Join 4WD TRIP - Tallarook. (allanmac)

Tallarook. MEDIUM

Tallarook State Forest., VIC

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This day trip will be a drive covering most of the compact Tallarook State Forest. Whilst I have rated this trip as 'medium', it will be suitable for people who have limited experience, who have never been to Tallarook before, or those who have, who are happy to have a reasonably easy day of enjoyable 4wding.

Those who are looking for the 'challenging stuff', such as Phone and Steep Tracks, dont bother joining or expressing interest in this trip.

All vehicles must have the following 'MINIMUM' requirements;

Low Range, so no SUV's.

30" A/T or mud tyres, NO H/T TYRES.

Basic Recovery Gear - Snatch Strap, Shackles etc. Winch is advantageous, but not mandatory.

UHF Radio - either incar or hand held.

Bring your lunch/drinks etc as plan is to stop at the dam for a short lunch break. There are no toilet facilities in the area we are driving. Please have enough fuel for the day to cover aprox 100 klms of mainly low range driving. Depending where you are coming from, fuel available in Yarra Glen or along the Hume Hwy.

CHECK IN. (Friday Feb 16th - midday at the latest)

As with all my trips, if you fail to 'check in' by the stipulated time to confirm your attendance, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM TRIP. Also, if you are one of the many who regularly join a trip then pull out at the last minute, dont bother joining, as I will ask you to withdraw from the trip, ( I do have a list of those who do this and of those who fail to 'check in'.)

All going well, we will be back on the 'black top' by 4.30pm. Any questions' feel free to ask.

PLEASE NOTE: If weather is unfavourable re; too hot/total fire ban or extremely wet, the trip will be postponed till another date.

Requirement

Recovery Gear

Allan (allanmac)
GOING
Myself onlyChecked-In (15-Feb-2018 11:07)
NL Pajero GLS (1998 NL)
- 33" Tyres, 2" Lifted
- Front & Rear Locker
- Winch

Steve (blue rangie 304)
GOING
Myself onlyChecked-In (15-Feb-2018 18:22)
ex blue rangie/ landcruiser (2015 wildtrack)
- 32" Tyres, 2" Lifted
- Rear Diff Lock
- Winch

Rob (Bert-O)
GOING
Driver + 1 AdultChecked-In (16-Feb-2018 11:20)
GU Patrol (2003 Wagon)
- 33" Tyres, 2" Lifted
- Winch

Matt (Outrage)
GOING
Myself onlyChecked-In (15-Feb-2018 21:28)
4.5 GU Patrol (2000 Patrol)
- 33" Tyres, 2" Lifted
- Winch

Rick (Rick T)
GOING
Myself onlyChecked-In (16-Feb-2018 06:43)
(2020 troopy)
- 33" Tyres, 2" Lifted
- Front & Rear Locker
- Winch

Jarrad Smith (JS_Ranger)
GOING
Driver + 1 AdultChecked-In (16-Feb-2018 06:00)
3.2 ranger (2015 Px)
- 33" Tyres, 3" Lifted
- Rear Diff Lock
- Winch

Adam (Ajb_nav)
GOING
Myself onlyChecked-In (15-Feb-2018 21:28)
2.5 nav (2007 Navara d40)
- 32" Tyres, 2" Lifted
- Winch

Thurstain (Tcm9669)

I am Interested / In Waiting List
GU Patrol (2003 Patrol)
- Winch

Frank (Franco3d)

I am Interested / In Waiting List
Jeep Wrangler 2.8CRD (2011 Wrangler)
- 31" Tyres, 2" Lifted

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I am Interested / In Waiting List
theMOG (0 1986 Unimog U1300L)
- 37" Tyres
- Front & Rear Locker

Nick (Morphen83)

I am Interested / In Waiting List
3.0 Diesel GU (2015 Patrol)
- 33" Tyres, 2" Lifted
- Front & Rear Locker
- Winch

Chris (L0wey)

I am Interested / In Waiting List
07PAJVRX (2007 Pajero VRX)
- 31" Tyres, 2" Lifted
- Winch

Josh (RedDog)

I am Interested / In Waiting List
TD42 GU (2000 Patrol)
- 35" Tyres, 3" Lifted
- Winch

Kevin (riordak_ranger)

Mate I won't be able to join. I have to work. To those who are going you could not be in better hands as I am sure everyone who knows Alan will agree. I will spray a can of ARB sun shower just enough to keep the dust down. Have a great day mate.

P.S. don't get lost in the pine forest like I did.

26 Jan 2018

Allan (allanmac)

That's a 'bugger' you cant make it 'Big Kev', as I thought you would have been one of the 1st to join. Well it did fill fast and thanks to everyone who has joined. Looks like another big day for you Outrage; great to have you along as usual. Good to see Tony join up; looking forward to seeing him and the new Patrol. Just hoping it wont be too boring for him, as we wont be doing some of the stuff we have done in the past

26 Jan 2018

Allan (allanmac)

Great to see some Pajeros on the trip also.

26 Jan 2018

Tony (le Dakar)
Wont be boring Allan. When I saw you were leading this trip I thought it would be good to catch up with you again.
Looking forward to a friendly day.

26 Jan 2018

Allan (allanmac)

Tony (le Dakar) wrote: Wont be boring Allan. When I saw you were leading this trip I thought it would be good to catch up with you again.
Looking forward to a friendly day.

Thanks Tony. Plan is to drive some of the easier tracks this trip as last two times we have been to Tallarook I have got panel damage.....grrrrr.

29 Jan 2018

Chris (L0wey)
WITHDRAWN from Trip - Reason: Sorry guys, Work beckons.
Was really looking forward to this one too.

05 Feb 2018

Joyce (Joyce)
WITHDRAWN from Trip - Reason: Hi. Sorry we cant make it as our tyres needs to be changed soon. Have fun.

05 Feb 2018

Jaime (Millo)
WITHDRAWN from Trip - Reason: Hi guys, sorry but we cannot make it this time. We still have a $$$ situation and must pass this time. Enjoy guys and upload pics

05 Feb 2018

Jezza (Redskinzero)
WITHDRAWN from Trip - Reason: Can’t make this one now, prior booking I have just been informed.

06 Feb 2018

Allan (allanmac)

Shame a few had to drop out, but unfortunately is the 'norm' with the majority of trips on this site these days. Long term forecast is possibly a shower on the Tuesday, so expect tracks to be dry and dusty.

Again, need to be at the water tank meeting point by 9.45am at the LATEST, and when you arrive drop your tyre pressures there.

07 Feb 2018

Tony (le Dakar)
WITHDRAWN from Trip - Reason:

12 Feb 2018

Allan (allanmac)

That's a bugger Tony, but best to get the gremlin fixed in the Patrol.

12 Feb 2018

Allan (allanmac)

Let's hope we get a bit of rain over the next day or two to at least settle the dust. Not all that promising but Saturday is meant to be nice and sunny with a temp of about 28 degrees.

Have planned the route and we will be driving a couple of tracks I have not done before, so there might be the odd U turn from time to time. Again, please be at the meeting point by 9.45am at the latest and air down when you get there and also remember to 'check in'. I think check in will be available later tonight or sometime tomorrow. Hopefully it will be an enjoyable day. Any questions, feel free to ask.

14 Feb 2018

Alexander (ENDGME)
WITHDRAWN from Trip - Reason: Parts from England never turned up, sorry boys

14 Feb 2018

Allan (allanmac)

Looks like we may have only two on this trip as only Steve and myself have 'checked in'.

All good, we now have 4; thanks to those who have checked in.

15 Feb 2018

Allan (allanmac)

Thanks for everyone checking in, see you all in the morning.

16 Feb 2018

Steve (blue rangie 304)

see you all in the morning ready to go

16 Feb 2018

Allan (allanmac)

Hope you all enjoyed the day and was great to meet you all. Real shame about Adam's Navara; hope it doesnt cost big $$$ to fix.

Have added a few photos, mostly of you guys playing in the mud.

17 Feb 2018

Rob (Bert-O)
Thanks Allan, great to meet you and all the other fellows today,
And a top day out, looking forward to seeing the pics and also the next trip somewhere, cheers Rob

17 Feb 2018

Jarrad Smith (JS_Ranger)
Thank you for the Day Allen was great to catch up again, was great to meet everyone else also!

Some great photos also!

17 Feb 2018

Rick (Rick T)
Great day out Allan. Nice to meet you and the other guys. Hope to do it again soon.
Cheers

17 Feb 2018

Matt (Outrage)
Thanks again Al, another great day. Patrol's all cleaned, yes I actually cleaned it within the same weekend of the trip! Been a while since that has happened hehe.

Bugger for Adam though. Hindsight is a bitch as they say, looking back we really needed to do the track building I wanted. The utes really lack the flex to not have a locker (and a bit fragile), have been passenger in a ute with an experienced driver, it took surprisingly little to get it to spin/lift wheels without the locker engaged, but with it on it just crawled up the rocks, things a fairly stock 60 series cruiser with a new driver drove no problem. Same thing with the Dmax's and BT50's I drive in the mines for work, doesn't take much to lift a wheel/loose traction compared to the patrol (the BT50's we have at least have a rear locker though for backup).

Have put some pics up, might be a week or two before I get the video sorted. By the way Al, the section you were 'stuck', I really think you just didn't want to spin the tyres so the Paj didn't get mud on it :)

18 Feb 2018

Allan (allanmac)

You are right Matt. Could have kept going back & forward and eventually diff would have freed itself. Was a good call on my behalf I reckon: the cleanest the paj has ever been after having to go through that crap called mud....lol

BTW, some nice pics.

18 Feb 2018

Kevin (riordak_ranger)

some nice pics guys, looking forward to the report. Would have loved to come along but i was working, glad it all went ok, weather was perfect for your trip

19 Feb 2018

Allan (allanmac)

Kevin (riordak_ranger) wrote: some nice pics guys, looking forward to the report. Would have loved to come along but i was working, glad it all went ok, weather was perfect for your trip

Not doing reports anymore 'Big Kev'. Not worth the time & effort as forum is not utilised by members these days plus having to wait for it to be reviewed etc.

19 Feb 2018

Kevin (riordak_ranger)

Allan (allanmac) wrote:
Kevin (riordak_ranger) wrote: some nice pics guys, looking forward to the report. Would have loved to come along but i was working, glad it all went ok, weather was perfect for your trip
Not doing reports anymore 'Big Kev'. Not worth the time & effort as forum is not utilised by members these days plus having to wait for it to be reviewed etc.

No worries mate I understand, a lot of work goes to doing a report and get few comments in the forum these days. it seems to be only a few regular people comment on the reports. Had me worried when I did my last report whether I had lost it waitng for it to be reviewed, which had happened in the past. I also don't understand why it would need to be reviewed.

19 Feb 2018

Allan (allanmac)

Garry (Gazza) wrote: Thanks for putting up the photos guys, perfect day for a play. Don't blame you not doing reports anymore, bugger all people on this site, maybe more on there Facebook site, which defeats the purpose of this site.

Yes, it was a good day with a bunch of good guys Gazza. As I said, shame about Adam's drama but other than that, only a couple of muddy vehicles at the end of the day; especially the Ranger.

Outrage took some video, so hopefully he will post it when he does the editing etc.

21 Feb 2018