Trail Report - Babylonstoren 4x4 28/01/2012

johangr · Post by **johangr** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:34 pm

Thanks manne. Dit was nou sommer 'n baie lekker dag.

Toybox · Post by **Toybox** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:24 pm

Thanks guys, we really enjoyed ourselves. Ciske, Thys you guys are champions.

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:08 pm

Thanks to all you guys who came along!! You made the day a success, and you made the Hilux4x4 Club proud. You co-operation and behaviour sets an example to many others out there. You may pat yourselves on the back!!

The trail was a lot of fun, and got rough(ish) towards the end, and it was verryhot!! And once we got to the end a cold one went down well. Here's a few quick picks for your enjoyment..

Awaiting a full trip report from Ciske!!

Alibaba · Post by **Alibaba** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:32 am

Dit was baie lekker. Thank Gysie en Thys.

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GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:34 am

Hey Guys, Thanks a ton for an awesome day. Ciske thanks for all your organizing and for doing such a great job of leading us yesterday..... Petrus once again for being the 'go to guy' always willing to assist and jumping in to help guide us all through the tough sections. Thys, Dirk, Ali, Stephan and all the others I met for the first time on the trail it was loads of adrenalin pumping fun...

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:07 am

Did'nt get many photo's because was pretty focused on driving the trail and needed all my focus most of the time. Think some of the others got some great shots but this is my 10cents worth....

The vehicles that did the trail ..

Dirk got a photo of my hilux on one of the obstacles

The final descent at the end of the trail..... Mmmm.. rather challenging very loose boulders and rocks.... slide, drive down from the top.... quite a challenging trail

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:18 am

GI Jane = Stormin Norman...

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:35 am

OOpps almost forgot to thank the very competent 4x4 specialist Mr. Hoppy.... My Hilux drove like a dream over the trail, in spite of my failed attempt to roll her down the last boulder strewn rocky section... that was a close slide, but I think that there were a few other 'ampers'....

Ground clearance was excellent and the wheel travel meant I spent more time with all 4 or most of the wheels on the ground at the same time... really totally different drive yesterday.... Thanks Allan

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:20 pm

lyk sommer baie lekker.

wie is die meesterbrein agter die decal op Gysie se Hilux??

Ek stel belang.

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:29 pm

Traveler wrote:lyk sommer baie lekker.

wie is die meesterbrein agter die decal op Gysie se Hilux??

Ek stel belang.

Thys made the sticker

legend35 · Post by **legend35** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:01 pm

Lekker.

Look like a very nice trail you did

Post by **Mud Dog** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:05 pm

Looking interesting so far ..... looking forward to the rest of the pics / report!

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:17 pm

Mud Dog wrote:Looking interesting so far ..... looking forward to the rest of the pics / report!

Me too... have been waiting for others to put up some photo's and read some more comments of their own experiences. Cmon guys... surely not all of you are people of few words...

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:34 pm

Seems like all had an awsome time

Post by **Toerboer** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:10 pm

Fun filled weekend nation wide,with the compliments of "The Hilux club".Looks like everyone had n graet time on a nice trak.

Gysie,ek like jou sticker,waar plaas ons die bestellings

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:22 pm

PM my vir die stickers. Ek maak hulle.

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:48 pm

Thanks almal, dit was lekker, al het ek nou net een stukkie gery, maar vir die kuier was dit die moeite werd.

SideKick · Post by **SideKick** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:40 am

Hallo julle!

Ja nee, was baie lekker gewees

Al kon ek nie daai heuweltjie opgemaak het nie

Sorry Val, I don't have any pics. Never recharged the batteries after our BergKraal weekend

See you guys again at Tierkloof!!!!

Witblits · Post by **Witblits** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:56 am

Sjoe, my adrenalien pomp net van die fotos kyk, moes ontsagwekkend in die werklikheid gewees het!

Thys, mal oor jou manier van fotos aflaai. Dit kan net makliker wees as om een vir een af te laai! En dit kyk lekker. Het onmiddellik Picasa afgelaai, maar nou moet jy 'n lesing gee oor die meganika verder - kan mens direk van jou pc oplaai na die forum, moet mens eers resize, wat kies jy om op te laai, ensovoors. Asseblief.

Gysie · Post by **Gysie** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:06 am

Morning All!

What a Day! :evil:

Firstly - thanks to everyone for being so punctual - It really makes the organizers life easy.

Thanks to uncle Thys and Dirk - Safety officers

Thanks to Petrus for once again being our strong man - youll see on the pics - he kept a few of us right side up. Also packing rocks. Petrus I must say thanks to you personally because without your guidance I would have never done the last opstacle.

Few Words that were spoken during the trail:

1. We not going up there? (Gi Jane) No we are coming down there (Gysie) No ways - you joking (Gi Jane)
2. No Thys my GPS says straight ( Gysie ) Links Gysie Links ( Thys ) weet jy hoe lyk dit hier (Gysie)
3. Ooo f%k ! Ek gaan rolllllll !!!! ( Gysie, Thys en seker n hele paar ander manne)
4. No ways !!! (most of the crew)
5. WHAT A TRIP !!!
6. Kom man jy is ver van rol !! (Petrus)
7. As jy voel jy gaan rol gee gas (Petrus)
8. EK KAN NOU DOEN MET N KOUE EENTJIE (Every one)
9. Guys I think I am going to roll !!(GI Jane)

Big up to everyone it was a great trail and I will go anywhere with you guys!

Proud Hilux Owner!!

Gysie · Post by **Gysie** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:11 am

More Pics

Gysie · Post by **Gysie** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:16 am

Oja - die Pajama Perdjies het vir Thys gesmaak orals waar Thys ry volg hulle hom - seker gedink hy het die extra horses nodig gehad.

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:01 am

Okay, seeing as there is no real trip report coming, here goes... We all met at the designated rendezvouz on time, a first for Cape Town!! So things were on track right from the start.

With Gysie in the lead, and Sidekick at the tail we safely arrived at BT after traveling over some badly corrugated dirt roads. The Admin took a little while, but Thys Basson (the trail owner) is a very talkative and friendly guy and made us feel right at home. After Gysie did the pre-trail driver briefing speech, we were ready to rock and roll.

We drove the short distance to the chalets for the first GPS (gougou piepie stoppie) stop, and after a short while we set off. It was still quite early and the temperature was already soaring. It was going to be a HOT day, with no breeze to talk of and very little in the form of shade along the trail.

The first section of the trail was pretty normal rocky stuff and then we arrived at the teeter-totter. Everybody had a chance to play on the see-saw, to try and balance their vehicles in the middle, some with more success than others. It was great fun. From there we went down a steep hill which was badly eroded, and up again on the other side of the valley to the 2nd playpen. Here there were some serious cross axles and the guys could try out their suspensions in a controled environment. Impressive stuff.! This is also the only place where I took some photographs.

Now we had to traverse the valley again from the opposite side, and the erosion gulleys at the bottom tricked Ciske up badly. Soon we were all gathered at the POI and with some help from the guys Ciske spotted the right line and we all made it through there with no further problems. We all made it to the top in one piece, and before long we made it to a steep little rocky hill. Oh! My! Goodness!! Are we going over that? (Steph and Blondie in the back seat, simultaneously, like a well rehearsed duet). Dirk just said "Keep left, there is some shade there"...

The uphill was okay, not too challenging, but then came the downhill on the other side. Steeper and more treacherous than Takbok's (in)famous downhill, with much tighter twist and turns and some serious loose rocks. We all managed to get down the hill, at times sliding and becoming passengers behind the wheel. The chatter on the radios was something to behold!!

Once at the bottom Ciske and the front runners lit the braai fires in the lapa and cracked open the first cold ones. A bit unfair, as the rest of the group was still struggling to get down, with Petou packing rocks and directing us all down.

It was great to see the new faces, and also some familiar ones that were out of circulation for a while! Corne Gifkoek with his white D4D Vigo, really gave the running boards a workout, while Jonno (Toybox) with his awesome green machine crawled over everything with ease, just blipping the throttle now and then to make the Lexus roar.

Not to be left out Johan also came along and did the seemingly impossible with his standard Luxie, flexing over the cross-axles like a pro. Ali and his lucky red bakkie also had a good time, and he really tried to make the Hilux look like a koeksister.

Gysie and Bees (who recently upgraded from 4x2 to 4x4) tried out their newly found V6 powerhouses with some measure of success. Gysie ended up minus 2 rear mudflaps, and with a little "battle scar" on the left rear, and Bees ended up with a scew bash plate.

Auntie Val in her GI Jane Hilux (now with OME suspension and black bumper with rated recovery hooks) was also very impressive as always, showing some of the younger ouens a thing or 2! Petrus (Petou) also attended, albeit in a Pajero with his friend Burger. Why he left the Fortuner at home is still a secret, maybe with some peer pressure he will reveal it all. :wink2: :wink2:

Hoppy and Luxter arrived a little late as he had some business to attend to in the morning. They arrived just as we completed the trail and everybody had a cold drink in hand. Always ready for action, Allan fired Luxter up and took on the last death defying downhill we all are still having nightmares over. From the bottom UP! With lots of revving, and with all axles locked he made it to the top in a cloud of dust. Well done!

Stephan Sidekick was having all out fun, even attempting to copy Hoppy's outstanding little run up the rock strewn downhill, but not making it all the way up. Well done to him for trying though!

Carlo Voetsek attended in hie 7MGE Hilux, and let me drive it over the cross axles a bit. Verry verry nice! but I am over that now. When we started it up, and heard the engine, I looked at Blondie and said, we must buy this (it is for sale by the way). She agreed immediately. So it seemed like there was another SFA Hilux on our horizon. This SFA is really luxurious inside, full leather BMW 3-series seats, well looked after and clean enough so you can eat off the floor! End of the story is... it is still for sale. We decided against buying it. We're moving on, been there done that...

I attended in my Blue Limo, the long flat Ford Ranger with air-con (whoo-hoo), 30" road tyres, stock suspension, and all of 80kw's of raw diesel power with 300000km's on the clock. After checking out Gifkoek, Gysie and Bees in their Vigo's I was very glad I chose to come with the Ford. I would have cried real tears if I have to lose a mud flap or dent a running board the way those guys went on. Me thinks a little bit of armour will have to be applied in the right places to lessen the damage before I take the Vigo on a trail such as that one. Sorry guys, but for now, the Blue Limo is going to become a regular feature on the trails around the Western Cape.

To everybody who attended the event, the Hilux4x4 Club is proud of you all. It was a fantastic day, and the cameraderie and team spirit was outstanding. I'll go to war with you lot!! Petrus deserves a special word of thanks for doing point duty at all the obstacles, making sure we all got "home" safely. And then to Gysie, thanks for organising, and doing duty up front, you did great!! Till we meet again......

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:06 am

arnize2 · Post by **arnize2** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:07 am

Waar???? :? :?

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:16 am

Hier erens Arno..

4x4 Junkie · Post by **4x4 Junkie** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:45 am

Nou maak julle my net lus.

Lyk retig of almal baie lekker gespeel het. Ek moet net se ek is baie verbaas om te sien dat daar geen IFS'e was om die balans te handhaaf nie, ek sal maar moet join op die volgende een.

Rolbos · Post by **Rolbos** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:34 pm

Ai tog, ek het al weer uit gemis. Dis so jammer dat ek nie geweet het van die die trip nie. Het wraggies heeldag by die huis gesit en niks doen nie. Kan julle nie maar aan die Weskaap manne 'n epos stuur met 'n uitnodiging vir trips nie. 'n Mens ( soos ek bv) sit nie heeldag ek en kyk wat op die Forums aangaan nie. Net 'n epos om te herinner en uit te nooi is mos nie groot moeite nie. Asb manne. Dis so maklik! Dit sal lekker wees om saam te gaan. Groete Rolbos

Gysie · Post by **Gysie** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:02 pm

Oom Louis - moet nie lelik wees nie - ons sit nie op ons gatte heeldag en hou die forum dop nie ons werk ook vir n lewe. Ons maak wel n punt om so nou en dan te gaan loer wat aangaan.

Bees · Post by **Bees** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:49 pm

Ek wil ook maar net vir die hele reelings kommitee baie dankie se.

Die dag was lekker, maar ja, ek weet nie of ek gou weer my wa so lelik gaan seermaak nie.

Sal maar moet spaar vir daai suspensie lift.

Dankie.

Gysie · Post by **Gysie** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:19 pm

No Probs Bees - Tierkloof is n walk in the park teenoor Saterdag - as ek reg kan onthou laas toe ons tierkloof gedoen het was daar n paar standard voertuie en geen probleem.

Moet se ek haal my keppie af vir jou - ek sou my bedinges het as my bakkie standard was. Skreeu maar as ek jou kan help met iets ek kyk altyd uit vir maatjies.

Miskien kan Thys comment op tierkloof hy was laas groep leier gewees.

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:38 pm

Tierkloof is okay, nie heeltemal so rof soos die laaste seksie van BT nie. Ek onthou net Ters het laas gekla sy padskraper vang bietjie die klippe teen daal laaaaang afdraande....

Maar Ian, daar is 'n lekker lang sand seksie ook!!

ismail · Post by **ismail** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:48 pm

ek het uit gemiss, sal ma vir julle sien by Tierkloof.

Gysie · Post by **Gysie** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:34 pm

Where is all the other foto's - if you dont feel like loading them send them to me I will load them gomad at gomad4x4.co.za

SideKick · Post by **SideKick** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:45 pm

Just another thanks Ciske and Pertus again

Hope Tierkloof will be another success!!!

Toybox · Post by **Toybox** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:52 pm

Got some pics from my klingons... (I think I must send them on a photography course!)

Pre-trail briefing

Starting up the mountain

Fun with axle twisters

Ali messing around

swartvark · Post by **swartvark** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:58 pm

Eeendag sal ek nog soontoe gaan!!!!

VAL, daai bakkie lyk darem sexy met die bumper en spots!!

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:18 pm

swartvark wrote:Eeendag sal ek nog soontoe gaan!!!!

Would be nice to see SexiLexi's Swartvark and Toybox play together!

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:29 pm

Gysie making skidmarks...

Teeter Totter

Jonno's awesome Hilux!

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:40 pm

swartvark wrote:Eeendag sal ek nog soontoe gaan!!!!

VAL, daai bakkie lyk darem sexy met die bumper en spots!!

Nogal van vooraf, maar wag... Sy staan nou by Ciske wat besig is om n bullbar to bou vir agter, en dan sal jy sien hoe lyk sy....

But she really was a dream on that trail with the new shocks and springs....

Gysie · Post by **Gysie** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:07 am

Wie se diesel raas so in die agter grond ! Thys het jou gese ek sal nie rol nie

swartvark · Post by **swartvark** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:43 am

GI Jane wrote:
swartvark wrote:Eeendag sal ek nog soontoe gaan!!!!

VAL, daai bakkie lyk darem sexy met die bumper en spots!!
Nogal van vooraf, maar wag... Sy staan nou by Ciske wat besig is om n bullbar to bou vir agter, en dan sal jy sien hoe lyk sy....

But she really was a dream on that trail with the new shocks and springs....

Can't wait to check out GI Jane's rear-end...........already like her spotlights!

swartvark · Post by **swartvark** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:45 am

ThysdJ wrote:Gysie making skidmarks...

Teeter Totter

Jonno's awesome Hilux!

Ag dammit...... can't check youtube at work........wil have to look on my flippin phone!! :wth: :wth:

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:46 am

swartvark wrote:
GI Jane wrote:
swartvark wrote:Eeendag sal ek nog soontoe gaan!!!!

VAL, daai bakkie lyk darem sexy met die bumper en spots!!
Nogal van vooraf, maar wag... Sy staan nou by Ciske wat besig is om n bullbar to bou vir agter, en dan sal jy sien hoe lyk sy....

But she really was a dream on that trail with the new shocks and springs....
Can't wait to check out GI Jane's rear-end...........already like her spotlights!

Ja.Ja..

gifkoek · Post by **gifkoek** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:33 am

hey guys, thanks from me too, especially to Petrus and Thys for talking the newbie through the difficult sections. Just wish I had someone with me in the car on that last downhill :)

My wife is just shaking her head at the state of my runningboards, but hey - that's what they're there for.

Here's some pictures, let me know if anyone wants them in higher quality.

cheers
corne

gifkoek · Post by **gifkoek** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:35 am

and more pics...

ismail · Post by **ismail** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:48 am

@ Jonathan, thats some serious wheel travel you have

GI Jane · Post by **GI Jane** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:51 am

gifkoek wrote:hey guys, thanks from me too, especially to Petrus and Thys for talking the newbie through the difficult sections.Just wish I had someone with me in the car on that last downhill :)
My wife is just shaking her head at the state of my runningboards, but hey - that's what they're there for.

Here's some pictures, let me know if anyone wants them in higher quality.

cheers
corne

You did really well for a first trail, you did'nt hold back on trying all the obstacles.... used to wish I had someone in the hilux on the scarry parts but was glad I did'nt on that last downhill because think the weight of another person would have definitely taken my all the way over...it was very, very close, the hilux tettered as I lent over to grab the radio... the radio communication is just as good. Hope you join us on another trail and thanks for the photo's