4wd trip saturday

[mr_mike]

Its rainin, rain means mud!

Anyone wanna go get their 4wd's dirty on saturday?

Supposed to be rainin rest of the week so there should be some water and mud about this weekend

Thinkin either:
Telephone Lane- never been there before but supposed to be fun in the mud
Metro Rd- few deep mud holes up there and lots of spots that hold a fair bit of water
Powerlines.

[Yarms]

you no im keen mike, nothing to crazy since im a novice. Not keen on sinking my ship

[mr_mike]

tis ok i have a snatch strap hahaha

ur new rig got a reece hitch towbar on back?

[fowens]

Keen as hell. Just realized I'm working though fuuu.
Need photos

[1cut808]

V8 Supercars....... I'm out...

[eScoRt20]

have work till 12 on saturday. keen for a post 1pm spin tho.

[Lozzle]

Might not be muddy enough with this forecast?

Thursday Partly cloudy with a morning shower or two
Friday Mostly sunny. Min 10 Max 23
Saturday Partly cloudy. Min 10 Max 24



In any case, dibs on a seat if you go!

[mr_mike]

Probably be ago cos I just remembered I'm pickin up some new springs so will be puttin them in in the mornin

[Yarms]

tis ok i have a snatch strap hahaha

ur new rig got a reece hitch towbar on back?

yeh man got one of those..

[mr_mike]

got rear recovery sorted then can always snatch u out backwards.

you can either get a recovery hitch like this-
http://www.bushranger.com.au/hitch_recovery/recovery_hitch_4.jpg
or can just put the snatch strap thru the pin that holds the towball hitch in. just make sure it loose and u can get it out tho i had to bash mine out with a hammer.

[eScoRt20]

i just removed my tow ball, and put a heavy duty shackel through the hole the ball was through... nice and cheap.

[mr_mike]

yeh can do that if you dont have a reece hitch

[jnr]

Quoted from another forum today about the powerlines


Went up there this morning, was bone dry. All the bulldust areas had a little crusty layer on top of them but was still powder underneath. It had been pissing down too.

Will need to rain for a week solid to make some mud.

jnr

[mr_mike]

yeh i read that on perth4x4 aswell, but since this mornin it has been raining non stop pretty much. We have had about 25mm of rain in our rain gauge so far.

[grogers]

bugga.. hopefully car is in atleast 2-3 pices so i can crab along with ya.
will let u know.
not fussed on location.

[grogers]

i just removed my tow ball, and put a heavy duty shackel through the hole the ball was through... nice and cheap.

thats exactly what i have as a recovery point, nice n strong!

[fowens]

Was small amounts of mud around the pines, mostly just surface water though, manage to get pretty dirty though. Aparantly skeet road is fairly wet

[TargaHatch]

I am keen for following weekend, out of town this weekend unfortunately. Will anyone be keen for that? Sorry for hijack!

[mr_mike]

Might go have a look at skeet tonight as it's like 2 min from my house and we got a fair bit of rain last night

[Shauno]

Was ok last night might be beter tonight.

[Niva]

lol i was pulled out the other week after leaving the car on the beach in moore river, we used the tow bar and it ripped the whole unit out, pretty crazy

keen to sink the lada this weekend if i can find some water, has become a parts car now anyway so dont mind giving it that bit more :D

[Shauno]

I'm stuck mike help hahhahaha

[mr_mike]

pm'd dude

[mr_mike]

Patrol > Triton

;)

[MrSparkle]

My Hilux > Patrol

[mr_mike]

stock patrol > stock IFS hilux hahaha

Wait till i have done suspension swap and front lokka then it will be game on haha

[MrSparkle]

stock patrol > stock IFS hilux hahaha

Wait till i have done suspension swap and front lokka then it will be game on haha

Doubt it hahaha

[mr_mike]

just make sure you put some recovery points on your rock sliders so i can roll u back over

;)

[MrSparkle]

I'll do that because it rolls over all the time.

Driving down the road, Speedbump, Upside down
Carpark, Curb, Upside down
Beach, Rocky bit, Upside down

BTW : Passed the severe lane change manouver lately?

:)

[eScoRt20]

is there mud in this skeet road place at the moment? wouldnt mind a quickie after work tomorrow...

[MrSparkle]

Yeah, There is but be careful if you haven't been there before some of the puddles look pretty insignificant but they can have crap in them like logs or more than likely be whopping holes underneath the surface. Ive been caught out there before and ill bet I'm not the only one.

[eScoRt20]

anyone who knows the place keen for after work tomorrow?

[Shauno]

Ill be keen 5-6pm haha, am a bit wet from tonight though :(

[mr_mike]

I'll do that because it rolls over all the time.

Driving down the road, Speedbump, Upside down
Carpark, Curb, Upside down
Beach, Rocky bit, Upside down

BTW : Passed the severe lane change manouver lately?

:)

lol roll overs touchy subject for hilux owners. So easy to get a reaction outta ya's. hahhaa

[mr_mike]

anyone who knows the place keen for after work tomorrow?

Yeh i might go down for a bit tommorrow avo (5-6ish).

There is a bit of mud about the big big mudholes are not filled yet but there is still some deep enough to get stuck in.
I was there for about 15-20min tonight and seen at least 10 vehicles hookin about.

[Shauno]

Thanks for coming down even tho braddo got me out...mrs wasn't too happy tho :P

[mr_mike]

not a prob mate, u really needa get some recovery points if ur gonna be venturing into the mud hahaha should be able to get some of them rated bolt on hooks for the front.

[jesse-92]

Always the weekend im doing stuff you guys do something cool haha awww well there will have to be another 4wd trip next time i hope.

[miss_petepie]

Thanks for coming down even tho braddo got me out...mrs wasn't too happy tho :P

I bet she wasnt happy! funny to see you bogged tho :P

[Simon]

So whats the plan for saturday's trip?

[mr_mike]

Lookin like powerlines early avo

[Shauno]

Haha not at all petie and it's not the first time either haha. NOt keen for powerlines tho

[MrSparkle]

powerlines early afternoon works for me too.

Lets get some more panel damage!!

[mr_mike]

I'm hoping to get my springs swapped out pretty early so should be done by lunch then head up there 1-2 ish

[South]

Haha not at all petie and it's not the first time either haha. NOt keen for powerlines tho

Your's makes the powerlines look like a straight piece of road, do it shauno!

[Shauno]

Hahahahah funny cunit

[South]

I'm thinking about a trip up there tomorrow.

[mr_mike]

check here at 12 tommorrow if you wanna come up powerlines with us. Sorry cant be definate i gotta sort out my sus first thing in the mornin.

[South]

Cheers, might have already been and gone by then, see how it goes.

Only doing from flynn rd on, the very start has one good hill and even then it's a walk in the park, rest is boring until flynn...

[MrSparkle]

Does that mean you drive around the first part as you first enter the track from Cole rd? That's one of my favourite parts and half the ppl that drive that track drive round it.

[Simon]

Flynn's the end where the mud pits are yeah?

Me and a couple of mates are going to Skeet road around 1pm today.

Anyone else who's there if you see an import 62 cruiser and a BIG 80 series that will be us

[Shauno]

Will be there too!

[Shauno]

Will be on ch 20 also

[South]

It does, that's the worst part, km after km of nothing. One decent hill that 50% of people skip or tear up and have to roll back and take the chicken track.

Went up there at 9:30, only a small amount of water, but the surface is moist so no dust. Car came home as clean as it was before it left :)

Has changed a shit load since last going, a lot of the 'harder' stuff is now smoothed out and easy, except the fence climb which has been dug down to expose big arse boulders!

saw 6 others on track, 4 being from a 4wd training course doing it east to west.

[South]

Flynn road is the start of the fun sections, mud is at the end of that section before you come back to the highway.

[mr_mike]

put the GU sus in my GQ this mornin has given me about 50mm lift over my my sagged suspension was before so am happy with that and they were free. Then TWiG was so impressed with my sus we eneded up driving down to Safety bay to pick up some GU sprinsg for his and chucked them in this avo.
Then headed down Skeet road for an hour or so, some very slushy but not all that deep mud holes about.

Had a slow leak on one of my Chinese triangle a/t tyres so got chris to fix that then while balancing the tyre it became apparent just how out of round these tyres are, giving me a pretty gnarly wobble at 70kph so now on the look out for some cheap A/t's

[Yarms]

good times good times..fuckn sore now but...

[Passage GT]

i picked up a set of sava's for 500 bucks with like 200km on them, had them for 2 years now and still shown barely any wear and have been great in all conditions, they're certainly no muddies but they're tough and i've given them a damn hard time on the rocks etc with no damage and good on the beach too, very impressed with them for a cheap set of tyres!

[mr_mike]

yeh i remember someone telling me about the Sava's a couple years back, reckoned they were on par with the bridgestone A/T's

[ovaxitd]

looks like skeet rd is a bit of fun hey :) might have to hit it up when i get hom next :)

[miss_petepie]

definatly fun! was a few people out there yesterday arvo when we were there. will post up a few pics when I'm home later on.

[Pete]

yeh i remember someone telling me about the Sava's a couple years back, reckoned they were on par with the bridgestone A/T's

They are the same as Dunlop AT1s and the old Remingtons , made by Goodyear in Japan.

[miss_petepie]

heres some pics of Mr_Mike and TW|G at Skeet road :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/miss_petepie/skeetroad070.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/miss_petepie/skeetroad026.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/miss_petepie/skeetroad034.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/miss_petepie/skeetroad038.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/miss_petepie/skeetroad043.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/miss_petepie/skeetroad056.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/miss_petepie/skeetroad063.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/miss_petepie/skeetroad069.jpg

mmmm mud!

[Lozzle]

Couple of flexy-time shots...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Lozzle/IMG_1096.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Lozzle/IMG_1099.jpg

[Shauno]

Haha my car ended up covered in mud, then ended up trekking at Pines for 5 hours or so...

[mr_mike]

took me about an 40min at the carwash on the ramps to get all the mud and shit off

[grogers]

ahh good so looks like there was some mud
about?.. not enought to b a challenge tho?!..
need to do another weeknd up at seabird or willabinga for those keen anglers!?

[mr_mike]

ahh good so looks like there was some mud
about?.. not enought to b a challenge tho?!..
need to do another weeknd up at seabird or willabinga for those keen anglers!?

Dunno some of the mud holes are pretty fuckin deep, biggest issue is bottoming out cos the ruts are so deep.
Keen for a fishing trip, hardly a 'keen' angler but have own rod and keen to get into it.

[miss_petepie]

+1 fo fishing trip. totally NOT touching the fish tho.. ick!

[Lozzle]

/Lozzle slaps miss_petepie with a trout

[Butcher]

Keen if it's in a months time.

[Passage GT]

/Lozzle slaps miss_petepie with a trout

lol
forums = irc with pictures.

[Fusion]

What sort of recovery gear do you guys carry?

After getting stuck this weekend (Pajero didn't quite have the ground clearance I needed and got stuck on the bash plates... bit of a fuck up), I discovered the snatch strap is pretty useless if you don't have anyone else there to pull you out. Although got some good exercise walking 3km's to work to grab a loader to pull myself out of the shit.

[magic1]

you stole a loader?

[mr_mike]

What sort of recovery gear do you guys carry?

After getting stuck this weekend (Pajero didn't quite have the ground clearance I needed and got stuck on the bash plates... bit of a fuck up), I discovered the snatch strap is pretty useless if you don't have anyone else there to pull you out. Although got some good exercise walking 3km's to work to grab a loader to pull myself out of the shit.


snatch strap, couple bow shackles and if its a beach trip a long handle shovel.

plan on getting some maxtrax and a high lift jack eventually aswell.

A high lift jack would of helped in ur situation as u could of jacked the car up and jammed some logs or rocks under the wheels in the ruts giving u more clearance when u lowered it down again.

[Fusion]

In reply to magic1 - No, I was relatively close to the quarry I work at. Rang the boss and he gave me permission to take one. I wanted to use the bulldozer as it was only half the walk, but wasn't allowed on that.

[Niva]

What sort of recovery gear do you guys carry?

After getting stuck this weekend (Pajero didn't quite have the ground clearance I needed and got stuck on the bash plates... bit of a fuck up), I discovered the snatch strap is pretty useless if you don't have anyone else there to pull you out. Although got some good exercise walking 3km's to work to grab a loader to pull myself out of the shit.

carton of piss and a chair

[MrSparkle]

+1 fo fishing trip. totally NOT touching the fish tho.. ick!

Not a problem because when i go fishing i never catch a single one.

[evoeata]

carton of piss and a chair

but no fire extinguisher haha

[Passage GT]

but no fire extinguisher haha

lol!

[Shauno]

Bahahahahahahah

I carry a

Snatch strap.

Shackles 4 or 5 sizes.

Tool kit.

Shovel.

Fiancee (to helP push)

[mr_mike]

Bahahahahahahah

I carry a

Snatch strap.

Shackles 4 or 5 sizes.

Tool kit.

Shovel.

Fiancee (to helP push)

Mobile phone with antilag in favourites to pm people hahaha

[miss_petepie]

Not a problem because when i go fishing i never catch a single one.

lol that works for me then :)

[South]

Winch, Tyre & Shovel will get you out of everything, unless you've rolled it :)