27 February 2011 GTG - Chloorkop Midrand!!!

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:49 pm

Stef wrote:1. JohanM - Johan & Family
2. 0000MS - Mark, Danelle & Kiara
3. Skudwa - Donovan & Bonnie
4. Legend 35 - Johan en famielie
5. Gunta - Mark
6. Bukketjie-3 - Ewerdt.
7. Thabogrobler - Thabo (karloos)
8. Traveler - Heinrich, Nadine & Elgar (maybe bring ek swaertjie met sy Prado saam)
9. Mikama-Mike, Amanda, brandon,Lisa
10.Neil (Bugatti)
11.Torrie - Corne
12.Wit Lig - Johan
13.ToyX4 - Riaan
14.AJ - AJ
15.Donkey - Thumelo (sneak preview..... )
16. Stef - Stefan, Lezel, Saskia
17. ?

Any last minute takers?

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:03 am

Note: The Club has x4 VHF hand held radio's kindly provided by Uncle Eric (Repcom), should anyone want to make use of em please send me a pm or call me 08three 307 0five74.

The rental is 50ZAR for the day

luckyhit · Post by **luckyhit** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:31 am

Ek sal ongelukkig nie more kan join nie, my clutch het gister in die middestad besluit hy wil nie meer nie, julle moet dit geniet en onthou die pics!!

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:50 am

luckyhit wrote:

Ek sal ongelukkig nie more kan join nie, my clutch het gister in die middestad besluit hy wil nie meer nie, julle moet dit geniet en onthou die pics!!

Dis nou jammer!

My kamera is gelaai

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:06 pm

............... en my nuwe Kirisun is gister by Repcom ingesit. Nou is dit nie meer bekommer oor batterye laai nie.

ps. Mark ek het ietsie vir jou van F_D af.

legend35 · Post by **legend35** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:07 pm

Mark is nou weer die blue eye boy

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:57 pm

Tel dit dat ek jou prentjies saambring vir daai ander projek?

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:29 pm

Traveler wrote:............... en my nuwe Kirisun is gister by Repcom ingesit. Nou is dit nie meer bekommer oor batterye laai nie.

ps. Mark ek het ietsie vir jou van F_D af.

Ek hoop dis iets wat mens kan eet, soos sweets

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:41 pm

All's good, and was a really nice day out, was about time the wheels started turning

All met at the Engen garage.....except Johan Legend 35, who was waiting at the Sasol garage....

Never the less we all managed to follow in convoy to Chloorkop where all the vehicles tyres were deflated ....except Johan Legend 35

More about that later :!:

Everyone quickly greeted and we soon followed Mark (Gunta) down into an unknown road! Heinrich, Evert, Johan and a couple of others quickly had to remove some trees when Heinrich mentioned....my chansaw would have come in handy now...building up a bit of a sweat.

After some obstacles everyone found one another again and drove in one big group

Tummies were growling and Thabo's wife was getting a bit tired of walking around...I think the babba may come a monthe early or so...who knows!

So we all headed for some shade, fires were lit and some chppies and woes was consumed!

Nice turnout, hope to see you all at the the next event

Good suggestion Bulletjie / Gunta

Some more pics later...

legend35 · Post by **legend35** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:17 pm

Thanks every body for a greate day and for getting to know more of the forum members

And thanks Mark (Gunta) for helping me in that one obsticle where I were realy in the sh!t.

Next time I will deflate my tyres before I drive the trail

mikama · Post by **mikama** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:46 pm

Dankie almal n paar fotos

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:10 pm

Thanks guys, Chloorkop is in interesting playing place. Caught many of us out where and how to drive with all the sculpting done by the rain in the past couple of months.

Got the opportunity to test my recovery skills..... I'll leave other to tell.

Great to meet more forum members.

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:48 pm

Traveler wrote:Thanks guys, Chloorkop is in interesting playing place. Caught many of us out where and how to drive with all the sculpting done by the rain in the past couple of months.

Got the opportunity to test my recovery skills..... I'll leave other to tell.

Great to meet more forum members.

Mr H you mean this one! Yeh we were on the 'other side' could hear you clearly over the radio...actually come to think of it would have been quite tricky without a radio!

Luckily no vehicles were damaged

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:00 pm

Beginning of the route:

Thabogrobler · Post by **Thabogrobler** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:22 pm

Yeah!!!

Was baie great on weer ou bekendes te sien en nuwe gesigte by name te sit!

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:37 pm

Road clearing

The Legend · Post by **The Legend** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:47 pm

Ek sien Lollie se boetie was ook daar-Wie is dit?

Post by **pietpetoors** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:59 pm

Hey, dit lyk baie lekker.

Thabogrobler · Post by **Thabogrobler** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:01 pm

Lollie wrote:Ek sien Lollie se boetie was ook daar-Wie is dit?

Johannes - Gawe kerel!

Ek het eers gedag dis Lollie

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:02 pm

Lollie wrote:Ek sien Lollie se boetie was ook daar-Wie is dit?

Dit is Johannes v Schalkwyk - aka Jaans oppi Forum

Thabogrobler · Post by **Thabogrobler** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:13 pm

Van die sinkgate

The Legend · Post by **The Legend** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:19 pm

OOOOMS wrote:
Lollie wrote:Ek sien Lollie se boetie was ook daar-Wie is dit?
Dit is Johannes v Schalkwyk - aka Jaans oppi Forum
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Dankie Oooms
Jammer ek was nie daar om hom te ontmoed nie.

Thabogrobler · Post by **Thabogrobler** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:20 pm

Another few pics

Rollercoaster639 · Post by **Rollercoaster639** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:18 pm

One day when I am big I am going to come with...

Thabogrobler · Post by **Thabogrobler** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:08 pm

Rollercoaster639 wrote:One day when I am big I am going to come with...

Big or more diesel in the tank??

Post by **Mud Dog** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:20 am

Nice pics guys ... looks like you all enjoyed the outing!

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:21 am

Yup, was a quickie, but a nice outing nonetheless. We probably spent more time looking for routes than playing on the obstacles

The 'obstacle of the legendary (35) clutch' was a nasty one, but don't throw away the one next to it..looked far easier than it really was!

Did not manage to get the diff breathers fitted this so I skipped the water

(not draining the diffs twice in the same week)

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:25 am

We had an awesome day. Some of the routes were a bit hectic but with some guys like Heinrich navigating made it easier. Heinrich your wife drives like a champ.

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:40 am

My son took lots of pics, so I will load the best ones. We had to make new tracks, so an unexpected hole magically appeared in the grass. Thanks to Heinrich he pulled me out backwards. The next few are of Neil (Bugatti) who got himself caught in a ditch. We hooked my vehicle behing Heinrich and Pulled him out.

: Just to give some perspective of the incline.

: The start of the rcovery with Heinrich adding weght to the nose.

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:00 am

The recovery of Neil.

FUDGES · Post by **FUDGES** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:04 am

Dit lyk lekker ouens eks nou spyt ek het dit gemis :evil: :evil:

Het iemand daai lekker klip gery voor die moeras? Ek sien geen kiekies van die klip nie.

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:09 am

Johan foolowed after Neil but also got stuck. We let his tyres down to 1.1 bar and he pulled out.

Now for the water crossing.

: The 2 vehicles hooked up to pull Neil

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:14 am

More pics

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:20 am

This is a beast of a rock climb. I couldn't get anyone to try it, so maybe next time. I showed the guys it can be done.

luckyhit · Post by **luckyhit** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:40 am

Wow dit het soos baie pret gelyk, eks is spyt ek het dit gemis!

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:55 am

Great pictures.

Mark, Nadine can luckily handle the Hilux without problem.

I wish somebody could invent a camera that can really bring across the real intensity of an incline cause it never really captures it that well. For instance looking at Neil's Hilux you do not really appreciate the severity of that position he was in and it certainly does not look as if he was very close to tipping over. But believe me, he nearly stopped my heart and I was not even driving.

Post by **CasKru** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:20 am

Gee whizz Heinrich.... hoe vinnig het Neil daai gejaag dat jy so moes spring om uit die pad uit te kom?

Nee maar seriously nou.... Ek het gou Photoshop in gespan en die foto se angle verander na so 33° toe....

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:36 am

Hy het stilgestaan, maar dit kan baie snaaks wees as jy die ding 'n animated .gif kan maak en daai wiele kan draai.

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:51 am

Cassie, he was idling up there, he just went of the line and the rear wheel slipped into a hole and nearly toppled over. Some time back a cruizer rolled down there, his windscreen is still at the bottom. All the obsticles were done slowely so as not to damage vehicles or terrain.

Ou vale1 · Post by **Ou vale1** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:43 pm

[quote="Traveler"]Great pictures.

Mark, Nadine can luckily handle the Hilux without problem.

En sy weet presies waar Heinrich se voete is

Post by **CasKru** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:47 pm

Gunta wrote:Cassie, he was idling up there, he just went of the line and the rear wheel slipped into a hole and nearly toppled over. Some time back a cruizer rolled down there, his windscreen is still at the bottom. All the obsticles were done slowely so as not to damage vehicles or terrain.

Not to worry Mark... I know that hill quite well and I know you can only crawl up there unless you want to break something. I was just pulling Hein's leg as the position he is sitting on that front bumper almost seems like he is jumping.

Chloorkop can be a real dangerous place. I came to deliver Johan's breather kit yesterday and had to turn around on the main path do to a ditch being dug right across the road. So I turned and put the tailend down an embankment where I know one can go down but I turned a little late and found myself stuck in a very similar situation as Neil did. I called Heinrich on the radio and he was on his way to assist when I gathered some guts and slowly released the brakes (van switched off and in 1st low range) and got out of the bakkie to investigate.

So I saw the ground underfoot was reasonably firm and little damp but had some loose gravel. So I decided I'd try and see what happens. Start the bakkie. Set the idling screw to maintain revs at about 3500 rpm and slowly release the clutch. It slid a bit sideways and then the gearlock kicked in and I got traction straight out. Was a bit nervous after that

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:06 pm

Where did you dissapear to, Mark said you were around but I did not see you?

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:35 pm

Mark, unfortunately Cassie had to go and see to some family responsibilities he had.

Chloorkop gave me a couple of scary moments yesterday "did I say that before" and I was doing most of it yesterday by foot (and nobody drove over the foot either).

Post by **CasKru** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:46 pm

Gunta wrote:Where did you dissapear to, Mark said you were around but I did not see you?

I was there for about an hour. 45 minutes of that hour was to try and get to you guys.

It's my MIL's birthday today and the "party" was yesterday. :evil: :evil:

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:52 pm

CasKru wrote:
Gunta wrote:Where did you dissapear to, Mark said you were around but I did not see you?
I was there for about an hour. 45 minutes of that hour was to try and get to you guys.

It's my MIL's birthday today and the "party" was yesterday. :evil: :evil:

...en dis lekkerder om kaarte te speel as om the 4x4 anyway

Bugatti · Post by **Bugatti** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:43 pm

Good day Ladies and Gents,I trust every one that came to Chloorkop had fun yesterday. Firstly i would like to thank all involved in helping my rocking Hilux, it was greatly appreciated.
Thanks Heinrich for diving in front of my speeding Hilux to slow me down on that (thanks to Casku) on that now extremely steep slope.
Ons het gister baie geniet en dit was lekker om nuwe gesigte te ontmoed.
Lekker week voor vir almal.
Bugatti :yahoo

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:37 pm

CasKru wrote:
Gunta wrote:Where did you dissapear to, Mark said you were around but I did not see you?
I was there for about an hour. 45 minutes of that hour was to try and get to you guys.

It's my MIL's birthday today and the "party" was yesterday. :evil: :evil:

Maybe next time we can get a few guys together and do it again. Then we can play in the mud as well.

legend35 · Post by **legend35** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:35 pm

And then maybe I will have the guts to do that rock you went up.Mark ,you let it look so easy

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:08 am

Old Man Emu on a Hilux, what can I say.

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:15 am

Gunta wrote:Old Man Emu on a Hilux, what can I say.

And a bigger engine..

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:11 am

I guess, but there were quite a few 7m's and a lexus there as well.

Hilux01 · Post by **Hilux01** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:03 pm

Lyk of dit baie lekker was,

Spyt ek moes die een uitsit, dankie vir die fotos manne

WayneSchalk · Post by **WayneSchalk** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:59 pm

Ek het nie eers geweet hier is 'n plek in Midrand nie en ek bly hier, sad but true.

Ek en Angela is nou deel van ORRU so hulle hou ons te besig om uit te kom, teminste gaan ons lekker dinge doen TDR in Botswana die lang naweek wat kom.... NICE

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:28 pm

WayneSchalk wrote:Ek het nie eers geweet hier is 'n plek in Midrand nie en ek bly hier, sad but true.

Ek en Angela is nou deel van ORRU so hulle hou ons te besig om uit te kom, teminste gaan ons lekker dinge doen TDR in Botswana die lang naweek wat kom.... NICE

Lekker man

Wens ek het die tyd gehad om daarvan deel te wees :wink2: