Truckfest southwest

[da SLUG man]

been to truckfest... ate burgers, drank beer, got sunburn, let Linda blow my horn!.... here's some pics
(didn't really appreciate monster trucks before (80's spec ones!)... although this was just demonstration, it was AWESOME!... 1500-2000 horse power, injured drivers and welsh dragon breaking his shocks at £1000 a piece!)


p.s. the matching DAFs, mine's on the right and has a "Slug Man" plate in the window.... gis' a wave!

[da SLUG man]

and it's well worth staying for the whole weekend... get sore feet but get use of the club which had karaoke on friday night... robbie williams on saturday night and some streakers on the balcony which certainly raised a cheer!!... nice! (especially the women!)

[Linda]

let Linda blow my horn!.... !

Oih!"!! It was your mates horn!!

He's right though - was a great day out and we managed to buy lots of goodies for the Bullet, and the lorry!!

Highlight for me was seeing Swampthing, Bigfoot 17 and Red dragon jumping (the icecream was quite nice too.... !!

[da SLUG man]

i arrived with £240 cash and returned with £60!... spent £135 on cards too!!... i've got a mug but can't think where the rest went!... oops!

[TonyN]

Ah yeah, Truckfest pics.

Here he is, the star of the show......


Matt's 'Rig'


Secret stash, found while matt was away, cheers Matt!

[TonyN]

Monster truck pics...







Me wanna go!

[TonyN]

Other truck pics....


Tatra's totally rool......

[surfer daz]

I too,came home with a very burnt head! Had a good day though (sunday). Monster trucks...awesome! Didnt buy anything though,could have spent a fortune!
What did you guys think of the hilux's and surf's? There were a couple on display.We should all take ours down next year.

The guy who got third in best mural..rich paterson/shrek,the blue scania above, is a mate of mine,used to live next door to me.

[Linda]

What did you guys think of the hilux's and surf's?

Purple Nasty is ok - but suffered a bit as I saw it right after Swampthing and bigfoot!, I hated the black pimp mobile... poor ickle car, the red 2.4 was ok, but needed much bigger tyres to be a proper offroader.

Needed Drivers truck there!!

[da SLUG man]

D'oh!... now everyone's seem my muddy tyres!

(didn't finish work till 1730 on friday and had to get down there for 2100... quick steam off and on the road!... that's my excuse!)(and i was drunk friday night so didn't bother getting up at 5am to polish!)

[TonyN]

Found some pics on another stick!

Enjoy.....

[TonyN]

[da SLUG man]

those fellas are so committed... i got up at 8 on saturday morning and they were all out polishing trucks... up until about lunchtime... then it rained overnight and they all did it over again!... every part you could imagine was polished!... and they're (mostly) working trucks covering 60-100,000km a year!

and the air brushed paint work was awesome!


and where do the monster truck drivers get their cash?? swamp thing had a racing chevy style engine (1700hp i think) and he spent $50,000 on it!

[TonyN]

and where do the monster truck drivers get their cash?? swamp thing had a racing chevy style engine (1700hp i think) and he spent $50,000 on it!

Why do you think it costs £15 a person to get in.

[da SLUG man]

Why do you think it costs £15 a person to get in.

thought that was the 56 yard to the gallon fuel consumption!