Cup weekend forum meet up DARGO Oct30th - 3rd Nov

[threedogs]

@ Winnie better eels then polly waffles eh

[happygu]

Winnie,
Billy Goats was pretty tame ... we did this on Tuesday afternoon on our way out. The lower half below the helipad was just a track ... obviously the grader work is holding together well cause it was easy as. It was a little more interesting at the top, but still fairly easy.

Most of the tracks were in great condition, of which although we don't like the road closures, they obviously have great affect.


Lots of nuffty's out there too though, with tyres at road pressures and no idea what they were doing - with slick tracks in spots due to the rain. We saved one crew from recovering a stuck vehicle ( which probably wouldn't have been stuck at all if they had decreased their tyre pressures a little ) off a trailer chain shackle ...... no wonder people get killed ....

[mudski]

If it's the one that we went down to the river for lunch, then here is the drive down.

https://youtu.be/woHYUy4Uv8k

Nah thats not it John. Randalls is pretty steep and very rocky in sections... And the hill has pretty much zero tree's, or very little of them. So you can see where your gonna land... Lol

Sorry to hear about the plods fellas, hope not too many of you got done. Real shame that they target the bigger wheels. I know I can crawl places on 35's that mates on 33's are having to hammer through.
Would love to get 35's engineered haha

We were discussing this over a few brews at camp. My impression was that you can't get 35's engied... But AB was sure he saw a 4wd TV episode that Simon Christie had his 35's on his Tojo engied. So AB. Can you email ya mate and ask him please. Pretty please. Nothing better than to shove one in the nose of the plods for something thats really uncalled for in my opinion. Unlike that shorty we seen on the way out nearly on two wheels taking a corner. Lol.

[Winnie]

Winnie,
Billy Goats was pretty tame ... we did this on Tuesday afternoon on our way out. The lower half below the helipad was just a track ... obviously the grader work is holding together well cause it was easy as. It was a little more interesting at the top, but still fairly easy.

Most of the tracks were in great condition, of which although we don't like the road closures, they obviously have great affect.


Lots of nuffty's out there too though, with tyres at road pressures and no idea what they were doing - with slick tracks in spots due to the rain. We saved one crew from recovering a stuck vehicle ( which probably wouldn't have been stuck at all if they had decreased their tyre pressures a little ) off a trailer chain shackle ...... no wonder people get killed ....

Yeah I did Billy Goats about a month ago, a bit disappointing because it used to be a great track

[Throbbinhood]

We were discussing this over a few brews at camp. My impression was that you can't get 35's engied... But AB was sure he saw a 4wd TV episode that Simon Christie had his 35's on his Tojo engied. So AB. Can you email ya mate and ask him please. Pretty please. Nothing better than to shove one in the nose of the plods for something thats really uncalled for in my opinion. Unlike that shorty we seen on the way out nearly on two wheels taking a corner. Lol.

Pretty sure Double Black Off Road engineered a Jeep on 37's a month or two ago. Not the same vehicle, but I'd have thought a Patrol on 35's would be a hell of a lot more stable than a Jeep on 37's.

[happygu]

Yeah I did Billy Goats about a month ago, a bit disappointing because it used to be a great track

It will return, especially with all the vehicle traffic .....

I ran a trip for my club and took my daughter with me, and she was a little disappointed, especially after the last time we did it where she was begging me to go back down and do it again

Still a great climb though ... no views from the top though .. we waited optimistically whilst having lunch for 40 minutes

[threedogs]

@ Mudski I'll email Simon and see what he has to say

[Hodge]

I'm sure you can engineer anything, providing you have a thick enough wallet to back you up. Simon and D Black offroad would have that capability, as well as mates in the industry.
For an average Joe , I'm sure it would be A lot of $$$$.

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[Bacho86]

Yeah I did Billy Goats about a month ago, a bit disappointing because it used to be a great track

Yeh we did billy goats and blue rag on the weekend - the tracks are fairly straight forward for both, but unfortunately because of the weather and fog - the views were non existent which was dissapointing!

Collingwood and bulltown spur tracks were a bit of fun! As were randalls and Conway Tk


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[threedogs]

Question is will you go further on the tracks "available" with 35"s
compared to doing the same tracks on 33"s.
Who on the weekend did the same with 265's?
if any