Scenic Rim 4WD Park - Easter

[bolts]

Hi All

Okay just a short note here 1st and will do a full trip report later.

The park is the on the leased property that was City View. City View is still there "or the land is" but you cant access it as it is fenced off from the new park.

The new park has all the long scenic runs, creek run and some new tracks they are building. New road in and new full toilets and showers, the new owners are putting in some hard work so will see how we go. More on this later.

Basic we had 9 vehicles turn up and we had a good morning doing some of the long runs and creek run, then came lunch and the rain and as we know the park changes very quickly, but with some slip sliding and some great driving and winching we all got down and out of the park safe and sound with no damage know as we aired up.

Big thansk to Justin again for his help today and his driving / winching skills, also a big thanks to everyone who came out today. I had a great day and some fun with members.

Okay will wait for some pictures from White D3 and Sledgehammer and will sit down and do a full report on Monday........

Till then the rest will just have to wait :p:D

[stevo68]

That's it :p....been waiting all arvo for a full report and pics...guess will have to wait.....:),

Regards

Stevo

[The ho har's]

oh you will have pics ....lot of pics......it took lots of snatching and winching to get us all down in the wet weather......well not all of us .......we were in front going down "handbrake hill":( just as well for us:)

Mrs ho har:angel:

[WhiteD3]

That's it :p....been waiting all arvo for a full report and pics...guess will have to wait.....:),

Regards

Stevo

Crunching video as we speak (so to speak:confused:), although the nice bottle of red I'm enjoying may be slowing things down:D.

[The ho har's]

Crunching video as we speak (so to speak:confused:), although the nice bottle of red I'm enjoying may be slowing things down:D.

I think you may have had to much drink already:p:p:D:D


Mrs ho har:angel:

[WhiteD3]

Bolts,

Thanks again for a great day. The rain made things "interesting" as you'll see in the video to come (problems uploading this morning:mad:). Justin, big thanks for manoeuvring around me to winch Dave down.:D

Here's a few pics and the GE kml file is attached.

The Ho Har's
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GuyG
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[The ho har's]

[QUOTE=WhiteD3;954039]Bolts,

Thanks again for a great day. The rain made things "interesting" as you'll see in the video to come (problems uploading this morning:mad:). Justin, big thanks for manoeuvring around me to winch Dave down.:D

Here's a few pics and the GE kml file is attached.

actually Mrs ho har
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now I know why ho har put rock sliders on as I now have a very large dent in both of them....can't blame anyone but myself:D.......... it was good fun diving up that creek:D



Mrs ho har:angel:

[WhiteD3]

Here's the video. Almost an anti-advert to the FR2 but it was very slippery in the arvo coming down the hill and Dave (and I) had road tyres.

After lunch the whole group headed up Tour Drive 1/2/3 and it had just start to rain lightly. At Waterworks Rd it really started to come down so the Ho Hars, Djhampson and myself decided it was prudent to head back while the rest of the group (with better tyres) headed up Waterworks. At minute 3.45 the 3 of us are up the top on Tour Drive 1 (about 450m) when the fun begins. Just before Dave's first slippery descent I'd already got stuck on a gentle slope and had to be snatched out by Harry.

At minute 4.15 we're on Handbrake Hill which we'd come up earlier with no probs, but it was dry then.

After some tense moments and slides by the Ho Hars in the lead we decided it was best to ease the FR2 down strapped to the D3. Best use of the Courier Mail I've seen in a long time!

On the next to last bend Harry had slid in to a deep rut and then took out a tree exiting out. We were pondering what to do with the FR2 (ie how to get it down without damage) when the rest of the group caught up with us.

The footage of Deranged coming down the track is Justin coming down a parallel black track to get around and in front of my D3 to winch the FR2 down.

The slide in the last few seconds of the video had me all tensed up I can tell you!

YouTube - LR at play

[DRanged]

Great photos and video folks. Was a good days driving with good people. Shame it was nearly all old City View tracks but it may change. The rain made for some interesting moments I'm sure a few will agree. Great driving by Dave in the Freelander to get it through the park. Great to see 3 RRC's on a trip as well.

Bring on the Springs.

Justin

[dungarover]

Was a good days driving, the FL2 did well to get as far as it did. The lack of low range really is unfortunate :(

The creek run was intersting and it's quite different from last time I drove it (needed front and rear diff locks and 33's as a min to get over the rock step which is no longer there). I do miss the auto in those sort of tight spots and with std gearing and 33's it made the task quite challenging.

Apart from wedging the trailing arm on a big arse rock (no damage) the dunga survived to fight another day :D:D:D:D

Trav

[djhampson]

Thanks to everyone for an interesting and challenging day.

I've just spent the morning underneath the FL2 removing a few sticks and things from under the fuel tank. The good news is that it appears that the bits that got bumped around a bit are all unimportant bits of plastic and metal. The fuel tank and exhaust are beat up but the damage is only cosmetic except for my fuel sender which has quit working. The front bash plate has taken some punishment but has done its job.

I'm lucky that I was out with a group of experienced and friendly bunch who were able to get me down. Thanks especially to Harry, Caroline and Mark and of course Dranged and his winch.

Even thought the place is essentially City View I think the guys running it have got the right idea and seem to be trying really hard to improve the place. The Tour Drives that we did after lunch would have been really enjoyable except for the rain making things extremely slippery.

Going up Handbrake Hill I was really happy with the FL2 because I nailed the right line and it walked up without any dramas. I think Mark even commented that he was sure I would need a snatch over one section.

Going down Handbrake Hill was just plain scary! Goodyear Wranglers are not appropriate for that kind of work. In hindsight I was silly to hang around with the threat of rain around.

For the first part there was a nasty rut that provided good traction but at the bottom of the hill it would have directed the vehicle of the track down a steeper slope. Harry went down first and had some fun getting his disco out of the rut at the bottom.

It was decided that it was best to keep me and Mark out of the rut so we didn't get into trouble at the bottom. Harry and Mark connected me up to the D3 via 2 snatch straps and the Courier Mail and pulled me up the hill a bit so we could take a different line. With Mark acting as an anchor while Harry helped keep the FL2 to the left of the track we inched down slowly.

Mrs Ho Har drove down the next section and had a free ride down the slope as a passenger coming to a stop in a rut on a right hand bend. Harry took over and got out of the rut but slipped and slid round the bend straight into a little tree. As Harry said at the time "That's what the bull bar is for".

After a long discussion about how we could get me through the same section the rest of the vehicles had caught up Justin manoeuvred into position while Harry and I (mostly Harry) filled in some of the rut and cut the edges off the drop offs with a shovel and pick.

Winching me down that section was the smoothest part of the entire decent. Thank god for Rangie!

In all that hour and half was a massive learning exercise and challenge but boy was I glad to get to the bottom of that hill.

Thanks again to everyone who worked damm hard to get me down safely. You are a great bunch!

More pictures on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/djhampson/sets/72157616623566894/)

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[inside]

I think for that kind of work the FL2 needs the Mantec guards and even then sill or other damage is possible. It makes challenging terrain all that more difficult as you really have to think before you place your wheels and use the limited ground clearance you have.

As you know I have AT tyres fitted to my FL2 and they give you a lot more confidence and capability especially on dirt or rock surfaces but mud, side slopes and gravity sometimes will mean you're just along for the ride.

[brownie66]

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[brownie66]

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[brownie66]

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[brownie66]

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Was a great trip for the day, well lead and a little fun with some slip and slide nice park too. The D2 felt great and did everything all day long - thanks for some great spotting bolts.

[dungarover]

Great pics, especially the 2 Rangies climbing up that track (would have been great if it was 3, hey Guy :wasntme:) . It had to be done since the majority didn't want to attempt but the track looked worse than it was to be quite honest :)

Trav

[DRanged]

Great pics Sledgehammer.
Thanks for getting some great shots of thr old Rangies. The shot of Travs and ours climbing up the track great. Thanks for the shot of my "Silver highlights". Thanks again everyone for a great day. Would have to be the most varied bunch of vehicles on a single trip we've had for a while.

Justin

[MickG]

Great pics and report guys and Justin.................like the new plates:cool::cool:

Aye, Mick

[DRanged]

Great pics and report guys and Justin.................like the new plates:cool::cool:

Aye, Mick

Says it all I reckon:D

Justin