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Post by d_generate » Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:04 am

Here ya go.........................Oh, tie a 500mm piece of thin rope to them because they'll disappear under the sand and get lost (especially if you lend them to Guy) grrrrrrrrrrrr ;)

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Sat Mar 30, 2013 5:40 pm

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Mine are a bit sad compared to these :(

I'll take photos tomorrow when I'm back at the shed. I used 2 milk crates, ground all the sides off (severely burned all up both arms with melted plastic :oops: ) and then zip tied 3 faces together in a line and then half of 1 under each join (similar to what 6076 tried to describe) and then heavy ass zip ties to hold it all together.

Thinking about putting a length of 3/4" box steel up either side and zipping them on for some more rigidity, but they do fine as is.

My first set was knocked off as well, clearly we are too good at what we do :p
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Post by NachaLuva » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:41 am

Havent used mine yet but all I did was cut the bases off 6 milk crates (3 per wheel) & loosely zip tie them together so they can fold & store neatly. I'll put up some photos when I can....
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Post by 60766244 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:40 pm

T.Farm.Brumby wrote:Mine are a bit sad compared to these :(

I'll take photos tomorrow when I'm back at the shed. I used 2 milk crates, ground all the sides off (severely burned all up both arms with melted plastic :oops: ) and then zip tied 3 faces together in a line and then half of 1 under each join (similar to what 6076 tried to describe) and then heavy ass zip ties to hold it all together.

Thinking about putting a length of 3/4" box steel up either side and zipping them on for some more rigidity, but they do fine as is.

My first set was knocked off as well, clearly we are too good at what we do :p
:cool: Great Minds Think Alike! :cool:

Grinder was pretty keen though! Handsaws cut through them easily enough. :D

Steel sounds pretty heavy! I always thought about Sikaflexing the 5 parts together then ziptieing them even more together.

I'll make some someday when I need them. Keen on those piccies!
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Post by RSR 555 » Sun May 12, 2013 7:30 am

Here's the perfect example of maxitrax in use.. no home made bread crates would have got him out !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l89vlfm ... r_embedded
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Post by Alex » Sun May 12, 2013 8:32 am

Worst driving ever. Deserved to get stuck forever with that stupid last bit....

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Post by TOONGA » Sun May 12, 2013 9:27 am

yep spends all that time getting un bogged then tries to get bogged again. :)

the sale would be over by now though :)

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Post by guyph_01 » Sun May 12, 2013 9:42 am

Alex wrote:Worst driving ever. Deserved to get stuck forever with that stupid last bit....

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Yeah and look who is talking........., I wonder how was the brilliant driver who did those to his car?????

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Post by Alex » Sun May 12, 2013 10:11 am

guyph_01 wrote:Yeah and look who is talking........., I wonder how was the brilliant driver who did those to his car?????

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Yeah and funny how neither were straight after everyone just worked their arses off to recover me. ;)

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Post by guyph_01 » Sun May 12, 2013 10:48 am

Didn't it get bogged again i recall!!!!
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Post by taza » Sun May 12, 2013 7:33 pm

Been there before, sure isn't fun. Were you in low range Guy? Seems like your gearing wasn't low enough...

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Post by guyph_01 » Sun May 12, 2013 11:22 pm

No i wasn't, Didn't think of that. Would have sure helped. It was in Lib high range:(
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Post by Alex » Mon May 13, 2013 4:54 pm

guyph_01 wrote:No i wasn't, Didn't think of that. Would have sure helped. It was in Lib high range:(
LOL...i hope youre not serious.....
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Post by Subydoug » Mon May 13, 2013 5:59 pm

poor Mr clutch :(.

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Post by NachaLuva » Mon May 13, 2013 8:41 pm

Awesome vid...who did the honours?

Sure was a good testament to MaxTrax but until someone gives me a coupla hundred $$$ I'll have to stick to my milk crates ;)

(& low range lol :p)
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Post by RSR 555 » Tue May 14, 2013 12:40 am

Alex wrote:Worst driving ever. Deserved to get stuck forever with that stupid last bit....
You're spot on there bro... and he would have been left there if he got stuck again.
TOONGA wrote:the sale would be over by now though
Even at $299 they are still they are worth every cent
guyph_01 wrote:No i wasn't, Didn't think of that. Would have sure helped. It was in Lib high range:(
I asked you that and you came back with some remark about it no good or not working???
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Post by TOONGA » Tue May 14, 2013 8:16 am

RSR 555 wrote: Even at $299 they are still they are worth every cent
Auto one has them or something very similar for around 250 dollars, but thats 250 dollars I could spend on bills or food :(

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Post by RSR 555 » Tue May 14, 2013 8:59 am

TOONGA wrote:Auto one has them or something very similar for around 250 dollars, but thats 250 dollars I could spend on bills or food :(
I would emphasis the TREKs as 'something similar' but would not call them alike. They are cheaper because they aren't as good in strength as the Maxtrax.

Personally for the Subaru (due to their lightness) I would just a set of these...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PAIR-RECOVER ... 43b6ab126b

I'm not a seller of these Maxtrax but after seeing how Guyph's car was buried, there was nothing homemade that was getting him out. I guess if you don't drive like a retard then you shouldn't need the better quality ones.
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