29th June – Driving day Slab Common

£20 per car

Members only as normal so if your not a member hurry up and join its only £10

Burger bar will be present as normal

All usual club rules apply

Any Questions please feel free to ask

Great site lots of sand and water

Here are is a video from the outing in December 2007 that I put together, and a photo promo our webmaster Chip put together.

Slab Common Video

Photo promo

If you missed Hogmoor, don't miss this.

The last time we were there we had over 100 trucks, and there was still enough room that you didn't keep bumping into each other (as it were...no comments please).

Hi,

I should hopefully be going.

I've heard that the sand knackers your brakes/discs - is this true or is ok after a wash down?

Is the entrance well sign posted or is it like hogmoor where its a gap in the fence!

Steve

The gap is a little bigger with slab.

The sand does clean them some what and if your brakes are iffy when you enter they will be dead before you get home.

best I give mine a check over in that case.

Dave.

I'll try & be there - in a slightly more appropriate vehicle this time!

Si

I think you should have given the van a go Would've made good video. There were plenty of people around to get you unstuck...

yup it does! and alternators

Erm, and your wheel bearings.... Ok so I was well stuck in the sandy water

Mind you, my friends went before he even got there!
I think they were just scared

I thought you were going to set up shop in your mobile advert

will you be playing or marshalling

Bumpety bump. Don't forget it's this Sunday...

Looking forward to trying out my new purchase around the site. Not getting stuck will be the main aim though.

The racer is going to Stunning to have a new box so I can come on sunday

I'll be somewhere in a field in Pilton raving it up - although by the look of the weather forecast I may end up muddier than if I was at Slab

Remember to take lots of photos everyone!

Glad i checked my brake pads as they were almost gone! only thing is now ive looked at the brakes ive ended up buying new seals and pistons as they were knakered..........Hope they arrive tomorow! otherwise im going to miss slab again!


Dave.

I'd be tempted to save a brake refurb until after slab if possible - save ruining brand new bits. But maybe take the new pads with you in the box just incase you need them to get you home - fairly easy to change at the site if needs be.

was a bit of a had to be done job unfortunately. 3 pistons were seized 2 of the wiper seals were gone.

Dave.

I will be there in the RR before I sorn it for a little while

mm sorn don't you mean break it

I am planning to go, having recently joined the slrc.

Daan

We'll be there as usual, it will be nice to meet you Daan

Fridge any chance of passing on some metal work to head in Slab's direction as i think someone had their forgetful head on for the committee meeting.
Thank you very,very much in advance. Ash

I don't think i am meant to go to slab.....Starter Motors packed in now!

Dave.

wife said is their loos......

Sorry no

To keep the cost for the members down

there are loads of trees and bushes and a Tesco 2 mins away

I'll be there but in a totally inappropriate vehicle. See you all there!

A great day today with the good weather, but it was a bit dusty. Only time for a couple of pictures before I collapse for the night...unfortunately they are both of me (thanks to Jen) in a position I am not normally seen - stuck and covered in sh cra mud (actually very sandy smelly mud).




This would be a result of forgetting rule one of off-roading (could be rule two, I forget - rule one might be about not doing what Dan or Will tells you) - "When attempting to negotiate something wet and muddy, wind the window up!"

It was worth it though Ryan - that's an awesome second picture!

Excellent day, great to see everyone and meet some new faces (nice to meet you Daan ). I had a good day driving around in the Camel taking pics/the mick out of stuck people, it's just made me more enthusastic to finish my Landy now!

Damn I missed a good one (and a good photo op!) - you all know where to send them

There must be some more photos

I had to recover Jon from the first bit of water we found but didn't have a camera

I had a good day out yesterday, good to meet some people from the forum
took this picture:











I met will warne, and he told me there were some muddy patches, as used in the AWDC challenge. So we checked it out.
The rest is a bit of a blur in my mind.....










But I somehow found this picture in my camera:












I reckon the SLRC is great fun!

Blummin' hell Daan, what did you do? You should know better than to listen to Will, surely?

Wow Daan I didn't realise it was that bent! You'd obviously straightened it up lots before I saw it back at the car park... Lovely truck, I was glad to see it 'real life'

Rule number 1 at Shire events is: 'Don't listen to Will Warne'

Okay, I've had some sleep and have spent most of the day finding sand in awkward places (some of them in the Defender ). Here are some more iconographs of our day at Slab.

A couple of the challenge boys having a play:



pope-on-a-rope needing a self recovery (same spot in which a little later I would get a "bit" muddy):



Cue childish war noises:



A stuck Camel (and it's not Dan's!):



Which did this to Richard's (D-Lander) brand new plasma:



Will "My Work Here Is Done" Warne stood next to Daan's slightly modified truck:

Guys, stop the banter, as Will (and rich) did all the running around to recover me. I reckon I should just grow up.

Cheers,

Daan

But it's no fun if we can't take the mick out of Will

If you'll believe it going in there was Daan's idea. After he had to winch himself in there I asked "Do you want to go forward?" Answer "Always forwards!!!!" The wing damage was all done when the vehicle sank (the mud on the top of the wing and front of the cage was the level) and we tried to winch through.

Good to meet you Daan - I had fun. Great truck, really impressive winch setup!

Fantastic day out, thanks to all to helped me when stuck and of course laughed and pointed!
Another super Shire day.

More photose here thanks to my wife Katy.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/katynicolson/...57605899290225/


TJ

Excellent pics from Katy

You guys definatly won the most photogenic stuck of the day

Great pics guys!

I managed to get stuck in the middle of the lake before the event even started and spent the rest of the day with wet feet!

I lost count of how many times I got stuck...........but it was lots........I even managed to do it in front of everyone and got the tiddle taken out of me for it to boot!
Jon