2 weeks in muddy field in Shropshire - what, if anything, would you put under wheels?

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Hi there,

Our more ambitious touring plans have been substituted with a couple of weeks at a small farmer's site in the Shropshire hills. We're taking the car too, so will be parking the motorhome up for the duration, unless we want to take it somewhere to have its facilities on hand for the day.

Any suggestions for avoiding getting stuck in the mud when we move off, in anticipation of typical English summer weather? I'm wondering if strategically placed bits of cardboard, wood or cheap doormats from the pound shop under each wheel might be the way to go.

We're off today if we ever get the motorhome back from the garage - only took it in for a wheel arch repair and two weeks later, the cab has been gutted and a major damp repair attended to... We're on a promise for an 11am pick up - it's like one of those trips to the supermarket where you pop in for a pint of milk and somehow spend £200...

Thanks a lot for any advice
 
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Just a bit of wood or something similar under each wheel should stop any problems, nothing too thick as you might have problems climbing up onto it.

Good luck.

Martin
 
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Lovely - thanks a lot Martin - wondered (thin) wood would be better than something softer...
 
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Oh - just spotted the carpet suggestion - another possibility as we have some offcuts hanging around.. Thanks!

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Shropshire hasn't had a great deal of rain, having said that its rained a bit last night but generally the ground is pretty firm.
I use the yellow Fiamma plastic things , you still sink a bit but gives you the initial traction to get out of the hole that your tyres have made.
 
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We have these. They roll up to approx 30cm by 20cm and get us out of anything. We have always had 4250kg trucks . Never be without them

Kev
 
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I always carry some small pieces of old chip board about three quarters of an inch thick, pop them under the wheels when on grass. They store under rear bed, so don’t take much room up, and at the end of the day, if they are sodden when we leave because of a lot of rain, we just bag them, and through them away when we get home. Also carry couple of bits of old carpet as well, About 8 inches wide by about a metre, as said previously, but touch wood, not had to use them so far👍
 
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sylvester1954 said:
Interesting.... 🤔.... Where are these available and have you any idea as to the cost please?
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Hi guys...£45 is what we paid and I actually got mine from Amazon after seeing them on a 4x4 web site
Never let me down yet! Easy to store too

Kev
 
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Always carry some offcuts of plywood, 4 bits so you can keep swapping them to keep the drive wheels on solid surface when ground becomes sodden 👍
 
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I carry 4 pieces of 12mm marine ply, 1M x 500mm, always park on them if wet or likely to be.
 
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The issue that causes a loss of traction is the creation of tyre sized ‘cups’ in the ground. This means that the tyres have to climb out of these indentations before being able to traverse flat ground; the longer you stay parked in the one location the greater the likelihood, and the extent, of these indentations forming.

The best way to prevent this from occurring is to spread the load using something solid (carpets and thin grip mats cannot do this).

I use short planks for this purpose with the added bonus that they can also be used to aid levelling.

Ian
 
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As bigtwin says about the cup formation and the way you leave, slow and steady or you'll end up digging in once your off your planks......my experience is mostly leaving muddy show grounds with a horse lorry, but still a large heavy vehicle, nothing under the wheels, but your not there for as long.
 
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Mrsambulancekidd said:
As bigtwin says about the cup formation and the way you leave, slow and steady or you'll end up digging in once your off your planks......my experience is mostly leaving muddy show grounds with a horse lorry, but still a large heavy vehicle, nothing under the wheels, but your not there for as long.
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I agree. The only problem I have ever had with wet grass has been getting started in the first place, once we are moving we use light pressure on the accelerator and take the foot off slightly when the wheels start spinning, rather than the common reaction of putting the foot down, which only digs you in quicker. That has always seen us get out.

Now we have hydraulic levellers most of the weight is taken off the wheels, so they do not sink in. So, when leaving the site, I now drop off the levellers and immediately move away. If the ground looks soft we use purpose made spreader pads under the levellers when setting up.
 
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Skid mats And snow chains .keep them in van all the time.

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Bread crate bases cut in half for us., always use them on grass under all 4 wheels, unless the ground is rock hard.
A lot of people make the mistake of only putting them under the front wheels, then the rear wheels sink into a hollow and it can be difficult to drive off.
 
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