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Presidents Report 3

Trip Schedule 4

Captain's Corner 5

Club High Points 7

Quad Torque

August 2018

M A N U K A U 4 W D C L U B M A G A Z I N E

Poutu trip report 8

Editor Woes 11

For Sale 12

Club Member discounts 15

President Bernie Konz

027 4917605

AH (09) 2366856

Treasurer Colin (Charlie)

Browne

(09) 238 7298

Secretary Joy Browne

(09) 238 7298

Club Captain Mike (Gibbo)

Gibson

021 888870

Committee Members

Richard Eyres (09) 238 9838

(new members officer)

Nathan Phillips (09) 2321018

Gavin Campbell (09) 2999992

Dave Brown 021 610307

Ash Goddard 021 02312028

Chris Soderberg 021 778181

Mark Jones 027 2275566

Dean Currie 027 5858947

Magazine Editor

Jenny Konz (09) 236 6856

Email jenny@jkracing.co.nz

Website

Hans Recter

E mail hans@hrsoftware.co.nz

Club Rep Northern Zone NZ4WD

Contacts

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EDITORS NOTES

Hi

Well after somewhere around 7-8

years, I have finally got myself a new

phone and the Samsung J archaic has

been retired. This was a big decision

as I am not a fan of the pain and stress

that seems to go along with getting

new technology… in our house any-

way…. I splurged up large and are the

proud owner of a Samsung S8. Yes,,

you heard correctly.. Lol… This is

going to have to last me another 7-8

years too. I do feel that I can justify the

additional expenditure however when I

look at how many new phones Bernie

has had during the same 7-8 year peri-

od. I am sure that mine was cheaper

in the long run…. The most impres-

sive feature that I have found so far (I

only got it today so give me time) is

that I can talk to it, and Bernie can’t...

and it answers me!!! I have not yet

tested any questions that involve life

long decisions, moral standings or just

plain advice when things go wrong. I

will however keep you updated on

such matters next month.

If you see someone without a smile,

give them one of yours…

Jenny

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Hi all

Mycoplasma Bovis and Kauri Dieback have been in the news of late. Walking/hiking

access has been blocked left and right, it could only a matter of time before they get

to us, the 4wheeler.

As a way of combating outright blame or just to show some responsibility, whatever

the reason, last month it was put to the members to adopt a “clean truck” policy.

That is to say, no truck would be presented at days start in a dirty/muddy condition,

and that all attempts would be made to remove excessive mud from vehicles at the

end of the day before it is transferred to the road on the way home. It was also noted

that 99% of us are pretty damn good at this already and that nothing will change for

you. Overwhelmingly voted in and will be placed on the trip sheet as a requirement

from now on.

Bear this in mind please, that if you

turn up on a club trip with a truck in

a dirty condition you run the risk of

being turned away, guaranteed if

you are entering a working farm

property.

This is about fairness and respect to

the property owners and has nothing

to do with punishment to you for not

cleaning your truck. Nearly all the

properties we visit are privately

owned working farms or bush blocks,

any new property visited are just as

likely to be privately owned, access

can be blocked at any time for any

number of reasons we don’t want

dirty trucks to be one of them.

Bernie.

Presidents Report

P l a n n e d T r i p s

Remember to partake in any trip you must contact the trip leader and register your

interest as numbers could be limited and a lack of numbers can result in the trip be-

MINIMUM GEAR TO BE CARRIED

ON ALL CLUB RUNS

Tow Hooks Front and Rear

Spade

First Aid Kit

Nylon Rope / Strop

Fire Extinguisher

Captain’s Corner

Hi All

August has been an eventful month for me.

I joined Peter Cox on his trip down Taupo way and was having a great time until I

attempted a hazard once more than I should have. Having said that apparently I

went further than anybody else on a previous trip had on this particular hazard.

Prado came to a halt and when we were ready to winch it back she would not start.

Turns out I had come down hard on a bump and put a dent in the fuel tank which

had in turn cause the fuel pump to crack. After a dead winch and then an attempt

to tow me up a very long soft climb with a bend in it we decided to leave the Prado

overnight and call in reinforcements. Peter and Nathen arrived the next morning

and we return to the stranded Prado with the fuel tank taken out of Peter’s Jeep.

This was placed on the front seat (see photo) and powered from the cigarette light-

er and hey presto the Prado started immediately.

On the drive back to the main road we came across a guy on a motor bike who

asked us for help to recover a stuck car. We dually followed him only to find the

car he wanted to recover was down a 20-meter cliff. In our humble opinion it had

been stolen and dumped there. Not sure what the motivation of the people trying

to get it back up again was.

Prado was then trailered back to Pete’s place and the fuel pump was replaced.

A huge thanks to Pete and Nathen for their help and also to Ant & Allie and Rory

& Rebecca for staying on and helping me on the Sunday.

With the Prado running again Peter Cox and I went and did a recce of Porters

Road. My plan was to bypass the

real gnarly bits and have a great

trip for the next weekend. But Por-

ters Road had other ideas. The track

is getting very rutted in places even

in the easy sections and the Prado

lost a lot of paint and has new dents.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) only 1

person expressed an interest in do-

ing the trip so it was cancelled. Por-

ters Road is doable but suggest who-

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ever does it next goes in expecting to do a lot of spade work or get very dented.

2 other trips occurred this month, Porters Road and Waiuku. I look forward to hear-

ing how those went.

Upcoming trips are Club Champs on 19 August and Waiuku forest on 9 September.

Planning for the Manukau Winch Challenge in November is underway with all new

stages being set this year. Recces and peg outs will occur in September and October.

I will be away for the next 6 weeks. Initially skiing in Wanaka region and then Deb-

bie and I are off to China for a month. Have fun while I am away

Gibbo

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Poutu trip report Pouto trip started off not too good for Paul, he took his jeep off his truck on Friday night, went for a spin and his wheel came off.

So Paul his boy hopped in with someone else on Saturday. Up the beach we went, seen a few seals.

Got to the base of the light house and we all had many attempts to get to the light house. Poor old Kevin's jeep got a good hiding by Dean, he wanted to get there but no, it failed.

So we carried on having fun over the dunes, the down to the wet soft area for a look then crossed deep stream, Kevin was driving his jeep with no snorkel and sucked water into his engine.

Between me and Owen, we waited for tide to go out a bit then towed him back to Bayleys camp.

It was an interesting day, thanks to the 7 trucks that turned up.

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Editor woes….

One page left guys, and it’s Sunday night 6:30pm.

Dave will need this tomorrow to get it printed

and ready for the Club Meeting on Tuesday.

What should I do??? Should I go and find some-

thing interesting on facebook? Lets have a

quick look… haha.. Maybe this one will do?

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For Sale

1997 Suzuki Vitara 2.0

Manual 5 speed Transmission 3 Door

New A.T Cooper tyres Oil + Filter changed recently

Tow bar 139 000 k/m’s

Price $3000 ONO

Phone Jim Cossill…. 021 447794

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Club Member Discounts

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CLUB GEAR AVAILABLE—see Gav

Polo shirts with club logo 35.00 Vests with club logo 40.00

Jacket with logo 50.00 Singlet's 25.00

Caps 15.00

Winch Rope for Sale

Plasma winch rope—Competition Grade

7mm —$9.00 per metre, 9mm — $13.50 per metre

Colin Browne (09) 238 7298 any length

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