Thread: Coffs 09

Awwww man!

Sorry to hear that Justin, you've had your fair share of issues lately and this is one of your favorite trips...

But knowing you the isuzu will be back with a vengeance and better than ever - hang in there and good luck

Sorry to hear Justin

Sorry we did not see you on the tracks Justin - was really looking forward to catching up as well

I am back at work myself today - only got sat on the tracks - Josh driving the O'Rangie ute today - hope it goes well

Sickman ripped his A frame mount out yesterday and spent the day fixing it with some of the Coffs boys so I am sure he will enjoy a least some time out there today. I am sure he will post more detail later.

Great set of tracks and great time even with a little rain. Top spot and cheap filling pub meal rounded the day off.

Was hot though and not time for a swim as spent a lot of time on first hill!

Keith

Well wasn't there some carnage
It ranged from simple blown fuses to tearing a-frame ball joints apart and bending rear radius arms like bananas,there was quite a bit of good old fashioned bush mechanics happening.
Have to say a bit thank you to the local coffs guys for doing recce trips and showing us around,top job there well done.
Of the tracks that we did it was amazing to see the damage from the recent rains to the tracks,you could have 100's of 4wd's use a track all year and still not be that badly washed out.Beats me why tracks get shut by the fun police after seeing this.
Thanks to the members who came down as it was another great trip with the GCLRO,looing forward to the next one.
Cheers Eric

Welcome back guys. Sorry to hear of the carnage woes but guess that means it was a real G4 Orange Trip

Why is this track called Broken

What goes bang and look like this?


And the flow on effect


What a weekend.......with Justin not making it to the dirt Saturday and then mine not making it half way up the first hill, then Rod (local guide) doing a front pinion flange Saturday afternoon, and then Cheeky being cheeky this morning, i had to tell the locals "its not normally like this"

Not much to report on from my i am afraid. As above, managed to tear the A-frame mount from the diff, rip the ball from the joint, and twist the shaft off, all within 20m of engaging low range. A big thanks to Eric and the locals for getting it somewhat drivable so i could winch my self down and limp to a workshop. Luckily one of the locals that joined us has a 4wd workshop and his fabricator who was also along for a ride was willing to come for a drive to open up the workshop and fix my car, hats off guys. I can tell you though, it was an intesting drive with the rear diff wandering about 30cm side to side By the time we got it all repaired and back together it was the end of day 1, but from all accounts there was some great tracks and some even better driving done by all.

Day 2 started with high expectations, some nice warm up tracks and off to Comando, a well known trip with a reputation. Up went Anthony in his Soft Top 110 V8 defender, making the 5ft ledges look easy. After a quick demo The109 showed that it is not all about length and the extra inch made no difference, cruised up like he had done all weekend. After a less then impressive day on Saturday my nerves and confidence were not all there, so taking the stance that if it does not feel right it probably is not i hesitantly declined. Another local from the Coffs Club showed that a Nissan could give it a go also, and being a well set up car up he went. After a little thought Josh decided that as his ute was G4 orange he should have no problems, and wow what a drive, great lines and good throttle control saw him tackle it all without drama. Not to be outdone Cheeky decided it was worth a crack, oh so close......after driving the more difficult sections without major drama a little bend in his trailing arm soon saw a halt to progress (just wait for the pics.....they will tell a thousand words). Another expert hill side recovery and it was time to head back to camp to pack up, have a quick dip in the creek and hit the road.

Thanks to everyone that attended, was still another good GCLRO weekend away.

Shut the gate on this one Max it’s the Ducks Guts.
The Hills around Coffs Harbour or more correctly NanaGlen were alive to the sounds of Rover V8’s and the odd Diesel, oh and some strange noise which I am reliable told was a Super Charger.

Cheeky was loaded up after getting her new shoes in the morning and was chafing at the bit to hit the road as soon as Henry arrived home from school, but alas my issues dragged on and we finally got off later, after a over night pause in Grafton, we arrived a Glenreigh at 7:30 am, We quickly pitch tent and pretended to have been there all along by cooking Breakfast.

9:00am on the dot we were all ready to roll,


So off the NanaGlen we went, no sooner than we passes the village, When the Magic Smoke came out of Justin’s Alternator.
This was such a poo ,very disappointing, everybody felt for Justin.
Stupid little terminal came of the alternator.

So after that it was off to the first Narley Hill. You know when the hill will be exciting because it has a name, and this was no exception







So Philippe was just attempting the first hill that we all had finally finished, when it all went quiet, Philippe had ripped the Ball Joint from the rear A-Frame. So Philippe was winched back down the hill, He was off to the friendly local Rover repair friend.

So off we went to more hills with names, and all of them were great fun.
Finally we had a late lunch, very late lunch, we were having so much fun.



I finally found something that a RRC can do that a Disco can not.



After lunch we hit the trails again





So it was getting late so we headed for camp



It was getting late after the County broke a front diff on the way to camp, so we went straight to the pub, which was good.

Next morning it was off to Commando. Yup a hill called Commando.






Cheeky had done everything so far and had put in a bit of Cheeky Magic to bout.
So we were working up Commando and it had been very exciting, we were almost up the last, but the most cross axel step.
Cheeky jumped up to the left and I had to unload, she dropped off the rear passenger tyre badly, Josh run up calling Stop.
Opps



I would like to give a big Thank You shout out to everybody present who climbed up to help out.






Then we all headed home


I hope we got a shot of everybody, if not next time try rolling over or something.

Thanks to all the Coffs tribe for showing us around, great times.

Cheers

Gaz

Thanks to all involved with organising this trip (Justin esp. sorry you only got one day) and to the coffs boys for showing us around and the GCLRO guys on the trip.

What a great set of track and area to play in - and I did not see the Nanaglen stuff on Sunday but Josh said it was fab.

Josh arrived back and on last turn into my street or there abouts the spring hanger for the trailer broke - bought new one today - going to be a bugger to weld unless I can winch it up somehow.

Also noticed that the pinion seal rear of Ute has been leaking - so must have taken a knock there on the last day - as well the power steering pump leaks heaps now so doubt it will survive much longer - will replace pinon seal and possible the power steer pump (or at least carry a spare pump ready).

We are keen for Coffs 2010 in early Jan or feb - maybe QB weekend would suit - any others keen? Might have Hybrid series 3/fender/rangie going by then!

Skiboy