River Trip 6-10 August 2015 AKA Die Groot Trek - Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)
River Trip 6-10 August 2015 AKA Die Groot Trek
Post by offroadbiker » 03 Mar 2015 13:38
Vertrek Donderdag 06 Augustus van waar ook al jy gewoonlik jou hoof ter ruste le......
Dondrdag aand kamp ons in die Molotots.
Frydag oggend van 07h30 begin ons in die rivier af ry.
Krugersdorp tot by ingang van Molototsi 472km
Roete is basies die N1 tot by Polokwane, Stop by Shell vir iets te ete (opsioneel) en maak voertuie vol, en dan die R81 waar ons optop by Maphalle 126km va Polokwane. Van hier is dit nog 20km tot by ingang van Molototsi, Mapsource dui brandstof aan by Senakwe 2 km voor ingang, maar dit is nie altyd beskikbaar, indien wel top ons daar op net vir ekstra gemoedsrus.
Volg die Molototsi dan vir ongeveer 100km tot waar hy uitmond in die Groot Letaba. (Aanduiding is dat indien nie haastig vat hy so 3 dae om te doen, as ons vining/vroeg klaar maak (2 dae) is dit so 35km tot by die ingang van die Klein Letaba en kan ons dit ook ry - het dit vorige keer in 1.5 dae gery).
Brandstofverbruik teerpad soos wat jy natuurlik jou voertuig ken Binne in die rivier het my 4.2 geval van 5.5 na 1.9km/L en Oellie se 4.5 van 5.9 na so 3km/l, natuurlik hoe meer jy speel hoe swaarder kan dit raak....
Jy het minstens so 7/8ure nodig om daar en dan weer terug te kom, dus ook die rede waarom daar twee dae uitgesit word net om heen en weer te ry.
Vir sekere mense is dit nie moontlik om die Donderdag verlof te kry nie en ry hulle eers die Frydag oggend 02h00 weg by die huis en kry ons hulle by die ingang van die rivier.
Dit is dus moontlik om die trip vir net die Frydag tot Sondag te maak, maar dit beteken laaaang ure agter die stuur, of van die Donderdag tot die Maandag en dit 'n lekker kuier trip te maak.
Brandstof = 900km teerpad en 170km dik sand as ons beide riviere ry.
Beplanning is vir so 20 voertuie maar as daar meer is dan werk ons daar om.
Basiese verloop van die dag
Hier om en by 10h00/11h00 stop jy waar ookal jy is en word daar brunch gemaak, aangesien ons so groot groep is stop die voertuie in die geval in kleiner groepe en doen elkeen sy ding.
Toegang tot "kamp" is hout van elke voertuig - daar is gewoonlik genoeg hout in die rivier en elke voertuig sleep maar so halwe boom na die kampplek.
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Post by offroadbiker » 03 Mar 2015 13:40
1	Dirk	- Offroadbiker
2	Graham	- Pathmaker
5	Chris	- Bogeyman
8	Peter C
11	Johan Joubert
12	David Volschenk
13	Eddie Gouws
16 Gary Roberts
17 Chris Skinner
19 Nissan KingCab
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Post by juice » 03 Mar 2015 16:22
15 gary roberts
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Post by Tinus lotz » 03 Mar 2015 17:03
Mooi man greg gaan lekke wees ek verjaar die 7 de so ons gaan mooi braai.....
Post by iandvl » 03 Mar 2015 17:33
Meh. This sucketh terribly.
Was hoping to be able to join and was about to chat with the wife, and then I realised I will probably be in Las Vegas at this time
Post by Alex Roux » 03 Mar 2015 18:19
Ian, you might thnk you have mixed feelngs about uhmmm Las vegas versus Rivertrip...
But reality is, you will surely miss out.
Hierdie gaan een super briljante trip wees
Post by iandvl » 03 Mar 2015 18:31
Alex Roux wrote: <snip>Ian, you might thnk you have mixed feelngs about uhmmm Las vegas versus Rivertrip...</snip>
Sadly, I've got no mixed feelings about Vegas versus River Trip. BlackHat USA (https://www.blackhat.com/us-15/) takes place just before the river trip - as it does every year. And besides that, apart from 2013, I've been going to Vegas every year since 2007 (I think).
To summarise, I'm really not a Vegas person. I would far prefer being with my family and doing something interesting (like heading out to some place I've not been before in my Patrol) then stuck in Vegas...
Post by Tony » 03 Mar 2015 20:40
I'm in, with my lightie - just need to check whether I can get the 6th & 7th off work. Does the direction of travel in the Molotsi riverbed take us close to Eiland in the Hans Merensky Nature Reserve? I.e. we travel in a SE direction.
Post by offroadbiker » 04 Mar 2015 07:07
Tony wrote: I'm in, with my lightie - just need to check whether I can get the 6th & 7th off work. Does the direction of travel in the Molotsi riverbed take us close to Eiland in the Hans Merensky Nature Reserve? I.e. we travel in a SE direction.
We will be entering the Molotots before Eiland and traveling past it in the river bed, where we get out of the Molotots it is aprx 40-50km back to the Eiland via the grave road that goes through Hans merensky.
Post by offroadbiker » 10 Mar 2015 09:07
Might be leaving the 6th directly after school, planning in progress, otherwise Friday morning 02h00