What's happening at the GTG 2012...

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Holy shit Snaga, felt like I was sitting up on the roof, like it was 3D, never watched a shot like this before where it felt like I was riding along. What sort of video camera did/do you use ???...Cheers Steve

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The footage is awsome but it does the tracks no justice to what they really are. If you ever get opportunity to get up there you will love it and you have to do billygoat ridge. Just wait til snaga puts up some footage of the border track and dune jumping around Beachport. That GoProsure got a workout. Keep up the good work Leon.

Cheers Matt & Caite

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

I made it home on Tues 23rd. We went the long way too.

Hey MLC, can you tell Lea that Marion & I are back together again.

All done a few weeks. Back Rev.

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Thanks guys,
It's hard to get any time infront of the computer at the moment... (any that's not work unfortunately).

Just a GoPro2 mounted on the outside of the windscreen. Processed in iMovie. I keep trying Premier Pro from Adobe but keep coming back to iMovie

Here's a quick vid of the cross axle wobbles on one of the small dunes at the start of the border track.
After getting over the top I hear someone from behind me saying 'Nice Roothy impersonation Snaga!'... obviously referring to the poorly secured stuff on the roof racks that is so often the case in the 4WD Action DVD's. I clearly remember Roothy has problems keeping his Space Cases secured.
For me, it was the 30 sec tents Octopus Straps not cutting the mustard so they were quickly swapped out for some ratchet straps which handled the track a LOT better.

[Madkore Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Madkore]

Andrew gives a demo of his home-made bead breaker after selfishly popping both his front tyres off the bead for the sole purpose of this demonstration

Videos such as this make me think - is there anything this bloke can't do? And is he the best/most favourite PPer we have?

Not that I want to start a poll on this, as I don't think it would be terribly constructive to single anyone else out, but given AJ's sharing of technical knowledge, informative posts, making products for other PPers, and organising what seems to have been an unreal GTG, I dare say I can't think of anyone else more giving to the PP community.

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

Videos such as this make me think - is there anything this bloke can't do? And is he the best/most favourite PPer we have?

Not that I want to start a poll on this, as I don't think it would be terribly constructive to single anyone else out, but given AJ's sharing of technical knowledge, informative posts, making products for other PPers, and organising what seems to have been an unreal GTG, I dare say I can't think of anyone else more giving to the PP community.

There are heaps of things he can't do. He couldn't get as high up the hill as me, torrie72 and vkprado, he couldn't dismount from a hill at love day and had to be rescued, he could get over a mound at HIS special private playground so again I rescued him, bloody useless if you ask me. oh wait, don't ask me until he has made my AJ Industries Emu Wing!

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There are heaps of things he can't do. He couldn't get as high up the hill as me, torrie72 and vkprado, he couldn't dismount from a hill at love day and had to be rescued, he could get over a mound at HIS special private playground so again I rescued him, bloody useless if you ask me. oh wait, don't ask me until he has made my AJ Industries Emu Wing!

We really need another PP outing, must be someone elses turn to get stuck and recovered, god how I wish I had used my Maxtrax and winch in those 2 situations Oh and I haeard I got 25mm further up that dune than you did Rob!

Madkore, cheques in the mail

Cheers Andrew

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Videos such as this make me think - is there anything this bloke can't do? And is he the best/most favourite PPer we have?

Not that I want to start a poll on this, as I don't think it would be terribly constructive to single anyone else out, but given AJ's sharing of technical knowledge, informative posts, making products for other PPers, and organising what seems to have been an unreal GTG, I dare say I can't think of anyone else more giving to the PP community.

There is so much this bloke cannot do!

He cannot get as high as mlc, torrie72 and vkprado up a Sandhills
He can't get Rev bogged
He cannot get of a mound at love day and needed rescuing
He cannot get off the side off a hill at his favourite private property
He cannot log onto Facebook.

If you ask me he is bloody useless really

Ps DON'T ask me though until he has made my Emu Wing!

Mlc

Ps, if he had some decent qualities I would consider inviting him for dinner, lucky for him we let him tag along when Trish is invited

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AJ somebody had to be the one to intentionally use their vehicle as the demo so that the others could learn how to do recoveries

Richo.

[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

I too, am waiting for AJ120 to make me an emu wing as well.

Otherwise I would tell all how he was trying to get the definition of "Bogged" changed........

Just so he could say that I was bogged when I wasn't.

Cheers
REV

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Madkore, cheques in the mail Cheers Andrew

Keep the cheque, send some side steps instead

[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

Hey MLC, come to the Bungalow for a tic will ya??

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

I too, am waiting for AJ120 to make me an emu wing as well.

Otherwise I would tell all how he was trying to get the definition of "Bogged" changed........

Just so he could say that I was bogged when I wasn't.

Cheers
REV

Thats correct Rev, you weren't bogged, I got up the dune with trailer in tow, you stopped before the top, chassis sitting on the sand, tried a snatch and the winch............ but you weren't bogged

Cheers Andrew

[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

Thats correct Rev, you weren't bogged, I got up the dune with trailer in tow, you stopped before the top, chassis sitting on the sand, tried a snatch and the winch............ but you weren't bogged

Cheers Andrew

I thought that this had been sorted.

If I had been unable to drive out either fowards or in reverse, I would have been bogged.

As I was able to reverse out, without any form of assistance what so ever, I will always maintain, that at no stage on this particular dune, or anywhere on the entire 2012 GTG was I bogged or for that matter on the 2011 GTG either.

I have been bogged in sand before, but it wasn't South Australian sand. It was Queensland sand and as I recall, you were bogged in the Queensland sand at the 2011 GTG. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Yes my forward momentum was stopped, but Andrew, that is still not bogged.


Cheers Lawrie

[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

Just to clarify my real thoughts on getting bogged or stuck.

There is no shame in getting bogged or stuck...... how else do you learn!

Also, the longer you go without needing assistance at some point.............The more embarrassing & harder it is to accept the assistance when you do need it.