Thread: where's Gordon?

Last i heard he was on the road travelling back from the eastern states to Perth. This was about 2 days ago.

I was with Gordon at the Sand course at Forster NSW over the last weekend. He didn't intend to leave Forster until Monday morning. He probably won't be back in Perth till at least late today or tomorrow.

However, I wouldn't try to contact him. In view of what has been happening it was no doubt a strain on him to still run the course. It's not appropraite for me to publicly discuss what the issues are, however, I'd suggest that Gordon should be not hassled for a couple of weeks at least.

Trevor

Originally Posted by BrianElloy

Or does anyone have a set of rods they'd be willing to loan me (or rent me) for the weekend? I'm located in Perth

cheers guys

Brian - I have some at my office in Belmont (WA). PM me if you want them.

Trevor, how was the course? Where in Forster was it held?

Originally Posted by Lukeis

Trevor, how was the course? Where in Forster was it held?

The course was excellent.

We all learned heaps. It's unbelievable how capable the D4 is on sand. No safety issue or problems with the course at all.

We were all based at the Tuncurry Big 4. After Sat morning lecture, out onto Tuncurry Beach for the drive along the whole length. 10km or so I'd guess. Continual reinforcement about dsc off. Just practice is dry and wet sand. looking at fuel consumption. Also practicing command shift driving. We had all aired down to 16-17 for this beach.

Air up. we all practiced emergency stop. Never knew this. Impressive.

Drove up to Old Bar beach 16-17 again. Some fording through a channel to a sand bar. Advised on the role on rock crawl mode when needed even on sand or water. Demonstated about how to get extended and emergency height with jack method.

Sunday- down to sandbar beach very soft. I would not have believed a car do drive on this stuff. 16-17 at first but a couple of us nearly got stuck and one couldn't get up dune. Just digging in. We all dropped to 12. Huge difference. Practice in really soft stuff plus opportunity for all to go up some dunes. We also all practiced sand recovery with snatch, but I reckon in reality a D4 may never need snatching.

No one needed to use Maxtrax at all. Gordon turned off everything and bogged his RR sport to the chassis. Meant to be a maxtrax demo. Dug out 2 wheels a bit with shovel then did the lowering trick to that the car extends up and then he went to emergency height. Thought we may have had to use maxtrax but car can straight out. Everyone impressed.

Later in afternoon for those who wanted and had sliders a rough trip down McBrides Beach trail. Got some nice video.

A great confidence building weekend.

Trevor

A few Pics

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I have a spare set as well if you need them. Am located North of the River.

Awesome, stoked you guys did mcbrides. Anyone get stuck? Did the take the easy or hard path from mid way down?