Thread: The Springs 2013

Some pics from us below. Thanks to everyone for a good weekend.

Sorry I don't have pics of everyone.

Thanks Pete and everyone for a good weekend away - have been hanging for some drive time. And a chance to flog bumblebee. She sounds sweet when given some stick - thanks to Eric/THE109!

I have some gopro video - does anyone know some good simple software to (a) edit some captions, (b) splice clips and (c) then render/save as a suitable good quality but smaller file size?

The original files are fairly large and quality is excellent on my 42 inch screen in the office but to upload I need to reduce the file size.

Some still pictures:






The first big hill


And spectators






Pete leading


Tara (Josh's wife) - bailing on the climb


Rocks at shops


Bumblebee did ok for unlocked - rear LSD only - had to take a couple of runs at some rocks and or stand on the brakes to hold the front/make the rear work








I wonder if that is the tyre josh fond flat this morning


Got a little wedged here with a good side throw moment


The stable





Happy as a pig in the pit




View from top of the park



Chasing Grimace


If you look carefully you can see Grimace's sack hanging on the back window


Photo time




Down the hill and some carnage


Spot the steering issue


Jack and winch to straighten the cheese bar



Finally home in the beehive


Bugger must have smacked the front left light with a tree branch in a speed run at some stage - might need some protective grill


Video to come when someone tells me how best to optimize for uploading!

Im crudely editing a video of all the footage for later and most of the pics are to be processed. This is a pic of the trip . Thank you everyone , we had a great time .
George

Looked like a great trip guys..... would have liked to have come down but couldn't get away on the Friday.

Had to settle with a day trip to Cityview the previous weekend with a couple of mates.

Some video from SLR - sorry first two out of focus as forgot need to focus SLR before then recording video

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Also because I was at the back you only get Grimace's back end shots

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Here it is ."This video is still being processed. Video quality may improve once processing is complete." Let me know if it isn't improve i optimized it for computer view .

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A big thank you to trip leader Pete and everyone else who lend a hand ... and I sure needed it this time. A punctured tire, two dislocated rear springs, a stalling engine, and a bend steering rod. Hmmm, maybe I'm pushing the grey machine a little too hard?
Anyway, new Terrafirma HD steering rods are on it's way from the good old UK, so I'll be ready for the next trip. Cheers, Ed.

Ed

Just some bad luck and poor landrover design (the steering rod/drag link). As you say new links will fix the steering. We have all bent one of those standard rover ones - nothing to them.

What spring retainers are you running?

Tyre was just bad luck - the Springs has some sharp rock so just bad luck to get a tyre staked. Truck went well otherwise and good to see it being used.

Skiboy