With the money saved from buying a cannon. You can go some serious mud tyres. A nice lift kit. Rock sliders and maybe a winch, if you're planning on tackling this kind of extreme wet conditions. But good on ya for having a crack at it. Well done.
You guys are so lucky you didn’t come to grief out there. I hope you all learned a valuable lesson that day and do some proper research before tackling tracks outside your local area. This track is well known as been a very difficult track anytime outside of mid summer and requires a better than average setup truck. There is a good reason we all drive lifted 4x4’s with good MT tyres in Taranaki if we like to go off road. That papa is everywhere in Taranaki and is like ice when it gets wet. It takes lots of skill and good gear to navigate it safely.
You are very correct, we were advised by the organizers that it was a great track, he'd done it several times and checked it out. Total lies. We were even warned by the local publican not to do it. We all thought it was just a back country gravel road. Honestly, at one stage I was just going to walk out and leave my ute there for someone in summer to have. Taught me a huge lesson.
At least you all got out safely and without too much damage to your vehicles. That track is never easy even in the hight of summer. As its part of my back yard iv done it probably 50 times in 25 years on foot, on dirt bikes and in 4x4’s and its always slippery, muddy and very scratchy on paintwork. If its not shown as a formed road on google maps it generally requires some personal research but i saying that i think you now know that. It sucks you have a horrible time and got led up the garden path at the same time but what an experience at the end of the day. Not many people can say they have been though something like that and finished it off and then drove away. Hats off to you and your crew.
Great videos guys. The spirit of adventure is alive in The Kiwis. Bet you all learnt a lot about your vehicles. Brave Dealership! What messages have you got about the vehicles from this?
Whangamomona rd changes month to month it is closed over winter for preservation , last labor weekend ( opening day) the taranaki family 4x4 club done a working b carting trailer loads of 100mm rock fill in to a large hole at the bridge just past the tunnels and a culvert that had washed out about a kilometre further along the track, over 2 days two Diggers a tractor a bulldozer and half a dozen 4x4s with trailers. The bulldozer managed to winch two vehicles out of the river along the first section of track, all in all we managed to haul in around 16 cubic meters of metal
A huge thanks to all the work your club does. I'd be very reluctant to try that track again, even in summer. I did wonder about tackling it, but was assured it'd be fine. Lesson learnt, the hard way.
Wow, you show your ignorance. Take a look around your own home and vehicles etc. You will find most are made in China or have significant parts made in China. GWM are not owned or operated by CCP.
