Thread: 4WD Hoon's

Originally Posted by dlatn

Only ******* would take this track and not the one around the bit of scrub. City people perhaps?

what a stupid comment.
some of us actually buy 4wd's to get out and enjoy the challenge of tracks like that whilst still being as considerate as possible to the environment.
comments like that are what causes these reports on the news by people who would never take their car off the bitumen and buy a 4wd as a fashion statement.
just because you don't enjoy doing so doesn't mean other's don't and it certainly doesn't mean those that do are all ******* that wreck the bush and so forth.
as for them being **** wits for taking pictures and having a giggle - almost every thread on here has a request from half a dozen or more people requesting pics (hypocrits springs to mind) and everyone must admit that when an inexperienced 4wd er (as i am) makes a few mistakes people have a giggle then offer advice and that's the way to learn.

my 2c worth.
jason

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Am I?
If you look carefully the vehicle is stationary sans driver Its not going anywhere!!

BUT...on the day in question we were driving along a made track, that is open for use, it was dry...and there was NO hooning involved I'm too old for hooning

come on, i often see classic cars like that one 'hooning' through the bush

not

Quote:
Originally Posted by dlatn
Only ******* would take this track and not the one around the bit of scrub. City people perhaps?


what a stupid comment.

here here!
this is half the problem out there! its the idiots that go out to a place that has better than average 4x4 tracks and expect their stock whatever to go places they really cant! these tools are the ones that have bulldozed the extra tracks around the hard bits, which has made the place look a right mess!
the errosion thats now in the track in the vdo is really bad, BUT its not all caused by the 4x4ers! how much rain did whe have a while back? bloody lots, that caused a fair bit of damage, BUT it still dosent help that some tools went out their after/during the rain and cut the place up

If it's where I think it is, I'm pretty sure there isn't a track around it. Through that area actually isn't a difficult drive although there is a lot of lean

slunnie, this bit is b4 the steps, and yes there is now 2 tracks around one up the hill and one up the creek.
and is is quite difficult to drive now especially if you dont have a locker and like dragging your gutter on the side of a bank.
about a k in from the bridge there is now another track that has been bulldozed across a corner, totally pointless! all the marks left on that track are those of a bottomed out 4x4 being dragged by a winch.

also i was there for the first clean up, and all i can say is while there is bugger all rubbish in and around the track areas, the old stockpile area where the rubbish was to be picked up from and disposed of still isnt clean! and now there is a whole lot of builders rubble that im sure wasnt there b4. i know i wouldnt drive for any length of time to dump rubbish there and neither would most other folk.
is i think the people close to the area need a good looking at.

the finger can be pointed in alot of directions.

be constructive not destructive.


phil

Time out, group hug required .

Originally Posted by dlatn

Only ******* would take this track and not the one around the bit of scrub. City people perhaps?

The problem that I have with the scene is that there is a track around the obstacle. Someone in the past decided that it was better to bash a path through the bush and not do any of the maintenance that we so often claim that we do.

We can't have it both ways - either we, as a class of people, do the maintenance and not cut new tracks around obstacles or we get labeled 4WD hoons.

The newly cut tracks are very clear evidence of bush bashing.

Just my opinion.

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

The problem that I have with the scene is that there is a track around the obstacle. Someone in the past decided that it was better to bash a path through the bush and not do any of the maintenance that we so often claim that we do.

We can't have it both ways - either we, as a class of people, do the maintenance and not cut new tracks around obstacles or we get labeled 4WD hoons.

The newly cut tracks are very clear evidence of bush bashing.

Just my opinion.

Diana

and its spot on!

cheers phil

Originally Posted by discowhite

and its spot on!

Ditto

It is the extra track that we should be worrying about. When some of the clowns in the less then capable vehicles get to a part of a track that is too difficult for them they just go around and make new tracks instead of turning around. I am surprised some extreme greenie hasnt picked up on it from the video

Originally Posted by Merv

Ditto

It is the extra track that we should be worrying about. When some of the clowns in the less then capable vehicles get to a part of a track that is too difficult for them they just go around and make new tracks instead of turning around.

That's all very well for you to say.

If there's a chicken track, I'll take it. I'm not going to damage my car if I can avoid it. There have a been a number of occasions when I haven't proceeded any further as I wasn't willing to try the difficult section.

However, one might be in a convoy on a trip and there is no other way - then one would be tempted to created a bypass. The alternative might be to abort the trip for those unwilling to damage their cars.