Cheers man! appreciate the comment. I am starting to get a few brands behind me now which means i must be doing something right haha and heaps of plans for the future too
Oh dear god! I'm so excited fo this to be 30 min from Tauranga (we're moving from Southern US ) Super bummed I can't bring my sweet ass Jeep but excited for a new 4x4 build. Great video CAN'T WAIT TO WHEEL THIS!
the bogs on the Katikati side are massive and deep. have been over to Katikati and back a number of times, but in the past 5 years haven't seen any 4x4s go all the way.
I've heard plenty of horror stories from Katikati side haha it would be a huge feat to make it the whole journey. It's makes think of a challenge like 4WD24/7 doing the $1000 track haha
@@lostsheepadventuresjust found this one I only live just over an hour from this track some weekends you would get 20 - 30 trucks going up there lots from Auckland 90 minutes away the last time I went through and back would be 18 years ago hell time flies seems like yesterday and I haven’t bothered since I’m told it’s a shit hole now on the other side mean track tho you guys done all right
@@lostsheepadventures damm man ur surf does go hard, I got the same one as yours, only a 1kzte, only been able to go to the local fishing spots and recovering stuck vehicles haha
@@vantp016 They are great little weapons. Definitely loving the petrol over the diesel ae! They can pretty much get most places in NZ with a little track building
Yeah after starting an almost argument online about if our trucks would make it or not we played it safe and kept to the te aroha side as for us, this is far from home. We will be back to take on the challenge though. You can be sure of that.
@@lostsheepadventures nah they don’t do it justice haha. I live pretty local and never had a successful trip down there. You guys might of been able to squeeze your way down too finger rock which is where the actual hard part starts and turned around there, a short walk from there would give you an idea of what it’s like.
Have you visited Thompsons again lately? It's a completely different track now. I reckon in 50 years time it will be a valley separating Te Aroha and Katikati lol
Unfortunately not. It's a big haul to get the rigs up there. With ferry prices and fuel prices I'm not sure when it will happen again next. We are keen though! wanna hit all the north Island tracks we did plus more!
? Thompson's track ? Ah - I'm thinking of the older dry weather 2wd road, (4wd in adverse weather) through & along Thompson's Gorge road, between Omakau & Tarras, in Central Otago. Your in the North Island - which is why you have so much mud there - (as it's not a public road at all - but a muddy off-road)
Minta bro, took my px1 through there with some of the boys, sick experience for my first serious track, what suspension and tyres you running on your surf
40mm Ironman lift with 32" Achillies Deserthawks. After lock down though going to 50mm dobinsons and 33" Razrs. It's a wicked little trail, rather intense for a first serious track though haha glad ya made it though
I still have serious hopes to one day take a convoy of touring rigs through there. Gonna be a challenge and a half but hell. Makes for great content. hahha
@@lostsheepadventures haha yeah will make a great vid was thinking while watching this going dam if we had mean cameras back then would of been some epic footage 👌🏻
This is in the North Island. By Knowing the history of places like this. Good or bad, I hope it brings a new form of respect from people to these trails. Plus it's good to know why things are where
I want to be able to get it across that there are technical and tactical ways to an obstacle and tearing it up is the simplest form of completing that obstacle. Hopefully 'how to' videos will be coming once i find some spare time haha but cheers mate! appreciate the comment.
@@lostsheepadventures sorry to say mate but a surf never will especially set up for touring dont even bother with the track until ya got solid axle, minimum 35 silvies, lockers and a comp winch otherwise you’ll be another clown on facebook paying someone with a real 4x4 thousands to come in and drag you out. the sides are about the same length but te aroha took us an hour and katikati took 8 in peak summer so bear that in mind
@@maxneale6334 Yeah, its definitely a challenge I would like to site before attempting. might be a few scouting missions involved first with a few locals to get an idea before we tackle it one summer
I couldn’t believe the state of it here. Did it with a mate almost 20 years ago in a stock SWB safari. Effortless. To the point we went looking for trouble on a side track because it was so easy. Then we got stuck. Amazing how it’s changed.
Faaark bro that saf is sexy asf, I'm picking up a new surf hopefully this weekend, first 4x4 and then hopefully my next one will be a safari, any tips or advice you could give us?
Buy something stock standard. Both the Surf and the Saf are well time tested 4WD but if they come with modifications, you can almost always be guaranteed that they come with problems too. Not always the case but I've found stock vehicles are far more mechanically sound. Then build it from there.
@@lostsheepadventures fark yeah true bro I think the surf I'm picking up has had a few things done to it but yeah, should be all good safs are way too expensive atm so hoping they'll crash at some point
I doubt these trucks did any major impact on the track that day. Thompson's Track is also notoriously known as a rough track and the NZFWDA along with affiliated clubs are doing everything they can to keep this remote road open and accessible to the public. They understand 4WDing has a broad range of interest including those with bigger tyres and Thompsons Track is a place for them to go.
Thanks Jono I always enjoy watching your videos, they inspire me to get out and record my fun days
Duuuude that is one ridiculous track! Well done for smashing that!
Cool to see you have some sponsoorship now good on yah. Loving the vids
Cheers man! appreciate the comment. I am starting to get a few brands behind me now which means i must be doing something right haha and heaps of plans for the future too
Awesome your video edits are getting better and better!
Oh dear god! I'm so excited fo this to be 30 min from Tauranga (we're moving from Southern US ) Super bummed I can't bring my sweet ass Jeep but excited for a new 4x4 build. Great video CAN'T WAIT TO WHEEL THIS!
Do wires road first will get you accustomed to nz wheeling
@@owen8955 Thanks Fam, will do!!
Awesome location and epic adventure! Your trucks did well.
Great views! Love seeing NZ from a different perspective!! Thanks Jono 👌
the bogs on the Katikati side are massive and deep. have been over to Katikati and back a number of times, but in the past 5 years haven't seen any 4x4s go all the way.
I've heard plenty of horror stories from Katikati side haha it would be a huge feat to make it the whole journey. It's makes think of a challenge like 4WD24/7 doing the $1000 track haha
@@lostsheepadventuresjust found this one I only live just over an hour from this track some weekends you would get 20 - 30 trucks going up there lots from Auckland 90 minutes away the last time I went through and back would be 18 years ago hell time flies seems like yesterday and I haven’t bothered since I’m told it’s a shit hole now on the other side mean track tho you guys done all right
Great stuff!
Thanks!
Loved the adventure, keep em coming!!
Thanks! More are definitely on the way
@@lostsheepadventures Good on yah mate, no better time to be pumping out the videos :)
It’s awesome up there all right. Went up straight after lockdown and had a ball. Different story in the wet 😂👌
We got a little lucky in the dry. Kinda wish it was a littler wetter as in the end there wasn't a lot of excitement to film haha
Nice vids bro. Question.. @7:10, what’s that yellow thing on ur bumper if I may ask?
haha It is the plastic mount the corner segment clips onto.. if I hadn't ripped it off in the Whangamamona track earlier that week haha
@@lostsheepadventures damm man ur surf does go hard, I got the same one as yours, only a 1kzte, only been able to go to the local fishing spots and recovering stuck vehicles haha
@@vantp016 They are great little weapons. Definitely loving the petrol over the diesel ae! They can pretty much get most places in NZ with a little track building
It’s was good to meet u in mace town
Wicked to come across ya aswell! always eager to meet a fan and finally put a face to the name haha love the Jimney too!
Thanks so much super keen to do a trip
Kati side is where it gets its name from good track
Yeah after starting an almost argument online about if our trucks would make it or not we played it safe and kept to the te aroha side as for us, this is far from home. We will be back to take on the challenge though. You can be sure of that.
@@lostsheepadventures wise move haha cheers
@@lostsheepadventures you’ll be very glad you didn’t go down katikati side, completely different world down there.
@@gagemcgregor2123 yeah videos is of course ill Ive seen but they never do it justice for what it is really like. Will be keen one day haha
@@lostsheepadventures nah they don’t do it justice haha. I live pretty local and never had a successful trip down there. You guys might of been able to squeeze your way down too finger rock which is where the actual hard part starts and turned around there, a short walk from there would give you an idea of what it’s like.
Have you visited Thompsons again lately? It's a completely different track now. I reckon in 50 years time it will be a valley separating Te Aroha and Katikati lol
Unfortunately not. It's a big haul to get the rigs up there. With ferry prices and fuel prices I'm not sure when it will happen again next. We are keen though! wanna hit all the north Island tracks we did plus more!
? Thompson's track ?
Ah - I'm thinking of the older dry weather 2wd road, (4wd in adverse weather) through & along Thompson's Gorge road, between Omakau & Tarras, in Central Otago.
Your in the North Island - which is why you have so much mud there - (as it's not a public road at all - but a muddy off-road)
First one great video
Minta bro, took my px1 through there with some of the boys, sick experience for my first serious track, what suspension and tyres you running on your surf
40mm Ironman lift with 32" Achillies Deserthawks. After lock down though going to 50mm dobinsons and 33" Razrs.
It's a wicked little trail, rather intense for a first serious track though haha glad ya made it though
Used to do katikati side on the regular long bog can be death of trucks walked out few times at 3am 🤣🤣
I still have serious hopes to one day take a convoy of touring rigs through there. Gonna be a challenge and a half but hell. Makes for great content. hahha
@@lostsheepadventures haha yeah will make a great vid was thinking while watching this going dam if we had mean cameras back then would of been some epic footage 👌🏻
Is the north or South Island? Beautiful country but sad history with the plane 😥
This is in the North Island. By Knowing the history of places like this. Good or bad, I hope it brings a new form of respect from people to these trails. Plus it's good to know why things are where
Did you sell the tj jeep? Aka shrinkwrap?
Yeap, like half a year ago or more now haha
@@lostsheepadventures was it sad to see it go?
@@dinomonster4541 still wish I had it some days but the surf is growing on me rapidly haha
@@lostsheepadventures i get that, I guess thats more comfortable than the jeep
What lift has the surf got
40mm IronMan lift
love ya vids bud, the fact you dont just tear up the ground for fun is brilliant unlike that crawler 79 guy all he does is destroy the tracks
I want to be able to get it across that there are technical and tactical ways to an obstacle and tearing it up is the simplest form of completing that obstacle. Hopefully 'how to' videos will be coming once i find some spare time haha but cheers mate! appreciate the comment.
Different tracks require different techniques, not everywhere is grippy enough to crawl through
You only did the western side.
Yes. From what I have heard my vehicle wouldn't handle the Eastern at this stage
@@lostsheepadventures sorry to say mate but a surf never will especially set up for touring dont even bother with the track until ya got solid axle, minimum 35 silvies, lockers and a comp winch otherwise you’ll be another clown on facebook paying someone with a real 4x4 thousands to come in and drag you out.
the sides are about the same length but te aroha took us an hour and katikati took 8 in peak summer so bear that in mind
@@maxneale6334 Yeah, its definitely a challenge I would like to site before attempting. might be a few scouting missions involved first with a few locals to get an idea before we tackle it one summer
Te arhoa side of Tommy’s is a bit worse for wear now days
I couldn’t believe the state of it here. Did it with a mate almost 20 years ago in a stock SWB safari. Effortless. To the point we went looking for trouble on a side track because it was so easy. Then we got stuck. Amazing how it’s changed.
Faaark bro that saf is sexy asf, I'm picking up a new surf hopefully this weekend, first 4x4 and then hopefully my next one will be a safari, any tips or advice you could give us?
Buy something stock standard. Both the Surf and the Saf are well time tested 4WD but if they come with modifications, you can almost always be guaranteed that they come with problems too. Not always the case but I've found stock vehicles are far more mechanically sound. Then build it from there.
@@lostsheepadventures fark yeah true bro I think the surf I'm picking up has had a few things done to it but yeah, should be all good safs are way too expensive atm so hoping they'll crash at some point
You guys won’t be able to get up their now theirs has been some big slips and only dirtbikes and maybe quad bikes that can get through now
Ya do a good job but ya big tires just fuck the tracks.
I doubt these trucks did any major impact on the track that day. Thompson's Track is also notoriously known as a rough track and the NZFWDA along with affiliated clubs are doing everything they can to keep this remote road open and accessible to the public. They understand 4WDing has a broad range of interest including those with bigger tyres and Thompsons Track is a place for them to go.