day trip in Ormeau

[Psimpson7]

Stickman, (Philippe) Mick G and I (and Sam's dad) met up for a couple of hours in Ormeau this morning.

Just had the 2 cars, with Micks still being in the garage.

Got in there at about 8am this morning.

Was pretty tricky at times. One of the funniest things was that when we were on the first technical bit, which was pretty rough, a group of about 9 cars turned up and watched. Thankfully we both managed to drive up with a bit of effort!!

Bit of a tricky mud climb out of the creek, and then down to another creek run, where we both had some drama's!!

I got stuck about 10m into it on both diffs, smashing off my front diff gaurd (had to winch out backwards after hilifting the car to pack in some rocks), and Philippe got about 150m in before the dramas set in, losing his power steering! Then having to do a 20 point turn to get out. That looked hard work:p

Some awesome driving on the track prior to that though!

Anyway Great day with some great off roading, and I think both our cars need a bit of TLC now.....

Common Mick, where's the pics :)

Cheers guys
Pete

[stikman]

Yeah, good morning.....even if the poor Disco coped a hiding :(

Some good driving and two well prepared cars make for a pleasure even in the rough stuff.

Ding tally...... Dint in driver rear corner (behind alpine window). Smashed rear cargo window (tree one window nil), Bent trailing arm mount, rear prop shaft damage, massive power steering leak, bent steering dampner, plus the usual marks on front and rear diffs, handbrake drum, exhaust, chassis etc

I have been sending Mick hourly messages to get some pics to me as i need a pick me up to ease the pain of the damage to the disco :mad:.

I think the disco will get rested for the next month with some TLC and well deserved maintanence :angel:

Might go winch man for Mick next time :twisted:

Pics please Mick :p

[Psimpson7]

Didnt realise you had done quite that much damage.:eek:

The marks on your prop were interesting! Looked like it had been driving on it!

My damage seems to be limited to the marks on both axles, the front diff gaurd, The front diff pan has a dent, and a few other marks underneath.

Come on Mick. :) pictures.... :)

[lxpossessed]

sounds like heaps of fun, wheres the pic's

[DRanged]

Yeah, good morning.....even if the poor Disco coped a hiding :(

Some good driving and two well prepared cars make for a pleasure even in the rough stuff.

Ding tally...... Dint in driver rear corner (behind alpine window). Smashed rear cargo window (tree one window nil), Bent trailing arm mount, rear prop shaft damage, massive power steering leak, bent steering dampner, plus the usual marks on front and rear diffs, handbrake drum, exhaust, chassis etc

I have been sending Mick hourly messages to get some pics to me as i need a pick me up to ease the pain of the damage to the disco :mad:.

I think the disco will get rested for the next month with some TLC and well deserved maintanence :angel:

Might go winch man for Mick next time :twisted:

Pics please Mick :p

Boys boys boys Its always the quick day trips that cause the most damage. ''yeah just duck out to ormeau be home by lunch''. Thats the only problem with rock runs,they can bite back.

Sounds like fun though. Phillipe, Skiboy has an old disco he is wrecking if you need glass and bits.

justin

[stikman]

Boys boys boys Its always the quick day trips that cause the most damage. ''yeah just duck out to ormeau be home by lunch''. Thats the only problem with rock runs,they can bite back.

Sounds like fun though. Phillipe, Skiboy has an old disco he is wrecking if you need glass and bits.

justin

Thanks for the tip, i will get in touch with Skiboy.

Very challenging creek run, and from what we know it goes a long way. Will be interesting to explore it further, but it is hard on cars.

We did get back for lunch though :cool:

[Psimpson7]

Mick has sent through some pictures so they will be up in a couple of minutes. Just uploading to photobucket.:D

[MickG]

Awesome couple of hours, even if we did run into a few issues. Definitely a track to go back to but will allow a full day for it as it goes on and on.......and would seem to get harder and harder:D:D

Looking forward to pointing the mack truck up this track, although might need to borrow those 35's of yours Justin:eek::D:D

[Psimpson7]

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[stikman]

Nice Photo's Mick, they do the track justice as to the severity of the terrain. I think we have a new official photographer...... :D

[MickG]

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[Psimpson7]

Great shots Mick!! :)

cheers

[bolts]

What is it with this place and damage to vehicles on non official trips:eek::eek: It seems every time club members go playing in here on an unofficial trip we ned up with a members vehicle being damaged:twisted: Ask me I know as I am one of those members.....

Stickman waiting on photos of dings to disco:p Glad I only saw this today as it could have been me :wasntme:

[Shepp]

Great shots guys. Any time your going for a quick day trip give me a call love to tag along.:TakeABow:

[Psimpson7]

Hey Shepp,

What spec is your car? does the odd scratch or dent worry you...?

Think we can add one of my rear shocks into the list of damaged items. ( along with one of my fingers ;) )

Cheers
Pete.

[Shepp]

Hey Shepp,

What spec is your car? does the odd scratch or dent worry you...?

Think we can add one of my rear shocks into the list of damaged items. ( along with one of my fingers ;) )

Cheers
Pete.
Pete specs in members rides "Shepps Rig" Scratches and Dents I always try to avoid however it goes hand in hand with what we do on some days. My scratches are actually known as Bush Pin-Striping.
Cheers Shepp

[Grimace]

ok I have had enough... I need help!
I need to setup my rangie so I can finally take it on some hard trips... that creek run looks like porn!

PICS ARE EXCELLENT!

[dungarover]

ok I have had enough... I need help!
I need to setup my rangie so I can finally take it on some hard trips... that creek run looks like porn!

PICS ARE EXCELLENT!

You'll be waiting a while, took me 4 months to get mine done and still waiting on a couple of minor things (bashplate on the way, exhaust pipe to be sorted, etc...).

You can get it done quicker if you want to pay sombody else buit IMo I can't see the point in paying somebody to do something I can have a crack at myself and do just as good a job too :)

But I'm a tight **** too, enough motivation for me :twisted::twisted::twisted:

[philco]

Some of those places look familiar, did a few of them in my old MQ Patrol shorty a couple of years ago, gave the old girl a hard time, so can understand the damage that its done to you guys.