Embracing mediocrity
If the river is not too high it should be fine, I've been through there a couple of times with mates in bog standard 4wd's and in vintage cars with no problems.
You can check the river flow here
There was a discussion about doing this on road bikes a while back, sounded pretty doable until the river got up around 200 cumecs which kind of killed that idea.
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under stood neels...just looking at a few travel options to make the most of this trip.
what type of vintage cars did you use....trusty model T.
JMJ
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Embracing mediocrity
Not quite, this 1920 Essex tourerOriginally Posted by junkmanjoe
and a 1927 Essex roadster the same as this
The '20 was better through the river on 24 instead of 21" wheels, except that the rear wheel only brakes didn't work for a while until they dried out.
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The river levels appear to be falling. I've crossed several times in both directions on regular tyres, no problem. Stay to the upstream side of the crossing.
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Did that back in the nineties when the river was low
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
looking for the right road...
okies.........im planing to go through here monday on my way north....any one, any one...its a holiday for us lower north islanders..welly anniversary day,so ill get payed to ride my bike on monday..................
looking to be back on the boat tues early arvo....
any one like a quest for monday night 24th...i wash dishes...house trained..
JMJ
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The crossing should be easy as right now provided you pick the right path, should only be knee deep at worst. The Okuku at it's confluence with the Ashley River (WAY downstream from the ford) it is as low as I've seen it for a long time and all but the main braid has dried up. The watershed which feeds it is not the same one which took all the rainfall which flooded the larger rivers recently.
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