MAXTRAX MK11

Orange

Black

It’s very easy to use them, just dig out a bit at the front or rear of the wheel, depending on which way you want to go… the end of the maxtrax upside down also makes a great shovel in sand… then just shove them under the tyre.. you want it so the tyre at least makes a bit of contact with the top of the maxtrax.

just like this… this time we were in real trouble.. i had my mate Dutchy with me, with his patrol, and he helped pull us out.. but we were in the middle of nowhere, west of innaminka. I was bogged so bad i was down to my axles front and back… we’d been driving on this claypan track for a few kms, when suddenly within about 20 meters, this is where i ended up.. we just sunk.. it was like a chocolate thickshake once we broke thru the crust.. you can’t dig your way out of this..

The important things about the maxtrax here, is that it lifted us up and out of the bog.. getting a tow backwards, when 3 axles are sunk, would be a difficult thing to do.. but the maxtrax quickly lifted us back on top, and this gives you the little bit of momentum you need to get out.. so i think that’s the three key points of using the maxtrax.. traction, then lift, then momentum.. then, on an isolated track, in the middle of nowhere, with your family, the fourth thing they give you is ….insurance…

this is really bogged.. and this time i was on my own.. it was so soft, creek bed fine sand. My tryes were 14 psi, also on the trailer.. see how deep i am. With a trailer behind us, letting the tyres down more, is not going to get us out of this.. digging won’t help.. it’s winch, or maxtrax. But giving the nearest winch tree is in the wrong spot, and about 40 meters away, that’s not much of an option..

the front is a little higher than the back, but still it is bedded down pretty well… the Mickey Thompson tryes were great, but tyres also won’t help much here either.. but yeah, we just pulled the maxtrax out, Kaito my boy is an expert by now, and has his dug well in before me. That’s it, just dig them under the front, takes about a minute, then get back in and drive out.. simple as that…

we only had two maxtrax, and this is fine for a 4wd, but with a trailer, in extreme/ isolated places, you need four.. first thing when i got home from this trip was to buy two more…

so yeah that’s all you need to do.. stick them under.. with only two, the best place is under the front, if going fwd.. this way, you get two ‘hits’ from them, as the rear tyres will make contact also…

it took me a few goes to work out what the orange straps were for, then i realised… so yeah stick them on, makes finding them much easier, and also getting them out again..

well here we were about ten minutes after getting stuck.. this is what remote travelling is all about… peace, and peace of mind…