Sand/Mud mats: any recommendations ? (1 Viewer)

[Ridgeway]

After seeing someone get stuck on a water logged field last year (UK) and last week someone burying their van in loose sand/pine needles I though some mats should be added to the emergency kit box, as well as a tow rope.....

Can anyone recommend any mats for this job ? Nothing too fancy as my Watford Gap is about Limoges so sand is more frequently encountered than mud...

 

[mike mcglynn]

Mud skipping

Hi, Ridgeway try e bay look at sand ladders there are a few very nice ones or failing that get some old bread trays the plastic ones and cut off the sides thats what most of the funsters do :thumb:

 

[Peter JohnsCross MH]

Cheap option is cut down bread baskets, plenty of grip on those.

Peter

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[Ridgeway]

You guys will recycle anything for an alternative use, I like it.

Just got to convince my local Boulangerie that his bread trays are looking old and are a health hazard......

 

[icantremember]

If I think we are likely to get stuck we carry a pair of sand ladders similar to > Link Removed < .............. they are not cheap but are very strong and don't slip.:thumb:

 

[rangi]

If I know I'm going to rough it and park on grass, I carry 4 steel pieces of 20mm mesh, 500mm x 1 metre which I put under each wheel.

I found them when rummaging around one of the old Barns on the Farm.
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[vwalan]

If I think we are likely to get stuck we carry a pair of sand ladders similar to > Link Removed < .............. they are not cheap but are very strong and don't slip.:thumb:

great bits of kit .i carry two on mt truck . bought at a landrover show . they come off oil rig platforms and places like that .used as floors on gantries etc . but work a treat. in sand or mud .and for bridging .

 

[vwalan]

If I think we are likely to get stuck we carry a pair of sand ladders similar to > Link Removed < .............. they are not cheap but are very strong and don't slip.:thumb:

great bits of kit .i carry two on my truck . bought at a landrover show . they come off oil rig platforms and places like that .used as floors on gantries etc . but work a treat. in sand or mud .and for bridging .

 

[TheBig1]

cost £35
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or ask local bakery for damaged bread trays

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[mikebeaches]

Just posted on another thread that I successfully extracted my van earlier this year, with both front wheels buried deep in sand, using Milenco grip-mats.

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I was moving slowly on a campsite and the front of the van suddenly dropped down and ground to an immediate halt.

I was amazed they worked, but with the help of a small army-style shovel to dig a bit of sand out of the way behind the wheels first, then put the mats down and reversed back on to terra firma. The mats disappeared in the process - nowhere to be seen? In fact, buried deep in the sand - but they worked. So impressed, I bought a second set when we got home. :thumb:

Mike

 

[vwalan]

you can get light weight big plastic shovels these days .great for sand/snow but do work in mud .