max trax .......any good?

Err,bought 4 of em but yet to use. The hint when using is easy on the power and attatch about 10ft of coloured rope to each one as they have a habbit vanishing in the sand.
4 fit into the bag

Do a forum search on maxtrax Plenty of info on them. I have used them often (recovering other vehicles - of course) and am currently carrying them in my vehicle, with the amount of mud around at the moment. They save a lot of time and a lot of work. Mine were used about 15 times by 3 vehicles at the cape instead of winching and about 7 times since. and Yes they do wear if you spin wheels on them and they can be cracked, but it takes an awful lot of punishment and abuse to hurt them. Most people will own them for a lifetime. Mine are fine, and quite useable though they were cracked on one corner by having 2 Patrols over 3 tonnes and a Defender also overloaded bridging a mud hole over tree roots (Going UP Gunshot I might add if that's any recommendation for you) They are lightweight and made out of Glass reinforced Nylon so they are as tough as you will get in polymer.
Worth having but do your homework as always. The price is forgotten once they get you out of a tight spot.
Hope this helps.

I would like to get them to carry as a security, but they are quite bulky.

Friends have the smaller mean green product and after 10 years, first use was when they tried the Kidson track and found some way in was too sandy for their caravan. Got them out of trouble and safely back to civilisation so well worth the investment.

Can anyone give feedback on the green ones as well as the max trax?

Motherhen

Work sent me on a 4wd cousrse last year and one of the days we headed to Bribie Is. We spent a fair bit of time purposely getting the vehicles bogged in soft sand and then getting them out with either Snatch sprap or maxtrax. I preferred the maxtrax, easy to use and very effective at getting the vehicle out. Plus the advantage of not needing a second vehicle. Disadvantages compared to snatch spraps are price and take up more room.

Marty.

The topic has been covered pretty well and I certainly found mine both effective and inclined to bury deeply in soft sand. A comment on the bulkiness though: they are just a roof rack item, and fairly light. they would be a pain to carry inside a vehicle.
np

Maxtrax are the single best and most efficient recovery device available to 4wders today.

They have so many uses.

For example, while recently helping out a person who sank in soft stuff beside a track I parked the front wheels on Maxtrax and used the other two on the rear of the bogged car.

We still had to winc as there was just so much suction, but the trax under mine prevented my car from trying to bury itself, and the trax under the bogged car meant that it only had to be winched just far enough top break the suction, then it could drive UP and out on the Maxtrax.

I could go on for a quite a while, I've spent time with the designers on teh Isnland and at my training centre, and yes I do sell them (sent a couple of sets to Alice Springs last week in fact) but I cannot speak high;y enough of them.

Safe, simple and versatile.

They are awesome, used them on the weekend to get a bobcat out of big trouble.