Offroad-Express

thought i would get the ball rolling early as i wont be here to post for the weekend

heading into the Kaweka's tomorrow morning and will be in there for a week with a few good blokes (moriarty,bosshogg and my bro) taking the camera with me so will get some nice photos hopefully

on a side note i have been doing some more fishing during the week and so far this is the biggest fish i have caught



not really fishing i guess when your using a rifle to catch them but hey,who cares Koi weighed at 21lb massive guts on it

spent the day at turoa's place helping/getting in the way while building some rock sliders for my truck

not much i went and visited the local panelbeater and booked my wagen to get the new spring perches welded in place and 2 rust holes in the body fixed as well
hopefully that will happen the week after next so all going well in a couple of weeks my wagen will be legal again

then i will look at the winch and see how i can make that work

just finished the first week at new job.....welding is so much fun only set myself on fire once.... then tomorrow it's off to get tyres on car and then wof then over to carterton for the night with the missus and the ma in law

Started makin doors for the 50. Need hinges. Anyone got any LR series 2 or 2a hinges lyin round in the shed?? I need at least 3, or even just the half of the hinge that goes on the door, i have the other half that mounts to the fire wall, they were alreadyon the truck

mercutio wrote:not much i went and visited the local panelbeater and booked my wagen to get the new spring perches welded in place and 2 rust holes in the body fixed as well
hopefully that will happen the week after next so all going well in a couple of weeks my wagen will be legal again

then i will look at the winch and see how i can make that work

Just get it legal and get out on some trips before you strip it down again man!!!!! You don't need a winch, you got twin lockers!!!!!!!

DieselBoy wrote:Just get it legal and get out on some trips before you strip it down again man!!!!! You don't need a winch, you got twin lockers!!!!!!!

true and they will come in very handy nice to have the added security though and besides i need the winch if i want to to the rerewhakitu run next year

Got the winch in last night, wiring is done, bumper modded, hawse on... tow hook holes drillled... just need to take the bumper off to tidy up...

went down the road for lunch and met up with some old mates i havnt seen since school days, as one was getting money i saw a flight centre sign with there sales and said, you guys got some loose change.

half an hour later, weve got a flight booked for 3 weeks time to melburne for a fun filled weekend



talk about impulse buying

bought a new battery for the wagen fitted it as well that is all really exciting aye

built a bullbar , needs a bit more yet

Built the rear bar for the truck, pretty happy with how it turned out. Just have to trim the sides to the correct lengths, cap the ends, put some diagonal bars in to reinforce the sides and mount the lights.


The bar is level... its just the angle of the photo.

nice rear bar you've made

basics wrote:went down the road for lunch and met up with some old mates i havnt seen since school days, as one was getting money i saw a flight centre sign with there sales and said, you guys got some loose change.

half an hour later, weve got a flight booked for 3 weeks time to melburne for a fun filled weekend



talk about impulse buying

im going to be there from the 22july.. i cant wait.. pitty my trip is 3weeks of training. get the weekends tho!

="coxsy"]built a bullbar , needs a bit more yet

Looks great ... what have you still to do to it ??

It looks quite wide ... how much wider that the truck is it ??


All I did today was clean all the Thompson's track mud out of the inside of my truck

so far this weekend I've stacked a cord of firewood and then sat at the computer to find my favourite 4wd website contained more porn than 4wd stuff.

hopefully Mike can clean it up soon and we can all get back to chatting about the mud we all like and not the other kind of mud that has infiltrated the site.

DAMN SPAMMERS :thumbdown: :puker: :ncool: :rocketwhore2:

Wired up a set of 100watt pencil beam spots on the roof rack. Now got shit loads of lite for the nite trip nxt weekend. Tomorrow I will give the chainsaw a well needed service, always take a chainsaw to the Westcoast.
Al

Gave my truck and new engine a good workout down the Waimak. Am very happy with the performance. Now just got to save for some Lokka's

spankmeister wrote:Gave my truck and new engine a good workout down the Waimak. Am very happy with the performance. Now just got to save for some Lokka's

what did you drop in?

basics wrote:

spankmeister wrote:Gave my truck and new engine a good workout down the Waimak. Am very happy with the performance. Now just got to save for some Lokka's

what did you drop in?

his signature line may give it away

my bad hehehehe

let a mate drive for a few mins well I shot some rabbits and he got us stuck , nothing major few minutes of work and it was an easy out but had to laugh

Where abouts do you go to shoot rabbits? I normally go up the Waipara, but would be keen to find somewhere closer.

Spent saturday doing some plumbing, am over crawling into small spaces to run pipe. Got me a bracket for my rear tow hook and went to fit it but could not find my strong arm dammit.

This is pic of all the snow on through and around the Weka pass

have you found any ice while driving around

I fixed someone elses computer (as usual) installed some spotlights on mates pajero and put a brew on to use in the still when the brew is finished bubbling happily away in the garage.

By the way NEVER use your still in the wash house, it makes your house smell like a brewery for a week or more!

Hohn

coxsy wrote:have you found any ice while driving around

I haven't come across any ice even when dirving back from southland after the big snow storm they had.

Saturday-went to Donnithorne Simms for a fuel rail and pitman arm for the old mans pajero, another job on the to do list. Went to 4WD accessories and had a yarn to Rick. Then went to work and didn't leave till 9pm, more money for the lift kit .

Sunday-in bed crook as a dog!! But it has an upside, I get to lie in bed and play on the computer while the better half does the groceries and housework.

Getting my truck sorted for the ORE association 3 day trip to the West coast SI (next weekend), can't wait
Winch field coils rewound (stuffed at the Easter trip to the coast ), bought a set of heavy duty XF fairmont panel van springs, had them redrilled, and fitted the up yesterday, 2 leaves more than the old falcon SW springs I had, 35mm more lift in the rear, should carry more weight too, has stiffened things up really well, feels like they match the front now as it was way too soft in the rear, those who have lux's running falcon springs, this is the way to go
$50 for the springs, $58 for the drilling, $11 for a can of black zinc it = $119.00 for 35mm lift, comfy ride, carry more weight, have had a measure up and the flex just as well as the SW (4 leaf) springs
*Stoked*
few wee jobs to do and i'll be completely sorted for next weekend

I'll i can say is " i hate being sick"

jono

gve a mate a hand to remove some concrete steps off his house that took all day saturday day with family today.