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How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:31 am
by grips
Overlanding excluded from this one. My aim is on trails and 4x4 outings.
Most of our better trails are more than 200km away. I even did trips up to 700km from home with the Yank Ranger when I still owned it.
Seems that some of the local 4x4 owners in our town does not like it to venture more than the odd 50km out.
Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:50 am
by Mad Manny
Grips drove from Kathu to Giyani to do River Trip.
That's about 1000km I think.
Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:56 am
by Mad Manny
I've driven to CT to do Atlantis Dunes - but I didn't go purely to 4x4 - in fact I would have gone anyway. So it doesn't count.
To purely 4x4 the farthest I've driven was to Oyster Bay when I arranged the 1st NGTG for the 4x4Community Forum.
That was about 1000km.
I've also been to Whoooooopah! at Boegoebergdam (Groblershoop).
That's 775km away & it's for a dune driving GTG.
But generally, for a day trail, I won't do more than 150 - 200km max.
Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:29 am
by BushWacker
About 2 hrs traveltime each way ...
So assume depart 7 am
7am depart
9am arrive after 2 hr travel time
13hoo after 4 hr trail time
15Hoo after 2 hr Braai time
17h00 after 2hrs home for Beer time
... maybe 30mins contingency ?
Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:33 pm
by Mike Nel
1000kms there and back. But that was over a long weekend and included camping
How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:37 pm
by Reenen
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Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:21 pm
by Johannes
Reneen , I think you beat everyone !!
Just for a day play ?? Not more than 150 km. Although for Willie's Memorial i drove the Friday after work and left early Sunday ? That's to Volksrust and back .
Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:19 pm
by Quack
I’ve done a few Whoooopahs, just to see Manny and some other legends!
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Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:11 am
by grips
Quack you stay at the end of the World.
Must say you are one of the guys doing very long hauls to attend 4x4 events.
I also know that you does not exceed 100km/h traveling there
Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:20 am
by Panda
I have done
Carnage Canyon 750km
Barakke duine 900km
Ultimate Adventure 700km to Swaziland Via Midrand
Moegatle is 380km
so staying out of gangsters paradise most trails are in the region of 300km away
How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 6:22 pm
by Reenen
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Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:57 pm
by Martin de Jager
Our trip to do the most extreme Baboons Pass, 1103km's and it was worth every cent.
Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:00 pm
by KurtG
Martin, did you go via Durban?
Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:10 pm
by Mad Manny
Kurt, he did it twice in one weekend.
Benoni - Baboons, the pass, back home, new side shaft, then to baboons again & home.
1800km.
That's what made it Most Extreme.... 
Re: How far do you travel to 4x4
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:17 pm
by Martin de Jager
At least I have done it, more than you two sissies can say,