Nissan Trials

[muzza_fattire]

Couple of Funnies. The nerdy recovery team guy that slipped over and nearly went in the puddle then made a bigger dick of himself by getting up and yelling out "I didn't get wet! Suck eggs People!!

Fark that was funny. There was a silence of about 5 seconds after then some random yells out, " YOUR A KNOB MATE!!!!!"

That wouldn't have been the same nerdy looking knob-end that was recovering at the last rock climb of event 1 on Saturday? Wearing floppy cricket hat and massive blind society sunnies... I was only there on Saturday and this guy was dead-set hopeless trying to direct the guys off the rocks...

Was a pretty good day though. Lot of time waiting for recoveries.
Main problem was the rules of the comp. Only one go, no going backwards etc. Driver's wouldn't have much other choice than PAS, otherwise you get stuck on a little ledge cause you didn't have quite enough momentum and your go is over...

But how else would you do it...?

[redzook]

ok i have spoken to hypo
did anyone see a sign about 500m pass the road house

yes me and steve seen it

only seen 83lux + bubs bit couldnt read the rest

[ozy1]

Dail Up Warning!!!
http://www.orp.com.au/Nissan%20Trials%2 ... CF1515.JPG

who is this, and is this just to show that there are women interested, or for another reason?

Edit:by RUFF. Ozy i changed this pic to a link as it was causing probs for dial up users

[redzook]

as every one else has said the waiting on recoverys was boring as hell

i had an awsome time while i was drivin but id say all up i wouldnt have had over 15mins of driving

on saturday i was second last to finish and i finished at 7:30pm

on sunday it was a bit more organised but still way to long i had done 2 events buy 1:00 so i just went and packed up after that didnt run the last 2

[Miss Wendy]

just a quick defence of the trials. it is cheaper to get into than willowglen but with bigger trucks, it is also run by the club with members volunteering there time put to build tracks and everything else.
the reason for the count out rule is insurrance related.
as for the tracks getting pretty average try putting 112 cars up your favourite track in one day and see what it looks like after that. as for the club encouraging foot to the floor driving how about the drivers walking the tracks before driving them. you stand there watching where there going and they have no idea what line they want to take, they just hold it flat and hope they get to the top.
thats just my 2 cents on it.

Thanks for the words of understanding.
comments....
With regards to the gate charge...people (and lots of them) paid the higher entry for Willowglen so, guess what, I reckon you wil see a lot of these comps putting their price UP next year.
We thought we would do the right thing and require nets and restaints this year and then the insurance Co. knocked us back 'cause we sound too much like a racing event. Had to find insurance. More money!
Like all clubs, volunteers are always in short supply and I emphisise the word volunteers. You take what help you can get and although you explain and write things down, sometimes it just dosn't compute. I know discrepancies also acour when marshall change over happens. But the alternative is spending the entire day on the event like I did on Wombats and getting wrecked but ensuring consistancy. I put in a 11 hour day and walked up with every car. Some are not prepared to do this.
The propery at SORRA limits us with what we can do with the terrain. But we consider you have sufficient time to inspect the tracks from Friday and while the event is running to maybe catch a line. Unfortunately the terrain is giving in on the Saturdays events and we shall possiblyconsider replacing them for next year. As for the recovery team, again long days and volunteers.(or lack of) something the Nissan Club can't spare. But in their defence my team worked bloody hard recovering I reckon 100 of the 112 trucks.
Thats my 4 CENTS worth. (They doubled my pay from last year !)

Miss Wendy

[Miss Wendy]

just a quick defence of the trials. it is cheaper to get into than willowglen but with bigger trucks, it is also run by the club with members volunteering there time put to build tracks and everything else.
the reason for the count out rule is insurrance related.
as for the tracks getting pretty average try putting 112 cars up your favourite track in one day and see what it looks like after that. as for the club encouraging foot to the floor driving how about the drivers walking the tracks before driving them. you stand there watching where there going and they have no idea what line they want to take, they just hold it flat and hope they get to the top.
thats just my 2 cents on it.

Sorry Mr Yella but their were people out there with torches on Friday night. you had all day. And much time in between recoveries. The rest is up to you. By the way good effort on Wombats.



You can't walk every track,you have to stay outside the bunting.
Could you imagine how long it would take for every competitor to walk each track aswell as the long recoveries.

[ozy1]

Miss Wendy,

do you happen to have the finalised results you could post up for all please?

[bubs]

[Midget]

Miss Wendy
Please don't take this personally,cause this
is not aimed at you.I understand that it is voluntry
work,But when you have marshalls that count you
out while you are still moving,Thats just down right
wrong.(stair way)There was at least 50 people to back
us up and also video footage.

And when you drive to a point and and stop with your
leading hub past the point marker and they don't give
you the points you earned,All because the marshall's
did'nt read the rules,(correct if im wrong RULE 14)
And we where also told by chris that to reduce the chance
of marshall differances,that most marshall's where on the
same course all day.And to have the marshall's turn a blind eye
to certain competitors,thats absolute garbage,And this did happen on many occasions,and it was as obvious as hell.
we took both of our disputes up with chris chapman and
nothing was done...

As for inspecting the tracks on friday,We wanted to go
and have a look and where told NO,especially with all
the bunted off areas at the top of the power lines....

And this is my opinion only,the recovery team really needs
to get there act together,They need to be trained in recovery,
I know it is all voluntry,But i can't beleave some of the recovery techniques
As for the tracks,Yeah sure they are hard,but not everyone
wants to go and destroy there pride and joy,Don't get me wrong
i really the like and enjoy the challenge,But come on be realistic.
Those wombat holes where never driven before the event....
The stairway was an out right car wrecker.

This is my 2 cents worth....

[OVERKILL ENG]

[quote="Shorty40"]I

BIG ARMSUP TO SAM (from OverKill) AND GONADS AND HIS BOYS (M&M) for fixing my shit . The atmosphere around the camp sites and the willingness for people to help was evident over the weekend. Great bunch of guys


Thanks DAN
One thing that shiats me about helping fix other people shiat is that whilst we are doing our best to help others and do the best with what we have, there are people out there that want to put shiat on us.Gonads and I will help anyone we can no mater what club if it means they can keep competing.
I spent nearly 3 hours trying to make one good diff centre out of three different centres so someone could keep going the next day and a certain out of state visitor was running around saying it was dodgy.As I am sure he has never rebuilt a diff in his life.So to thta person ( as I know he will read this ) unless you can do a better job then shut up and keep your comments to your self.
SAM

[bubs]

Just as long as that out of state visitor wasn't me, i was right there with you on that one

that cruiser got a bit of shit done on it that night

the diff
rear drive shaft probs
and we changed the rear spring packs

[Midget]

I

BIG ARMSUP TO SAM (from OverKill) AND GONADS AND HIS BOYS (M&M) for fixing my shit . The atmosphere around the camp sites and the willingness for people to help was evident over the weekend. Great bunch of guys


Thanks DAN
One thing that shiats me about helping fix other people shiat is that whilst we are doing our best to help others and do the best with what we have, there are people out there that want to put shiat on us.Gonads and I will help anyone we can no mater what club if it means they can keep competing.
I spent nearly 3 hours trying to make one good diff centre out of three different centres so someone could keep going the next day and a certain out of state visitor was running around saying it was dodgy.As I am sure he has never rebuilt a diff in his life.So to thta person ( as I know he will read this ) unless you can do a better job then shut up and keep your comments to your self.
SAM

Well said sam,basically we are all there for the same reason.
And you would think that if help was needed than you could find it.
Well from most people anyway....

[OVERKILL ENG]

Just as long as that out of state visitor wasn't me, i was right there with you on that one

that cruiser got a bit of shit done on it that night

the diff
rear drive shaft probs
and we changed the rear spring packs

No Bubs wasn't you
SAM

[Shorty40]

I

BIG ARMSUP TO SAM (from OverKill) AND GONADS AND HIS BOYS (M&M) for fixing my shit . The atmosphere around the camp sites and the willingness for people to help was evident over the weekend. Great bunch of guys


Thanks DAN
One thing that shiats me about helping fix other people shiat is that whilst we are doing our best to help others and do the best with what we have, there are people out there that want to put shiat on us.Gonads and I will help anyone we can no mater what club if it means they can keep competing.
I spent nearly 3 hours trying to make one good diff centre out of three different centres so someone could keep going the next day and a certain out of state visitor was running around saying it was dodgy.As I am sure he has never rebuilt a diff in his life.So to thta person ( as I know he will read this ) unless you can do a better job then shut up and keep your comments to your self.
SAM

Well said sam,basically we are all there for the same reason.
And you would think that if help was needed than you could find it.
Well from most people anyway....

Sorry Jamie Forgot about you. You helped watch the other blokes put on my rear recovery point

Seriously though, it is the Sams, the Gonads, the Jamies (and I'm sure there are many others) that make this sport more viable for blokes like myself. It is that "get in there and help" attitiude that makes guys come back to the next comp.

If those guys weren't there on the weekend, I would have had to pack up after event 2 on Saturday. What seems like an easy fix to them would have put me out of the comp.

So, to the person who put shit on these guys work - Grow up

[Miss Wendy]

Miss Wendy,

do you happen to have the finalised results you could post up for all please?

Working on it. Trouble is some are only coming home today....soon

[mr808]

That was the first 4x4 comptetion i've been to and was definitely worth the drive from Canberra, look forward to the next one!!

[ozy1]

I have to admit, i was lucky with the breakages, but on the other hand some were not so lucky, but a big hands up to those put there, that helped a fellow wheeler where possible, its great to hear about that, praise to you all,

a big thankyou goes out to Mark Cheeseman (cheezy), Adam (My45) and Jeff (screwy) for the great drives, and all the effort involved in making the trip and having fun, cant wait till next years,

[Screwy]

I have to admit, i was lucky with the breakages, but on the other hand some were not so lucky, but a big hands up to those put there, that helped a fellow wheeler where possible, its great to hear about that, praise to you all,

a big thankyou goes out to Mark Cheeseman (cheezy), Adam (My45) and Jeff (screwy) for the great drives, and all the effort involved in making the trip and having fun, cant wait till next years,

Thanks shawn, tried my best for the rig i was in.
Went better than expected cept on trees revenge.
U didnt do too badly urself, cept the hub incident u went well.

cheers to all who helped out on the event and to all the guys that gave me hand, much appreciated.

screwy

[greenfourby]

I have to say that I was up there with a lot of people whinging about the time it took to deal with some of the recoveries.

However ...

After rolling on trees revenge, the TLCC boys and girls did a great job of getting my truck out without doing any more damage.

I rest my case, let them do their job and be grateful that they were prepared to give up their week end in the dust, heat and flies.

Believe me when it's your truck on it's side you don't care how long it takes.

[zookjedi]

it was my first comp and it was very enjoyable (though the wait between tracks etc was harder than the tracks themselves) .

weather was great crowd and most competitors great , good to meet a few people and put names to faces , its funny how different people are when face to face , than how you precieve them online , Tim is one , not a no it all but quite a nice bloke (kid )

thanks jamie (fourwheeling) for your shop away from home ( wrist restraints worked well)

its funny how when your a spectator wanting to compete alot a competitors would only speak to you out off being polite , but when you compete all of a sudden you are seen as not so worthless ( though being an unknown and in a little crap heap tended to still have some think your taking up thier time and oxygen) but it makes it all the more funnier when your big rigs break getting to the same point as a cheap crapper like mine that had no breakages (bit hard i guess wearing little 31's)

cheers to all the happy cheery competitors and spectators i got to chat with and that chatted back , made the whole weekend for me complete .

as for marshalls next year give me a call 1 month before the event and i'll see if i can purchase a heap of stop watches ( as some obviously need them ) oh and next year can we all have a Dobbin count for course 3?
just kidding !

thank you miss wendy carn't wait till next year (although after waiting in line for so long we must be close to nissian trials 2005 already )

cheers Jai

[Screwy]

2 pics, more to come in a few mins.

an RBZOOK poser and one of Reece ( mud80D ) on trees revenge

screwy

[Screwy]

aaahhh dammit, screwed up again....
Ill fix it in a sec

[Screwy]

a couple of Ben ( hypo ) gunning it up event 3 on day one, he took off after putting the front locker back in

[RB zook]

was good to meet you zookjedi, great talkin zooks and stuff

meet heaps of people and had a ball

verry social event

next time im drivin for sure was getting kinda frustrated i couldnt be in there having
will be hopefully drivin in it next yr

[Screwy]

Old yella, on trees revenge.
And a couple of Shawn ( ozy1 ) on trees revenge and stairway.

screwy

[Screwy]

A couple of me
Thanks Layton

Hey BTW did anyone take any pics of me driving courses on day 1 or stairway on day 2?

cheers screwy

[Diesel]

just a quick defence of the trials. it is cheaper to get into than willowglen but with bigger trucks, it is also run by the club with members volunteering there time put to build tracks and everything else.

Thanks for the words of understanding.
comments....
With regards to the gate charge...people (and lots of them) paid the higher entry for Willowglen so, guess what, I reckon you wil see a lot of these comps putting their price UP next year.
Miss Wendy

You might want to check your entry prices as Willowglen was only $60 dollars for the weekend. It was more expensive to compete at Willowglen then in the Nissan trials, but then most people didn't have the repair bills when they got home.

[Madmac]

the general consensus between our club members and other club members was that this years trials where a little bit too extreme, and that the vehicle classes werent real fair, now i thought about putting my name into the hat to have a run in our club team, and after seeing this years event im glad i didnt, with 33in tyres and a couple of inches of lift i would of been up against cars with 6in lifts and tyres up to 38in, hardly fair in my opinion. not only that, in most events standard cars had to run the same course as those with 44 in boggers, and those with 44 in boggers couldnt even drive the whole course, what chance do those of us that arent mega rich with lesser vehicles stand.
i witnessed at least 15 rollovers with at least 3 vehicles total write offs, i heard several other people from other clubs complaining and talking about putting together a petition about toning it down for next year.
after all it is supposed to be an inter club event that the average guy can be competetive in. there are other events for huge trucks, like Tuff Truck and Woodpecker.
to me it seems like Chris Chapman and the Nissan club are only interested in the spectators dollars by designing courses that create maximum vehicle damage and heaps of roll overs. it will come to a point where people wont want to have a go if its not toned down a bit, fair enough run the big trucks, but run them up a seperate track to the smaller ones

[hypo]

JemmyBubbles
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:15 pm

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OMG..

I made a mistake.
I saw Hypolux in the real world for the first time today....

Hes a bloody ugly and smelly bastard in real life isnt he?????

yeah ya get that but at least we all went an didnt pansy it coz of a little bit of rain wot a pansy u r gettin more an more Grimace

[hypo]

Went and saw Saturday's action and wasn't all that impressed. It was good to see all of the boys and ferog in their rigs but I think the tracks were too hard and just favoured those that can't drive and just punish their rigs by driving them big numbers. Yeah there were some top drives and some classy rigs, don't get me wrong. However as fun as valve bouncing seems at the time, waiting for the next hr while the car is recovered is Grimace.

All in all I had a good day but just though there would have been more action if the tracks were a little more do able.

Maybe sunday was diffrent... what are others thoughts?

Memo to screwy - ONLY HOMOS AND THE HOMELESS DRIVE WITH 32'S

i agree totally, but that is the nissan trials. its been the same for the last 6 years ive been going. no traction, plenty of dust covered obstacles and awards for those that dial up the numbers.

some nice patrols getting around, one coilover rear/dove tail shorty thing, another with fox shocks etc

yeah Rhys i agree wif u about the event and the 2 GQ;s prolly 2 of the nicest chopped GQ's i have seen