Hilux 4x4 Forum

Hoppy! Ek het nou net op http://www.yr.no" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; die langtermyn weer gaan kyk en dit lyk of jul manne maar jul kamp goedtjies kan pak vir lekker weer! Ligte suidoos, Sonskyn en temprature tussen 6 en 16 grade. Glo jul sal dit oorleef! Die website se weer is meer akuraat as ons eie weerstasie sin. Dit gee weer tot op die uur aan.

Wilko, ek het ook na n paar weather sites gekyk, en dit lyk asof die weer goed gaan wees....

So yes Hoppy, I will most probably be camping on both Friday and Satuday night.... If you guys like we can wait until further into the week to get a camping list together. I think in this case we will not need to pay deposits beforehand but if we can just get an idea of who will be camping the weekend, it will be helpful... I will take my 4x4 trailer through so that we have a kuier place with kitchen etc

Stu and Truckin indicated earlier that they will be camping, you will not be alone... sure there a number of others that might brave the winter cold

jip I intend to camp both nights....

Stubs wrote:jip I intend to camp both nights....

Stu what time are you going through on Friday? Not sure where you will be leaving from, but if from Caledon, Villiersdorp route maybe quicker.. We can meet up somewhere on route maybe at Villiersdorp and drive through together... Juan and JC can meet up with us if he is camping 2 nights.. very sceinic way to get to Rawsonville other than the N1...

GI Jane wrote:

Stubs wrote:jip I intend to camp both nights....

Stu what time are you going through on Friday? Not sure where you will be leaving from, but if from Caledon, Villiersdorp route maybe quicker.. We can meet up somewhere on route maybe at Villiersdorp and drive through together... Juan and JC can meet up with us if he is camping 2 nights.. very sceinic way to get to Rawsonville other than the N1...

Hay Aunty Val.. ja ek kamp ook heelnaweek saam... Me n Jc only leaving Durbanville around 2ish..if you like me and you can meet up about franshoek side and drive over the pass to villiersdorp and meet the soutie there..

Hi Val, Ek en Berna is ook in vir Tierkloof as daar nog plek is. Ons is due vir n roete. Ek dink nie ons sal kamp nie, hang af van die weer. Nick

Nick Bettys wrote:Hi Val, Ek en Berna is ook in vir Tierkloof as daar nog plek is. Ons is due vir n roete. Ek dink nie ons sal kamp nie, hang af van die weer. Nick

Sal goed wees om jou weer te sien, Nick.

Nick Bettys wrote:Hi Val, Ek en Berna is ook in vir Tierkloof as daar nog plek is. Ons is due vir n roete. Ek dink nie ons sal kamp nie, hang af van die weer. Nick

Hey Nick thats great... see you and Berna on Saturday... Have'nt seen you since the Wolsley day, so it will be great to get together again....

truckin wrote:

GI Jane wrote:

Stubs wrote:jip I intend to camp both nights....

Stu what time are you going through on Friday? Not sure where you will be leaving from, but if from Caledon, Villiersdorp route maybe quicker.. We can meet up somewhere on route maybe at Villiersdorp and drive through together... Juan and JC can meet up with us if he is camping 2 nights.. very sceinic way to get to Rawsonville other than the N1...

Hay Aunty Val.. ja ek kamp ook heelnaweek saam... Me n Jc only leaving Durbanville around 2ish..if you like me and you can meet up about franshoek side and drive over the pass to villiersdorp and meet the soutie there..

Boetie, Stu and I made arrangements to meet at Villiersdorp at 1, so do you want to contact Stu and make it that we meet at Villiersdorp later then or do you want to get their at 1pm

Hi Val.. I cant make it for 1.. cause Jc only gets out of school at 1 then we quikly have to stop at home and change clothes then i can leave.. but i will giv the stubster a shout see how he feels.. otherwise we'll just meet you guys there

No problem.. Just let me know what you guys decide.. I'm fine with it... but anyway looking forward to the weekend.. and warn that son of yours he is going to get lots of hugs...

Hi Val
Is there any possiblity of accomodating another Vehicle, it's not a Hilux, it's a Triton ?

as long as the triton does better than the one at Outrekpad 4x4 outing

Hope so
The Hilux wont dissapoint though.
This will be my last trip with a stock standard V6

lekker, will be great to catch up...

We must go drive in the sand between Franskraal and Perly Beach

ek is in Pearly Beach die 8ste tot die 12 August

tersmit wrote:Hi Val
Is there any possiblity of accomodating another Vehicle, it's not a Hilux, it's a Triton ?

That's fine Tersmit, just remember we are going to do the trail in two groups and with such large numbers, we are going to have to give quite a long gap between the two... The one group I believe will leave between 8 and 830 and the other at least 2 hours after that so that we don't have a big blockup on the trail...

Thanx Val
have we decided who is going in what group ?

T

Hi Val, could you please post directions to Tierkloof 4x4 farm, coming in from CT.

Thanks, Serle

I was thinking that the first people to arrive early and those that wanted to get away early should go first, and that will be the first 10-15... Some of us are camping so I don't think the campers will be in too much of a rush... I know that there are some people that don't want to spend time at the back of a very big group so they should go first and the rest to chill and have breakfast and coffee and start later...


Serle am going to see how I can load a map of the directions, I can see it on mapsource but not sure how to get it into this post at the moment, but will find out... and get it on asap...

Serle wrote:Hi Val, could you please post directions to Tierkloof 4x4 farm, coming in from CT.

Thanks, Serle

Hi Serle,

from CapeTown take the N1 all the way through the hugenot tunnel, then you will need to turn off towards Rawsonville, travel all the way through Rawsonville and head back towards Worcester direction, on this back road just keep your eyes open for the Brandvlei Correctional services sign, turn right at this sign and follow along the Brandvlei dam. The campsite/4x4 trail is signposted on your right hand side.

Very easy to get to,

cheers
Stubs

Thanks Stubs, The turnoff to Rawsonville is the R101, road through town is Van Riebeeck Street follow that road out of town and it is the 4th turn to the right that takes you to the Tierkloof gate ie the Brandvlei prison road.. The GPS co-ordinates are S33.70468 E19.39619,

Thanks very much.

Serle, you can also meet at the Winelands 1Stop on the N1.
Just get there BEFORE 7, so you can get coffee

GI Jane wrote:No problem.. Just let me know what you guys decide.. I'm fine with it... but anyway looking forward to the weekend.. and warn that son of yours he is going to get lots of hugs...

, i told Jc that aunty Val is camping with us the whole weekend.. his reply was..."Is that the aunty that gives me so many hugs all the time"..

truckin wrote:

GI Jane wrote:No problem.. Just let me know what you guys decide.. I'm fine with it... but anyway looking forward to the weekend.. and warn that son of yours he is going to get lots of hugs...

, i told Jc that aunty Val is camping with us the whole weekend.. his reply was..."Is that the aunty that gives me so many hugs all the time"..

Will have to bring some sweeties so he does'nt keep running away from me...

Roy, meeting at the Winelands 1Stop for coffee is fine with me.

Can anyone tell me approximately how long the trail should take?

Hi Val! Onthou net die keer jou kamera!!!!!

Ahoy Jono, if all goes well(no recoveries) about 3 hours, but with all the stopping/going/sports on this scenic route I'd bet on 5 - 6 hours!

boerbakkie wrote:Hi Val! Onthou net die keer jou kamera!!!!!

Sal definitief, nie die keer vergeet nie, ry al vroegerig Vrydag om te kyk of ek nie al Vrydag middag sons ondergang iets kan afneem... en na Oooms se gespotery by die laaste byeenkoms waag ek dit nie weer doen nie...

Profiles of the groups for the day....

The first group:- arriving early and first at Tierkloof and leaving first on the trail; wanting to get home early to watch the Stormers play the Sharks, or other family commitments; willing to take very few if any short breaks for photo's...

The second group.... chilled... Lus for a breakkie before the trail, would like to take photo's while not holding up 24 vehicles behind themselves...

Does that sound fair? or are there any other things that I need to consider...

Also the weather look cold but no rain so far, so are any other people other than Stubs, Truckin and myself that are thinking of camping... would like to give a rough estimate to the trail owners...

Mr_B wrote:Ahoy Jono, if all goes well(no recoveries) about 3 hours, but with all the stopping/going/sports on this scenic route I'd bet on 5 - 6 hours!

Thanks bud, will have to coax the wife to get up at sparrows for the early group then. Got rugby tickets

GI Jane wrote:... I must also add that in my experience, things come up and at the last minute for some people and they can't make it... so the group could even land up being a lot less....

...and I'm the 1st to drop out. As much as I was looking forward to this trail, my August budget has taken a sudden, unexpected (yet most welcome) knock :arrow:

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Have fun guys.

the BuTch3R wrote:

GI Jane wrote:... I must also add that in my experience, things come up and at the last minute for some people and they can't make it... so the group could even land up being a lot less....

...and I'm the 1st to drop out. As much as I was looking forward to this trail, my August budget has taken a sudden, unexpected (yet most welcome) knock :arrow:

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Have fun guys.

Shaun, I'm offended, you dumping us for Linkin Park!!!!!

Just kidding, enjoy the show, how about the long weekend at Boegoeberg, surely you going to make it on a trail with us sometime....

So who else is meeting us at the Wynland 1-Stop besides Tertius and Serle?
Roy we're meeting you at the Toll Gate? That way you dont have to back-track?

If we leave the 1-Stop at exactly 7am we should be at the Toll Gate by about 7:20?

ThysdJ wrote:So who else is meeting us at the Wynland 1-Stop besides Tertius and Serle?
Roy we're meeting you at the Toll Gate? That way you dont have to back-track?

If we leave the 1-Stop at exactly 7am we should be at the Toll Gate by about 7:20?

Perfect!

ThysdJ wrote:So who else is meeting us at the Wynland 1-Stop besides Tertius and Serle?
Roy we're meeting you at the Toll Gate? That way you dont have to back-track?

If we leave the 1-Stop at exactly 7am we should be at the Toll Gate by about 7:20?

ek gaan jou ook daar kry Thys, sal van my laat hoor as iets voorval en ek is laat. Jy het 1 vrou om aan te jaag, ek het 3. Sal probeer om 06h45 daar te wees.

Thys, does the Ford have a VHF radio? Or should I call you on channel 14 (29MHz)?
OK, Jokes aside.... I assume it does have VHF, and new ORRA 7 (OLD ORRA 1) ?

maar my tent opgesit net ingeval ek lus raak vir kamp , kan ek nog saterdag ook so besluit val of moet ek vooraf book :roll: :roll: :roll:

Keiler wrote: maar my tent opgesit net ingeval ek lus raak vir kamp , kan ek nog saterdag ook so besluit val of moet ek vooraf book :roll: :roll: :roll:

Jy kan Saterdag besluit of jy will kamp..... geen probleem nie... Ek het vorlopig vir, Stubs, Boetie en myself bespreek vir die naweek,

Royco wrote:Thys, does the Ford have a VHF radio? Or should I call you on channel 14 (29MHz)?
OK, Jokes aside.... I assume it does have VHF, and new ORRA 7 (OLD ORRA 1) ?

I do have a VHF, but it has not yet been reprogrammed to the new channels. And since Niel had it last time to "clone" it it is not even working properly on those either. So we have to check what happens, I will tune it to ORRA1..

Ek skree sommer ...

En so sit ek nou hier voor Hoppy se shoppy met my diff ratte hier op die vloer langs my.
Sal nou maar sien wat die uitkoms met vandag se werk is en of ek julle Saterdag sien maar ek het volle vertroue in oom Allan,
Hou maar duim vas dat ek nie ander onbekombare parte ook loop breuk het nie en dat ons maarnet die 4.88 ratte kan in sit en klaar kry.

So Thysie, now that you no longer have a canopy on your Blueboy, and you have had it modified, will we see you driving Extreme 4x4 on the trail this weekend.... Mmmmm, might have to go with the first group so I can get the action on camera...

GI Jane wrote:So Thysie, now that you no longer have a canopy on your Blueboy, and you have had it modified, will we see you driving Extreme 4x4 on the trail this weekend.... Mmmmm, might have to go with the first group so I can get the action on camera...

Antie Val, you know me, I dont do extreme 4x4... I just go out to enjoy myself...

How many people will be on the 8 o'clock bus?
Johannes and I decided it is too early for us. We will still be there very early
The plan is to leave at 6, so we will probably be there just after 8. Then we will relax, make a lekka breakie and enjoy the view and wait for the second bus to leave. To get on the 8 o'clock group we have to leave at 5. Johannes can do that but for me it is a bit early.

Pieter jys reg, kom ons vat dit rustig, geen haas, soos ek hoor is daai roete baie erg gespoel en manne moes laas naweek winches gebruik om hulself uit te kry, so ons geniet eers n brekie dan gaan kyk ons waar die SFA's ons hulp nodig het,

My Saterdag ontbyt is die hoogtepunt van my week, kan dit nie mis nie en as ek dit mis is ek sommer moeilik die heel dag

Except for the guys sleeping over and those leaving CT at 6 there wont be an 8 o clock bus.. We'll only arrive at 8:30 if we leave CT at 7:00 (conservative estimate), and then there is still the admin and drivers briefing etc to sort out. Seems like the first bus wont leave before 9...

I can imagine the trail being badly washed out. And more rain is forecast for Thursday..

OK so maybe a 9 and 10 o clock time is more realistic in which case we might be in time for the 9 o clock one.

I am glad to hear it has been washed away because the last time I did it, it was not much of a challenge except for that one big step.

Looking at some recent pics... it looks like they've built up that big step.
So it might just be a little step!

You know the story of the half full glass of water... or about the girl that got a gift and when she opened it, she found some hay on the top... well, she continued sifting through the hay in the box, because she knew if there was that much hay around their had to be a pony in there somewhere... I'm really looking forward to Tierkloof, and believe their is a pony in there somewhere....

no worries Val you'll find plenty ponies...

Sorry Val, that is too high English for me, I don't catch it.

GI Jane wrote:You know the story of the half full glass of water... or about the girl that got a gift and when she opened it, she found some hay on the top... well, she continued sifting through the hay in the box, because she knew if there was that much hay around their had to be a pony in there somewhere... I'm really looking forward to Tierkloof, and believe their is a pony in there somewhere....

Val, if you don't find em ponies, there are horses under your Hilux's bonnet...

Oh and not to worry with the hay... they seem to prefer petrol!

The weather is looking fantastic for Saturday...

(Worcester - Brandvlei)
Rain: 0%, 0mm
Low: 6° C
High: 20° C
Wind: SE 20km/h

Mr_B wrote:The weather is looking fantastic for Saturday...

(Worcester - Brandvlei)
Rain: 0%, 0mm
Low: 6° C
High: 20° C
Wind: SE 20km/h

So between the hay, ponies, petrol and horses....a good weekend ahead.... Ummm, hope there's also a lot of difflocks around, because if I have to believe some people they may be the order of the day after all the rains... time will tell...or as a wise person once told me, 'die tyd sal leer' of, is dit die 'wis en die onwis'

Sien julle daar, diwwe moet getoets word

Who is thinking of camping on the Saturday night, other than Boetie, Stubs, Keller, Allan, Johannes and myself?