easter trip to westcaost south island

nuts · Post by **nuts** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:09 pm

well we did allot of driving wound up with 12 trucks and had a blast so far done the 1 k track just out of westport .. deniston and makley... the tunnels ... some went over napolians hill ... the main trouble has been alternaters .. so supprising wen ya do the water & mud thing lol got some good pics and vid will get them sorted asap but for now got bigriver to do tomorrow so will wait till after that to post them ... oh and i beached me whale on a bank for all to c lmao :twisted:

thanx to all those who made it and those still here

kiwipete · Post by **kiwipete** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:45 pm

Sounds like a good time has been had by all.
Good luck with Big River. I have done that one before and while the scenery was cool, thought it was a long boring drive in and even longer drive out. :shock:

Just my 1c worth,

BTW, where is the 1K track?

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:25 pm

Cheers for a good weekend nuts ;-)

see ya next time ... will post photos soon...

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:05 pm

Did Adam get his truck up and running in time?

nuts · Post by **nuts** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:19 pm

found mudd was good fun :twisted:

....mannaged to get a minor dent but the sink plunger will pull it out

a shame some couldnt make it but to those who did thnx 4 the gr8 time :wink:

look 4d to the nxt trip :twisted:

the main prob for the 4 days was alternaters full of mudd :!:

will sort out the pics and get some posted asap.... will get some vid footage sorted too...

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:49 am

the main prob for the 4 days was alternaters full of mudd

carry a spare one, easy enough to fit. Learnt this lesson long ago.
Al

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:01 pm

A little birdie tells me that someone got seriously stuck yesterday and spent until 0300 hrs this morning recovering it...please tell us some more hosehustler...

nuts · Post by **nuts** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:29 pm

took them 3 hrs just to turn the trucks round ... tim got engine probs doesnt sound good ; left my place abt 11.30 2day tim getting towed back to ch ch took abt 2 hrs to get into the poop and many hrs of winching to get out especialy with a dammaged rig

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:41 pm

That's why I always carry the tirfor.

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:11 pm

Greets Nuts - many thanks once again; your local knowledge and kind hospitality to one and all made for a great Easter trip. PM a reminder of your address and will dispatch a few 4wd vids in your direction.

The Mokohunui (unplanned overnight trip :wink:

) was quite the wee adventure ... entered what appeared to be a seldom run trail at 1130 ... couple of minor winches on the way in, and Rob fractures his rear brake hose ... but the way back was a different story :!:

Trail was so narrow that turning around necessitated winching up an incline to enable turning space ... so much winching that Rob's battery required life support ... west coast mud had reduced our tyres to racing slicks ... drive 3 metres ... winch three metres ... midnight came and went ... out of cell phone range ... more winch/drive ... Tim's alternator flips the bird ... Rob winches through ... Kev (sometimes) manages to power through ... sometimes not ... Rob winches Kev ... Kev tries to find traction and snatch Tim ... short ropes ... long ropes ... ugly rattle in Tim's motor ... snatch towing (quality tow hooks serve us well Jerry :wink:

) ... end in sight ... 0200 ... Tim's radiator does an exorcist ... more snatching ... out of the trail ... Kev tows Tim home ... Rob provides rear guard ... Kev has to crawl along @ 60kph as above same results in 'death wobble' (later corrected by removing approximately 60lbs of westcoast mud from wheels) ... 0310 arrive safe and sound back in Westport Motor Camp

.

Tim engineered our escape, and under leadership of a less capable trip leader, a major recover op would have been required - fantastic effort mate ... and one hell of an adventure :lol:

.

padero · Post by **padero** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:44 pm

nah my truck was done in time its realistical about 2 weeks away from being finished

sounds like i missed another good trip, but guys WHERES THE PICS ??

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Furgus · Post by **Furgus** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:14 pm

So who was the big red surf I saw getting towed by another red surf just out of Westport today :?:

Looked like it was gonna be along tow somewhere :!:

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:17 pm

Furgus wrote:So who was the big red surf I saw getting towed by another red surf just out of Westport today Looked like it was gonna be along tow somewhere

Sounds like Hosehustler was getting towed by Leithfield

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:00 pm

No - Hosehustler being towed by his Father (Rob).

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:05 pm

ahhhh, RED surf (hilux)
Wish I'd been there, sounds like it would've been a laugh

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:27 pm

What an EXCELLENT weekend :!:

And the weather gods looked after us as well - unlike what we heard the Ch-Ch weather was up too

Great to finally meet up with some of the members from the forum, and put names to faces - and trucks to names :shock:

Great days wheeling Saturday & Sunday.

Thanks to Nuts - Hose Hustler & Elmo for organising a great weekend :!:

Will drop a report into the appropriate forum (Trip Reports) and once I figure out how to upload photos will post them as well.

Thanks guys

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:07 pm

wheres the fkn pics ! :!:

nuts · Post by **nuts** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:45 pm

trying to sort and upload some pics now search user pics easter trip
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules.php?set_albumName=easter-trip-to-westport&op=modload&name=Gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

nuts · Post by **nuts** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:07 pm

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... _album.php :wink:

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:12 pm

Have posted photos - what a mission - Still can't figure out how to name the album - or put a "High light" photo in the "Main" Album cover - Link:

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... _album.php

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:45 pm

As mentioned - link to report here:

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... pic&t=5569

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:01 pm

Sorry guys - had the wrong link added for some weird reason :oops:

The link above now works

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:41 am

Looked like it was gonna be along tow somewhere

All the way back to CHCH. Shiiit, missed a good adventure, now that's what I call 4wdriving. Can we do it agian but as a boys only trip, with plenty of beer.
Al

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:21 am

Hi all,
What a brilliant weekend, Saturday climbing rocks on the goatrack up to Denniston was a hoot, after lunch Nuts lead us down towards the Mackley and more fun was had on a very steep side track by Bill, Craig and me, a bottom corner back onto the track and wheels were well and truly lifted.
On reaching the Mackley I decided to climb out of the riverbed via a small river flowing in, last thing said on my RT was....don't follow me, Bill not hearing did exactly the opposite and got well hung up :lol:

but we soon had him free due to clever rock placements :wink:

Sunday for me was family day, went for a walk out to the lighthouse, follwed by a short 4x4 tack to the old quarry, then down to Charleston and a ride on the Nile river railway which concludes with a climb by foot up to the limestone caves, an absolutle breathtaking trip which I would recommend to anyone.
Others went to Waipuna tunnels and some heading over Napeloens hill.
yes was a great weekend :twisted:

We always intended having one hell of a trip on Monday.....but didn't think we would still be battling the trail at 20 to 2 in the morning :lol:

The original track we intended doing had a unpassable washout so went looking for an alternative and definately found one :shock:

As leithfield has pointed out it was one hell of an adventure, started off rlatively tame and thrn the fun began. Winching began at 2.30pm, at about 3:15pm decided best option was to head back so as not to get caught out by nightfall, thats when the fun began

the turning around of the vehicles took the best part of 3 hours due to the nature of where we were, to turn Robs truck around we winched the front up hill and my winch on his rear and it turned on a dime, Kevs truck had to be winched nose up via a block and then some nice driving to inch it around, all the time my wife working the winch and me making sure it wasn't going to get ugly on several trees.
Once we were all turned around night had fallen, torches were donned and Robs battery ran out of steam, but his alternator was charging, as he was now in the lead, I removed my battery and use jumper leads to get him winching again

finally getting to a point where I could refit my battery and we found if Rob set his hand throttle high he could get enough juiceinto the battery in between times.
At about 10.00pm my truck decided to have a bad rattle and wasn't charging, completely died and no dash lights, quick check under the bonnet revealed a slightly loose battery lead and soon had It up and running again but the knock remained, sounded like a big end bearing but had to keep driving, the weird thing is that the oil pressure has skyrocketed, would expect the opposite :?:

more towing winching, at one stage we had 60m of ropes out all joined together, and Robs truck winching through the block and slowly we inched our way to harder ground, my wife now driving my rig so I could watch over trucks, winch, trees, and ropes :roll:

once on the harder ground and now about 1am, my radiator springs a leak mid core backside for no apparent reason, and it was a brand new core only 2 years ago :?:

So decided to tow it with leithfiels truck now we were on better ground, a couple of short tough hills had no choice but to start my truck up and drive, watching the temp guage rise each time till just hitting the red :evil:

but making to a point where we could tow it again.
Got onto the gravel at 1:40 am tired but pumped from a shitload of fun :mrgreen:

Yes I got towed home from Westport to Chch so it was me and Dad you seen, Robs 2.8 diesel doing a fantastic effort to have us all safely home last night just before dark.
Started truck up to drive into the garage anf no rattles or kncks

but oil pressure still reading way too high.
Was an excellent adventure and due to plenty of recovery gear an well set up vehicles made it fun, the mechanical failures I experienced were not due to any thing we were doing at the time and could happen to anyone anywhere anytime.
Truck of the day goes to Rob :wink:

When are we all going back

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:19 pm

When are we all going back

Well I have a birthday trip tom plan for on July 14 and 15 so how about then

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:51 pm

Also would like to thank Nuts,
finally met him in the flesh friday night in Westport, by Tuesday he was offering me his vehicle to drive my family home in, that to me is ORE at it's best :wink:

As it stands my poptop is at Nuts place under cover, and he has a motel room waiting for him at my place, double bed and breakfast included anytime he needs it on the east coast.
Many thanks
Tim

nuts · Post by **nuts** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:28 pm

well was out doin mount frederick today and some other tracks :twisted:

when everyone comes up again these tracks are a must especialy for those with rock climbers he he he :wink:

had 1 truck on its side so most entertaining day .... back to topic , :!:

hey i know u guys would do the same so any time u need a bed just yodal

nuts · Post by **nuts** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:35 pm

just to finnish off allot of this trip wouldnt have got the video or pic done if it wasnt for karen ...( the duck) she helped me to sort this trip out and made her home open 4 all ... just another one of thoise people making a difference and often not noticed in the back ground so thanx duck for all your enthusiasim and help :wink:

nuts · Post by **nuts** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:50 pm

finally got all the videoand pics i have on me laptop will take a bit to make into a disc but 4 those who want it send me an email with ya address and will post the disc to u .... p.s. any pics or footage taken wld greatly b appreciated so i can compile a full account of all days thnx

Furgus · Post by **Furgus** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:49 pm

Good on ya guys - sounds like an awesome trip - great teamwork & camaradarie (sp) Wish I coulda been there but was over Nelson way doing the Nats then a Tilli tour with the Missus & sprog (& I don'[t think the SantaFe is quite up to the challenge!!!!!!!)
HoseH - I did flash at ya (guessed it had to be one of the ORE boys) but I guess you wouldn't be lookin at a softroader!

easter trip to westcaost south island

easter trip to westcaost south island

well we made it

late night

photo,s being uploaded as fast as i can dialup slow lol

ok heres the link to wt ive uploaded so far

thaks appreciated

a special thanks

video and pics of trip