Ontario BS Thread

Recovery boards like we posted a few pages back.

They are amazing!

 

Hi lift and winch adaptor

Used it with @Norilsk. Worked fine

Try the trails without and see if you feel you'll need one .

 

Good advice. If I were to get a winch I think the smitty 9.5 with synthetic would be my poison. I have a baby truck lol, doesn’t weigh near as much as you big dogs.

 

Even with a winch I would be hesitant to wheel alone

 

Ya I'm nearly 6000lbs unloaded

 

If you're with us you're fine anyways .a few us will have winches if needed

 

Another good point. When’s the first trail run I’m getting excited

 

If you are always in a group, simple tow strap or kinetic rope with a bow shackle and hitch receiver/front tow points is all you need.
I would recommend winch for solo travels mostly, but skip the boards. Mine are still somewhere in the woods of Montana. They are great for levelling your RTT, but in most terrain when you get stuck deep (and I mean sitting on below your frame not some silly hills) those boards will be useless, only winch or second vehicle to pull you out.

I tested them all over US, all kinds of terrain, was not impressed.

 

I think main thing everyone should have their own of if going on trail

1 - recovery snatch strap . Even if it's the cheap princess auto one as long as it's proper snatch with some stretch.
1 - reciever shackle
2 - d ring shackles

 

You're going to get raped soon

 

Yeah I’m gonna buy a good snatch strap, right now I just have tow straps I stole from work and they’ve been fine for pulling my buddies out of farmers fields but I’m not trying to snap a frame In half on the trail lol.

 

I would not wheel with out my recovery boards, they have helped me many times already.

Maybe you just need more practice with them?

 

Well fuck Smitty bilt even sells the receiver with one and calls it d ring


Fuck it everyone go buy soft shackles because fuck economical decisions .

 

My problem with recovery boards is they are so damn expensive. I guess you can’t put a price on peace of mind but fuck, $400 for a set of maxtrax, cmon

 

Depends on terrain .

Sand and snow they are great . Mud not so much

It's really all depends on where you are. I know in Long Island you can't even drive on the beaches without boards and if you are caught without it they'll kick you off and remove your permit

 

$250 for 2 sets of cheaper china ones like mine.

 

The maxsa ones are decent just don't stack nice .
The higher end ones just stack better and have more flexibility

 

Yea you are right, I have turned around before because of mud even when I had my boards. I was scared the bottom was just not hard enough and the boards would just get eatin by the mud.

 

The kind of terrain I encounter is what you call 4wheeler/snow machine terrain, they don't work there, simply get buried or projectile 10 ft after slipping under the wheel.

Winch is the best solution for those cases.