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Guys
I would just personally like to thank all of you who made the effort to join us.

It was heartwarming to see so many Patrols rising to the occasion !

What a good show(the Patrols) put on!

I'm proud to own one!


That Z turn made me say........... "Kragtie!" :biggrin:
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bogeyman wrote:After most people left , I was asked to go back up the mountain to rescue another Landy. It was stuck proper.Chris
Good show! There was alas another sting in the tail.
We saw that Landy going up when we went down. Driver had a beer in hand....
Skilpad, Shortie, Toro & Masewa
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Ja dankie aan almal wat help reel het aan die challange. Ek het dit regtig baie geniet en was great om so baie Patrols op een byeenkoms te sien.

Ek dink daar is gans te min byeenkomste na my sin......
"The Just shall live by Faith" Rom1:17

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Dagse Manne,

Hier is n link van n video saamgestel deur Johan Swift(ek neem so aan):


'96 SGL-D PATROL (GQ)
ECHO 3
'07 SUZUKI BOULEVARD 1800
'06 YAMAHA 700 RAPTOR
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As ek ooit n Frotuner moet koop, sal ek seker maak dis nie dié een nie...
'96 SGL-D PATROL (GQ)
ECHO 3
'07 SUZUKI BOULEVARD 1800
'06 YAMAHA 700 RAPTOR
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Alex Roux
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2005: GU TD42 - aka "Masewa"
1996: GQ TB48 conversion - aka "Skilpad"
1993: GQ SWB TB42 - aka "Shortie"
1985: MQ Patrol (Safari) SD33 - aka "Toro"
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Re: Help required

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Stefaansie wrote:As ek ooit n Frotuner moet koop, sal ek seker maak dis nie dié een nie...
Wel as jy ooit 'n tweede handse 4x4 koop, maak seker dit is nie een wat te hard gewerk het nie.

Wat interessant was, is dat meeste 4x4's by al die plekke kon opkom, die issue is egter hoe hard moes die kar werk. Hoe effortless was dit gewees.
Manny moes daai kar baie hard laat werk en het dit ampertjies nie gemaak nie, waar die Patrols met lockers almal dit redelik gemaklik kon doen.
Maar dan so ook die cruisers.
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Dis juis wat ek bedoel,

Daai wit Tuna het n paar knocks gevat, dis hoekom ek hom nie sal koop nie. :lol:

Ai, as ek tog maar net meer geld gehad het om n locker(s) op my Troll te sit, dan loop hy soos stroop oor al die obstiekels...
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ECHO 3
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'06 YAMAHA 700 RAPTOR
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Re: Help required

Post by Peter Connan »

Alex Roux wrote:
Stefaansie wrote:As ek ooit n Frotuner moet koop, sal ek seker maak dis nie dié een nie...
Wel as jy ooit 'n tweede handse 4x4 koop, maak seker dit is nie een wat te hard gewerk het nie.

Wat interessant was, is dat meeste 4x4's by al die plekke kon opkom, die issue is egter hoe hard moes die kar werk. Hoe effortless was dit gewees.
Manny moes daai kar baie hard laat werk en het dit ampertjies nie gemaak nie, waar die Patrols met lockers almal dit redelik gemaklik kon doen.
Maar dan so ook die cruisers.
All the Patrols were virtually standard (at least in terms of transmission and traction aids), except for tires and lift. So were both the jeeps. But half the landcruisers were very heavily modified, and all the landys, mitsubishis and suzukis had aftermarket diff locks in one or more axles...

Or to put it another way, virtually all the non-patrols that were officialy part of the challenge had lockers front and rear. Despite this, the Patrols made a number of them look just a bit silly on some of the obstacles.
Mag ons ons kenniskry met lekkerkry aanhoukry.
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Yes, nearly all the non Patrols had lockers, accept the one that broke 2 side shafts...

At least I did that obstacle, not in the intended direction, but nonetheless.( I suppose if I had tried to fly up there like the Pajero I might have made it up with the LSD)
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ECHO 3
'07 SUZUKI BOULEVARD 1800
'06 YAMAHA 700 RAPTOR
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Re: Help required

Post by Peter Connan »

It had/has an auto-locker in the rear axle, which is why it managed to drive home...

O ja, dankie vir die lift.
Mag ons ons kenniskry met lekkerkry aanhoukry.
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