Tough Dog Tuff Truck Challenge 2008 - Latest Updates

Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Location: Aboard the Pirate ship aarrgh

moose wrote:

HIGH ROLLER wrote:

daflee wrote:

Another top weekend except for some lengthy delays at the mud that seemed to be organisation problems, not recovery problems. The probs at the mud were made easier by the show some of the girls on the hill put on for us. Cool

I'd have to agree with Turbo GU, the mud needs to be revamped along with some of the daytime recoveries. Those small kato's wouldn't pull the skin off a rice custard at full jib let alone a 2 tonne truck jambed up against the rocks..... Certainly an area for improving.

Team Drovers rollover on Sunday was a close call for those spectators. I stood right there on Saturday and watched Red Bitch do the same thing, thankfully for my sake, not as bad. Then there was the runaway tyre. That could have been much worse...... I wonder what penalty the pirate team got for that.

Crowd favourite would have to have been the "fridge". It seemed to go most places that you wouldnt expect a station wagon to go.

Not sure what happened late saturday arvo but I headed back to camp when the action slowed mid afternoon. Only to see Bandage bear come back with a broken portal, Gonads with a broken front diff and red bitch with the front wheel assembly ripped off....... Lesson to self, dont leave the track too early.

Well done to all competitors. My money was on ZUK404, but wasnt to be. Maybe next year guys.
Will upload some pics to the Well Sprung website soon.

We got the normal penalty for it, i was greatfull that no one was hurt could of been really bad was just an overlook on my part in all the excitment. The thing that bugs me is that one of my mates brought it to the judges attention and also trying to get my att but i didnt hear him, and was told to be shut up(outside assistance) we should of been stoped stop the clock give us a penalty and made to remove the tire before it had a chance to fall off, not passing the buck was my fault it was on there just saying if that sort of stuff is picked up something should be done about it before it came off and could of seriously hurt somebody my 2c

that was me ben !!!
i heard hypo yell something out , & told him to stop the outside assistance , as bandage bear was nearly penalised the day before !! hey ruff !!! Very Happy

if it was made clearer what was happening , i would have stopped you guys & removed the tyre !!

we are all lucky no one was hurt !!

Sorry moose wasnt having a go at anyone was jsut saying it cause it could of been alot worse wasnt sure if you guys new what was happening or not cause i didnt would of stoped for sure if i had remembered about it i personaly dont think we should have to carry it around not as if were going to change it anyway would then elliminate the possibility of it happening agian.

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:20 pm

moose wrote:

that was me ben !!!
i heard hypo yell something out , & told him to stop the outside assistance , as bandage bear was nearly penalised the day before !! hey ruff !!! Very Happy

if it was made clearer what was happening , i would have stopped you guys & removed the tyre !!

we are all lucky no one was hurt !!

That outside assistance rule is the biggest crock of shit rule in the whole comp and must dropped for next year.

How can a team have any control whatsoever over what is yelled from the side lines by eager spectators? If some one yells out to move a rock and the navvy was already on there way to move it anyway, why should that theam be penalised.
Doesn't make any sense to me at all. Rolling Eyes

Great looking rigs this year, rusty's zook buggy was the standout, yes it is a buggy, get the fawk over it! It would be great to see it at a we rock event or two, see what it's really made of.

Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Location: Kings Park, NSW

Just got the word that Team Bandage Bear has managed to raise $9031 for the Westmead Childrens Hospital! This is NOT including the $1000 he gave to Jamie at the presentation!!

WHAT A SENSATIONAL EFFORT!!! armsup

Congratulations to all involved, to all who bought a vote, magazine or a bear, or just gave a donation, no matter how small. Well done.

I feel all warm and fuzzy inside now!

BBM Rick.

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:28 pm

Roctoy Designfab wrote:

moose wrote:

that was me ben !!!
i heard hypo yell something out , & told him to stop the outside assistance , as bandage bear was nearly penalised the day before !! hey ruff !!! Very Happy

if it was made clearer what was happening , i would have stopped you guys & removed the tyre !!

we are all lucky no one was hurt !!

That outside assistance rule is the biggest crock of shit rule in the whole comp and must dropped for next year.

How can a team have any control whatsoever over what is yelled from the side lines by eager spectators? If some one yells out to move a rock and the navvy was already on there way to move it anyway, why should that theam be penalised.
Doesn't make any sense to me at all. Rolling Eyes

Great looking rigs this year, rusty's zook buggy was the standout, yes it is a buggy, get the fawk over it! It would be great to see it at a we rock event or two, see what it's really made of.

doesnt comply as a pro-mod either thou !!! Very Happy

Joined: 13 Aug 2004 Location: Newy

moose wrote:

Roctoy Designfab wrote:

moose wrote:

that was me ben !!!
i heard hypo yell something out , & told him to stop the outside assistance , as bandage bear was nearly penalised the day before !! hey ruff !!! Very Happy

if it was made clearer what was happening , i would have stopped you guys & removed the tyre !!

we are all lucky no one was hurt !!

That outside assistance rule is the biggest crock of shit rule in the whole comp and must dropped for next year.

How can a team have any control whatsoever over what is yelled from the side lines by eager spectators? If some one yells out to move a rock and the navvy was already on there way to move it anyway, why should that theam be penalised.
Doesn't make any sense to me at all. Rolling Eyes

Great looking rigs this year, rusty's zook buggy was the standout, yes it is a buggy, get the fawk over it! It would be great to see it at a we rock event or two, see what it's really made of.

doesnt comply as a pro-mod either thou !!! Very Happy

that just means it will be one big fat unlimited buggy The Finger

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Greenbank

moose wrote:

that was me ben !!!
i heard hypo yell something out , & told him to stop the outside assistance , as bandage bear was nearly penalised the day before !! hey ruff !!! Very Happy

if it was made clearer what was happening , i would have stopped you guys & removed the tyre !!

we are all lucky no one was hurt !!

Dont worry if Mark got penalised i was going to make sure every single competitor there got the same penalty at some stage through the event just to even the score back up The Finger

The Outside assistance rule is bullshit. It happens all the time and it is totaly impossible for it to be policed unless you remove every spectator or support crew from the event.

Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Location: Sydney

HIGH ROLLER wrote:

moose wrote:

HIGH ROLLER wrote:

daflee wrote:

Another top weekend except for some lengthy delays at the mud that seemed to be organisation problems, not recovery problems. The probs at the mud were made easier by the show some of the girls on the hill put on for us. Cool

I'd have to agree with Turbo GU, the mud needs to be revamped along with some of the daytime recoveries. Those small kato's wouldn't pull the skin off a rice custard at full jib let alone a 2 tonne truck jambed up against the rocks..... Certainly an area for improving.

Team Drovers rollover on Sunday was a close call for those spectators. I stood right there on Saturday and watched Red Bitch do the same thing, thankfully for my sake, not as bad. Then there was the runaway tyre. That could have been much worse...... I wonder what penalty the pirate team got for that.

Crowd favourite would have to have been the "fridge". It seemed to go most places that you wouldnt expect a station wagon to go.

Not sure what happened late saturday arvo but I headed back to camp when the action slowed mid afternoon. Only to see Bandage bear come back with a broken portal, Gonads with a broken front diff and red bitch with the front wheel assembly ripped off....... Lesson to self, dont leave the track too early.

Well done to all competitors. My money was on ZUK404, but wasnt to be. Maybe next year guys.
Will upload some pics to the Well Sprung website soon.

We got the normal penalty for it, i was greatfull that no one was hurt could of been really bad was just an overlook on my part in all the excitment. The thing that bugs me is that one of my mates brought it to the judges attention and also trying to get my att but i didnt hear him, and was told to be shut up(outside assistance) we should of been stoped stop the clock give us a penalty and made to remove the tire before it had a chance to fall off, not passing the buck was my fault it was on there just saying if that sort of stuff is picked up something should be done about it before it came off and could of seriously hurt somebody my 2c

that was me ben !!!
i heard hypo yell something out , & told him to stop the outside assistance , as bandage bear was nearly penalised the day before !! hey ruff !!! Very Happy

if it was made clearer what was happening , i would have stopped you guys & removed the tyre !!

we are all lucky no one was hurt !!

Sorry moose wasnt having a go at anyone was jsut saying it cause it could of been alot worse wasnt sure if you guys new what was happening or not cause i didnt would of stoped for sure if i had remembered about it i personaly dont think we should have to carry it around not as if were going to change it anyway would then elliminate the possibility of it happening agian.

i also agree with the rule of carrying a spare, its garbage, we were told we had to carry it to each event and drop it off at the start and pick it up at the end, now, from memory, Phil Noble, and Mal, i did not see them carry there spare once, thou i did see a certain GU ute follow the, around evrywhere, with their spare tire on board, now one rule for all, or scrap the rule all together,

Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Location: Newcastle

ozy1 wrote:

HIGH ROLLER wrote:

moose wrote:

HIGH ROLLER wrote:

daflee wrote:

Another top weekend except for some lengthy delays at the mud that seemed to be organisation problems, not recovery problems. The probs at the mud were made easier by the show some of the girls on the hill put on for us. Cool

I'd have to agree with Turbo GU, the mud needs to be revamped along with some of the daytime recoveries. Those small kato's wouldn't pull the skin off a rice custard at full jib let alone a 2 tonne truck jambed up against the rocks..... Certainly an area for improving.

Team Drovers rollover on Sunday was a close call for those spectators. I stood right there on Saturday and watched Red Bitch do the same thing, thankfully for my sake, not as bad. Then there was the runaway tyre. That could have been much worse...... I wonder what penalty the pirate team got for that.

Crowd favourite would have to have been the "fridge". It seemed to go most places that you wouldnt expect a station wagon to go.

Not sure what happened late saturday arvo but I headed back to camp when the action slowed mid afternoon. Only to see Bandage bear come back with a broken portal, Gonads with a broken front diff and red bitch with the front wheel assembly ripped off....... Lesson to self, dont leave the track too early.

Well done to all competitors. My money was on ZUK404, but wasnt to be. Maybe next year guys.
Will upload some pics to the Well Sprung website soon.

We got the normal penalty for it, i was greatfull that no one was hurt could of been really bad was just an overlook on my part in all the excitment. The thing that bugs me is that one of my mates brought it to the judges attention and also trying to get my att but i didnt hear him, and was told to be shut up(outside assistance) we should of been stoped stop the clock give us a penalty and made to remove the tire before it had a chance to fall off, not passing the buck was my fault it was on there just saying if that sort of stuff is picked up something should be done about it before it came off and could of seriously hurt somebody my 2c

that was me ben !!!
i heard hypo yell something out , & told him to stop the outside assistance , as bandage bear was nearly penalised the day before !! hey ruff !!! Very Happy

if it was made clearer what was happening , i would have stopped you guys & removed the tyre !!

we are all lucky no one was hurt !!

Sorry moose wasnt having a go at anyone was jsut saying it cause it could of been alot worse wasnt sure if you guys new what was happening or not cause i didnt would of stoped for sure if i had remembered about it i personaly dont think we should have to carry it around not as if were going to change it anyway would then elliminate the possibility of it happening agian.

i also agree with the rule of carrying a spare, its garbage, we were told we had to carry it to each event and drop it off at the start and pick it up at the end, now, from memory, Phil Noble, and Mal, i did not see them carry there spare once, thou i did see a certain GU ute follow the, around evrywhere, with their spare tire on board, now one rule for all, or scrap the rule all together,

I didn't carry my spare around either. I figured by the time I got the other tyre off if i did need to replace it a mate could had had it sitting beside me ready to go.

The spectators area is crammed up enough as it is without everyone dragging there spare tyres around up there too. A spare tyre is usually the least of anyones problems on them tracks anyway. Laughing

Cheers Mick.

Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Location: brisbane

Hay Garth Read back thru my comments and tell me where ive said anything about putting the zook buggy down?
I acctually said it has raised the bar in good looking pro mod buggys.
And i do acctually love the look of it. Good work.
My problem is the rules for tuff truck. I didnt go this year no but have followed it closly and there is a huge gap as others have mentioned to the less budget real trucks.
Yeah the event may be heading in this direction with buggys being passed off as trucks and it is alot of peoples cup of tea. And i also mentioned in this thread about at the end of the day the vehicles are built to an inch of the rules so they have as much right to be there as bobs old 40 with 33s and 2inch lift.
It is great to see the envelope being pushed further and further. But at least they could come up with 2 classes to make it a bit fair.
Oh the 3 ft of chassis comment was posted after it was asked dont they have to have 3 ft of chassis by somebody.
And mate i have built my own but its for social wheeling with the odd crawl comp thrown in. As it is a buggy. Plus she aint got no rego on it ( Yet )
Anyway hope to see more of the zook buggy as it is a very nice looking vehicle with some very cool looking gear on it.
Perhaps post up specs like drivetrain( except the supercheap diffs Laughing

) for us that didnt go this year?
Cheers Nottie

Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Location: Sydney

Mick. wrote: