11 Trips
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11.1 Oodnadatta Trip
11.2 Alpine Trip
11.3 Mogfest 2024
Mogfest is a yearly get together of like-minded Mog enthusiasts. It usually occurs in the Victorian / NSW Alps, so it is mostly Victorian / ACT / NSW Mogs that participate. In 2024 it was held at Mallacoota and sponsored by Mog Central, Nakie hammocks and camping gear, Recycled Mats, Tiegear ropes and pegs, Travla Ultra-Low Carb Beer, Muk Mats, Whooska Stoves, MaxTrax Recovery Gear, and Travel Buddy 12 & 24v Ovens.
A great time was held by all and there was lots of looking at various designs, ideas and types of Mogs. Several people tried out the new Overdrive / Turbo combination that Ben had just installed in my truck. I was keen to look at what others had done in terms of towing and under the rear toolboxes. I drove back from Mallacoota to Melbourne sitting nicely on 100km/hr and passing other traffic up hills.
Canyonoffroad.com.au have a ClearView Tyre Spider (SKU: YYR-01) which is a small compressed air cylinder with 4 pipes coming from it to fill 4 tyres simultaneously. The cylinder is not meant to contain compressed air as a source of air, but rather as a surge tank to even out the flow to the four tyres. The source of air would therefore be something like the glad hand on the Unimog. "Each kit contains two 5 meter hoses and two 8 meter hoses for simple application on the longest of wheel-based vehicles." Given the Mog is 6.45 m long, this means that the 8m hoses should reach to the front tyres from the back (or back tyres from the front). The inlet valve has a tap on it, so it could be connected to the gladhand and the tap then cracked open. The cylinder has a pressure gauge on it, so you could quickly see the pressure in all tyres and close off the supply tap.