New Turkey Spur Track - Yarra State Forest

[McDisco]

Well the girlfriend and I thought we would head out for a nice relaxing drive around the Yarra State Forest with the brother in law and sister on Sunday as we were staying out at Warburton over the long weekend. Started off well, down Lyrebird, up Stringybark Tk, onto Oat Patch Track and then down New Turkey Spur Track...and then the fun started.

Partly down New Turkey Spur it turned out to be nice and slippery with no rut to mention. Did alright until we hit a section with a mean left camber with the track heading to the right...tried to steer into it, tried to power into it but just ended up plowing into a tailings runoff along the side of the track. Looks like previous people had done exactly the same thing... Unfortunately I didnt have two snatch blocks so I couldnt winch back...took a while to work ourself out but we managed to do it. I have worked out however that rock sliders are on the menu as I hit a knarly rock once I slid off. The plastic trim actually did a lot to block the damage but I now have a little ding in the door. Apart from the 4x4de ones...are there any other good sliders? Anyone have a good design for home made jobbies that I could copy?

For those wanting a bit of a challenge I would suggest trying to drive up New Turkey Spur track from the east end...lockers and ET's JT's would be a prerequisite I would say. But would be tons of fun...

I have posted some pics here - http://www.gallery.d2au.com/main.php?g2_itemId=19095

Cheers

Angus

p.s- should this be in the trips section?!

[RichardK]

Great pictures mcguckiana, that looks an awesome track to spend an afternoon

[953]

So, looks like thats the reccy done ,eh Angus ;)
Cheers Dean.

[hiline]

So, looks like thats the reccy done ,eh Angus ;)
Cheers Dean.


i think a few things got reccyed.........:D:D;)

[wardy1]

Great pics and nice to see a well executed recovery mate. Never thought about having 2 snatchblocks on board....would have been easier although you still would have had the problem of getting around the bend I guess.... How'd the 2nd Disco get around?
BTW, the 'recovery points' on the bar on the 2nd Disco are crap, just in case you didn't find that out on your trip lol.

[Signal1]

I have a friend who lives up Croydon way who is an engineer and excellent on a welder. He is costing sliders for me at the moment which will be a mixture of designs. When the costings come back & if viable, I'll let you know.

I like 4x4intelligence ones but at $1300+ retail :eek: :eek: :eek:

[easo]

Nice pic guss

[Stinky-Disco]

hey mate,

fantastic pics, im thinking about putting some custom/homemade rockslidders on my disco1, any chance u could send me any design info/tech details or costs you find out etc? im trying to find out about legal issues... thanks heaps

Linc
(sorry for hijack)

[wardy1]

Ditto on the sliders. Apparently the reason for them being so pricey is that they need to be rolled to get the radius along their length so they match the sill line