January 30-31st - Scenic Rim

[Psimpson7]

So the second club trip of the year was to Scenic Rim. We arrived on Satruday morning after meeting up with Rod (BigDog) and John and David Hampson, and a couple of Davids freinds, Mark and Amy at McDonalds in Boonah.

We then headed to the park where Greg (Grover69) and Tina, Dave (Busman) and son Nick, and Chris (Rat) and family. Josh in the RR Ute turned up with a mate shortly after, and then Sherwin.

So first trip out we decided to do a tour with everyone. I took lead, with Dave as TEC, and we followed mainly blue tracks all around the tour drive 1,2 and 3 tracks on the south side of the Park.

Handbrake Hill:

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Some of the group:

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Greg:

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Mark and Amy:

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Dave and John:

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Sherwin, now twin locked:

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Chris:

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Rod:

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Greg:

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Dave and John:

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After driving back to camp for lunch we decided to send a few cars into the creek run behind campsite 6 and 7 (This was partly due to torrential rain over lunch which make some of the tracks very slippery). Just as we were getting back, we met up with Bullets.

So into the creek,

Greg lead, followed by me, Dave, and for the earlier sections Sherwin and Rod. (I dont have many pics from the creek run hopefully others have.) - It is the creek in the pics a bit further down however)

This was quite hard at times, and I managed to rip off one of my rear wheel arches. No real damage though, mainly due to the care and pushing from Greg, Bullets, Dave and so on in a couple of spots to keep the panels away from the largest boulders! Whished I had the bigger tyres with me!

Thanks to everyone who helped guide, track build etc etc! Still cant believe you managed to move that huge rock Bullets!!

We met up with Grimace and Linda up here too, and Noz (Mark) as they arrived later.

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So to the camp fire:

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Rod had his Bourbon which Grimace enjoyed a bit too much, resulting in him collapsing in his tent while it was in the middle of a track, We ended up having to drag it with him in it to the safety of the camping area.

So this morning Greg had a photoshoot with one of the 4wd mags.

Darren (Jaffa) and Mel turned up early, and Kelvin arrived too but is still having some issues with his car.

Here are some pics from Gregs run up the creek in the rain for the video shoot:

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This is the rock that ripped off my arch (Although I took a slightly easier line here!!):

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Freindly looking spider:

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And a group picture from before we all departed this afternoon:

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Thanks to everyone who came and made it another good trip. cant wait to see some more pics and get other peoples reports :)

Cheers
Pete+Sam

[stevo68]

Good report Pete...wish I had been there instead of unpacking the new house......starting to get the itch...been almost 3 mths without a trip :(,

Regards

Stevo

[Grimace]

I got some photos just gonna go through and edit out plates and will hopefully post up this arvo.

What a creek! That place has some narly potential. Will be keen to head out there again in Fluffy to run the entire creek (start at main entry) to as far as our little landys take us :cool:

As for the evening around the camp fire...Rods bourbon killed me! After just four beers and four glasses of bourbon (thanks to my little helper) I was gooone!!!!

Creepys are the best! Right Greg :D

[grover69]

Thanks everyone for a great trip, as always the disco,s out numbered the rangie's and the D3's are always great to watch .
The gumboot and the "little " 90 showed just how good they are by taking most of the same lines in the creek as the rangie .
As always Grimace was the life of the party Saturday night all in all a great weekend and a big thanks to all for putting up with the heat as you walked the creek for the photo shoot just go's to show the support the club has for it's members .
Yes Grimace creepy's are the best ( off road) .
PS will put some photo's up soon .

[Grimace]

In reverse order here are some of the shots I got that didn't come out blury! :blush:

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[Rat]

I got some photos just gonna go through and edit out plates and will hopefully post up this arvo.

What a creek! That place has some narly potential. Will be keen to head out there again in Fluffy to run the entire creek (start at main entry) to as far as our little landys take us :cool:

As for the evening around the camp fire...Rods bourbon killed me! After just four beers and four glasses of bourbon (thanks to my little helper) I was gooone!!!!

Creepys are the best! Right Greg :D


You're just BIAS. If i had creepys........

[dungarover]

If only they made them in a radial and not so bloody wide :mad:

I'm keen to get the bullet down that creek on 33's when I have it all sorted out and regoed, I'll give it a go :twisted::twisted:. The best part about Scenic Rim is that it's about 30 mins away for me :cool:

Trav

[DRanged]

I totally agree they are a great tyre OFF ROAD as mentioned by Greg. I had a very scary 4 wheel drift with the trailer on and kids in the car one night going to Levuka. They were off the car as soon as we got back.

Justin

[grover69]

I'm with you Justin great off road but up to s**t on road .
But you can't convince Grimace

[Grimace]

I'm with you Justin great off road but up to s**t on road .
But you can't convince Grimace

I think you will find that it comes more down to size then anything. I am as confident on my 37" creepys as I was on the 255/85 BFG Muds.
Obviously the braking wasnt as good thou... due to size.

As for four wheel drifting, I dont understand how? Unless you had 60psi in them and were doin family sedan speeds around a hairpin???

All my experience is from use, FIRST HAND, and lots of it, I have extensively used 33" BFG Muds, 35" Extremes, and the Creepys (along with a handfull of other tyres) all as daily drivers, the creepys were and still are my favourite. I guarantee a 33" creepy would be just as good in all aspects as a 33" BFG muddy. Too bad you can't get em in that sizing.

I would still take the creepys over any other tyre if I could only have one set of tyres. I even considered some 35" creppys as my road tyres, but I think that's a bit unfair :D

It's true. You can't convince me otherwise, I use what works for me, my driving style, and my experience. :)

On the topic, Handling as a whole comes down to lots of things, springs, shocks, bushes (inc type), link geometry, speed, humidity, loads, surface, tyres (size, compund, pressure, pattern) etc etc, all these need to be considered when you drive your vehicles each and every day. Stay safe peeps!

[Psimpson7]

Crrrrrreeeeeppppppppppppyyyyyyyyss

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not again ;):D:p

[Grimace]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not again ;):D:p

I would like to try out some 37" crawlers to get a comparison! So maybe crawlers are the best ;)

[Psimpson7]

As a road tyre, I would be confident in saying there are plenty of better options than either.:)

[DRanged]

When I had my bad drift it was purely down to being very tired and lost concentration and over cooked it into a corner. The Creepy's are not very forgiving if you make a mistake. Thats the problem, not speeding or driving like a goose. Hey they are a rag tyre with big soft blocks. Great off road. Just remember dont ever have an accident on them or you'll be toast. Thats the other bad point.

Justin

[dungarover]

The hardest part is finding 'that' comprimise, you can't have everything. I found the Silverstone MT117 sports I had on the dunga twitchy (and they're a radial), you needed to be on the ball at times on windy roads, the Goodyear MT/R's I had prior were great all-round but IMO not as good off-road which I expected compared to the Sports. Also the price of $400 a tyre for the MT/R compared to about $270 for the MT117 sports is a very worth consideration too :eek: :eek: :eek:

I'll stick with radial tyres thanks. As good as the creepys are they're like Justin said a rag tyre and handle like crap on-road and you won't convince me otherwise, you still have to drive your LR to 4WD destinations. I'm not into changing tyres on trips, I have better things to do :twobeers::twobeers:

Trav

[CheekyD1]

I'm with Trav, changing tyres has whiskers on it.
IMHO I reckon that the Mickey Thompson is the best compromise
He makes a Cross ply for those who can and want to carry tyres, but also a radial claw for on road manners.
The Radial Claw is still Sh#t Hot off road. But like BFG muds it does suffer on the black stuff when its raining, it is rated 90% off road 10% on road.
MT also makes Grimace sizes. Wish Silverstone would do a 35.

Gaz

[Grimace]

When I had my bad drift it was purely down to being very tired and lost concentration and over cooked it into a corner. The Creepy's are not very forgiving if you make a mistake. Thats the problem, not speeding or driving like a goose. Hey they are a rag tyre with big soft blocks. Great off road. Just remember dont ever have an accident on them or you'll be toast. Thats the other bad point.

Justin

I thought this may have been the case, I too have done similar (following Pete and Rod late one night), just went into lala land and sorta turned into a very slight corner to late, and had a close call with a gard rail :eek:
Needless to say, woke me up a bit and my attention from then on was spot on.

Mickey T are good traction tyres but I just dont trust the sidewalls enough offroad for my driving style. I also dont like their onroad characteristics.

I already miss my creepys, I just want to go wheelin :(:D

[Grimace]

I'm with Trav, changing tyres has whiskers on it.

I tell you, I am def not looking forward to it :(

[Psimpson7]

Some pics from Greg (Grover69) and Teena. Thanks guys!

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Grimace Wishing his creepys were this big:

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[djhampson]

Realised I never got around to posting the video from this trip...better late than never :D

YouTube- 2010-01-30 Scenic Rim GCLRO