| Author | Message | ||
     Jason Gustavson (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 496 Registered: 12-2002 |
I have found what seems to be a reasonably priced set of sandladders on okoffroad.com. They have 2 selections steel or aluminum. Which would you get? http://www.okoffroad.com/stuff-sandladders-aluminum.htm http://www.okoffroad.com/stuff-sandladders.htm | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 191 Registered: 10-2002 |
GRP Waffle Bridges glass reinforced plastic. weathers better, lighter than steel, and load bearing. mine have saved my butt. ask kyle, he LOVES them. | ||
| Jason Gustavson (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 502 Registered: 12-2002 |
Those are sweet! But at $390 it's pretty steep. I should probably explain that 95% of the time when I'm stuck it is in sand not mud because AZ = VERY LITTLE MUD BUT LOTS OF SAND. | ||
| Blake Luse (Muddyrover) Senior Member Username: Muddyrover Post Number: 768 Registered: 02-2002 |
Those are good prices. can't help you out on which one is better though. | ||
| John Lee (Johnlee) New Member Username: Johnlee Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2003 |
Jack, Leggo my Eggo! | ||
| Jason Gustavson (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 506 Registered: 12-2002 |
hehe | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 183 Registered: 02-2003 |
the steel are ridiculously heavy. go with aluminum. | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 192 Registered: 10-2002 |
did i mention that i got my GRP for $175? i found an "alternate source". here's a pic where you can see them (although not in action): http://www.discoweb.org/johnbull2/john%20bull%2017.jpg We opine that that is not genuine John Lee, however, we would like to know what an expedition minded fellow like himself thinks of the controversial breakfast bridge. | ||
| Lawrence Tilly (L_tilly) Member Username: L_tilly Post Number: 110 Registered: 02-2002 |
Jack, Just to clear up when you say "load bearing". Have you actually used them to cross something like a small gully or crack where the ladders were actually supporting a significant portion of the Disco's weight? Do you know if it was only one tire at a time or did you have one on each ladder with nothing underneath? If you could set up a demo and snap a pic that would be awsome. The only reason I'm really drilling is because I think those are great prices and I like the material (weathering and weight wise). Lawrence lnctilly@metrocast.net 96 Disco "Beowulf" NH, USA | ||
| John Lee (Johnlee) New Member Username: Johnlee Post Number: 9 Registered: 03-2003 |
"we would like to know what an expedition minded fellow like himself thinks of the controversial breakfast bridge" They're for show and little else. If you're going for show, you might as well get the sexy PSP and not the Leggo my Eggo stuff. | ||
| Jason Gustavson (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 508 Registered: 12-2002 |
John, I would prefer function and practicalty over looks anyday. Right now I'm leaning towards the aluminum but I think I may go to the steel for bridging purposes also | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 185 Registered: 02-2003 |
if you want funtion the plastic is the only way. you can bridge with them ,the steel and aluminum bend. what you are really saying is you dont want to pay for the good stuff when you'd look perfectly cool with aluminum. rd | ||
| Jason Gustavson (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 509 Registered: 12-2002 |
Rd thanks for the info, If I wanted to go for the looks I would buy an H2. I have no expierence with different types of sandladders. I don't want some crap to bend and break so I guess the plastic is the way to go. Jack, who's the "alternate source" so I could look into it | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 193 Registered: 10-2002 |
They DO support weight. Now a word of caution here, I bought something that was the same material but not billed as an offroad product so I had no guarantee on strength. I just checked the material and the manufacturing and it seemed to be the same thing so I took the plunge. I figured that for the price, if they held weight, great! if not, then they would just be good sand ladders with less sex appeal (or more, depending on your orientation). I brought them home and used them to ramp up a tall curb. I had two tires on them at once, supporting the weight of a heavy disco. There was a lot of bending and somewhat disturbing crackling at first, but they held and have worked since. I feel totally confident that I could cross a crack of up to two feet, but I wouldn't push it past that. They certainly could be used to ramp a difficult obstacle. jason, here's a previous discussion ../17/12303.html> feel free to email me offline. John, I thought the camel love might have created a soft spot for planking, but I guess not the plastic kind. oh well. happy to have your opinion regardless. pass the syrup. | ||
| Jason Gustavson (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 512 Registered: 12-2002 |
Jack You got mail | ||
| thom mathie (Muskyman) Senior Member Username: Muskyman Post Number: 219 Registered: 11-2002 |
2 feet?...why not just angle the truck and drive across a crack if it is only 2 feet? must notbe sexy to just drive across things? | ||
| Lawrence Tilly (L_tilly) Member Username: L_tilly Post Number: 119 Registered: 02-2002 |
Thom, I think that was just an example of how far his faith in them would go. I would be surprised if anyone needed to bridge a crack that you could crawl over fairly safely. I was mostly interrested in their ability to help get a leg up on a difficult obsticle. Sometimes that rock or ditch is just a little too high for our sad little non-Hummers (  ), and instead of gathering and piling a dozen big rocks or breaking out the shovel, it might be nice to drop a plank and have the angle you need. -Lawrence | ||
| Greg Hirst (Gregh) Member Username: Gregh Post Number: 132 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'm an environmentalist so I use rocks, tree branches, $G diff guards, whatever's sitting at trailside... One less thing for me to carry that I won't use. However, the next trip I cross the Sahara, I am definitely getting some PSP. | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 52 Registered: 01-2003 |
A guy on e-Bay has been selling the PSP sand ladders. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2407802160&categor y=6763 I prefer the aluminum, that way they are lighter, and I won't be as tempted to use them for a bridge. -Reed |
