Thread: Maxtrax / recovery boards

Best insurance when by yourself is a winch/shovel and dont get stuck, seriously just dont get stuck,either dont do it or be sure you carry enough momentum to get threw rather than the take it easy on the truck mentality you should use when you have another vehicle to recover with.
I used to have a high lift jack and hand winch and shovel in the lux all the time, on the two times I had taken all the recovery gear out to give it a bloody good clean (twice in 10 years) I took the dogs for a run got stuck in my good clothes out of phone service in a big clay bog and dug/jacked myself out with the factory jack and a 6 inch cresent and about 200mm of alloy tent peg,six hours and a blown cv later I got back to tarseal in 2wd. the second time wasnt much better so after that I adopted the dont try or make dam sure you will make it policy