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Go Treads and other traction aids

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Go Treads and other traction aids

Post by grazza »

Hi all,
I have seen these things advertised and they look like a good idea:
http://www.fastlane.com.au/4WD-OffRoad/ ... Treads.htm

Has anyone any experience with this type of device?
I would think they could be pretty useful in sand and mud but I wonder if the plastic ones would fold up under the wheels.
I have also seen guys in the Outback Challenge carry long metal skids, particularly the european entries. Would the metal ones be better?
Any alternatives?

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Post by TUFFRANGIE »

Put a log under your wheels?

The plastic would want to be damn strong
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Post by bilby »

:) they'd only be good on sand i think
if ya tyres aint gripping on slippery stuff then they'd just fly out from under ya wheels i reckon

some one would have tried them thou i guess
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Post by Tiny »

my folks lived in PNG for 20 odd years, and had a lot of probs with mud due to tropical rain all the time....a week with out rain was a drought.

They esed the old matting that they used in WW2 for tempory airprts, and had several lengths whee ever they went and couldn't do with out it.....I have also heard of carrying a couple of strips of old carpet to do the trick as well. I would say that it would work well, but have not seen it used so try it report back
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Post by Zute »

Shade cloth sposta work well. Light weight, water will flow through it, also good for hiding your rig. not that I would need to do that sort of thing. :oops:
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Post by HJ60_HEATHUS »

I dug a hole and threw a shopping trolley in there once. worked well too
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Post by grazza »

Tiny wrote:my folks lived in PNG for 20 odd years, and had a lot of probs with mud due to tropical rain all the time....a week with out rain was a drought.

They esed the old matting that they used in WW2 for tempory airprts, and had several lengths whee ever they went and couldn't do with out it.....I have also heard of carrying a couple of strips of old carpet to do the trick as well. I would say that it would work well, but have not seen it used so try it report back


Thats the kind of info I like...
C'mon guys, let me know if you are using any other alternatives...
I like the shadecloth idea, but I would have thought it would get dragged under.
I have not seen anyone selling the ramps that the OBC guys are using.
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Post by "CANADA" »

winch :finger:
[quote="dazza30875"]whats "FAIL" mean[/quote]

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Sometimes your funny Canada :D[/quote]
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Post by grazza »

mad_landie wrote:winch :finger:



dont go to the beach much do you? :idea:
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Post by bazzle »

Ive seen people TRY to use mats and cloth etc... Ha Ha

Allright on a bit of clay, MUD? :finger:

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Post by "CANADA" »

its called a spare tire and a shovel :finger:
[quote="dazza30875"]whats "FAIL" mean[/quote]

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