(SA) Adelaide Hills Winter day trip.

[Buckman]

Some times you just need to splash some mud on you truck or explore your own back yard.

A window of opportunity opened last Sunday and a small group of us headed into the Adelaide Hills to explore some 'Summer Tracks'.

I saw a rather large 'puddle' on my way to meet the rest of the crew and decided to resist the urge to drive through it (even though my 10 year old son was urging me on!)

It was lucky I erred on the side of caution as my 'careful' approach and entry saw the 80 stuck in some serious ruts (my likely the legacy of a few sets of 35's)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a91/squidbert/Sunday21June002.jpg

Oh well, time to practice some recovery skills and drag the old girl to dry land.

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Our next challenge saw a 'diff locked' Rodeo put 4 Landcruisers to shame!

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If you look closely you will notice fellow forum member 'ClintN' standing high on the hill sharing words of encouragement. A chat with a local property owner and some friendly advice that he had never seen a vehicle negotiate the climb in winter without the aid of diff locks, was a challenge I was prepared to accept!

The first run saw the 80 make it half way.

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A change of tact and a different line saw a further climb.

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The slippery rock face made the final hurdle un-attainable but great fun all the same. The local cocky commented that it was the most determined effort he had ever seen in those conditions!

With my tail between my legs we wandered through some very picturesque Adelaide Hills country side.



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I just hope some of the rain made it to the Murray River catchment area.

All in all we had a great afternoon out, and achieved our goal of getting dirty.

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Cheers,

Matt.

[smokie greylux]

nice pics

[Total_Filth]

hey where were most of these tracks? looks fun.

ive you ever go out there again let us know. sounds like a good time. I haven't been dirty in ages!

TF

[4xrunner]

would be interested to know where some of these are as well. Been looking for someone to get out and about with for the last few weekends.

[team]

Very cool.

I don't suppose you could PM me the names of the first few?



I had a go at trying to get up this in a basically stock r9, very slippery at the top. Last 10 - 15 metres you really need the grip.

As a consolation a hilux that flew up after I decided to turn around and take off didn't make it up in his first couple of goes either - not sure if he got it in the end :)

Edit:

here's an "up shot"

[ATARI]

so you met little Daz, on the hill climb.... was he on his quad?

[BERT-86]

great pics guys, looks like you all had a great day out getting dirty.

[Clint N]

Very cool.

I don't suppose you could PM me the names of the first few?

I had a go at trying to get up this in a basically stock r9, very slippery at the top. Last 10 - 15 metres you really need the grip.

As a consolation a hilux that flew up after I decided to turn around and take off didn't make it up in his first couple of goes either - not sure if he got it in the end :)

Edit:

here's an "up shot"

Ha ha yeah thats one of my altime faviorite mud climb hills, stock truck should get up just some better than road tyres and driver skill/work should get ya up...

cheers

[Clint N]

so you met little Daz, on the hill climb.... was he on his quad?


Yep he was on the quad, LOL

[suzukilwb]

whens the next run i am in and grate pics :thumb:

[suzukilwb]

Very cool.

I don't suppose you could PM me the names of the first few?

I had a go at trying to get up this in a basically stock r9, very slippery at the top. Last 10 - 15 metres you really need the grip.

As a consolation a hilux that flew up after I decided to turn around and take off didn't make it up in his first couple of goes either - not sure if he got it in the end :)

Edit:

here's an "up shot"

my zook got up that last weekend

[Buckman]

so you met little Daz, on the hill climb.... was he on his quad?

Yes mate,

He still raves about your Zook :thumb:

[Buckman]

I am reluctant to post again, and share an attainable experience on public roads where no road rules were broken, nothing illegal was done and no-one was injured. There were some pretty simple ground rules in this section about getting threads off track.

"#2. No insults, personal attacks, or any crap. THERE WILL BE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY HERE, MORE THAN ANYWHERE! Discuss it via PM if you have something to say or just leave it altogether."

Without being smart, the latest 2009 UBD has all the roads we drove on, you just have to do some homework. (they even have 'dry weather only' printed on the maps) Half the fun is exploring, some people call it getting lost!

As for having a public road closed because some-one drove in a puddle............. I shake's me head.

Please enjoy the pics and story for what it was, a Sunday drive.

End of story.

[team]

my zook got up that last weekend

Ah sweet man, I pulled in there to show a mate the hill and I reckon it was you there with a couple other blokes.

How did you find it up the top? I notice you had a couple of cracks from that flat area?

[team]

Ha ha yeah thats one of my altime faviorite mud climb hills, stock truck should get up just some better than road tyres and driver skill/work should get ya up...

cheers

Yeah I need to work on the skill haha - first 4by, and no offroad experience on 4 wheels, only motorbikes.

Have MAXXIS 751 A/Ts.

I may have another shot at it this weekend, not sure. I have some searching to do via google maps.

Thanks for the tip RE the UBD, didn't know they displayed that info mate, I have been relying on google maps which is a bit touch and go.

Edit: Tyres chocked with mud, also I hear a little handbrake is the go to kick the LSD in? Or is that only RA rodeos?

[suzukilwb]

Ah sweet man, I pulled in there to show a mate the hill and I reckon it was you there with a couple other blokes.

How did you find it up the top? I notice you had a couple of cracks from that flat area?

yeah one in a little subaru if so it was me i didnt get it my m8 had a go guess i stuffed it up to much and he got up took a few times throw good fun you should have had a go

[Buckman]

'That Hill' is a real surprise packet, an absolute bugga when wet, but give it a day and you can cruise up no worries. I have seen it when the water is running through the ruts.

All the vehicles made it back up last Sunday (my 7 year old spat it half way up cause I had promised her at the bottom I wouldn't do it) I had a half arsed attempt and unfortunately chose the wrong gear. You have to get it right or you won't make it this time of the year.

A mate of mine damaged his Disco last year when his 'electric stuff' over rode his driving and threw him into the embankment.

[toy yoda]

A mate of mine damaged his Disco last year when his 'electric stuff' over rode his driving and threw him into the embankment.


ahh go the electic stuff""

first thing i did when i bought my 60 was to disconnect the
hill decent, DAT, ABS and the traction control :waycool:

Now it has leaf springs, lockers & spotlights.......perfection:thumb:

[LordMayhem]

hahaha did they even make them kinds of electrics when the 60's where made???
(pardon my arrogance if i am wrong lol)

[Buckman]

It don't matter how much 'gear' electric or otherwise you may have on your 4WD, gravity and traction will always win!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a91/squidbert/Disco3oops.jpg

That is a near new Disco III at the bottom of the hill.

I reckon there were more 'skid marks' in the drivers seat than visible in the photo!

[sudso]

Yeah I need to work on the skill haha - first 4by, and no offroad experience on 4 wheels, only motorbikes.

Have MAXXIS 751 A/Ts.

Hmmm 751's. Had them on my Rodeo for a long time. I got bogged on my sisters wet side lawn one day with them! Mind you I had the trailer on with a ton of firewood in it and the Rodeo. (unhitched it and it walked out easy) Good wearing tyres but useless in mud lol.
Let them down to 10-12psi and it should walk up that hill.

Does anyone let their tyres down anymore? or is it more of a "challenge" to attempt difficult terrain on public tracks with full pressures and rip them up.
Not having a go at you team.

[stalker]

mind filling us in where these tracks are? looks like great fun. me and a few mates are heading out next weekend on the Friday night we dont know to many places to head, only really around handorf.

also sudso to answer your question yes people still let down there tires, i ran mine down at 20 last time i went out.

[suzukilwb]

mind filling us in where these tracks are? looks like great fun. me and a few mates are heading out next weekend on the Friday night we dont know to many places to head, only really around handorf.

also sudso to answer your question yes people still let down there tires, i ran mine down at 20 last time i went out.

hey you got room for one more :truck:

[Buckman]

mind filling us in where these tracks are? looks like great fun. me and a few mates are heading out next weekend on the Friday night we dont know to many places to head, only really around handorf.

also sudso to answer your question yes people still let down there tires, i ran mine down at 20 last time i went out.

"Without being smart, the latest 2009 UBD has all the roads we drove on, you just have to do some homework. (they even have 'dry weather only' printed on the maps) Half the fun is exploring, some people call it getting lost!"

Check your p.m.

Cheers,

Matt.

[toy yoda]

hahaha did they even make them kinds of electrics when the 60's where made???
(pardon my arrogance if i am wrong lol)


nah bloke, just my sense of homour!! :D

[Buckman]

Hey Yoda,

I see that the construction boys have finished with 'The Pines' for time being and the 'keep out signs' have been removed. I am tempted to see how deep the puddle is at the moment!

[team]

Does anyone let their tyres down anymore? or is it more of a "challenge" to attempt difficult terrain on public tracks with full pressures and rip them up.
Not having a go at you team.

No offence - I had them @ 20PSI. I think next shot is going to be 16 PSI.

I've read they're shockas in mud also, but the bus came with so much tread I'm not real keen on springing for a new set or wheels + tyres just yet. Am keeping an eye out for some sunnies on the cheap though.

We've had a bit of a damp couple weeks, I'll have a crack at it again this weekend or next weekend probably...

[team]

yeah one in a little subaru if so it was me i didnt get it my m8 had a go guess i stuffed it up to much and he got up took a few times throw good fun you should have had a go

Yea that was you then :)

I wasn't real prepared that shot, I just wanted to have a squizz and see what it was looking like.

Went out the day after with a few blokes around the area and had another shot at it then.

Good job getting her up there!

[toy yoda]

Hey Yoda,

I see that the construction boys have finished with 'The Pines' for time being and the 'keep out signs' have been removed. I am tempted to see how deep the puddle is at the moment!

do you think i could sqeeze the comp rig in there too..have some real fun!!!:D

it only takes about 1/2 hr to load it up on the trailer and dissapear again!!!!:crazy:

[team]

Think I found one of those tracks today :)

Bought an 09 UBD, good call on that one.

[oondy]

I'm more than happy to find some new tracks so yeah I'll swap what i know with ya. there's a few over the other side of the hills to me which I can't remember exactly where they were but one had a mud run for about 100m in some deepish ruts...boo yah.

give us a hoy one day when you're going out for an outing.

cheers

OONDY

[sudso]

No offence - I had them @ 20PSI. I think next shot is going to be 16 PSI.

I've read they're shockas in mud also, but the bus came with so much tread I'm not real keen on springing for a new set or wheels + tyres just yet. Am keeping an eye out for some sunnies on the cheap though.

We've had a bit of a damp couple weeks, I'll have a crack at it again this weekend or next weekend probably...No probs, is yours a 2.8D or the V6? I got the 3.2 V6 just got rid of the 751's and put some 265/75/16 Cooper ST's on. Bloody louder than the BFG muddies I ran for a while but the ST's are a good allrounder. That hill climb track looks like a bit of a challenge.
Someone pm me the name? :D

[sudso]

Our next challenge saw a 'diff locked' Rodeo put 4 Landcruisers to shame!Is Clints locker in the front or rear?

[Buckman]

Is Clints locker in the front or rear?

Front, and what a difference it made.

[toy yoda]

throw a lokka in the back of the 80 Matt! best $600 you could ever spend on it!

[Buckman]

throw a lokka in the back of the 80 Matt! best $600 you could ever spend on it!

I reckon!

I have got to the point where I am taking on tracks and obstacles that the truck can't do. I have pushed the old girl to her limits and I think she deserves some mechanical upgrading. :(

[toy yoda]

Do it!!!! youll be grinning like a cheshire cat and only takes couple of hours in an 80....cause the back is full floating the wheels dont even have to come off!!

[team]

No probs, is yours a 2.8D or the V6? I got the 3.2 V6 just got rid of the 751's and put some 265/75/16 Cooper ST's on. Bloody louder than the BFG muddies I ran for a while but the ST's are a good allrounder. That hill climb track looks like a bit of a challenge.
Someone pm me the name? :D

2.8TD, I was keen on the diesel over the petrol pretty much for litres / 100ks and I love the rumble!

The bloke that owned it put some 15" PCW alloys on it, not sure of the sizing available for them, but I think I'll just leave the 751s on them, and when I get around to it (and $$ permitting) get a set of sunnies and whatever the biggest size I can fit under the rodeo (I think 31s?)

[diehard]

gday folks

As discussed in this thread, one of the images did show a vehicle deviating from the obvious track for the sole purpose of driving through a water hole.

Whilst we've all done it, its not advisable to post photos of your vehicle doing it, especially with rego plates being readable in other photos, so i removed the photo and all associated comments.

It seems heavy handed and unneccesary, but the anti 4wd brigade love photos like that to use against us.....its a fact of life unfortunately.

[sudso]

2.8TD, I was keen on the diesel over the petrol pretty much for litres / 100ks and I love the rumble!

The bloke that owned it put some 15" PCW alloys on it, not sure of the sizing available for them, but I think I'll just leave the 751s on them, and when I get around to it (and $$ permitting) get a set of sunnies and whatever the biggest size I can fit under the rodeo (I think 31s?)33 x 10.5 x 15 will fit (without scrubbing and without a body lift) with the right offset rims and some minor trimming at the front in the right places. Thats what I had on my R9 for a while - 33 x 10.5 x 15

[Nicko 75]

looks like a lot of fun guys! Is there any way someone can pm me the location of these tracks? I would like to get the 75 dirty and get some practice in before coming on a forum meet. Thanks heaps if anyone can send the details. :)

[sa_on_patrol]

sounds like the sunday drive was great, excellent photos. i'm due for a new ubd aswell.... how far out (km) from adelaide are the tracks

[mnpalmer]

None of these tracks are that hard to find - although I haven't seen that steep hill climb. What I do is go for a drive on the weekends and look for dirt roads, often some have 'no thru road' signs but turn into dry weather only tracks. Just go for an explorer through the hills and try and stick to dirt roads, you be amazed at what you find and the hidden country side that you've probably never seen before!
Finding these tracks is half the fun! :) Leave the UBD in the glovebox...

[MUD666]

will have to meet up one day fellas have a laff get to know everyone

[Buckman]

All the tracks we drove on are public road and in the latest UBD (most are even markes 'summer or dry weather track') to make it even easier. Just explore between Birdwood and Mt Barker.

Cheers,

p.s. don't be fooled by the 'no thru road' signs ;)

[stalker]

talking to locals always helps too. mt barker/handorf have some damn good spots.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii94/xstalkingux/urban%20cowboys/4925_94108848965_640683965_1876611_.jpg?t=12463682 63

(please note the ruts in the track are not from us, but from some random tractor that had been there before us.)

[Buckman]

It has been very wet so far this week, keep an eye out in the hills on Saturday!

[Buckman]

talking to locals always helps too. mt barker/handorf have some damn good spots.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii94/xstalkingux/urban%20cowboys/4925_94108848965_640683965_1876611_.jpg?t=12463682 63

(please note the ruts in the track are not from us, but from some random tractor that had been there before us.)

ahhh 'Gorilla Snot Hill' very slippery at the moment.

[Nicko 75]

Very slippery. The 31 A/Ts couldn't get the last bit of the hill today when it was peeing down:

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/kromwell350/5033_117322301094_782751094_2913086.jpg

[stalker]

ooo, might have to convince my mate to head out there tomorrow, i got the day off and i feel like playing :D

only difference is i have 33" mtz's

good way to come out looking a bit muddy too

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[stalker]

also does anyone know who owns this truck, we ran into him in mt barker, part of the cfs up there. he told us a awesome spot to head. that and he was a champ.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii94/xstalkingux/urban%20cowboys/4925_94108928965_640683965_1876625_.jpg

[ROBSKI]

Saturday could be a goer Matt, should we make it an event and meet at the usual place? Need a mud run before I head to Thailand on Wednesday...?

[stalker]

if you guys go out saturday morning i might pop my head out for a bit before work if its alright with you guys.

[scarecrow2]

It don't matter how much 'gear' electric or otherwise you may have on your 4WD, gravity and traction will always win!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a91/squidbert/Disco3oops.jpg

That is a near new Disco III at the bottom of the hill.

I reckon there were more 'skid marks' in the drivers seat than visible in the photo!

now THAT'S scary...:eek: (I dunno about skiddies in the driver's seat; I reckon I'd have had to tunnel my way out the car...:o)

[Nicko 75]

it was even worse today. Crazy slippery

[team]

it was even worse today. Crazy slippery

Yep not wrong. Looks like they're doing some work to it, they've got some drainage at the bottom mud puddle now, it's practically empty.

Some tractor tracks up top and a little bit of grading has been done.

Hopefully they don't fill it with crush next and make it passable!

Saw some skiddies up the top looks like someone decided to have a go of it on the down slope, crazy bastard.

[stalker]

lol thats what i always do. go down then come back up :p

[Davo1]

Yeah - Satdee is good for me 2 ROBSKI.

[MUD666]

hey dudes if anyone is going out this weekend let me know im keen

give me a call or sms on 0412545088

cheers

[bad_religion_au]

ho hum, i may have to get the 40 running sooner than i thought...

[ATARI]

with all the action it's getting the council will fux it once & for all sooner than later.....

[Nicko 75]

Yep not wrong. Looks like they're doing some work to it, they've got some drainage at the bottom mud puddle now, it's practically empty.

Some tractor tracks up top and a little bit of grading has been done.

Hopefully they don't fill it with crush next and make it passable!

Saw some skiddies up the top looks like someone decided to have a go of it on the down slope, crazy bastard.


Yeh i went down it yesterday. Bit hairy at the start. Went down today in a navara no dramas

[StolleMan]

I'm keen to get involved if something is going down Saturday. Is there a designated meeting spot?

[suzukilwb]

i am trying to work something out for Saturday in the meet up part of the froum if there any takers and i willing to try some new spots

[Buckman]

I'm out, somethings come up and I won't be able to make it.

You blokes enjoy yourselves.

[SHANO79]

Id be keen for sat 2.

[ROBSKI]

i am trying to work something out for Saturday in the meet up part of the froum if there any takers and i willing to try some new spots

Sounds good the earlier the better for me. I will have a look for the thread you start. Are you giving out road names on the day so if people get seperated they can catch up?

Robski

[TUFF HJ60]

Hey guys ill be up for a day trip soon

[OGJON]

could some 1 pls PM me some rough maps of some of the easier tracks between Birdwood & Mt Barker thanx?
My wife & I will be coming over to Adel again @ Chrissy time & wanna go for bit of an explore so basicaly after tracks/rds that can easily be done on our own in a Terry/Paj with 32" A/Ts 2" sus lift, 2" B/L & an LSD in the rear

been out to Port Gawler was fun fow the few short hours we were there found a nice track that followed the fence line for & good 6-7ks with lots of sand humps & a few small creek crossings.
Also found some tracks in the Mt Crawford area that weren't too bad mainly 2wd with a few Hi range hill climbs

[suzukilwb]

Sounds good the earlier the better for me. I will have a look for the thread you start. Are you giving out road names on the day so if people get seperated they can catch up?

Robski

i dont no half the names lol but i think everyone could keep up to a 1l zook on 30 there would be something wrong shouldn't be to bad just do the bike rule pull over around the next corner and just let people catch up thread is could sa meet up

[MUD666]

dude i reckon your 1lt zook would hammer compared to my 2h deisel on 35,s

let me know what time and where dude

[suzukilwb]

dude i reckon your 1lt zook would hammer compared to my 2h deisel on 35,s

let me know what time and where dude

i wouldn't be so sure about that and 10 at the cinema