Big fire at Sandpit (4 November)

[barty5]

Would appear woodhill is on fire 8 engines and a helicopter not to sure how close to bike park they are talking of if its involved ??

[barty5]

turns out it is at the sandpit 5ha by the farm section

[vazza]

Shit really? Any idea of the cause?

[barty5]

Shit really? Any idea of the cause?

not as yet not much in the news online

[krad_nz]

Cause will be fireworks I'd imagine?

[SpikedPunch]

Holy crap! Hope it's not too badly damaged :( Thoughts are with you, Tony and co.

[barty5]

Midnight and its still burning Rochelle just passed rimmers road and said she could see the glow from the forest not good.

[barty5]

WOW!!!! 20 hectares lost and heading towards the motox track

[Mort]

There's a shit load of rain heading in according to the rain radar - that should help a lot. Hope there's not too much damage.

[Ktmboy]

Jeez youre quick barty.

Its right in the middle at the back of the MX track from Spagetti juntion south. Just got home. Had 4 choppas in but had to let it burn as they couldn't fly due to visability.

Dunno the cause, but the rain is helping heaps. Its devastating for all of us.

Sandpit will be closed for a few days until notified. There is a trail ride on tho that we have full intentions of going on with. Go the rain.:woohoo:

[barty5]

Jeez youre quick barty.

Its right in the middle at the back of the MX track from Spagetti juntion south. Just got home. Had 4 choppas in but had to let it burn as they couldn't fly due to visability.

Dunno the cause, but the rain is helping heaps. Its devastating for all of us.

Sandpit will be closed for a few days until notified. There is a trail ride on tho that we have full intentions of going on with. Go the rain.:woohoo:

Heard the local engines in town leave not often the siren sounds off 4 time thought it was odd the your son posted o FB. Not good news the hear. Guess itll be easy to put in some new tracks hopefully it wont cause to much disruption.

[takitimu]

Good luck Tony and crew, hope the damage is not to bad eh.

[Keithf]

Likewise...hope everything is under control


Good luck Tony and crew, hope the damage is not to bad eh.

[Reckless]

Good luck with it Tony hope this rain has put it out ti was lucky to have it right when you needed it!!

We will still come out and support you mate by riding there!!

[wingman7nz]

thats a prety big fire 20 hectares :shit:

have they kept it open? dont realy ride it in summer tbh

[barty5]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10685489


think Tony was saying might be closed today and maybe tomorrow

[barty5]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10685489


http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/bush-fire-north-auckland-3879038

[A&R]

Jeez youre quick barty.

Its right in the middle at the back of the MX track from Spagetti juntion south. Just got home. Had 4 choppas in but had to let it burn as they couldn't fly due to visability.

Dunno the cause, but the rain is helping heaps. Its devastating for all of us.

Sandpit will be closed for a few days until notified. There is a trail ride on tho that we have full intentions of going on with. Go the rain.:woohoo:


Sorry to here about that Tony hope all gets sorted ok. Like Rick we will still be supporting you.

I understand from above the South Head ride is still on tomorrow though? Cause we've just loaded the bikes and all the gear up and jsut logged on to find all the posts about the fire.

[humai]

Jeez youre quick barty.

Its right in the middle at the back of the MX track from Spagetti juntion south. Just got home. Had 4 choppas in but had to let it burn as they couldn't fly due to visability.

Dunno the cause, but the rain is helping heaps. Its devastating for all of us.

Sandpit will be closed for a few days until notified. There is a trail ride on tho that we have full intentions of going on with. Go the rain.:woohoo:


Hey Tony,

All the best with the aftermath with this incident. I hope owners/operators don't impose too many knee jerk changes as a result.

As long as you're open, we'll keep coming - every fortnight as usual.

[Crisis management]

I was up at the sandpit yesterday and even thought there are some parts closed off from the fire and some tree thinning there is still tons of space to play, I was shown tracks I'd never ridden before and had a solid 4 hours riding without repeating the same trail once.........still as good as ever!

[Devil]

Good to hear.
I still cant ride because of my wrist! bah!

[White trash]

Good to hear.
I still cant ride because of my wrist! bah!

Lay off the masturbation and it'll heal a whole lot quicker...........

[flyingcr250]

heading up to woodhill on sunday, are fire extinguishers mandatory up there now?

[barty5]

heading up to woodhill on sunday, are fire extinguishers mandatory up there now?

yes they are they have small up there foe sale

[Latte]

heading up to woodhill on sunday, are fire extinguishers mandatory up there now?

I was told over summer, but it may be permanent.....

"300gm dry powder from Marine shops or we have aerosol ones
for $20." - from the sandpit themselves.

[RJM]

That's interesting, I was thinking about heading up there today with a mate who is a rural fire chief and asked what the cause was at Woodhill. He said there was still speculation. I guess it doesn't hurt having us with them on our bikes.

[oldguy]

That's interesting, I was thinking about heading up there today with a mate who is a rural fire chief and asked what the cause was at Woodhill. He said there was still speculation. I guess it doesn't hurt having us with them on our bikes.
I was at the pit last friday, and they had run out of fire extinguishers, and I lost mine, well the young fella did while he was out riding that day.

Ill be there tomorrow.

[Ktmboy]

All tracks open. Fire extinguishers are compulsory during summer but its at our discretion.
I don't really think its an issue this week as I'd have trouble lighting a fire with 10 gallons of petrol due to the amount of rain falling. So we won't be in forcing them tomorrow.

Still good to carry one in your kit tho as you never know when its needed.