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E1 Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2013 Posts: 6585 Location: Westfalia, Earth
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:02 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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You "never been stuckers" need to get out more.
_________________ ‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
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Vanlife Geek Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2014 Posts: 285 Location: CO
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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E1 wrote: |
You "never been stuckers" need to get out more.
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Or get a Syncro _________________ Vanlife Geek
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1986 Syncro Westy
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1983 Westy
1981 Westy
1972 Bug (Last year you could buy a new one for under $2,000)
1965/66 Bug (2 bugs from a junk yard combined to make 1 functional bug)
1959 Bug (Pre Gas Gauge Era) |
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Syncro Jael Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2013 Posts: 2204 Location: Utah
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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I carry these all the time. Sometimes you need at least
_________________ 1987 Syncro Westfalia Hightop - NAHT
Subaru EJ25 Forged Frankenmotor, Triple Knob.
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Syncro Jael Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2013 Posts: 2204 Location: Utah
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 3:46 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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I carry these all the time. Sometimes you need at least
_________________ 1987 Syncro Westfalia Hightop - NAHT
Subaru EJ25 Forged Frankenmotor, Triple Knob.
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Love My Westy Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2007 Posts: 1839
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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epbiggs wrote: |
E1 wrote: |
You "never been stuckers" need to get out more.
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Or get a Syncro |
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rfoubi Samba Member
Joined: March 21, 2004 Posts: 224 Location: Rossland BC
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:18 am Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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testing them out in Nevada. Work wonders. Have used them many times. They are great for filling in on top of rocks/logs in a washout or whatever too. I also just keep mine strapped to the crossbars, depending on what else is on top they can move around a bit.
FWIW i have the knock off ones and ive used them 5 or 6 times, often for half an hour with lots of wheelspin, etc and they did melt some of the grip off of them, but no issues with bending/breaking
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E1 Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2013 Posts: 6585 Location: Westfalia, Earth
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:36 am Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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Wheelspin means your style needs some work.
Either air down and/or throttle down and your tranny will thank you.
Clutch might, too, problem being they're all German so you won't comprehend their thoughts.
On your first photo, recommend shoveling more so the van is trying to move forward while FLAT, uphill is really hard on everything including blood pressure. It's waaaay easier to bake a clutch than we might think, or so says a putz I once knew.
But way to get stuck, Envelope Meets Push! _________________ ‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
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rfoubi Samba Member
Joined: March 21, 2004 Posts: 224 Location: Rossland BC
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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Haha that first pic i got stuck on purpose to check how the maxtrax work. I went slow, hit the front brakes and spun on purpose to get the back end buried. I agree though a bit of work first with the shovel and dropping the psi often means nothing else is even needed |
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jimf909 Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2014 Posts: 7479 Location: WA/ID
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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rfoubi wrote: |
...they did melt some of the grip off of them, but no issues with bending/breaking
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From the reviews I’ve read or seen the $350 maxtrax melt as well when tires spin (that probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone).
For $500 Maxtrax offers an “XTREME” version w/88 replaceable aluminum teeth.
https://maxtraxus.com/products/maxtrax-xtreme-safety-orange/
For folks in the Seattle area Mule Expedition has a good inventory of various colors and styles (I’m recommending the local shop because they’re good people and a good asset for the community). _________________ - Jim
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E1 Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2013 Posts: 6585 Location: Westfalia, Earth
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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rfoubi wrote: |
Haha that first pic i got stuck on purpose to check how the maxtrax work. I went slow, hit the front brakes and spun on purpose to get the back end buried. I agree though a bit of work first with the shovel and dropping the psi often means nothing else is even needed |
Not quite what I meant, I drop tire pressure only if absolutely having to. I only meant to do that before spinning the tires like Don Garlits.
Where we go it might be days, and/or a ton of paved miles that offroad tires hate, before being able to air up again.
Glad your test worked out, you look stuck all right! _________________ ‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
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rfoubi Samba Member
Joined: March 21, 2004 Posts: 224 Location: Rossland BC
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:30 am Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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E1 wrote: |
rfoubi wrote: |
Haha that first pic i got stuck on purpose to check how the maxtrax work. I went slow, hit the front brakes and spun on purpose to get the back end buried. I agree though a bit of work first with the shovel and dropping the psi often means nothing else is even needed |
Not quite what I meant, I drop tire pressure only if absolutely having to. I only meant to do that before spinning the tires like Don Garlits.
Where we go it might be days, and/or a ton of paved miles that offroad tires hate, before being able to air up again.
Glad your test worked out, you look stuck all right! |
That;'s why we also carry one of these
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E1 Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2013 Posts: 6585 Location: Westfalia, Earth
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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Oh Buddy, we need one of those! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
We have a small one but it's like ten minutes to air up from 20 to 60, per tire. Useless.
Any links?
Happy Stuckage! Our last time was in deep clay in New Mexico, avoid this!
_________________ ‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
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joetiger Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 5078 Location: denver
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:31 am Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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E1 wrote: |
Oh Buddy, we need one of those! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
We have a small one but it's like ten minutes to air up from 20 to 60, per tire. Useless.
Any links?
Happy Stuckage! Our last time was in deep clay in New Mexico, avoid this!
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Viair makes great compressors. This one fits perfectly under the bench:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Viair-400P-Portable-12V...0aEALw_wcB _________________ Joe T.
'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'04 GTI 1.8T
'04 Golf R32
"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron
"Still, it's good to be afield."--VWagabond
Available Now! Vanagon to Louisiana--A Two-Lane Reckoning Through Past and Present
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Vanlife Geek Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2014 Posts: 285 Location: CO
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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joetiger wrote: |
E1 wrote: |
Oh Buddy, we need one of those! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
We have a small one but it's like ten minutes to air up from 20 to 60, per tire. Useless.
Any links?
Happy Stuckage! Our last time was in deep clay in New Mexico, avoid this!
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Viair makes great compressors. This one fits perfectly under the bench:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Viair-400P-Portable-12V...0aEALw_wcB |
I agree, Vlair does make great compressors and would have probably been my choice if my budget would have allowed for the nearly $200 the linked one costs. They are a good value compared to ARB at nearly $300, but I believe the red one pictured above is the same one I have and it's the SuperFlow MV-50 and can be had for around $68 on eBay. When I was researching compressors for my van, the MV-50 seemed to be the best of the "affordable" compressors and had great reviews for the price. I've used mine many times and am very happy with it. I think it may also be available under different names, such as Masterflow. If you can afford a better one, great, but I'm thinking this is probably about as cheap as one should go on a compressor. It makes a great combination with MaxTrax/Tred recovery boards to keep us going in sketchy conditions. I imagine that airing down has probably kept me from having to use my Tred's. _________________ Vanlife Geek
Current:
1986 Syncro Westy
Previous:
1983 Westy
1981 Westy
1972 Bug (Last year you could buy a new one for under $2,000)
1965/66 Bug (2 bugs from a junk yard combined to make 1 functional bug)
1959 Bug (Pre Gas Gauge Era) |
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E1 Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2013 Posts: 6585 Location: Westfalia, Earth
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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HEY, Thanks, you guys! _________________ ‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
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rfoubi Samba Member
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E1 Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2013 Posts: 6585 Location: Westfalia, Earth
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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Thanks! _________________ ‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
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dhaavers Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2010 Posts: 7757 Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 6:42 am Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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Masterflow looks like a good rig. May need to bite on that if I come across any Christmas money...$$$
OT: Not quite finalized yet, but my "CCeB" tracks (Cheap Chinese eBay) will mount high sidesaddle, via raingutter:
C'mon, Santa!
- Dave _________________ 86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
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dhaavers Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2010 Posts: 7757 Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 11:28 am Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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epbiggs wrote: |
...the SuperFlow MV-50 and can be had for around $68 on eBay.
When I was researching compressors for my van, the MV-50 seemed to be the best of the "affordable"
compressors and had great reviews for the price. I've used mine many times and am very happy with it.
I think it may also be available under different names, such as Masterflow... |
Indeed...identical model, currently just $50:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F152007420849 _________________ 86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
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E1 Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2013 Posts: 6585 Location: Westfalia, Earth
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Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: Show me pictures of your Maxtrax! |
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dhaavers wrote: |
Masterflow looks like a good rig. |
Dave, call me... we'd be more than happy to get that for you.
It's the least we owe you, Brother. _________________ ‘84 Westy, 2.1L with Digijet, 5.43 R+P, GT Gears
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights.
Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
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