Maxtrax

Nice to have if you get bogged. I watched the video clip on the site where the guy gets bogged crossing a stream. It seemed to me that if there were any sort of current you would be waving goodbye to a lot of dollars by the time you reached the other side.

Also, they are too big to store easily being rigid. OK if you are geared up for a big trip with the roof rack on but not the sort of things you would carry around all the time 'just in case'. I have only been seriously bogged twice, each time in circumstances where I wouldn't have had them with me as I was close to home only having nipped out for an hour or so.

I bought a set at the show. Haven't tried them yet, but am looking forward to getting bogged on the beach to test them out ;)

I was on Fraser just before Christmas, one day we headed up to the top of the island for a drive and came across these guys towing a camper trailer. I asked how they got past the Ngkala rocks, as the bypass was extremely soft as usual and not easy to get through with an empty vehicle. They said they used the MaxTrax and gave me a card.

Anyway checked them out at the show, and on the DVD was them at Ngkala rocks, so I can vouch for the fact they really got through with a camper trailer.

When we came back through the bypass I got bogged (or as good as) could only go forward or backwards about 3m but no further. Dropped down to about 15psi and got a push to get moving so I could climb the shallow hill in the middle. Found a guy bogged coming the other way, in the exact spot the MaxTrax guys where with the camper. So we spent a while getting him out.

I also got bogged getting up Indian head with a camper trailer (no thanks to my co pilot who has vast Fraser experience, gave me a really bum steer.) Tide was well in, and we were stuck with the water about 1.5m from the trailer wheels. Dropped the tyres even further down to 15psi, dug ramps on all 6 wheels and bucketed water into the tracks to harden the sand. Got out OK, but it was close, with heaps of people looking on. (we did have an offer of a snatch, but thought we'd try and get ourselves out first) Anyway, in all the above situations I reckon we would have been out very easily with the Maxtrax, compared to what we ended up doing.

And finally, the MaxTrax fit perfectly across the back of the Patrol, so there is no problem taking them anywhere. I also got the bag, so if they are covered in sand/mud etc, I can just chuck them in the bag and in the back of the Patrol.

Thanks,

Aaron.

I have a set of these and used them on my trip to the vic high country before easter and they worked well over mud and rocks saved me having to get the winch out. I store mine behind the rear seats and have them cabletide to the cargo barrier.

Sort of, but they were not big rocks and the rocks supported the track as I drove over it, used it as extra grip and not as a ramp, not enough travel in my shocks was the problem.

A friend of ours has a set, and said that they are useful if you are partially bogged in sand or mud. If you are already up to you chassis rails or deeper then he said that they were useless at that point.

I must say that I'm looking forward to borrowing his and having a go for myself.