scotchjock Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Hi everybody Has anyone had any experience of 'Griptrack', used to get you out of the mire. (?) (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ris Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Hi, Saw them advertised and purchased them, just before we purchased our first motorhome an Autotrail Cheyenne 840 Tag axle, weight 4,500 kilos. Only used them once and that was our first outing to a CL. Rained all weekend on moving off just slid and dug in. Used Grip Track and off we went without a problem. Easy to clean and store. I would recommend them, not expensive. Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotchjock Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 Thanks for that Gerry, I will be ordering some ASAP Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Unfortunately can't agree with Gerry about using Griptrack. We found it wasn't heavy enough and they spun away from our wheels. Like many others we use cut down breadboards which have saved us from being stuck in the mud dozens of times. In fact on rallies we have often made roads with the breadboards and managed to get several vans off much to the amusement of anybody watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulurita Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 How can one obtain these "Breadboards"? Did ask at our local Sainsburys and they said they sent them back to their suppliers of bread and I couldn't purchase any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 zulurita - 2007-12-09 3:37 PM How can one obtain these "Breadboards"? Did ask at our local Sainsburys and they said they sent them back to their suppliers of bread and I couldn't purchase any. Long and rather acrimonious debate on this here: http://tinyurl.com/2488s3. Should tell everything you ever needed to know, and more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandyAndy Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Ohhhh no not the bread boards again !!! :-> Finally got ours cut down , and ended up with 4 of them as I mentioned to a lady in a sports centre that we had needed some and she saved me another 2 , didn't have the heart to tell her I only needed the 2 I had. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miami Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I agree with Blacksheep. They are a waste of time. Too light and fly out from under the wheels.Try pegging them down and then the pegs become lethal weapons!!! Only solution is not to get stuck in the first place!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 If anyone is in the Pembroke area I have some brown plastic bread trays (brown trays not brown bread) that I 'liberated' several years ago that are surplus to requirements. Grip tracks are generally a waste of time, but they do work better if you cut them into 12" sections and screw one section to each side of a piece of similarly sized plywood as the extra rigidity gives a better gripping area. These also work well as parking pads to rest your wheels on when parked on a potentially soggy grass site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotchjock Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 I did buy some grip tracks, and am I glad that I did. During our stay at Glenmore Forest Park over New Year, we had copious amounts of precipitation. When it was time to leave there was 2" of standing water on top of the grass. No chance of 4 tons of FWD getting off unassisted. Out with the new grip track- worked a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel E Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Most methods of getting out of the mire work a whole lot better if you don't get stuck in the first place - in other words, use your aids BEFORE chewing up the ground with skidding tyres. As ever, the rule is to start in as high a gear and with the lowest revs that will work. And always avoid parking so you have to reverse out as reverse gear is usually the lowest and prevents you using the foregoing rule. Mel E ==== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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