Member
Mitch P
VIC
Mansfield Fridays and High Country clay. Turns around at a greasy pinch rather than winch for a photo. Sends competent novices; does not send highway tyres on a new lift.
Rig note: GU wagon, rated point, Parks Victoria notes before the pub
Topics
Started
High Country long weekend — Wonnangatta access after rain
/c/trip-reports/ · 28 Apr 2026, 8:05 pm
GQ/GU coil vs leaf on corrugations — what wore out first?
/c/vehicles-mods/ · 9 Apr 2026, 7:01 pm
Soft shackles vs bow shackles — where do you still want steel?
/c/recovery-safety/ · 2 May 2026, 8:44 pm
Recovery boards that actually stay in the car — mount talk
/c/gear/ · 18 Jan 2026, 9:51 am
Replies
Useful noise
Second UHF in the passenger footwell saved us when the primary popped a fuse on a corrugation week. Cheap redundancy, not a gadget flex.
/t/simpson-westbound-79-what-i-would-change/ · 15 Aug 2026, 8:04 pm
Parks Victoria first, then the alpine resort pages if I am near them, then a call. Facebook is entertainment, not a permit.
/t/how-do-you-check-track-closures/ · 4 Sept 2026, 6:55 pm
76 for two people and a week of clothes. 79 if a third human or a dog that sheds red dirt is coming. Not a morality tale.
/t/76-vs-79-for-touring/ · 4 June 2026, 9:11 pm
Canopy fitment was a tray conversation, not a brand conversation. Measure the actual tray you are buying.
/t/ranger-vs-colorado-touring/ · 1 Apr 2026, 7:18 pm
If your points are tow balls and hope, stop shopping. Fix the points.
/t/snatch-or-winch-first/ · 22 Mar 2026, 3:28 pm
I walk them to the other side of the vehicle or behind a solid object and I wait. If someone will not move, the rope does not come tight. I have delayed a recov
/t/winch-spectators-distance/ · 30 Jan 2026, 7:01 pm
35s made me a lazier line-picker until a guard told the truth. Gearing felt busier on the highway. I went back to 33s for touring and kept the honesty.
/t/thirty-three-vs-thirty-five-on-a-79/ · 10 June 2026, 7:44 pm
Ice won when the trip was food-simple and the fridge was the broken part. Ice lost when the lid became a chat venue.
/t/fridge-vs-ice-for-a-week/ · 10 July 2026, 9:16 pm
Service history that matches the odometer — or I walk. Stories are free.
/t/used-80-inspection-order/ · 6 Apr 2026, 7:48 pm
Mitch, VIC, Patrol. I owe a High Country spur a turn-around I eventually took — later than I should have.
/t/introduce-yourself-track-you-owe/ · 3 Mar 2026, 7:16 pm