Melkbos - interclub funday - 12 November 2011

Andre du preez · Post by **Andre du preez** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:31 pm

So,jaaAAAaaaa...... weer eens baie dankie vir 'n lekker dag manne, dames

Ons het die dag op 'n hoë noot af gesluit....... ek wil net baie dankie sê aan Green Mamba,Jonkheer Boere Wynmakers,Shancken Locks,African Offroad Centre wat dit vir ons moontlik gemaak het om so lekker dag te hê

Andre du preez · Post by **Andre du preez** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:36 pm

Hilux x Hilux= Baie lekker dag

the BuTch3R · Post by **the BuTch3R** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:08 pm

pietpetoors wrote:Die Kapenaars is seker so moeg van vroeg opstaan dat hulle al gaan inkruip het.

More dissappointed than tired actually :wth: especially after our club being in 3rd place with 3 gates left for the day. It still baffles me how we came last

The drivers drove very well throughout the day, averaging 100points per gate, bar 1 or 2 gates. I finished up on 770 points for example, and I'm certain there were at least 3 or 4 drivers with more points than me. One thing that did count against us however was the absence of additional family and kids in the vehicles, potentially an extra 1000+ points we could have capitalised on.

Anyway, it was all about the fun.

It was great meeting you guys again and having the opportunity to join in on the sports this time. Thanks so much to the marshals again for doing a sterling job.

Look forward to all the photies and footage.

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:49 pm

Manne is julle lus vir LEKKER GATKRAP ! ? ! ?

As you know by now I took over 400 pics on "time-lapse" basis (every 90 seconds). I have now figured how to turn this into a video with Sony Vega 9. I slowed the sunrise a bit, then sped up the "setup and marshall training" phase. to slow down the event again, and finally the cleaning of each gate was sped up again. The 12 hour stint has been reduced to about 2 minutes and 18 seconds.

I can add a few pics of the seremony at the end to play with the video length.

Nou vir die GATKRAP vraag :

As you can imagine the pics dont have sound, so I have video screaming for a nice sound track.

Any nice sound tracks that you can forward to me ? - the idea is to write a DVD for each club that can be distributed to their members as/if they want. If copy-right is not an issue I can even upload to Youtube (still have to figure out how to do that).

Now can you imagine the sting in the tail if we can use a Toyota/Hilux song for the video. :)

PLEASE let me know if you have a sound track for this.

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:32 pm

Dire Straits - Heavy Fuel!

Post by **Family_Dog** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:07 pm

Queen - We are the Champions

-F_D

Post by **Royco** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:16 pm

Thanks to all involved!

It was really a FUN day

I have borrowed a foto from another 4x4 forum...
Bees, Christiaan... ek het julle nie erken nie!!

Post by **Mud Dog** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:16 pm

Looks like you okes had a blast! Well done on the best marshals award!

The 'last' placing is not as important as the enjoyment of the outing!

Post by **Royco** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:19 pm

And the final results:

Post by **Mud Dog** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:30 pm

If those results were inverted it would be 1000 times more believable!

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:35 pm

Thanks to all involved, it turned out to be an absolutely awesome day from start to finish... again winning the drivers trophy isn't everything, gives us something to work on for next year! Ciske baie dankie vir al jou harde werk, ons waardeer dit! We going to have to name that koppie where you spent the majority of the day... Gomad Lookout! George, just like the Toyota Hilux... you are a legend... a legend of catering... by 8:30 Sat morning we were all treated to fresh bacon and cheese rolls, rusks and coffee! Lekker! Roche... that's one awesome 2.8D Toyota, love the awning, the shade came in handy! To the 4 'questions' marshals, Gerrie, Danie, Roy and Pieter, thanks for making things run so smoothly, I'm positive this and the slick comms(over handhalds radio's) are what won us the marshals trophy(again )! Madré, thank you standing guard at the gate entrance, doing the driver briefing and handling the scoring... not an easy task! Pieter you made many new friends , even with Land Rover, Jeep and Nissan owners... those LED gifts you handed out seemed to go down very well!

To all the Hilux supporters who pitched thanks, was great to have you all along... I don't know how Johan survived, an exciting day at the event and then a boring shopping trip at Canal Walk... shame man, married life can be difficult!

Next year boys we going to take that drivers trophy!

Gideonvanzyl · Post by **Gideonvanzyl** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:12 pm

Ek is volgende jaar beslis 'n deelnemer. Ek het eers dinge uitgekyk saterdag en video geneem. Ek kon nou nie die heeldag daar wees nie, maar het darem so 'n paar goeie stukke van al die hilux drywers gekry. Ongelukkig nie van al die hekke nie, moes darem ook kyk hoe die teenstanders ry. Ek sal dit op you tube laai en laat weet wanneer dit opgesit is.

Johannes van die See · Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:19 am

Mr_B wrote:Thanks to all involved, it turned out to be an absolutely awesome day from start to finish... again winning the drivers trophy isn't everything, gives us something to work on for next year! Ciske baie dankie vir al jou harde werk, ons waardeer dit! We going to have to name that koppie where you spent the majority of the day... Gomad Lookout! George, just like the Toyota Hilux... you are a legend... a legend of catering... by 8:30 Sat morning we were all treated to fresh bacon and cheese rolls, rusks and coffee! Lekker! Roche... that's one awesome 2.8D Toyota, love the awning, the shade came in handy! To the 4 'questions' marshals, Gerrie, Danie, Roy and Pieter, thanks for making things run so smoothly, I'm positive this and the slick comms(over handhalds radio's) are what won us the marshals trophy(again )! Madré, thank you standing guard at the gate entrance, doing the driver briefing and handling the scoring... not an easy task! Pieter you made many new friends , even with Land Rover, Jeep and Nissan owners... those LED gifts you handed out seemed to go down very well!

To all the Hilux supporters who pitched thanks, was great to have you all along... I don't know how Johan survived, an exciting day at the event and then a boring shopping trip at Canal Walk... shame man, married life can be difficult!

Next year boys we going to take that drivers trophy!

Say no more man, it's terrible! Thanks for inviting me to test your track at the end of the day, it was 100% satisfying!

Gysie · Post by **Gysie** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:47 am

What a Day!!

Firstly Thanks to everyone that took part in making this event a success including the drivers.

Thanks to Mr B for being my right hand for the day !!

George - we will have to make you a sticker - HILUX MOBILE CATERING UNIT

Andre thanks for your help arranging the T shirts and thanks to all sponsors that made it possible for us to have tshirts for everyone.

Next year we will practice a bit upfront and like butcher said we must get the fam's involved as we could have scored a lot more points.

But anyway position doesnt matter as long as we all had fun thats all that counts.

Proudly HILUX member !!!

swifty · Post by **swifty** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:48 am

Dankie ouens, ek het my gate uit geniet!

Turbo · Post by **Turbo** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:01 am

What a leeker day

I think we all achieved one important thing, and that was to have loads of fun with our Hilux's.

Big thank you to all the drivers and marshalls, we had a cracker of a day.

I am not making excuses, but can just add that the obtacles where more technical than last year and the sharp turns did not favour the SFA Lux's.

apocalypse · Post by **apocalypse** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:12 am

I must at this stage apologise for not being able to make it!!!

I believe you guys were looking for me with a length of rope

sadly my time is not my own at this stage....

But I'm very glad you guys made it!!!

Don't feel bad about your finishing position, thats where we ended up last year ;D

and from the pictures I think that with a little help from your wives you could win best dressed next year ;D

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:54 am

Hey Alex, I asked the Friday Arvy boys where you were, all the chirping and then a no-show... sies!

Well done to your club, your guys really went all out to score as many bonus points as possible, which really helped to get the top spot... that was the Hilux guys demise, but not to worry next year we'll be back!

apocalypse · Post by **apocalypse** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:18 am

I was as annoyed as hell that I was not able to make it.

I had to content myself with seeing an Isuzu destroyed

But it sounds like it was a FANTASTIC day, with lots of enthusiasm and fun - which is the idea :)

I am sure I will bump into the Hilux club somewhere soon anyway, I'll just steer clear of anything that looks like a gallows!!!

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:56 am

Apoc an Isuzu on Saturday, a Cruizer on Sunday .... no wonder that you are too scared to show your face "and face the music" ..... :)

BUT, if you were there on Saturday you would have SEEN that a few more Cruizers SHOULD be thrown off a cliff ! I was more than a little dissapointed in their inability to climb a silly little hill ..... Just as well I dont own one.

Gerrie · Post by **Gerrie** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:00 pm

ChrisF wrote:Apoc an Isuzu on Saturday, a Cruizer on Sunday .... no wonder that you are too scared to show your face "and face the music" ..... :)

BUT, if you were there on Saturday you would have SEEN that a few more Cruizers SHOULD be thrown off a cliff ! I was more than a little dissapointed in their inability to climb a silly little hill ..... Just as well I dont own one.

I was also VERY SURPRISED at how some of the vehicles (not gonna name names as the obstacle became increasingly difficult after a certain vehicle group went through and dug some deep trenches) really struggled and could not make it up - definition of kleitrap. Madré and Mr B had to dodge sand and dirt flying back and up the whole time... and I had to sit and listen as quite a few pieces of plastic got destroyed right in front of me on the breakover of the hill... shame - that will teach them to bring tupperware to a gunfight...

the BuTch3R · Post by **the BuTch3R** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:24 pm

Gerrie wrote:that will teach them to bring tupperware to a gunfight...

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:50 pm

Gerrie now wont be having a stab at the Patrol of the 4x4 Community team .... in terms of the tupperware comment. :)

LATER found out what his problem was - he fitted larger tires and with the articulation being USED the tire kept on hitting the body. In fact there were chunks of rubber already cut off the tire ! By obsticle 8 he borrowed a hammer for some emergency panelbeating ...

Post by **george** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:53 pm

Hi chris.hoe gaan dit met daai "time lapse' foto

Gerrie · Post by **Gerrie** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:04 pm

Ja, but he was one of the few guys who came up our obstacle with relatively little trouble...
Next year I will try and get some Patrols to join me so that we can also enter a team...

My Patrol won't have any trouble with tupperware - in the eighties they left it in the kitchen....

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:55 pm

The time lapse photos came out good. I have now put it to video - but am still looking for a soundtrack for it ...

PS - the Hilux obstacle is nicely in the view of this. :)

so hier en daar n mooi foto ook geneem. Mooi een van Ciske toe hy die trofee ontvang het ook.

Gerrie · Post by **Gerrie** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:04 pm

ChrisF wrote:The time lapse photos came out good. I have now put it to video - but am still looking for a soundtrack for it ...

PS - the Hilux obstacle is nicely in the view of this. :)

so hier en daar n mooi foto ook geneem. Mooi een van Ciske toe hy die trofee ontvang het ook.

Weet nie so mooi van dit nie... sy babatjie het juis Saterdag ook 'n prys gewen in 'n baba-kompetisie - het gedog die looks moet van haar ma afkom...

Post by **george** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:10 pm

ChrisF wrote:The time lapse photos came out good. I have now put it to video - but am still looking for a soundtrack for it ...

PS - the Hilux obstacle is nicely in the view of this. :)

so hier en daar n mooi foto ook geneem. Mooi een van Ciske toe hy die trofee ontvang het ook.

Ek like die song kwaai

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:22 pm

Okay so the pics and movie is done - already took a DVD to a friend. :)

BUT, the movie is currently in .avi format - HOW do I go from here to get it ready for upload to Youtube ? Software, Steps to get it on Youtube, etc .... PLEASE HELP.

Post by **george** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:54 pm

ChrisF wrote:Okay so the pics and movie is done - already took a DVD to a friend. :)

BUT, the movie is currently in .avi format - HOW do I go from here to get it ready for upload to Youtube ? Software, Steps to get it on Youtube, etc .... PLEASE HELP.

Hi Chris ek gebruik PowerDirect en hy doen dit self.Ek dink jy moet dit na .wmv "decode"

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:37 am

Hi Chris, all the instructions you need are on youtube. First register a new Google/YouTube account for your self, then go to this page:

http://www.youtube.com/t/creators_corner

There's full explanations, tutorials and software advise on how to easily get your project onto youtube. I may be mistaken, but I'm sure youtube can handle an avi file, it just depends on the internal codec used within the avi wrapper!

Gerrie · Post by **Gerrie** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:28 am

Net so paar kiekies wat ek op die dag geneem het...
Die res van die tyd was ek besig om die mense te vra wie is die Chairman van die AAWDC in die Kaap - vir die van julle wat nie weet nie - Dis Fred Bartens - hy ry so Gelandewagen... Baie min mense weet dit - skandelik!!

Die Bolt Security is ons Marshalls wat hier by Friday Avie Club se gate ons Hilux-manne kom cheer het - het nie baie gehelp nie

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:41 am

Lekker ouens.. dit lyk of julle net soveel pret soos ons gehad het!! Well done...

the BuTch3R · Post by **the BuTch3R** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:40 pm

Just wanted to say THANKS to Pieter for his little donation to all vehicles that successfully completed the Hilux4x4 gate

Fitted my new LED cab light this afternoon and it works like a bomb! And just in time too. The old globe just crumbled as I removed it from the fitting :|

swifty · Post by **swifty** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:34 am

So, we had a lot of fun (it is called a funday afterall) but we came last.

So what?
It would have been nice to come first and have even more fun! In retrospect I suggest that we approach the next competition seriously and go for the first price!
What must we do differently? READ THE RULES and decide on a strategy. We lost a lot of points before we even started the obsticales. When you can get 20 points for a female or crossdresser co-driver on each of the gates, all 6 vehicles should score those points. Then you get another 20 points for passengers at each gate. We had two single cab bakkies (myself and Boetie) so even if we wnted to score those points, we couldn't! Some gates were rather tricky and to do them in a controlled manner required a diff lock. Some of our SFA Hiluxes without diff lock couldn't complete a gate where the Isuzus with diff lock went through. And to top it all it was the Hilux gate........
Just my 2cw on the event.......

Andre du preez · Post by **Andre du preez** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:49 am

Matin jy is reg........maar ook daar was nie punte gegee of afgetrek vir met lockers of sonder. en met 33"m/t ens. En sorry manne maar die Hilux hek. Nee, wat manne.......die wat daar was kan seker beter antwoord gee.

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:50 am

Well said Martin...

the old saying P-P-P-P-P remains true..

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:43 am

Nothing wrong with the Hilux gate, note that only a Suzuki 410, a very old landy(who eventually got through), 2 Cruisers, 1 Isuzu(IIRC) and some of the Hilux club okes couldn't get up the first ascent!

The rest of the vehicles, including Jeeps, Land Rovers, Isuzu's had few issues doing it! Remember as well driving the obstacle without error was worth 50 points max, the activity in the obstacle was worth 80+, and the fun stuff before the gate was often worth another 40 or so... so only 1/3 of the competition was based on vehicle/driver capability!

Gerrie · Post by **Gerrie** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:57 am

And the vehicles that had to take one or two go's at it were the ones who dug out the deep trenches going along. Earlier in the day an SFA made it up without any problems. Only when you guys got there the LC and LR okes had made it a bit more tricky. So no use blaming the gate... My2CW...

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:02 am

Gerrie, bottom line... even though it was a fun day, if we were seriously looking to win it, we should have chosen vehicles with diffloc only! I'm pretty sure that first SFA had diffloc! After the LR/LC guys stuffed up the obstacle, the Isuzu guys smoothed it all out again!

Like I said before... next year we'll try again!

Gerrie · Post by **Gerrie** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:35 am

Mr_B wrote:Gerrie, bottom line... even though it was a fun day, if we were seriously looking to win it, we should have chosen vehicles with diffloc only! I'm pretty sure that first SFA had diffloc! After the LR/LC guys stuffed up the obstacle, the Isuzu guys smoothed it all out again!

Like I said before... next year we'll try again!

Nope, that was Ali's bakkie - no difflock, stock standard SFA...

Johannes van die See · Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:31 am

I know someone that did it with a IFS after two SFA's failed, and he did it with 2.7 bar tyres.

Post by **george** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:12 pm

Johannes van die See wrote:I know someone that did it with a IFS after two SFA's failed, and he did it with 2.7 bar tyres.

brag jy fyn

Andre du preez · Post by **Andre du preez** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:30 pm

Johan ons moes jou in die span gehaaaat het dan sou ons dalk beter gedoen het. Dalk tweede laaste.

Johannes van die See · Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:17 pm

george wrote:
Johannes van die See wrote:I know someone that did it with a IFS after two SFA's failed, and he did it with 2.7 bar tyres.

brag jy fyn

Tjom ons IFS' lories is nie so swak soos baie mense dink nie!

Andre du preez wrote:Johan ons moes jou in die span gehaaaat het dan sou ons dalk beter gedoen het. Dalk tweede laaste.

Nee man dit was mos n fun day, niks van laaste of twede laaste kom nie, net solank dit lekker was.

Post by **george** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:41 pm

Nee man dit was mos n fun day, niks van laaste of twede laaste kom nie, net solank dit lekker was.

versigtig nou.ons weet jy was lank op die see

Andre du preez · Post by **Andre du preez** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:48 pm

Dankie ,Johan.

the BuTch3R · Post by **the BuTch3R** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:55 pm

It really was an awesome day and the venue is a great playground. When are we going back... For a social?

the BuTch3R · Post by **the BuTch3R** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:01 pm

Chris, just noticed you online. How is that video coming along?

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:11 pm

Manne ek het n DVD met fotos vir Loizet gegee - sy sal dit deurgee na die Hilux "kaptein", wat dit onder die manne kan versprei. En vir die manne hier innie bellville in - bring sommer n memory stick en kom haal dit by my huis. :)

Tot n mooi foto van die Hilux marshall span.

Butchers - post ons dan nou op dieselfde tyd. :)

Ek en Youtube verstaan mekaar nie so lekker nie ....

the BuTch3R · Post by **the BuTch3R** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:46 pm

ChrisF wrote:Ek en Youtube verstaan mekaar nie so lekker nie ....

So you two, youtube and you, the two of you, get a little lost in translation, I suppose. No worries....I found it on Vleisboek

Nice job you, Chris

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:41 am

A-ha, glad somebody managed to upload it.

en ek is nie eers op vleisboek nie .... die mechanic issie so goed met die Youboek en Vleistube goeters nie ....