MAXTRAX XTREME Recovery Boards, Olive Drab

A pair of MAXTRAX XTREME recovery boards in Olive Drab. Same nylon as the MKII with 88 hard-anodized alloy teeth set into it, which MAXTRAX say grip faster and wear slower under a spinning tire.

/WHY IT IS HERE

Recovery boards get a stuck truck out with no winch, no anchor point and no second vehicle: the board goes under the tire and the truck drives out on it. I carry MAXTRAX on the 80 because you never know when you will need them. Usually it is not for the 80. It is for pulling someone else out.

/KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY

• A pair, not one. Two boards per box.
• XTREME takes its own mounting pins, sold separately by MAXTRAX, including a hybrid pin for stacking XTREME on top of MKII.
• A damaged tooth comes out from the underside with a T-50 Torx bit. MAXTRAX sell replacement teeth.

/WHICH ONE

MKII ($279.99 a pair) grips with molded nylon cleats and weighs 15 lb a pair. XTREME ($439.99 a pair) sets 88 alloy teeth into the same nylon, which MAXTRAX say outlast nylon cleats under a spinning tire and can be replaced one at a time. It weighs 20 lb a pair. MAXTRAX built XTREME for jobs where heavy wheelspin is hard to avoid: racing, military and long expeditions.

/IN THE KIT

• 2 MAXTRAX XTREME boards

/SPECS

• Color: Olive Drab
• 88 hard-anodized alloy teeth, replaceable with a T-50 Torx bit
• Weight: 9 kg (20 lb) a pair
• Engineering-grade reinforced nylon, the MKII material
• Six glove-friendly handles
• Nests with MKII, with a slightly larger gap; works with MAXTRAX mini and the Fixing and Linking Kit
• Made in Australia
• Limited lifetime warranty against faulty materials and workmanship, from MAXTRAX