted:

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:38 am**

DieselBoy wrote: planned out the itinerary for our two week Sth Island trip for early next year

Time to try out some real 4WDing aye

Look forward to being able to put a face to the name.

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:29 am**

I used to live in Westport :wink:

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:46 pm**

then went out today and dropped some goats for the freezer

Hey wopass where can I go to shoot some goats as this week im on tech holiday and looking for something to hunt. PM me.

Well this wkend did nothing except milked some cows and got the farm zuk stuk in a drain and was buried over the axles good fun! Then went up to dorkland to get my lil bro from the airport. Now im on a week long holiday yuss!!

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:58 pm**

A few of us went for a play up Worsleys on sunday arvo,
had a good time got to the top and down without any dramas.

Just a few dents and a couple of broken surf flares.

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:00 pm**

The broken Headlight and bent number plate on the Disco is what happens when a 18mt snatch strap breaks in half.

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:37 pm**

Spent Saturday and Sunday building a chicken coop

while some of the Manukau boys were away doing the Waitawheta - early reports were that the first vehicles completed the 20km track in just over 20 hours :lol:

one of the climbs was a one km winch at 20 to 30metre a time :lol:

pleased I didn't go - some of the guys probably took close to 30 - 35 hrs.

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:01 pm**

while some of the Manukau boys were away doing the Waitawheta - early reports were that the first vehicles completed the 20km track in just over 20 hours one of the climbs was a one km winch at 20 to 30metre a time pleased I didn't go - some of the guys probably took close to 30 - 35 hrs.

I assume by this you mean Tairees Track? If so it sure ain't 20km more like 11-13km even the missus has walked round the loop in a few hours.
Last time I was up there (a couple of years ago now) we took 8 hrs to get to the waterfall corner & back (going anticlockwise) with only a tirfor :shock:

FUN.....

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:04 pm**

I did F all :lol:

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:17 pm**

early reports were that the first vehicles completed the 20km track in just over 20 hours one of the climbs was a one km winch at 20 to 30metre a time pleased I didn't go - some of the guys probably took close to 30 - 35 hrs

Where do I sign up :happyjump: :happyjump:

Al

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:55 pm**

Right here..........I'm planning a mission once the 90 is legal & has the winch on :twisted:

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:28 pm**

Furgus wrote:Right here..........I'm planning a mission once the 90 is legal & has the winch on

count me in mate, i have never done the waitawheta track, every time i think about it i allways end up doing something else :roll:

.... from the reports ive heard its a good one to add to the list. :twisted:

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:32 pm**

count me in mate, i have never done the waitawheta track, every time i think about it i allways end up doing something else .... from the reports ive heard its a good one to add to the list.

Thought you might be into it ........... do you reckon DB might be interested :?:

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:49 pm**

Waitawheta,where the hell is that?How extreme are we talking,would a beaten up old safari conquer it?

Put a 2" body lift in,went for a sunday crawl up to Thompsons summit,super dry!!

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:58 pm**

Furgus wrote:
count me in mate, i have never done the waitawheta track, every time i think about it i allways end up doing something else .... from the reports ive heard its a good one to add to the list.

Thought you might be into it ........... do you reckon DB might be interested

You guys love punishment. Part of the tracks just one big long swamp. Used to take us two days to do the loop :lol:

That was back in the days of Landrovers and SAT's :wink:

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:22 pm**

Thought you might be into it ........... do you reckon DB might be interested

that really is a silly question :lol:

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:27 pm**

Furgus wrote:I assume by this you mean Tairees Track? If so it sure ain't 20km more like 11-13km even the missus has walked round the loop in a few hours.Last time I was up there (a couple of years ago now) we took 8 hrs to get to the waterfall corner & back (going anticlockwise) with only a tirfor FUN.....

Probably that track - they said it would have been easier in the other direction - I volunteered to go there in high summer - finding suitable trees to winch of at 2am after 16hrs of 4wding isn't my ideal Saturday night :lol:

They had a Chevie Blazer with them - is now a bit narrower :shock:

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:04 am**

Hi all, I'm new and have a Niva.

I bought tractor tyres in the weekend - and spent Sunday dollying back my guards... oh and fixing oil leaks of course.

Only managed to test it with tractors on the back, and it semed unstopable. Mind you it's been pretty dry here lately anyway.

I'd love to know some places to practice off-road driving around Dunedin?

Cheers,

Baxter
http://www.ladaniva.co.uk/baxter

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:57 am**

BrentC wrote:
Furgus wrote:I assume by this you mean Tairees Track? If so it sure ain't 20km more like 11-13km even the missus has walked round the loop in a few hours.Last time I was up there (a couple of years ago now) we took 8 hrs to get to the waterfall corner & back (going anticlockwise) with only a tirfor FUN.....

Probably that track - they said it would have been easier in the other direction - I volunteered to go there in high summer - finding suitable trees to winch of at 2am after 16hrs of 4wding isn't my ideal Saturday night

They had a Chevie Blazer with them - is now a bit narrower

Did you get the email about the recovery mission? :oops:

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:04 pm**

The track's not that bad. Last time we made it round in about 10hrs in one truck with one broken axle. It does get a bit more interesting after dark though.

Not as bad as when you went around the wire's wopass. And I hear you have lockers now you should be running rings around the zuk's. It is quite simialr to that. The big hill is not that bad so long as you have more clearance than the guy before you :lol:

I'd be keen to go around agian... on bent's truck

Last time I took mine I got the carpet wet :shock:

can't have that.

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:39 pm**

Did you get the email about the recovery mission?

No ....... do tell :!:

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:45 pm**

lilpigzuk wrote:Did you get the email about the recovery mission?

yep - would have liked to help -but not sure that my cardioligist would be that pleased - will elaborate on recovery next week - when being on a public forum won't have consequences :wink:

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:46 pm**

zuky wrote:The track's not that bad. Last time we made it round in about 10hrs in one truck with one broken axle. It does get a bit more interesting after dark though.

Not as bad as when you went around the wire's wopass. And I hear you have lockers now you should be running rings around the zuk's. It is quite simialr to that. The big hill is not that bad so long as you have more clearance than the guy before you

I'd be keen to go around agian... on bent's truck Last time I took mine I got the carpet wet can't have that.

so you me and DB should be able to do it in a day easy

LETS DOOO EEEET !

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:52 pm**

so you me and DB should be able to do it in a day easy

LETS DOOO EEEET !

So what you chaps up to over chrimbo :?:

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:04 am**

wopass wrote:
so you me and DB should be able to do it in a day easy

There is also a good side track I've only ever walked but that would be worth poking the nose down. How about this weekend or next ? I just have to make sure the new simex's fit :roll:

Pretty sure they'll go on the spare blue zuk in my garage :shock:

I wonder if Bent will notice?

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:06 am**

What's the Tairees Track? Or this just a different name for the same thing?

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:29 am**

Same track :wink:

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:37 am**

By replying DB are you agreeing to a trip? Also keen to doa two mission through the grapevine

Need some Toyota and Nissan plows to keep the track clear for the zuk

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