Future 4x4

[Roo]

After speaking with Phil at the Black Country meet we are aiming to be at the site at 1030am
We will meet anyone attending at the entrance.
Remember to keep your cbs on channel 8 folks as it will make easier to find each other.
Really looking forward to this one and meeting some different members of the forum

Thats good, nice long lay in then

See you there

Well it is Sunday

[headbanging]

After speaking with Phil at the Black Country meet we are aiming to be at the site at 1030am
We will meet anyone attending at the entrance.
Remember to keep your cbs on channel 8 folks as it will make easier to find each other.
Really looking forward to this one and meeting some different members of the forum

Thats good, nice long lay in then

See you there

Well it is Sunday

Sorry, was dreaming when i wrote that, having 3 kids kinda makes that an impossibility!

[headbanging]

Thanks for a great bit of driving. Really enjoyed it, even if I did s**t myself on a few bits. But thats down to my lack of experience!

Didn't take many pics, as was to busy driving, but the 3 i did take are below.

Hope you all made it back safe. The only damage I got was on the drivers wing, when i slid into a bank. Just need to remove the wheel arch cover thingy, and give it a push, and it should be ok. Plus get rid of all that mud thats got everywhere!







Thanks again.

[colley]

We arrived at future 4x4 at 10.30 and after a quick chat we set off on to the course which was very muddy and very very slippery in places
After a few hours all 3 of us had damage Drew dented his wing Phil broke his rear light and my front hub broke and started slipping
As for future 4x4 it is a small site with some very technical sections big hills and very boggy areas.
Here are a few pics and videos i took










http://s663.photobucket.com/albums/uu358/colley_2009/?action=view&current=11102009009.flv

http://s663.photobucket.com/albums/uu358/colley_2009/?action=view&current=11102009010.flv

http://s663.photobucket.com/albums/uu358/colley_2009/?action=view&current=11102009011.flv

http://s663.photobucket.com/albums/uu358/colley_2009/?action=view&current=11102009012.flv

Thanks for a good day

[Roo]

Great Photo's n Vids there Guys
Pleased you had a good day, sorry your all broke summat

[Sir-Doris]

Oooh... Looks slippery... Must make it down there some day.

Good news tho... Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I take it you were the only fronties there?

[damrabbit]

Yes just us 3 everything else was green oval or suzuki oh and 1 jeep

[andysd1]

this does not give me confidence in this site,

[colley]

I would not recommend the site unless you have a heavily modded truck and don't mind damaging it.
We did not even try the more challenging stuff due to risk of serious damage.

[headbanging]

The pictures and vids of me getting towed out, were due to the rear diff grounding out. I'm running standard wheels with AT's on. I do have a suspension lift, but obviously the diff is at the same height. The only way I could have cleared most obsticles was by having bigger wheels on. There were a few other areas where I had to reverse and go again, just to get over some bits.

I wouldn't recomend anyone to go round it in a standard truck, as you will get stuck (alot) and probably do alot of damage to the truck.

There were alot of people arriving with trucks on trailers (where a green oval normally lives ) and knowing they could drive them without having to worry to much.

The day we were there, it was raining, and had been since the Friday. This was the first rain we had had in nearly 2 weeks, and the site is clay. Given that, the clay got sticky, and caused alot of problems. Luckily the wheels were able to spin, as discussed on the day, attempting some of the challenging bits in the dry might cause trucks to break.

PS, in the vid, i'm seen waving my hand out the window, before being towed out. I was chucking mud out the car that fell in when I had to climb in through the window!