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Anthony, just send me a pm and i'll send you all the details. i need your mobile number too.

Sorry fellas but i have to pull out.
Kind of a funny story, one which will stay with me for the rest of my 4b days, but ill tell it anyway.

Today me and 2 other cars went to Wattagans National park for some sunday morning 4wding.
All went well, nice and muddy on some parts, im sure most of you know the area.

Anyway, there was a hole in the ground, about 3 car lengths long and 2 wide. Half of it was filled with murky water. After going through some amazing mud sections on the track and passing them without a problem, i considered myself invinsible!

Anyway i didnt even bother to check the depth of this crater before i plunged in.
I tacked it on 2nd low range, only to find that my nose has dipped in and surpise surprise water was creeping into the cabin

I CB'd my mate with the winch for help and he was there in about 5 minutes.

By that time the cabin had filled up enough to cover my pedals and to the bottom of the seats.

Engine died, but fortunatly the carby was dry

We got it started again and drained most of the pathfinder river out, and headed back home.

Now the bugger wont idle properly, the gears feel terribly wrong and i have stripped her down to her panties.

If i get her back up to speed by the weekend i will give you a call Jason.

Croz, begin laughing.

Looks like I'm going to be there....

Hey Jaboo.... your mate didnt just move to Enmore recently did he?

Croz... can you pm me your number again... changed phones and lost all numbers... What time and where at windsor????

X R Cist..... ha ha !

Owen,

Sorry to hear your bad luck. Anyway these things do happen....sometimes often.

if you can make it just give me a buzz.

Hey Owen.....



Bahhahhhahhaaahaaa!!!!




For those that are coming from sydney and want to convoy be at
RICHMOND MACCAS AT 0630 ON SATURDAY MORNING!

This Maccas is right next to Richmond rail station... any dramas there?

nah paul dont know anyone who lives in enmore

ill join the convoy from richmond
i just ordered a uhf cb from presitge communications
i am getting the Digitech 1.5w SP1040
1.5w handheld for $75 + $5 delivery
overnight delivery aswell
seemed like a good buy
ill have it on channel 15

heheh yeah it happens, lesson learnt tho!

anyways here are some happy snaps of the event, enjoy and have a good laugh, i am now (i wasnt then)

Didnt you see the perfectly good track to the left Owen?

Niiiiiice...

Reminds me of the bog hole Luke had to pull me from before our Alternators went blah (in the feroza that is).

Mind you I would have lifted up my skirt and tiptoed down the left in the disco myself...

top effort..


I might not be able to make trip depending on my wheels for the 80, they're supposed to be coming in at the end of the week, if they don't i am not driving it on cheesecutters with 6" of lift.. can't take fez as clutch is shonky atm..

Croz wrote:Didnt you see the perfectly good track to the left Owen?

i did, and it was crap, so i had to make it interesting!

hey guys, i got some bad news i gotta pull out of this weekend by boss is being a prick and won't give me saturday off, any other weekend would be fine and i know its to much hassle to ask you guys to change the weekend

Green Machine wrote:hey guys, i got some bad news i gotta pull out of this weekend by boss is being a prick and won't give me saturday off, any other weekend would be fine and i know its to much hassle to ask you guys to change the weekend

Luke Luke Luke... that's what sickies are for my friend....

Well, just took a trip to ARB and bought a nice shinny recovery point for the back of the Disco.

Had to leave in a hurry as I nearly left the car there for a 4 inch lift, bull bar & winch, some 35" centipedes and some guard cutting...

I am without a co-driver so if anyone is after a seat let me know. Will prolly see you at Richmond Maccas Croz.

As for recovery gear, I have a snatch strap and a shovel... thats it. Anyone have a chainsaw??? After that effort in the Wattagans I really want one around. I will ask my brother in law if he has one. Anyone got any chains?

Yeah one of my mates is bringing chains providing he doesnt back out we should be sweet.

Still waiting for my lift. they said it might be ready by friday....cutting it a bit fine.

Well it's getting close.....if anyone is unsure on any details please send me a pm.

We have a total of six fourbies coming so it should be a good mix with loads of fun.

If anyone is running late on the day give me a call and we'll hang around for you. My mobile should of been at the bottom of the details i pm'd everyone.

Ohh and make sure that we have a few cameras along for trip.

sorry...just as an after thought. I'll be on channel 15 so if anyone has any dramas while coming into Lithgow, they should be able to reach me.

I"M PUMPED!!!!!! Pity I don't have my Ferocious.... He would have loved to thrash at this trip. Well Disco Balls will just have to plod along.

Um 6.30am Richmond Maccas it is Croz. You still have my mobile right? See you guys in the morning.

and Croz... dont forget to bring a cd of the watagans trip...

Croz.....can you bring one for me too and i'll fix you up for it.

Ill bring a bunch of copies for all that want them.

Chris is coming with me and bringing the Video camera! Woo Hoo!

0630 tomorrow...

is it a digital camera croz?

Still no co driver....

And I have all those empty seats...

Yeah i cant get a co pilot either. theres two other mates that are coming by themselves too.

quess we'll have to amuse ourselves with uhf chatter.


Hilux owner is talking down all other vehicles coming......

mission for the trip.....feroza pulls out hilux at least once. and we get it on video.

He he he... Hiluxes are soft..... just mention the fact that a Widetrack feroza has a wider track than a Hilux...,..

He would never believe me.....has to learn everything the hard way.

just make sure that at least someone tells him he paid too much for it. He's as tight as a fish so that'll hurt his ego most.

Hey did anyone end up getting a chainsaw?

well all i can say is............w000t....

thanx for a great trip guys. i had no idea that i could push my stock fez so dam hard. i really didnt think it would get through alot of those tracks. even the tyres did ok in that down hill slide.

ohh and croz, you've got me hooked on those river crossings....give me more.

hey paul, how'd your wife handle the princess mobile being damaged?

croz, make sure you post the pic of the hilux being pulled by your fez.

Hey All,

Was a good fun day!

I came to work this morning but forgot to bring the fotos so they will have to go up later. There is some good video footage of the day from Chris and we had an interesting journey home along with Jabboo through a near blizzard on the Bells Line of Road!!

I will certainly put the fotos up asap, the Luxy getting snatched by me is on the video as well, cant remember how many shots there were of it in my camera tho... there might be one or two.

Those river crossings are good... to those that werent there would you believe as I went to drive out of the Cox'a river I was chasing a small Trout into the shallows... imagine its thoughts... hehe


More soon!

to everyone who was there
thanks for showing me a good time and teaching dave and I how its done.
bloody amazed at what my car could do.
Looking at the tracks and hills before I went up or down them thinking to myself there is no way i would be able to do that.
that drive home croz was quite an experience.

researching into that snorkle for sure now .... pod filter aint no good for water crossings or those water holes we went through.
need a body lift and suspension lift, removing the sway bar and going to try and keep off the right foot a little bit next time.. i almost shat myself a couple of times attempting a couple of those obstacles.

also anyone snap some photos of me ?

all i can say now is ...... whens the next one

jabboo wrote:going to try and keep off the right foot a little bit next time.. i almost shat myself a couple of times attempting a couple of those obstacles.

So did the onlookers... I have seen planes take off slower than you hit the moguls Anthony