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The Official Magazine of
The Cross Country Vehicle Club (Wellington) Inc
PO Box 38-762, Te Puni 5045, Wellington
www.facebook.com/wellingtonccvc/
The club meets at 7:30pm on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the
Petone Working Men’s Club
www.ccvc.org.nz
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WHEN HELP IS NEEDED
Should any members fail to return from any outing, four wheel drive or
otherwise, whether as a club member or as a private individual, the fol-
lowing person/s should be contacted in the first instance:
Anthony Reid 973 8262 or 027 273 6579 or 021 061 1831
Morris Jury 566 6197 or 027 536 9596
Vehicle Inspectors
Table of Contents Brian Howat
Howat Engineering
Cover Wellington Harbour from Belmont Trig 10 Horlor St, Naenae
Ph. 04 567 1471
P. 3 Help, Index, Safety Inspectors
Antony Hargreaves
P. 4 Upcoming National Events Epuni Motors 1987 Ltd
Hawkins St, Lower Hutt
P. 5 New Club Clothing on offer Ph. 04 569 3485
P. 6 CCVC Awards Night - Fri 07 July 2017
Dave Bowler
Pete Beckett
P. 7 Presidents Piece, Special Trip 20 May Bowler Motors Ltd
11 Raiha St, Porirua
P. 7 Good Things are Worth Waiting For!!! Ph. 04 237 7251
Grant Guy
P. 8 Skyline / Makara Peak G Guy Motors
61-63 Thorndon Quay, Wellington
P. 9 Winch Challege 01-02 July Ph. 04 472 2020
P. 10 2016/2017 Presidents Report Shane & Carl
Mendoza Mechanical
P. 11 Member Profile - Ash Senior 34 Goodshed Road, Upper Hutt
Ph. 04 527 7274
P. 13 South Coast Land Rover Excursion
P. 15 The Demise of the Jeep
P. 20 Club Roll of Honour
P. 21 Trip Categories NB: Please remember to call and make
an appointment before turning up for
P. 22 Upcoming Trips - April, May and June an inspection!
MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS
This is your magazine so it can only be as good as the contributions you make!! We need any articles, trip reports,
technical items, “How-to’s”, etc to be in the hands of the editor by the end of each calendar month.
Please email to newsletter@ccvc.org.nz or post to 34a Hine Rd, Wainuiomata or fax to 04 914 8366.
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the club, it’s executive o r committee members. Publi-
cation of maintenance techniques or mechanical modifications should be weighed against generally accepted procedures and the Club should not be considered an authority in this
area.
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Upcoming National Events
May 28: Mudfest 2017
Meremere Mud Park, Drag Lane, Meremere (adjacent to the drag strip). 9am to 5pm Mud Drags, Mud Drifting, a Mudka-
na, even Mud Cruising. If you like getting down and dirty in your 4x4 in a fun, supportive off-road environment this is
the event for you. Open to all comers. You don’t need a big 4x4 but the organisers reckon one might help if you want to
clear all the obstacles on the track. For more information check out the event Facebook page at www.facebook.com/
events/188072324958081/
Jun 04: Off Road Racing North Island Championship
Round 2, Woodhill 100 hosted by AORC at Woodhill. Enduro event only. Details at www.oranz.co.nz
Jun 17-18: Off Road Racing South Island Championship
Round 2, hosted by Canterbury Off Road Club at Christchurch. Short course and Enduro. Details at www.oranz.co.nz
Aug 05: Off Road Racing South Island Championship
Round 3, hosted by Canterbury Off Road Club at Christchurch. Enduro. Details at www.oranz.co.nz
Sept 08-10: NZ1000
Hosted by the Auckland Offroad Racing Clubat Atiamuri Forest, Oruanui. Keep a look at www.aucklandoffroadracing.co.nz
for further details as they come to hand.
Sep 30: Off Road Racing North Island Championship
Round 3, hosted by Waikato. Short course only. Details at www.oranz.co.nz
Oct 21-22: Off Road Racing Championship
Final, to be held at Nelson. Short course and Enduro. Details at www.oranz.co.nz
Some details in this column appear courtesy of Cathy Parker, publisher of the New Zealand 4WD and Sportvehicles magazine. Potential
participants should contact the event organiser; CCVC cannot take responsibility for any changes or inadvertent inaccuracies.
CCVC Club Member’s Photos and Videos
We are always keen to share club member’s trip photos and videos at Club night.
Here are some simple guidelines to make it easy for everyone:
Pick your best 6 to 10 photos , resized to 1152 x 864 pixels (or use a lower resolution on your camera)
Email them with a brief description of event, location, date taken and any notes you would like included to Dave Kibblewhite
email address: verda@xtra.co.nz
OR
Put on a USB stick and contact Dave to arrange collection / dropoff
Always looking for 4WD related video clips, Powerpoint presentations, YouTube listings etc that can be shown on clubnight – we have the
technology!
I need all material by 7.00pm on the Monday night prior to Club night to allow sufficient time to prepare the data show. If you have a “ready
to show” USB stick with sequenced, correctly rotated photos and or video or Powerpoint presentation ready to show , these could be
given to me on the night but please contact Dave prior to arrange. Any questions please contact Dave
Contact details Dave Kibblewhite
43 Tennyson Avenue, Avalon, Lower Hutt
021 765 554 anytime
04 939 8840 work
04 577 0680 home (before 9.00pm)
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Club Clothing
John Vruink on behalf of the club has
been investigating club branded clothing
for members to purchase. He is working
on getting samples and we will get the
gear modelled and photographed shortly
(and include a form to fill out) but in the
meantime here is a list of the new club
clothing and prices:
Cap Navy/White 4014 $15
Beanie Navy 3059 $20
Hoodie Navy ZHH $75
Soft Shell Jacket Black SJM $110
Jacket GJ Navy/Charcoal $100
Polo Shirt Navy/White $40
If interested please contact John directly on john.vruink@gmail.com
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CCVC 2017 Annual
Awards Evening
Fri 07 July 2017
Military Road
Lower Hutt
Cost: $20 members & partners, $40 guests
Drinks from 6pm, dinner at 7pm
Guest Speaker: Davie Hughes (founder of Swazi)
CCVC in association with Action Tyres will present a $1000 tyre
voucher to some lucky ticket holder!
Also drawn on the night will be
the Club Champs winner of the
weekend away in Martinborough at
Brackenridge Estate.
Bookings can be made via the club Wild Apricot website. For more de-
tails contact John Vruink on 567 1142 or 027 443 9981.
Bookings required by June club night.
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President’s Piece
Start the new year right – this is intended to be a regular piece in the newsletter for 2017 (the new Club year
started in 1 April but this is near enough). AGM on May 10th, always look forward to that except it’s the first
one I’ve run so could be interesting! Followed by the regular Club night meeting. Remember that the Club
meetings are now at Boulcott Farm Golf Course on Military Road in Lower Hutt. Anyone caught going to PWMC
will be an automatic Gumboot nomination.
All details for the Club are now on the Wild Apricot membership site at http://ccvcwellington.wildapricot.org ,
including the trip calendar. So no need to use the old web site and remember that the login is your email ad-
dress and password is your own private password (which you can reset if you’ve forgotten it). This has been
running for some time so most members will be familiar with it, but if not it’s been loaded with your details as
provided when you joined and you can update these yourself. So get in there and check. Trip calendar, mem-
ber contact details, trading post, Club documents, photos etc etc. Also events including the Awards night in
July which you book and pay for on the web site – a fantastic offer 50% subsidized by the Club.
We’re always looking for contributions to club night and to the newsletter – so send in those Photos of your
recent trip for everyone to see at Club night and we really need the trip reports from those great trips you’ve
been on. Trip leaders have been getting the pressure put on them to get a volunteer to write trip reports for
the newsletter and to help with this we’re developing a simple template which will help you do this. Remem-
ber anything is better than nothing and you don’t need to be a great writer so please get a report in if you get
nominated. And you probably don’t know this but CCVC has been sending newsletters to the National Archives
for years, so anything in the newsletter is part of New Zealand’s recorded history and you’ll be part of it.
Hope to see you at our next club night.
Hi everyone
I am running a slightly different trip on Sat 20 May.
The plan is to explore the Akas with a few more stops than usual to give people a chance to look at (and
in my case photograph) some of areas we normally just drive past.
I am also looking at taking some more interesting tracks that we don't do on the family shiny trips.
Meeting 9:00 at Moonshine / Haywoods corner.
David
027 451 0361
Good Things are Worth Waiting For!!!!
Saturday 22nd April 2017 and it was third (or was it fourth) time lucky for the Wellington City Council approved
“special” trip through the Wellington Western hills.
This trip has been promised for a couple of years as a “thank you” from the Wellington City Council to club
members who have contributed to WCC events such as the South Coast planting and beach clean up’s. The
event has been on the clubs calendar a number of times in the past but has always been cancelled due to the
weather, but not this time.
I am trusting that there will be a second trip report (hopefully with photos) from Andrew Gee who was initially
nominated to write the report due to being late (by at least a minute) to the meeting point of Raroa Station in
Johnsonville. I was later also nominated due to a minor mechanical issue with my vehicle (lack of 4wd) which
rectified itself during the trip and seems to be working just fine now.
The trip itself started at the top of Broadmeadows and followed the track up to the top of Mt Kaukau where we
stopped for photos and to admire the view of the beautiful city we live in (You can’t beat Wellington on a good
day, and this was a stunner!!).
From the top of Kaukau we followed the various ridges and tracks and despite the odd wrong track being tak-
en by the trip leader (never more than a few metres fortunately) we arrived at Karori having enjoyed many
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great views (including of the mainland) on what was a windless and cloudless day.
Having transited through Karori we followed the track to the top of Makara Peak where we again stopped to
admire the views. We then continued on the track down to the Makara Karori road regrouping in Makara Vil-
lage.
Up to this point the trip leader was David Sole with Barry Insull running tail but from there on they swapped
over and Barry took the lead for the rest of the trip.
Along South Makara Road to Kinnoull Station then following the Karori Stream track to the beach. From there
around to the lighthouse (not many seals) then back around the coast exiting at Owhiro Bay mid afternoon.
Numbers were limited and there is talk of trying to organise a second trip for people who could not get on this
one so watch this space.
Many thanks to David Sole and Barry Insull for arranging this trip and persevering with it despite the weather
having been against them when attempting to run it in the past.
A great trip and well worth the wait for such a perfect day weather wise. Good things really are worth waiting
for and this was one of them.
John Parfitt
The lawyers are taking over
Q. Why are lawyers buried 12 feet under?
A. Because deep down they are good.
Skyline/Makara Peak run, 22 April
Has CCVC been taken over by lawyers, charging in 3 minute blocks? I was barely 5 minutes late to the driv-
er's briefing on Saturday morning and I was the last one there. Everybody was busting to get up on to the
Skyline track that the WCC had given us access to as a payback for the community things we do for them.
The trip had been postponed once already because we needed the ground to be perfectly dry and there was to
be no wheelspin allowed.
Imagine my surprize to see John Parfitt's Boris mobile to light up his rear tyres and still not move as soon as
we got onto the dirt. I let some air out of my tyres in case it was as difficult as Boris was making it look while
we waited for a tow to be arranged. John went on to blame Toyota unreliability and not operator error. May I
just plug Club Champs events or the Central Zone Club Truck Challenge for a little advanced driver training in
a safe environment.
At this early point a mountain biker was coming off the track and he said that he thought it was cool that the
Council had allowed us to use the track. We continued up the Skyline track to Mt Kaukau by an all dirt route,
not the usual sealed track that leads to the aerial. We took in the views from the top of Kaukau because of
the still dry weather and had a coffee before continuing along Skyline to Parkvale Rd in Karori.
At the Karori roadend Ian Hutchings left his passengers on the side of the road and continued on his merry
way. We headed down to St Albans Ave to enter Makara Peak mountain bike park. We drove Snake Charmer
to the top, stopping to have a look at the new suspension bridge that had just opened. The bikers had raised
$130,000 to build this 72 m long bridge. At the top of the park we stopped to take in the view. I thought I
might return on my bike to try the bridge so I asked a family who was at the top how long it took them to ride
up the hill, the Dad went full mental and wanted to know why I bought all these cars to the MTB park when he
came here to avoid cars. Where was a CCVC lawyer when I needed one?
After regrouping in Makara the convoy headed to Kinoull station to follow Karori Stream down to the coast.
We had lunch while we were still in the stream as a drone buzzed overhead. Continuing onto the coast we
went as far as Tongue Point and saw some seals. After that the trip headed over Devil's Gate and out at Red
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Rocks.
Thanks to the trip leaders David Sole and Barry Insul for a successful trip with only one complaint. Mr mental
mountain biker had the last word when he took it to Facebook on Saturday night posting a photo of the vehi-
cles parked at the top of Makara Peak to Welly MTB tracks and ranting about the City Council allowing vehicles
in Makara Peak and also on the Waterfront over Easter (the VW Nationals). Club members Grant Uridge and
James Dobson posted positive comments and the other mountain bikers were fairly nonplussed about it, most
of them supportive. The whole posting was removed later that night.
Andrew Gee
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CCVC—Member Profile
Ash Senior has been involved in
four wheel driving as far back as
he can remember since their
family owned a bach in the
Wairarapa which needed a 4WD
to get to it. An active member in
the trials aspect, Ash is often
participating on our CCVC club
champs and Central Zone Club
challenges in his class 2 Pajero.
For the last 2 years Ash has been running a fabrication and an auto-
motive performance business (www.kaizenworks.co.nz) from a large
workshop behind his house in Taita. From concept through to build -
he can do it all.
His 10 plus year membership at CCVC allows him to meet other like-
minded 4WD owners who want to challenge their skills and vehicles
on Club and Hard Yakka trips. He particular loves having access to
land and seeing parts of the NZ landscape that is not available to the
general public.
This is a new section in the magazine, maybe you and your business can be showcased
here, contact the publicity officer or any committee member for details.
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South Coast Landrover Excursion
An invite arrived in the inbox for a South Wel-
lington Coast trip put on by a keen group of
local Landrover enthusiasts. It happened to
mention non-Landrovers were welcome along
so why not go. Sounded like they were head-
ing into Long Gully which we haven’t been in
for a few years so I put my hand up as a past
Landrover owner. Greg Byrom from CCVC
was arranging the trip and with a minor dig
about Jeep’s I was signed up to go.
A misty and drizzly Saturday had a group of
about 20 vehicles meeting up by the Brooklyn
wind turbine. A few other makes had sneaked
in on the trip but most attention was focused
on the Rover badge. Leon had out one of his
many Landrovers (complete with genuine
moss) which was probably the oldest truck.
At the opposite end of the Rover models was
a near new Supercharged Range Rover on
street slicks ready to tackle the tracks. With
the number of road orientated trucks in the
group we were never going to tackle anything
to adventurous, or were we!
The 10am kick-off was more like 11 but no
one was complaining and once we got under-
way we travelled reasonably quickly through
Long Gully Station as the mist was blocking a
fare chunk of the views. We were being es-
corted by Doc Watson, the son of Steve who
some of the club members know from earlier
visits. As we headed down to the coast we
stopped to check out a track down into a pad-
dock which I had never been down. Water
ruts were pretty deep and it was decided that
you could try it or walk down and watch, I
think in the end everyone got down but not
without a few issues. One RangeRover decid-
ed to hug the rut and would have come to
grief without some experienced hands filling
in the hole so no damage was done.
At the bottom a few of us tackled a scoured
out stream crossing and up the creek to a
shooting range. After a little play it was back
up the track where a Discovery found that
avoiding the ruts was probably a better idea
than driving into them. This rut was so deep
we ended up getting David Coxon back down
the track (no room to get past) and use his
winch to extract the seriously cross axled
truck.
All up safely onto the main track and then down to the beach, the day was playing its part and by now it was a
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very pleasant day with no wind. We tracked
along to the stations new implement shed
which looked very much like a comfortable
place to spend a few days. Hot cuppa and
lunch, along with plenty of chat before the
group split up for a drive around to the light-
house for some and a drive out for others.
This was not a CCVC trip but plenty of mem-
bers attended and some new faces and vehi-
cles made it an interesting and enjoyable day
out. Thanks Greg for putting it on, well done.
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It all started over a month ago.
After performing brilliantly over
Waitangi weekend at Otapawa
where I got a bit hot on the last
day. This wasn’t a great surprise
as I had been somehow promoted
to recovery and tow vehicle over
the 3 days. This also meant that
no alarm bells were ringing in an-
yone’s minds. We made it home
without a hitch and I was snug-
gled up in the garage again for a
well-deserved rest.
The next weekend was the start of
the demise of me. The day start-
ed off just like any other trip – the birds were singing; the sky was blue and the sun was shining. Oh, who am
I kidding, this is Upper Hutt so it was grey, cloudy and drizzling. My handsome and skilled pilot, Frank, was
rearing to go like usual, even more so as this was the first trip he had run in quite a few months. He loaded
me up with the essentials, made sure I had a full tank of fuel (I am a jeep after all, and we all know about
jeeps and their fuel guzzling), and we were on our way.
The trip was starting at Moonshine/Haywards Corner, destined for the Akatarawas. Me, Frank, and his co-
pilot for the day Alyssa rocked on up with a spring in our steps and smiles on our faces. The trip was going
well. We were conquering all obstacles and hadn’t managed to lose anyone yet. We stopped at the play-
ground for lunch under the pylons overlooking Kapiti. A few went for the mandatory play in the forest through
the mudholes. I was made to sit this one out being the team leader and all that, until I had to perform my
famous recovery skills to rescue Suzie Blue once again. Then with the words ‘What could go wrong here’, I
was, under duress I might add, piloted to the same hole that I had just rescued Suzie Blue from where I
promptly got stuck. I was then forced to have to perform a self-recovery. Once extracted out of the forest I
developed a charging issue, but due to the factor that I was still running we decided to charge on, but all was
still not well.
I was making funny noises and my
transmission was not performing
as well as it should. I then started
getting hot again. This wasn’t like
me so at long crossing I decided
to peel off the group to try and
cool myself down and sort my shit
out. Mudlark bravely fell into my
leader’s shoes and carried on with
the troops. Big Baloo stayed by
my side for moral support (his pi-
lot’s facial smirks told me there
may have been an ulterior mo-
tive). Once I had my shit together
and felt a bit cooler we decided to
re-join the troops with me leading
Big Baloo (I can still feel those
grins on my rear). I was still
making a lot of noise but I was persevering until all of a sudden I ran out of drive going up a small incline half-
way along Pram Track. This caused an issue as it was my turn to be recovered but my tow vehicle was behind
me. With some careful and skilful manoeuvring we rectified that situation and managed to get Big Baloo in
front. Much to my disgust and embarrassment I then had to endure being towed out by a Toyota (I might get
over it one day).
All the way home to Trentham I had my head hanging low, hoping to not be seen. The most capable 4wd on
the trip and I was being towed by a Japanese Ute. Well everything started escalating from there. I was treat-
ed to a new radiator to assist with the overheating issue. The water was drained out of my transmission to be
replaced with new transmission fluid and a filter. You’d think this would be an easy fix but who was I kidding.
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I wasn’t making it that simple for my pilot. For weeks on end Frank was constantly found on his back under-
neath my body. All that could be seen of him was his feet sticking out like Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz
(minus the ruby slippers). I learnt a lot of new swear words over this time as this seemed to be the only vo-
cabulary Frank had these days. I often wonder if I had some influence on that. I also had to suffer and
watch my pilot heading off with other pilots and betraying me by travelling in other vehicles.
Once the rebuilt transmission was
installed we headed off to Orongo-
rongos, this time with co-pilot and
photographer Nic. All went well
and was looking promising until
after the Airfield. I decided I was-
n’t quite ready for this much
stress – I had gotten rather used
to semi-retirement. I started to
overheat causing us to have to fall
behind the pack. A few bottles of
water were poured over my radia-
tor and I was left to rest for a
while
We carried on to the river, trying
to act like nothing had happened.
Once again, I was escorted by a
foreign utility. We then had to
wait again while track mainte-
nance was performed – at least I
got a bit more rest to cool down
some more. Once we could carry
on I made a few trips up and down
the river but to no avail. My pilot’s attempts to make me behave weren’t successful. I had really spat the
dummy so it was decided to call it a day. It was the shortest trip we had ever had. We then roared our way
home to Upper Hutt (I prefer the open road, I cruised along there fine feeling the breeze in my grill), taking a
quick detour to Repco Lower Hutt to get the necessary parts (or so they thought).
It turns out I was hiding the real fault. What they thought was a water pump and thermostat fault was actual-
ly a faulty viscus fan clutch. A new one was purchased and installed meaning I no longer would overheat.
Still upset by my previous betrayals I decided to put the brakes on for any other trips and not release them. I
was shown the errors of my ways and locked away in the garage again when I was cursed at over and over
again. My brakes were promptly
ripped from my body and sent
away. I was put back together in
time for the next trip in the Aka’s
which was then called off due to
unpredictable weather on the hori-
zon.
Next trip out will be Easter Week-
end, ‘Stu’s day in the Aka’s’. I
might put on my big boy’s shoes
and behave myself this time. I
guess I should considering the
amount of time and money I have
cost my pilot – not to mention the
family that has been forgotten and
the meals that I made go cold.
So, unless I have a change of
heart. That’s all folks!!!
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Cross Country Vehicle Club
Roll of Honour
THE ROLL OF HONOUR CELEBRATES LIFE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB
WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY
Bob Jeffery
George Bean
Peter Boniface
Ron Oliver
Vern Lill
Steve O’Callaghan
Ron Wadham
Owen Farqhar
Ron Johnson
Member Information:
Name Joined Life Brief History Deceased
Member
Bob Jeffery 1971 1981 Meeting to form CCVC held at Bob’s house 1998
Steward 1982
George Bean 1971 2004 Treasurer 1972, 73, 74, 81, 82, 84
Steward 1976
Peter Boniface 1971 2006 Not listed as a committee member 2006
Ron Oliver 1971 1979 Initial President in 1971
President 1972, 73, 74
Vern Lill 1971 1981 Committee 1974, 76, Steward 1975
Delegate 1977, 78, Vice President 1979, 80 2014
Steve O’Callaghan 1994 2015 New Members Officer 1999 till 2015 2015
Ron Wadham 1993 2004 Safety Officer 1997, 98, led many CCVC trips 2015
Owen Farqhar 1971? 2006 Vice President 1978, 79, 86, 87 2016
Delegate 1996
Ron Johnson 1980 2006 One of our founding members, Competitions
Officer 1984, Committee member 1983, 85 2017
CCVC Life Members
Tom Adams Graham Barr Leith Bean Stuart Brown Andy Cockroft
Mike Gall John Hughes Heather Jeffery Steve Lacey Colin Landy
Phil Lewton Bruce Mulhare Raynor Mulhare Peter Osborne Ross Perkins
Grant Purdie Tony Street
CLUB RADIO CALL SIGNS
The Club uses a series of radio call signs in the Kxxx series to meet our licence requirements. Once you get on a trip you
soon know what call sign is tail end charlie etc for the day. But basically if you don’t yet have a Call Sign you are not au-
thorised to use the Club radio licence.
Call signs are available to financial members on request to database@ccvc.org.nz
So if you have purchased a suitable radio for CCVC use, make sure you get a call sign allocated.
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The following trip category definitions, plus any additional requirements specified on individual Trip Infor-
mation Sheets, will be enforced, for safety reasons. Trip Leaders will turn away vehicles or drivers that do not
comply. The vehicle and driver requirements given here are a summary of the full requirements listed on the
club website. Please refer to www.ccvc.org.nz for a definitive list of requirements.
For all Categories: All open or soft-top vehicles must have a roll bar or roll cage.
All Categories other than Family 4X4 are for members only. Prospective members and visitors are welcome
if they can demonstrate to the Trip Leader they are members of another club and have adequate experience.
Family 4X4:
Description: Family trip. These trips will be straightforward and will usually include some degree of guidance
in driving techniques as necessary.
Drivers: Particularly suited to family outings and drivers new to off-road driving, this category is also open to
anybody who enjoys this style of trip.
Members: Anybody is welcome, especially prospective new members.
Vehicles: An important objective is minimal challenge and minimal risk to vehicles. Club safety equipment is
mandatory for club members; it is not mandatory for non-members although it is recommended for vehicles
once their drivers have participated in one or two trips. All open or soft-top vehicles must have a roll bar or
roll cage.
Shiny 4x4:
Description: More difficult family trips, for shiny wagons and drivers with some experience who want more
challenge and don’t mind minor bush marks etc on their vehicles.
Drivers: Must have some experience, particularly important are experience in stropping, failed hill climbs,
steep descents and sidelings. Club members must have completed CCVC Driver Training and participated in at
least 2 Family 4X4 trips after becoming a member.
Vehicles: Vehicles must have mud tyres, tow hooks and all the required equipment per the club’s document
"Vehicle Safety & Equipment Inspections". This applies to all vehicles on the trip.
Club 4x4:
Description: Challenging trips, for experienced drivers. There will be steep and challenging terrain, modestly
deep water and mud, likelihood of bush marks.
Drivers: Must have experience beyond that required for Shiny 4x4 trips, including water crossings and vehicle
recovery. Club members must have participated in at least 2 Shiny 4X4 trips.
Vehicles: Must have mud tyres, tow hooks and all the required equipment per the club’s document "Vehicle
Safety & Equipment Inspections". This applies to all vehicles on the trip. Accessories such as high-lift jacks,
externally mounted spare tyre, bush bars and multiple jacking points are of advantage. Winches are often par-
ticularly useful. Generally a short wheelbase vehicle is better suited for the tight tracks.
Hard Yakka:
Description: Difficult trips with very challenging terrain and surfaces, where winching, digging, and vehicle
damage are all a possibility!
Drivers: Experienced drivers only, must have approval of Trip Leader. Club members must have participated
in at least 3 Club 4X4 trips.
Vehicles: As per the Club 4x4 category. In addition, a roll-bar or roll-cage is recommended for all vehicles on
Hard Yakka trips. Often a winch is mandatory on a Hard Yakka trip; this will be specified on the Trip Infor-
mation Sheet
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