Tough Dog Tuff Truck Challenge 2009

[Mark M]

Rick.

i love the fundraising i do. and i purchased some votes last yr...
but wouldnt it have been alot better to announce this before the start of voting etc??

thats not a bad time to run it.. but will you have sold enough raffle tickets at that point?
isnt show and shine on friday arvo?

and yeah i did get some last year mark. wasnt heaps i think about $50?

Yes show & shine is Friday arvo, however i have got to take what i canget!

I would love to sell raffle tickets over whole weekend & do it at the end of the event - however i have to work around insurance & officials requests.

Regards

Mark
Bandaged Bear

[DIRTY ROCK STAR]

yeah i understand...
selling them to the waiting crowd before the gates open might be a good tactic for ya then.

yeah well no dramas there from me personally i prefer this type of fund raising..

[RUFF]

Hello all,

IT'S TUFF TRUCK TIME ONCE AGAIN! and yes i will be selling votes for charity, so if your keen to help raise money for the westmead childrens hospital, then contact me at mark@erh.com.au with your full name, phone number, postal address & email address (for receipt purposes only).

I will be selling votes at $1 per vote in multiples of 3, 5 & or 7 (all money orders or personal cheques are to be made out to the westmead childrens hospital ONLY - they can be posted to my Po Box 114 Neutral Bay NSW 2089 - once we have decided on the amount of vote you wish to purchase i will send a confirmation email - voting slips will be filled in and personally delivered by me to Tuff Truck officials once i recieve payment).

Once again any amount over $10 will result in a thank you letter & tax deduction receipt being sent to you from the hospital.

Any help is greatly asppreciated -

For those of you out there who might not agree with my methods, i apologise in advance - however i am only thinking about the sick childrens needs - so please try to understand -

I look forward to seeing all of you at this years Tuff Truck Event - good luck to everyone.

Kind Regards

Mark Mitchell
0414 448 549

Mark do you have an account we can deposite funds into?

[Mark M]

Hello all,

IT'S TUFF TRUCK TIME ONCE AGAIN! and yes i will be selling votes for charity, so if your keen to help raise money for the westmead childrens hospital, then contact me at mark@erh.com.au with your full name, phone number, postal address & email address (for receipt purposes only).

I will be selling votes at $1 per vote in multiples of 3, 5 & or 7 (all money orders or personal cheques are to be made out to the westmead childrens hospital ONLY - they can be posted to my Po Box 114 Neutral Bay NSW 2089 - once we have decided on the amount of vote you wish to purchase i will send a confirmation email - voting slips will be filled in and personally delivered by me to Tuff Truck officials once i recieve payment).

Once again any amount over $10 will result in a thank you letter & tax deduction receipt being sent to you from the hospital.

Any help is greatly asppreciated -

For those of you out there who might not agree with my methods, i apologise in advance - however i am only thinking about the sick childrens needs - so please try to understand -

I look forward to seeing all of you at this years Tuff Truck Event - good luck to everyone.

Kind Regards

Mark Mitchell
0414 448 549

Mark do you have an account we can deposite funds into?

Hey Tony,

I am waiting to hear back from the Westmead Childrens Hospital - Hopefully Monday.

They will give me their bank details, & we will be given a code ie Tuff Truck Bandaged Bear to type in - so we can keep track of the total money raised.

This system will make it quicker & easier for people to donate directly to the hospital & inturn quicker to recieve their tax deduction receipt.

I will post in Outers as sson as i get the details.

Thanks Once again for your support

Kind Regards

Mark
Bandaged Bear

[RUFF]

I was actually after one to buy some votes for my favourite team?

I dont have the time to be driving around all day trying to buy magazines then spending the next day filling all the forms out and then having to go and buy stamps. Seams a lot easier to me to buy them from you let you fill them out and deliver them and then you can give my money to the Kids

Plus my mum wont let me use the scissors yet to cut the forms out

[loopy31]

Great idea guys....
Shouldn't this have been organised prior?

[Mark M]

I was actually after one to buy some votes for my favourite team?

I dont have the time to be driving around all day trying to buy magazines then spending the next day filling all the forms out and then having to go and buy stamps. Seams a lot easier to me to buy them from you let you fill them out and deliver them and then you can give my money to the Kids

Plus my mum wont let me use the scissors yet to cut the forms out

Hey Tony

I would have thought that you would have to stay neutral & non biased - so i guess you will be buying a few votes for each & every team! -

On another note - i was in baby kingdom the other day & saw a great set of children's scissors, pens pencils etc

Let me know if you want a set - i can send some photo's - you could plead with your mum - she may let you have & use them!

Regards

Mark
Bandaged Bear

[toy77]

Hi guys,

I have only been to one 4x4 event as a spectator - the 07 nissan trials.

What is this event like in comparison?

Also what is the general layout day to day. the website doesnt have a schedule yet.
What happens on the friday?
is it ok to turn up at like 8pm?

Cheers
Stew

[RUFF]

Slighty OT, all you Tuff Truck fans, be sure to check out the BBM Motorsports Tuff Truck Trivia Challenge going on right now in the General Chit-Chat section!!

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic164435.php

[DIRTY ROCK STAR]

Hi guys,

I have only been to one 4x4 event as a spectator - the 07 nissan trials.

What is this event like in comparison?

Also what is the general layout day to day. the website doesnt have a schedule yet.
What happens on the friday?
is it ok to turn up at like 8pm?

Cheers
Stew

man its heaps heaps better...

im sure there will be a schedule up there soon.. its normally close to as follows..
fri arvo scrutineering, then show and shine then mud run at night for half the field.
sat morning travel ramp then the start of the events.
the field is split in 2 so half do each per day.
sat night there is more mud run.
then sunday the rest of the events the other half for each competitor.

[DIRTY ROCK STAR]

the voting is abit tight at the top and the bottom end.
keep them coming in people.


not too long to go now til the big weekend!

[nissan_onroids]

I hope they put some more voting results up soon.We are down with the bottom runners & it will be my sons first attempt if he gets enough votes.Team Hi Tech 4x4 got through pre verification last saturday so now we live in hope.

[DIRTY ROCK STAR]

I hope they put some more voting results up soon.We are down with the bottom runners & it will be my sons first attempt if he gets enough votes.Team Hi Tech 4x4 got through pre verification last saturday so now we live in hope.

you must have some pull it got updated just after you said that and you have 215 votes now.

[WICKED]

I hope they put some more voting results up soon.We are down with the bottom runners & it will be my sons first attempt if he gets enough votes.Team Hi Tech 4x4 got through pre verification last saturday so now we live in hope.

I just want to prove that all P plate drivers aren't dickheads.

Bwahahahaha! I like this guy!

[... rick]

I hope they put some more voting results up soon.We are down with the bottom runners & it will be my sons first attempt if he gets enough votes.Team Hi Tech 4x4 got through pre verification last saturday so now we live in hope.

I just want to prove that all P plate drivers aren't dickheads.

Bwahahahaha! I like this guy!

Me too, I hope he proves just that!

I had Mark M in here this morning and he said that he had just got to $6k raised for the kids at Westmead Childrens Hospital so far! What an awesome acheivment
The amount of time and effort that he has put into this has been nothing short of huge!
Dont forget that Team Bandaged Bear will aso be selling the $5 discount coupons at the event as well, so all of those proceeds will also go to the kids, as well as the sales of the little bandaged bears (said to be full of good karma and stuff) and the actual magazines.
So please, if you see Mark or any of his crew wondering the que's at TT, dig as deep as you can. It's all for the sick kids.

[DIRTY ROCK STAR]

wow 6k is a huge effort.

i imagine he has alot of voting forms to be filling out...
oh dear.. thats not good for the guy currently leading the voting

[taps]

wow 6k is a huge effort.

i imagine he has alot of voting forms to be filling out...
oh dear.. thats not good for the guy currently leading the voting

may be the only thing you lead

[DIRTY ROCK STAR]

very likely.
oh i will probably lead the crowd in booing you off the microphone

[r_sol]

oh i will probably lead the crowd in booing you off the microphone

Funny stuff

[... rick]

very likely.
oh i will probably lead the crowd in booing you off the microphone

Not this year you wont.

[nissan_onroids]

I hope they put some more voting results up soon.We are down with the bottom runners & it will be my sons first attempt if he gets enough votes.Team Hi Tech 4x4 got through pre verification last saturday so now we live in hope.

you must have some pull it got updated just after you said that and you have 215 votes now.

We've got friends in low places but there's still two weeks of voting left so we'll just go with the flow.

[MissDrew]

Don't know if this has been discussed or not as I don't get on here much anymore, nor have I read a full page of this thread but this is very interesting

4.1.2 VEHICLE REGISTRATION
Vehicle registration is no longer required.

http://www.tufftruck.com.au/PDF/TTC09_r ... _4.1.2.pdf

[redzook]

Don't know if this has been discussed or not as I don't get on here much anymore, nor have I read a full page of this thread but this is very interesting

4.1.2 VEHICLE REGISTRATION
Vehicle registration is no longer required.

http://www.tufftruck.com.au/PDF/TTC09_r ... _4.1.2.pdf

i heard this a while ago

smart move as none of the cars were road legal in comp form anways

[DIRTY ROCK STAR]

yeah i hope it doesnt continue into the future.
i think atleast if you have to have a car thats close to registerable it keeps the buggies out of it.

[RUFF]

yeah i hope it doesnt continue into the future.
i think atleast if you have to have a car thats close to registerable it keeps the buggies out of it.

If you have to have a car close to registerable what are you going to compete in?

[HIGH ROLLER]

Plus all the other rules regarding % of body panels and chassis req keep the buggies out! I think the no rego rule is the best one yet means people don't have to keep trying to find someone to bend the rules for them to get pink slip etc, and if the boy's in blue or the RTA see your truck you wont be black listed or asked to put it over the pitt's.

[evanstaniland]

Plus all the other rules regarding % of body panels and chassis req keep the buggies out! I think the no rego rule is the best one yet means people don't have to keep trying to find someone to bend the rules for them to get pink slip etc, and if the boy's in blue or the RTA see your truck you wont be black listed or asked to put it over the pitt's.

so if an accident did happen it wouldnt all turn to shiat as rego insurance/car insurance would not cover anything. Event insurance for unregoed vehicles is a way smarter way to go!! good move guys, making it a safer rule book to fall into if shiat did hit the fan!

Evan

[Mark M]

yeah i hope it doesnt continue into the future.
i think atleast if you have to have a car thats close to registerable it keeps the buggies out of it.

Alright, this subject i know a little about - i have been working behind the scene's for well over a year now with my solicitors - relaying information backwards & forwards with the Tuff Truck officials.

A TRUE RTA INSPECTED & ROAD REGISTERED VECHICLE, WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMPETE AT A TUFF TRUCK EVENT IN ITS CONDITION AS PER THE THE DAY OF INSPECTION.

So in a quick explanation - this year both the drivers & officials are fully insured - so if we the competitor or a spectator gets injured in any way they & we are all covered.

However if a driver backs into Tony Price's Mobile Love palace, then we are not covered - we must fix him up out of our own pockets.

In the past we the competitors have gained rego using many colourful & fruitful methods just to compete in this event & never having any intensions for our vechicles to be driven on the roads, - THE BOTTOM LINE WAS THAT NONE OF US HAD ANY INSURANCE WHATSOEVER! - So if anyone got injured, We all stood an equal 1 in 40 chance to be sued, lose homes, business's etc - which to all of us was no longer acceptable.

The Tuff Truck Officials not only listened, but they did something about it - they evolved & changed the rules - So all credit goes to the officials, they have battled long & hard behind the scenes to progress this sport both safely but also keeping it as visually spectacular as possible.

Moving forwards & onto another favourite subject of mine - BUGGIES - there are none & never has there been any Buggies in any Tuff Truck event, Just very creative & innovative, rule abiding, & beautifully designed vechicles.

The rules clearly state that a vechicle must be recognisableto to the officials & spectators alike, ie Toyota, Nissan, Suzuki, Jeep etc - ALSO they must have started life off as a 4WD & They must have SOME orriginal chassis -

So if any of you out there are still unsure about what is & what is not a BUGGIE, ask some of the original pioneers of the sport - Tony & Wes in the hot orange Land Rover, Pete in his big yellow beast, Gonads in his orange Zook, Michael in the Red Bull monster, Athol in his big Geen Zook, Mal in his Bush Rangie - ALL OF THEM HAD & STILL HAVE WELL BUILT TUFF TRUCKS!

This is NOW the future be part of it or get left behind.

Regards

Mark
Bandaged Bear

[Mark M]

Hi Evan,

Your mother sent me an email wanting to BUY votes for this year's Tuff Truck event.

How is it all coming along?

Regards

Mark
Bandaged Bear

[80lsy gq]

Mark

i agree fully with your statements regarding trucks and their build quality..as far as i am concerned i go to 4wd events to see the best things get driven by the best cars (maybe thats why i didnt watch DRS drive anything last year ) seriously though the event is called Tuff Truck for a reason..hell the main reason i am going to travel 10 hours down to watch it is to see cars like Petes, Marks, Phils and Mals etc honestly if the event went to full bodied zooks running around on 35s (hang on that still wouldnt be legal would it) then i would rather stay home and go wheelin in my buggy, or washing my hair

Tony Price and crew..well done on bringing in the best rule you possibly could regarding rego..you would have to be possibly the best person in Australia to deal with in a comp scene and i think Tuff truck will become a better event with you being more involved..already with the no alcohol at the comp site rule you will find the dickhead element will be substantially reduced at this years event..definitely a change for the better


dave