Bullock Link Tr, Bunyip 13/4/13

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El Freddo & I headed off to Bunyip SP (my fav haunt :iconwink:) with clouds looming. The forecast had said fine but I had doubts. Any rain & these clay tracks become super slick!

We did some easier tracks but still fun. Robertsons Tr was very steep but graded.

This was taking us away from the direction we wanted so we looked for a track to cut back. Rocky Tr looked easy from the top but Dedmanwalking had trouble a month ago so we headed down Bullock Link Tr not sure what we'd find....

Bullock Link Tr:
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El Freddo's blue shirt disappearing around the bend...

Hard to get scale, some of these ruts were window deep on the Foz & no room to manoeuver.

We finally made it through the ruts & the track levelled out. Watch out for this:

It was about 8' deep! :eek:

Then just when we thought we'd made it out...we hit this!!!

Holy crap on a stick:

The track on the right was steep, left mega steep with loose dirt & SEVERE consequences if you didnt make it :(:shake: El Freddo got stuck a little on the small chicken track to the left of the bog hole & that was level! :eek: Very slick mud...
 
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We considered all the pros & cons of trying the chicken route, with El Freddo going first & towing me up with a snatch strap (reminder to self...get a tow strap...a long one!) but the consequences of any mistake was just too severe. A slide back would easily have resulted in in rollover into a stagnant bog hole that was prob 4-5' deep with soft mud on the bottom.

A Patrol taillight was souvenired & we turned around.

It was with much trepidation we headed back up the steep ruts. El Freddo made the first section without too much trouble, although I didnt enjoy seeing a softball sized lump of granite getting thrown out from his tyres down the track. I maintained a healthy distance :rotfl:

I had a lot of trouble. Much track building followed. After several more attempts, I tried driving through the brakes...bugger me it worked!!! :newmulti:

We had a quick chat, then with a light shower & dark rain clouds about, we wasted no time! I cant believe I made it up the next part with no track building at all. Just lots of adrenalin, lots of right foot with the left on the brake & as much momentum as I dared, juggling more brake & throttle as diagonal tyres lifted. This driving through the brakes works brilliantly! Cant wait to see the vids!!

Unfortunately, no pics, funny how focused you get so I just forgot to take any! :(

When we got out & beat the looming rain, we had lunch. We checked the cars for damage. Despite landing VERY hard several times, I couldnt find any :eek::newmulti::banana:

We then headed accross the park to Andersons Tr, a very beautiful drive with a few steep sections. I had trouble in a few spots with my open diffs but El Freddo just cruised :monkeydance:

Bog hole on Andersons Tr. Dedmanwalking & dcoutback, remember this one?:
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Is that a "Superman" pose? :raz:

We then cruised around for a while enjoying the scenery, also 2 lyrebirds running accross the road which hopefully have been caught on vid :biggrin:

Back out to the BP now Caltex servo in Longwarry, aired up & said our goodbyes...thanks for an awesome trip that I will prob never forget! Bunyip delivered again :lildevil:
 
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NachaLuva said:
Rocky Tr looked easy from the top but Dedmanwalking had trouble a month ago so we headed down Bullock Link Tr not sure what we'd find....
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Haha those rock ledges were actually at the bottom of Bullock Link Tr. Next time I am going to have a go at this track from top to bottom!! Looks amazing.

So sad I couldn't make it :sad: Next time!
 
Sounds like you had a great time :) on what look to be some quite challenging & slippery tracks :surprised:

Can't wait to see the vids of your adventures :ebiggrin:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
Found some damage. Few dents & scrapes, plus my front control arm has started leaking oil to match the other side :(

Biggest prob though is a bad bad dent in the fuel tank. I knew I landed hard...it was hard enough that it dented the fuel tank, exhaust & even the diff carrier! :eek::shake: I'll post pics tonight...
 
Must've been pretty large...you can see it's hit the side of the diff carrier & the side of the tank:
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Petrol tank:
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Diff carrier:
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I thought I could smell petrol after this. Just a whiff. I cant see any holes/cracks but it prob only takes a pinhole to be able to smell it :(

So yesterday I got some 1.6mm sheet steel to make a couple of tank guards but I cant figure out how to attach it. The front has a bolt for the plastic guard but I might teck screw it onto the moustache bar. The rear is the problem...just nowhere to attach it :shrug:
 
^ Awesome! Ruby Scoo's not leaking anything so I haven't really had a good look at her undercarriage - but my sump guard has taken a beating and actually pushed up into the sump. Probably when I dropped Ruby S on a sump buster... twice :(

Anyway, I've not got many shots to share, so I made some screen shots from two of the videos :D

Here are some of the pics of the Bullock link track, going down:

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Going up:

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I'm planning to be working on the video in flight tomorrow. Unfortunately I didn't get the vids that Nachaluva had - I'll have to add to the video to make an "extended" edition ;)

Next will be finding a good internet access point to upload the video...

Cheers

Bennie
 
El_Freddo said:
^ Awesome! Ruby Scoo's not leaking anything so I haven't really had a good look at her undercarriage - but my sump guard has taken a beating and actually pushed up into the sump. Probably when I dropped Ruby S on a sump buster... twice :(
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At least it did its job & saved your diff. Bullock Link Tr did beat up my sump guard too...I'm in the process of repairing/strengthening it. I think I might have gone overboard with a section of 5mm plate over the sump though :lildevil::rotfl:
 
Nachaluva, you don't seem to have much ground clearance on the pic, do you ? I have a homemade sump made of Dural 8 mm that even allows me to lift the 2 front wheels at the same time, its very strong !
 
Yeah not much clearance atm....2"fr/3"rr body lift going in soon :lildevil:

After I'm finished my sump guard will be strong in all the right places but not so strong it bends the front ;)
 
That last pic really shows the tightness of the track, together with how steep it is :)

Looking forward to seeing the vids once you've finished working on them too :raz:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
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