Hi! Freelance journalist for 4wd mags and the new girl apparently! haha

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

So I'm not big on intro's but although I dont technically ówn' it my other half has a TD42 wagon which I steal on a regular basis. Myself I own a Bj42 shorty, (I know I know toyota, shhhh) which I have big plans for and I've already done an engine swap from the old 3b to a 13bt. anyway fun stuff aside I also spin a few yarns for some 4wd mags (you can read my latest article in issue 018 of UNSEALED 4X4, and I specialise in 4WD photography. So most of the time you will find me asking questions about the big poo, but I also like to know whos got trick rigs down VIC way that would like to accompany me on an article trip sometime

cheers!

[threedogs]

Hi mate and welcome to you and your better half,
jump in any time you like and enjoy.

[AB]

Welcome to the forum!

We have a pretty active group in Vic. You should also keep an eye out on any of our meet ups and tag along too.

Knowing the members here you would have a lot of stories to tell ;)

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

Welcome to the forum!

We have a pretty active group in Vic. You should also keep an eye out on any of our meet ups and tag along too.

Knowing the members here you would have a lot of stories to tell ;)



thanks guys! itd be great to get along to a meet up, could make a good article too haha

the wagon the other half bought about 12 months ago and we've done a few mods to it since then, Im no mechanic but I do alot of the work myself or with the other half when he's not at work and usually i decide to do something, have a crack, and hope i dont break anything haha most of the time i dont which is nifty!

[4bye4]

G'day and welcome to the forum. Good to see another girl on the forum. Post some pictures... of the Nissan of course. Seriously, if you do break something while you are trying to fix it, turn to the forum - someone will have done it before for sure.

[Maxhead]

G'Day Freelancer, good to see you on board.
As said before jump in and ask anything you need, and of course give the nissanpatrol.com.au site a plug

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum

[MEGOMONSTER]

Welcome mate, surely the best forum on the net.
If you need it, you can get it, if you want to know it, just ask it.
If you want to find it, go to the search bar for a universe of information.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the greatest show on earth.

[Winnie]

Hey mate, as said we do a lot of forum trips here in Vic so that would be a good opportunity for you to get out there and get some material!

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

cheers guys thanks heaps for the warm welcome, im keen to hit the tracks with you lot some time soon! everyones got great setups haha! :thumbup:

[threedogs]

Dont forget some pics of your set up ,,,we love pics
Maybe start a build thread??

[mudski]

Welcome there! Its a great place here to have a chat and learn a thing or ten. As winnie said we do a few forum trips, you get plenty of good shots there. But if you have any trips of your own lined up or planned. I'd be keen and I'm sure a few others will too.

[qwertytank]

Welcome, I have been on here a short amount of time and have gotten so much information, hints, tricks and more that my wish list and the "round to it" list just keep growing. :) enjoy!

[sahloul]

welcome :)

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

thanks guys! I will do a build thread, after i finish putting on my awning haha. new gauges last week though that was pretty exciting :D

[jay see]

Welcome aboard.

Will have to get out there soon, I need a fix.....

[BigRAWesty]

Welcome to the forum!

We have a pretty active group in Vic. You should also keep an eye out on any of our meet ups and tag along too.

Knowing the members here you would have a lot of stories to tell ;)
As long as the whole Toyota washing bet thing stays buried we should be right..
(Body shuddering)
Anyway welcome to the forum. Do you just do Vic or you venture into sa and nsw??

[mudski]

Welcome aboard.

Will have to get out there soon, I need a fix.....

Me too mate. But so many thing to get done on the car before we head to the south coast of NSW on the 12th. I gotta get these TB48 brakes in!!! Lol.

[jay see]

Me too mate. But so many thing to get done on the car before we head to the south coast of NSW on the 12th. I gotta get these TB48 brakes in!!! Lol.

Yeah, ya kinda need brakes. They do help.

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

As long as the whole Toyota washing bet thing stays buried we should be right..
(Body shuddering)
Anyway welcome to the forum. Do you just do Vic or you venture into sa and nsw??


I mostly handle any Vic High Country stuff the boys in the office have ideas for. But having said that, They want me to come up so they can show me around their stomping ground for once instead (blue mountains) seeing as they always come down to vic i probably should head up there soon i think! Ive been here and there but no real 4by trips. whats your recommendations? when i do head up ill hit up the forum and see who wants to come haha they're usually about 5 days during the week. but when im cruising around vic i easily get an article out of a weekend or a day trip which is handy :)

i have to say im a tad jealous of the allowed to drive on beaches thing haha

[Winnie]

I mostly handle any Vic High Country stuff the boys in the office have ideas for. But having said that, They want me to come up so they can show me around their stomping ground for once instead (blue mountains) seeing as they always come down to vic i probably should head up there soon i think! Ive been here and there but no real 4by trips. whats your recommendations? when i do head up ill hit up the forum and see who wants to come haha they're usually about 5 days during the week. but when im cruising around vic i easily get an article out of a weekend or a day trip which is handy :)

i have to say im a tad jealous of the allowed to drive on beaches thing haha
There is a forum trip organised for the Australia day long weekend into the blue mountains mate, get on it!

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

ive got a barby organised already at my joint, we do the brick pile challenge which is a massive pile of bricks and tile and basically its a 'testing' playground, loads of fun too, its pretty big and theres heaps of angles, ive had to snatch a few blokes off the top before haha if i didnt have that organised id come!

[4bye4]

post some pics of the playground

[gazq]

Welcome to the forum! Love to see photos of both the patrol and even the BJ! Used to have a 73 FJ myself.

[growler2058]

G'day welcome aboard mate

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

post some pics of the playground

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so this is it, there more over the back but i snapped this on the driveway this morning haha, its an absolutle ball to play on, so many different lines and you can make it as hard or easy as you like :)

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

so heres a pic of the shortbus and the big poo, some of you might even recognise the 40 from the 4wd action mags haha, i swapped the engines over about a year ago its now running a 13bt, as opposed to the old 3b, its basically the same engine but direct injection and factory turbo, its goes pretty good haha. for anyone thats interested in the old 40s (i know, probably a sin talking about toyotas on here, but shh) the eventual plan is soft top, roll cage and 80 series chassis- one day haha *dreamylookinmyeyes*

ill start a members ride thread for the pooey soon but until then have a geez here :) Its the ultimate touring bus now, and you would have seen this rig in unsealed 4x4 mags, its got all the usual fun stuff winch, the might 4.2, turbo by dynamic turbos, 33s 2"lift fridge on a slide, awning (just put it on so its not in the pics) light bar, arb compressor and arb dual batterys and some other fun bits. just put racing gauges in it purely for the handy little warning beep they make at pre-set temps and im currently on here looking for info about doing the front shocks (this arvos job)

cheers for the super warm welcome guys and girls!

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[threedogs]

Does the shorty have barn doors or a tail gate set up.

[AB]

so heres a pic of the shortbus and the big poo, some of you might even recognise the 40 from the 4wd action mags haha

What a coincidence, my 40 was featured in 4wd action as well.

Here's the pic below ;)

[Winnie]

What a coincidence, my 40 was featured in 4wd action as well.

Here's the pic below ;)
I still have a scar on my nose from head butting the tray on that!

[Rossco]

What a coincidence, my 40 was featured in 4wd action as well.

Here's the pic below ;)

OMG, Thats a pisser! ! ! ☺☺

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

Does the shorty have barn doors or a tail gate set up.

barn doors, just starting to rust out on the bottom actually haha.

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

What a coincidence, my 40 was featured in 4wd action as well.

Here's the pic below ;)


hahahaha! thats funny as

yeah i can safely say i dont write anything for them anymore! ;)

[Clunk]

not big on intro's hey, yeah righteo hahahahahaha

welcome aboard

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

well im not but apparently the forum is so i thought itd be rude not to haha :)

[jok06]

Hi welcome to the forum

[rkondivers]

Hi ForgeCreekFerals4x4 and welcome to the group. I live in the mountains of Panama and the old BJ and FJ40s are everywhere, doing most of the heavy work. They're amazing vehicles. Even more prevalent in Costa Rica. Just bought a 2009 Patrol diesel and hoping it proves to be just as tough.

[BigRAWesty]

I mostly handle any Vic High Country stuff the boys in the office have ideas for. But having said that, They want me to come up so they can show me around their stomping ground for once instead (blue mountains) seeing as they always come down to vic i probably should head up there soon i think! Ive been here and there but no real 4by trips. whats your recommendations? when i do head up ill hit up the forum and see who wants to come haha they're usually about 5 days during the week. but when im cruising around vic i easily get an article out of a weekend or a day trip which is handy :)

i have to say im a tad jealous of the allowed to drive on beaches thing haha
I'd love to have the high country in my backyard.. don't think I'd leave it..
I'm sa so know fark all of NSW.
But if you get across here I'd be more than happy to show you the best beach driving australia has to offer.. 😆
I couldn't imagine not being able to drive on the beaches.. but if a few had there way it would be banned..
Unfortunately a few around Adelaide are closing up.. hopefully it doesn't continue.

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

I'd love to have the high country in my backyard.. don't think I'd leave it..
I'm sa so know fark all of NSW.
But if you get across here I'd be more than happy to show you the best beach driving australia has to offer.. 😆
I couldn't imagine not being able to drive on the beaches.. but if a few had there way it would be banned..
Unfortunately a few around Adelaide are closing up.. hopefully it doesn't continue.

thanks for the offer! i might have to take you up on that some time! and same to you in regards to the high country, Always happy to show you the more fun, but less iconic parts of vic! :) you just can't laugh at me when i get bogged in the sand, Im a rock step and mud kind of person haha

[mudski]

thanks for the offer! i might have to take you up on that some time! and same to you in regards to the high country, Always happy to show you the more fun, but less iconic parts of vic! :) you just can't laugh at me when i get bogged in the sand, Im a rock step and mud kind of person haha

Until you get stuck and it costs you a few grand on repairs. Then you will think twice about mud. Lol.

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

Until you get stuck and it costs you a few grand on repairs. Then you will think twice about mud. Lol.

not mud holes and other painful things, Ive got a few favorite tracks for when its snowing or raining haha

[AB]

You should come along to our local trip planned in a few weeks.

I'm sure you could do a great write up on it.

Have a look below.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?36199-Extreme-4X4-day-trip-to-Wesburn-30-1-16&p=651819#post651819

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

You should come along to our local trip planned in a few weeks.

I'm sure you could do a great write up on it.

Have a look below.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?36199-Extreme-4X4-day-trip-to-Wesburn-30-1-16&p=651819#post651819

hey just had a look, it sounds sick!
ive just fired off an email to a mag that might be interested and if i get green lights ill come along. Easiest way to do it for me though is jump in with someone if they'll have me, so i can just jump out whenever and snap some pics. Safety wise no worries there i use a handheld uhf around my neck so i can hear what everyones doing.

[AB]

hey just had a look, it sounds sick! ive just fired off an email to a mag that might be interested and if i get green lights ill come along. Easiest way to do it for me though is jump in with someone if they'll have me, so i can just jump out whenever and snap some pics. Safety wise no worries there i use a handheld uhf around my neck so i can hear what everyones doing. No problem, well work something out closer to the date.

Whereabouts in Melbourne are you?

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

im the other end. up Sale/ Bairnsdale way. its a fair hike from my place to toolangi but theres some sick tracks up there. you should organise one for my neck of the woods while the gates are open! completley different experience haha

[Winnie]

im the other end. up Sale/ Bairnsdale way. its a fair hike from my place to toolangi but theres some sick tracks up there. you should organise one for my neck of the woods while the gates are open! completley different experience haha

Would you be keen to run a trip that way at some stage? You would know all the good tracks ;)

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

yeah easy! id be keen as to do it, ill get an article out of it too haha. I guess we just pick a date and go from there then? haha probably be better off doing a two day trip, itll be a fair hike for everyone to get down here.

[Winnie]

yeah easy! id be keen as to do it, ill get an article out of it too haha. I guess we just pick a date and go from there then? haha probably be better off doing a two day trip, itll be a fair hike for everyone to get down here.

Yeah weekend trips are always good! Not far for me at all!

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

cool cool so what dates did you have in mind? i have a fairly large trip coming up for a mag, 10 days one end of the high country to the other. dates havent been finalised yet so im just waiting on that could be anywhere between now and march haha

[Winnie]

cool cool so what dates did you have in mind? i have a fairly large trip coming up for a mag, 10 days one end of the high country to the other. dates havent been finalised yet so im just waiting on that could be anywhere between now and march haha

Don't ask me... you're running the trip!

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

haha but it needs to suit everyone ill start a thread and see what people think

[ForgeCreekFerals4x4]

You should come along to our local trip planned in a few weeks.

I'm sure you could do a great write up on it.

Have a look below.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?36199-Extreme-4X4-day-trip-to-Wesburn-30-1-16&p=651819#post651819

editor just got back to me, its not the right style for the mag, and the only article i would get is how not to attempt stuff, which might offend members.

i might still come though depending on work.