WOODPECKER - Pics and Stories !!

Post by **RUFF** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 8:46 pm

Also i haven't viewed many of these pics myself so if your wife or girlfriend is in the pic it was an accident

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Post by **Aza** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:17 pm

GOOD STUFF RUFF! :armsup:

Post by **RUFF** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:20 pm

Last lot for tonight.

Post by **Surfection** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:21 pm

RUFF wrote:I think everyone else has just about sumed up this event so i dont have much to add.

Oh and there were a few times the spectators were a little TOO close to the action(eg-when the tree fell on some spectators )

We were right next to that when it happened, my apprentice was videoing whatever truck it was that was coming up stage two and knocked the tree down, he had to leap out of the way to not get hit by it, so we should have some pretty funny video footage of it !! :lol:

The guy who was sitting next to him wasn't quick enough and pretty much copped it straight in the head... it was only forearm thick sized but it gave him quite a shock, i don't think he was seeing too straight for a while though he claimed to be ok. The officials were quick to move and were very concerned for anyone near there, checking many times that everyone was ok.
One safety thing that wasn't paid enough attention was the proximity of the crowd to the winch cable. We were asked to move back *most* of the time a truck was winching up stage two hill, but not always and it was pretty much up to us to decide how far back we went..... I kept pushing my girlfriend back further each time, specially for the triple line with his winch going as well on the white 45 series trayback !!! That was some scary $h!7 !! :shock:

J.K and i were standing there watching the tow hook on the aluminium bar of the 60 series VERY CLOSELY. *Nobody take this the wrong way, the bar must have been very well braced and checked over before hand for the cruiser club to use it as a winch car.*

Post by **RUFF** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:25 pm

Ok this is defianatly the last

Post by **Screwy** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:13 pm

Great pics Ruff, ive already taxed half a dozen. Has anyone got any good pics of the shorty MQ sitting up on its back wheels?? ( the one that got disqualfied for dangerous practices).

All in all was a great weekend, heaps of positive feedback.

Cheers Screwy

Post by **antt** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:37 pm

finally some pics of the overkill rig, nice work tony :armsup:

Post by **Gibbon TSAM** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 8:48 am

Woodpecker pics

heres some enticers

Surprisingly this guy didn't rollover and play dead

Post by **Link** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 9:04 am

Gibbon TSAM wrote:Woodpecker pics

This link might work a little better -> Woodpecker Pics

Post by **Gibbon TSAM** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:51 am

damn my computer laziness :twisted:

al my pics are now there link

good stuff on the vids you put up to.

i checked my vid when i got home on mon and i did get the tail end of the yellow hilux roll :armsup:

looks good to

Post by **gadget** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 11:03 am

well bring it on - we wanna see

Post by **Gibbon TSAM** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:38 pm

vid is not digital

so it will be shit quality and small but i will put it up anyway in the next couple of days :twisted:

Post by **Tazz** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 4:41 pm

[quote="Wendle
Did anyone else see the big line of trucks pull in at about 7am with the orange suzuki tray back in the lead? I was watching from the campgrounds, and as that suzuki slowed down for the turn into the event's driveway, he got the worst castor slap/death shimmy I have ever seen.. It was physically lifting the tyres off the ground ROFL!

[/quote]

Gday Tazz from the rush club here. thats my brothers zook. The reason for the crazieness is a bent tierod from playing earlier. They dont bend back quite as easy once you've tried to make them so they wont bend in the first place. Only found out on the way there how much effect it had.

As you could see, it didnt love life at around 20ks/hr. Under or over this was fine. I was following and asked what happened and he said when it started, he jerked it more to scare his girlfriend and then it got a bit crazy.

Never fear, a quick fix of the tierod and she'll be all good again.

Post by JK » Wed Dec 03, 2003 7:59 pm

You can see where we were standing when we were filming this one... Shane was zoomed in and i was zoomed out and Mal was up the top... I hope the vid came out OK.

We also got the whole lot of the two rock buggys having a play.

Post by **Ryan** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 9:20 pm

did that shorty end up going over???

Post by **Midget** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 9:32 pm

Nope he punched it and drove out of it,Only damage was a broken drivers side cv and a dented drivers side front gaurd.
But he did shit himself. :lol:

Jamie

Post by **gadget** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:55 am

DirtPigs wrote:

You can see where we were standing when we were filming this one... Shane was zoomed in and i was zoomed out and Mal was up the top... I hope the vid came out OK.

We also got the whole lot of the two rock buggys having a play.

You are a true cameraman legend - daring to go where noone has gone before you, although is that a small stream of brown fluid just starting to run down your leg

Post by **gadget** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:57 am

Hey Taz,
Your car went well, good drive

Post by **okz00k** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:32 am

I am looking for Woodpecker 2003 photos to go with Buzz's article on http://4wdnsw.org and for publication on the Association site.

If you have shots you would like to submit, drop me a note off-line and I will give you details how to upload your shots. Due credit will be given for all contributions that are published.

Post by **Midget** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:27 pm

okzook
I have sent your secretary an email in regards to the article on the web site,There was an mistake in part of the article.
If this could be changed,it would be greatly appreciated..

Regards
Jamie

Post by **okz00k** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:33 pm

Fixed for you Jamie. Thanks for the correction.

Post by **Tazz** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 7:56 pm

gadget wrote:Hey Taz,
Your car went well, good drive

Gday Gadget, thanks, car went well, no breakages and came out wtih a trophy, so all in all a good day. Thanks to you guys @ onall4's for yet another bloody good woodpecker.

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