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Maxtrax Recovery Tracks - Pair $188.37 C&C /+ $8 Delivery @ Supercheap Auto eBay
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Next to shovel, mega jack and 1 billion gigawatt light bar.
I'm an adventure person!
Yes. Bravely navigating the Kmart car park.
Right before i hit the top of my garage door
the shovel will tell the world just how green you are!
All of which just rot in the sun as are made from unstable plastic
When you eventually use them they'll crack in two and leave you squashed under your rig, or stuck in the mud. Either way they'll be jettisoned left in the bush for the wildlife to eat over the next few hundred years
Good price for Maxtrax.
I am waiting for the new Maxtrax with metal studs to be released and on sale before I buy them.I heard they are going to have an RRP of about $500
Crazy price for a piece of plastic with some studs when you can get a 12,00lb Dominator winch for $350.
Have you been into the desert before where there are no trees or other objects to connect a winch to?
@spaceflight: Certainly have, spent years in road rescue and done my 4wd accreditation training before Maxtrax were even a thing and we had to get creative with improvised anchors when no natural anchors were available. Your point is what exactly?
@LowRange: Unless you have something to anchor to like josetann's husky friend a winch isn't very useful.
Maxtrax don't need anything to anchor to.
@spaceflight: I didn't say recovery tracks aren't useful, they are an essential recovery tool and i don't go anywhere without mine.
I was pointing out the crazy cost of a $500 set of Maxtrax which are a bit of plastic with some studs (which probably cost $20 to make), when a winch with all it's components and manufacturing only cost $350.
TLDR: You are paying a lot of money for the Maxtrax brand name.
@LowRange: your paying for Australian manufacturing, R&D costs, tooling, advertising, legal costs, etc, etc. A lot less profit margin than you might expect.
@LowRange: nearly a comparison of a mobile phone designer vs a politician. Brain cell vs pay ratio 1 to a zillion!
@Stein: They don't work without a winch, and a winch costs more. Plus getting it installed plus buying the anchor.
Recovery tracks and winches do have different advantages.
imagine the recycle depot would have a plastic moulding machine? These could be churned out with zero materials cost. Reason to print a "green" label onto them saying zero emissions!
$500 would be shockingly expensive.
I have never had a problem with the plastic ones.
in the meantime, hammer some nails into a 2x4 plank of wood.
I hope you are not one of those bastards who placed these nasty traps on 4x4 tracks recently which have destroyed some tyres.
He's saying make your own studded maxtrax. Obviously 2x4 probably isn't the best size to use.
@brendanm: You also realise b0rat was only joking right?
Try driving your car tyres over all those sharp nails and see for yourself ;p@edfoo: If you had the nails sticking out 2mm it would actually be fine if you didn't do a burnout on it. Pretty heavy and unweildy, and more spiky to handle though.
@brendanm: I doubt 2mm nails are long enough to grip the tyres and provide traction for the car to be recovered from bogged situation.
@edfoo: Seen studded ice tyres? Im pretty sure 2mm would be sufficient, I'm simply saying it's feasible, I've never personally used nail studded wood to get out of a bog situation.
@brendanm: That's different. Those tyres have metal studs protruding out from them. In this case we are talking about recovery tracks with studs poking into the tyres.
@edfoo: You don't think tyres would grip on metal spikes? You may want to try it, I think you'll be quite surprised.
@edfoo: You realise the tread is way thicker than 2mm right? I've pulled some pretty reasonable sized nails and screw out of 4wd tyres that haven't actually punctured them.
@brendanm: I know that. You were saying 2mm nails are sufficient to grip onto the tyres and not puncturing them, yes I agree 2mm is not long enough to puncture them, but I don't think 2mm is long enough to provide enough grip to pull your car from bogged situation. You need longer studs, maybe like 5mm or more to grip the tyres. But then if you make your custom homemade recovery tracks with longer sharp metal nails, then you run the risk of puncturing your tyres.
@edfoo: I think 2mm would be ok. I think the length of the nails is the least of its issues anyway :P
@brendanm: In that case no point telling others what to try when you yourself have no intention of trying it.
It's like when someone asking "I like to chop down a gum tree, should I use a chainsaw or just an axe?", then you say "I think you should try with a steak knife. I think that should work, but I have no intention of trying it myself." Haha.
@edfoo: If you've had any experience with tyres you would be well aware that a number of nails 2mm deep in the rubber would provide a lot of traction. I don't even care to argue about this with you, was literally just replying to your random assumption that old mate is setting traps for 4wders. Didn't neg you by the way.
@brendanm: yeah winter tyres for cars and bicycles have 'studs' in them.
still kinda amazed my harmless little joke comment generated so much drama.
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strips of old carpets is what we used to put under the wheels, much better for the environment and followers tyres!
That would be great for Fraser lol
Delivery** FTFY
Wow.
Thanks OP, picked a set up after my POS X-bull ones from ebay broke literally the second time I used them.
What X-bull ones did you have, and what did you do to them.
These ones? https://youtu.be/xkI2qPsa96I
Same style, different colour. Used twice for getting out of mud bogs, car was a Nissan patrol with regular AT tyres, lightly loaded. One split right down the middle and the other had some small cracks on the ends which I didn't take a picture of.
I'll keep them for now but I don't expect them to last another use.
Damn, that's one long crack.
I have heard of Treds breaking from similar usage with mud bogs and heavy vehicles, Maxtraxs seem a bit softer so are better in this situation, the trade off is as they are softer they tend to melt the lugs a lot more easily. The beach is where recovery tracks work best, they work in mud sometimes too but there seems to be a far greater chance of cracking or melting lugs from wheel spinning.
I also like to know as I also have a pair of X-bull. If I am convinced, then I might buy a pair of Maxtrax now.
There are two types of X-bull tracks, the ones in the video I linked fare fairly well, they also have some cheaper ones that do look a bit underdone to me.
I have the same set as that Seek Adventure video.
Absolute bargain.
Have both.
Paid the same, $188 from previous eBay code stacking for maxtrax. Two pairs.
Have some $90 eBay xbull tracks.
They've been punished and abused.
The only downfall with the xbull is the height, when stacking for storage, maxtrax are alot slimmer.I started off with the cheapies and as I could afford it I went maxtrax.
I have both and use and love both. I'd recommend either, depending on budget.
I happily lend my bartered xbull and don't mind if people borrow them. The maxtrax I'm hesitant to lend out, to newbies who might spin the tred off by spinning the tyres.
In summary, get either, depending on what you can afford.
Cheap insurance.
I've been stuck where all I was able to do was creep fwd 1 metre(track length) at a time. Prior to getting a second pair, where I could get double the length of fwd movement. Or in front of rear tyres for even easier recovery.
But as always, correct tyre pressure is your best option and always first option.Yes agreed, i paid $76 for my xbull and they are just as good as the Maxtrax and i dont feel bad about beating them up. Only disadvantage is they dont stack as thin as the Maxtrax.
You are definitely paying a premium for the brand name, and 2 sets of xbulls will work far better than 1 set of Maxtrax for the same money.
The price of these things is ridiculous…
Anyway, in Europe during the winter we would get a lot of snow and often it happens that you get stuck in the snow.
Here is a tip i picked up while living there, just in case you don't have these luxury recovery tracks.
Pull out the floor mats from the front of the car and place them as close as possible in front of your tires(back or front wheels depending on transmission).
Unstuck complete.
Should work on sand too.Pull out the floor mats from the front of the car and place them as close as possible in front of your tires
This will not work on anything that would get a 4wd stuck, and will obviously destroy your floor mats.
You're much better letting air out of the tyres, jacking the car up and placing sticks under the tyres, or using a shovel.
Works perfectly on a car, wouldn't know about a 4wd, no need to pump up the tires again and in no way will it destroy the mats. If you have these tracks and carry them around with you, then go ahead and use them. However if you don't have a shovel, tracks, tire pump, then the floor mats work perfectly.
Works perfectly on a car, wouldn't know about a 4wd
Please try driving a bogged 4wd with road pressure tyres out of sand using floor mats and let us know how you go.
Maxtrax should make recovery floor mats to compete with regular floor mats that are stealing their thunder.
Price them accordingly, $129 for a pair of Maxtrax floor mats, in black or orange.
The mk2's are $239 at anaconda now if anyone wants to pay a bit more for an upgrade. I think they are lighter, better handles and more tougher knobs.
These are the MK11's
How can you tell?
3 grips down the side is mkII's
I think they only make the mkII's now
thats an expensive carrot
Make sure you lock them up because I've had 4 gone.
Thieves like them because they cost as much as gold!
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p.s any ideas on how to lock them up secure?
At the moment I am using bike locksIf they are clean and not mud-coated, just lock them inside the car.
Maxtrax sells locks….
just purchased 2 sets (pickup to save on shipping). Stacks with Priority10 and with ebay 10% off gift cards, so actual price is $169 per pair. Very good price…
Wow, you still have leftover 10% gift cards? I've already used up all mine.
I ended up $3600 worth :-). But i mostly buy car parts so been waiting for a 10% site wide code rather than these crappy "limited" codes.
Yeah, the 10% sitewide sale has disappeared from eBay since a few months ago. In one way I am glad I have already used up my 10% off gift cards.
I think $188 anaconda price beat
Does Anaconda offer price beat?
Yes by 10%
good deal, thanks.
For a moment I thought this was a $200 pair of fluro orange track pants…
Is this compatible with Hot Wheels sets?
Thanks, saved about $40 on what I was going to pay a few weeks ago.
I don't have a set after 2 year of procrastinating so I don't think I should wait another 2 years for the metal stud version.
Code does not seem to be working "This code can't be applied to your order." 😧
Try again… seems to be working for me.
thanks cala90, it would seem that they have sold out as it says "Please enter a quantity of 0 or less" :(
Hmm.. That's weird! It's definitely still working for me, with plenty of stores near me having stock. Delivery also available for me.
@cala90: Same. Works here too. Inc $6.95 delivery.
Ironically, I can select either SCA or BCF for a pick up store.@Spending2Much: thx guys, something weird for me, tried clearing cookies etc and it now allows me to add to cart but I can't use the code. Tried on a PC, laptop and iPad but no luck Oh well saved $188
@carterljohn: carter, try changing your postcode in the "Post to me" section under "Postage and payments" to a major city. It sometimes happens to me when I'm looking at items on the Bing Lee eBay store, they won't post certain items to rural areas… Should show stock then allow you to choose a pick up store?
Or have you tried using a different browser? Chrome?
@cala90: thanks call90, tried Edge and Firefox and whilst it will allow me to add it to the cart, it won't allow PRIORIY10 code. "This code can'
t be applied to your order"Changing store or selecting postage does not seem to make any difference
Really appreciate your help though
Now I can put on this on my roof and never take them off.