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Hey fellas,

went 4x4'ing away to Barmah State Forest this weekend. Got the Hilux a good dose of mud, probably more than I should have and she came out pretty unscathed. The thing is the steering wheel sits slightly bit more to the right now, but she still drives straight.

I was very impressed with the suspension over corrugations, through ruts and the like. The only thing that bottomed out every now and then was the TJM underbody guard, on the first corner from the front going to the back.

Heres some pics for ya's-





we had a ball. I think the next trip we are going to go to the Otways Rainforest, bout October/November.



P.S I forgot to mention, the Buckshots are awesome through the mud. Yeah, I may have gotten stuck in one very boggy boghole, but going uphill in the wet or through muddy ruts, you can fell the tyres digging till they get to the hard stuff underneath and then pushing ya forward.

great value for money tyre

You need to buy one of those cheap gurney's, very quick and does not scratch the paint work as would happen if you did it by hand.

yeah, I had a hard time with the steam cleaner at the car wash in shepparton. took bloody ages for the mud to come off. spen bout 40minutes there just getting as much mud off her as possible, then when I got home I gave her a decent wash by hand.

Someone's been playing in the mud!

Heres another pic of last weekend fella's.

I kinda got carried away "running - in" the diesel.....LOL



Happy as a pig in shit

(I love this pic)

I hate to rain on yours and others parade mmaaxx but have a frikin good look at this shot and tell me you don't understand why they shut down access to parts of this beautiful country of ours to four wheel drives!!

To me you've just totally and absolutely murdered a story that I've followed with great interest over the last three pages and I certainly hope not all members of this forum are tarred with the same brush.

Here's a couple more angles to the same "running-in" procedure -

richard, I understand where your coming from but c'mon mate, we've all let rip once in a while through a flooded boghole and had some fun, huh?

let he who is free of sin, I mean free of 'splashing through a mud puddle' cast the first stone!

nice pics mate.

i dont see how disturbing a bit of mud is so detrimental to the environment???

damn hippies

Tell you what ned, give me your address and I'll pop 'round for some 4x4 doughnuts in your front yard!Damn Redneck!

Now, now Richard, I dont think there is any need for abuse here.

We see and understand your position so lets just leave it at that ey?

thats a whole different kettle of fish. pretty sure no one owns the bush?

Richard,

I'm newish to this forum but so far have found everybody to be very polite, supportive and in possession of a good sense of humour.

Opinions are exactly that opinions.
Whether you agree with a bit of fun in a boghole or not is no reason to sling mud yourself.

Thanks for your thoughts and opinions, but please keep the name calling for some other forum.

Cheers Max ...

I agree with 10k.

Let's keep this forum clean.

If you think the pictures are not proper due to environmental issues, take it up with Dave via PM as he's the boss here since we have no moderators.

I chose to be active in this forum as it's totally dedicated to our Hilux and the members here are decent, polite etc. unlike some other 4WD forums which I stay away.

I'm not saying that you are not decent Richard. LOL!!

Cheers

Brendon

Fair enough guys, my apologies.

Although by no means am I new four wheel driving my attitude comes from living in one of Australias most isolated towns for the last 27 years (Nhulunbuy/Gove).

Some 15 years ago the mining company here did an extensive expansion project that involved some 800 extra contractors on site for 12 months.

Some of these guys would head out in all directions on their Sunday off in their 4x4's with boots full of slabs and just absolutely rip tear and bust, not to mention the rubbish that was left behind.

The local Yolnu people finally got sick of it in the end so developed the Dhimurru Land Management Council and along with that came "yearly fees" and restricted permit access.

I don't have a problem with paying the 80 bucks a year for the permit but the areas covered by the permit, as I said, are restricted.

What I do have a problem with is the fact that prior to the project going ahead I could jump in a 4x4 and head out to Cape Arnhem (the Cape being off the General Permit) and beyond for the day. Now you have to book well in advance (up to 5 weeks) and fork out an extra 15 bucks per vehicle.If I get caught without a permit, I stand the chance of losing my vehicle and all the equipment inside plus a 10 grand fine per person caught!

All this because of a few people that had absolutley no respect for this great country of ours we live in so consequently I have a bit of a stigma attached to roostertails.

Again, my apologies, I shall have to teach myself to bite my tongue, even though I detest being part of the seamingly silent minority.

If you'd like to check out some shots from the area have look at ..http://www.dhimurru.com.au/recareas.html

ps: You're a very funny guy Brendon

Richard,

Gee......thanks for the compliment mate.

I checked out the link and it looks absolutely beautiful.

I've been to Australia once and I had a great time. However, I only managed to go to Gold Coast and Sydney. I traveled there on my own. It would have been better if I had been able to meet you guys and seen the real outback Australia!

Oh well, maybe I'll have another crack at OZ again...........

Cheers

Had the day off work today so I went with me daughter 4x4'ing in the back paddocks to flex her up abit.

Me mate came along too and got a bit trigger happy with the camera so here are the results for your viewing pleasure-

And some more-









more to come -

And one more bunch-







That's it folks, hopefully more to come in the future ;)

P.S. My work is paying for us to do a 4x4 driving course at the Werribee Proving Ground this saturday so might have some more pics of that too soon. Dont know what to expect there, hopefully they dont treat us all like absolute beginners.......

Wouldnt mind trying some more challenging stuff!