Chloorkop Quarry

Playground for the not so faint-hearted

Here at the Quarry just outside of Kempton Park, Gauteng is a big hole that has been dug out to supply road building sand. It has been left as is and is now a playground for those of us who like it. Vinkie visits this place from time to time with his pals. Check it out.

André Maritz having fun with his Hilux. At this specific spot Vinkie almost keeled over his vehicle as has others done before and after him. The quarry was closed for a while due to people upsetting their vehicle leading to serious injury and death in some cases.

But like a true 4-wheeler a gateway to pleasure has been found again.

Some patches of water were negotiated. The Courier 2.5 TDi (see picture below) has a design problem that causes water to be sucked into the air filter and affecting the turbo. And this water is not even very deep.

This guy was not to keen on scratching his vehicle too much (or was it his wife who was not so keen). Pieter du Toit with his Ford TDi. Not a happy chappy in water.

André Maritz negotiating the water perfectly.

A friend negotiating a steep climb out of a big hole with his 1984 Hilux 4x4 2.2 petrol. And down again with a different route.

The all new look of the Vinkie Hilux. Vinkie did the unthinkable and rolled his vehicle on an ordinary rural sand road. Speeding??? Well, a very early decision to respray the Hilux a bush green color was forced onto Vinkie.