By Mike D1 on Thursday, November 08, 2001 - 11:15 pm: Edit

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=597748005&r=0&t=0

By charlie on Thursday, November 08, 2001 - 08:22 pm: Edit

Do they work well?
---Charlie

By Chris Merritt (Smokinbro) on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 09:59 am: Edit

those 'sand ladders' look like fibreglass grating.

Instead of buying the ladders, take a walk through the yellow pages J

By Ali on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 10:29 am: Edit

I doubt if they're fiberglass, maybe ABS plastic. I'm amazed that they can support one wheel though!

By Kyle on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 10:44 am: Edit

The Aluminum oneswont support a wheel nor the old heavy steel ones. They bend. I think these would probably do better but damn they are bulky...


Kyle

By Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 10:54 am: Edit

I could have used a pair of those at Rebesonia I wonder if they would make a good roof-rack floor?

By jay caragay (Jcaragay) on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 11:27 am: Edit

What is the deal with these Sand Ladder things? I mean maybe I am a bit of a Scrooge but $300 seems like a helluvalot of money to me for strips of aluminum with holes in them or this fiberglass-type waffle board.

Isn't there someplace that has reasonable ($100-150) prices for these kind of things?

By Mike D1 on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 11:27 am: Edit

Charlie,

Yes they work great.

Chris,

Wrong, read the description. These were made for this use. They are not off the shelf stuff.

Kyle,

Yes they hold the whole truck up to bridge a gap. They also work like regular sand/mud mats. They sell a rack for them too.

Mike

By Ron on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 11:31 am: Edit

They are not off the shelf stuff.

Actually they are you just have to know what to look for.

Ron

By Mike D1 on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 11:35 am: Edit

Check out my 1.5" lift on ebay too!

Thanks guys....and gals.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=597756828&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1006150505&indexURL=0&rd=1

By Chris Merritt (Smokinbro) on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 12:23 pm: Edit

Without seeing them in person, I am only guessing.

However, GRP is glass-reinforced-plastic. Which is the UK term for FRP - Fibre-reinforced-plastic.

The material looks exactly like FRP grating used in mill applications (of which I am very familliar) The stuff I am thinking about is used in place of galvanized steel grating as it is lighter and doesn't rust. Often the surface of the grid looks like it has sand grit embedded.

Its very strong, reasonably light and flexes well.

Mike, as I said, I havn't inspected yours so I am only saying what it looks like to me..

I am sure that what you are offering is great, and I'm sure that the price is excellent.

jsut giving my 2 cents

By Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 01:19 pm: Edit

Those 30 foot aluminum bridges used on the Camel T events - are they kinda one-offs or has anyone seen them for sale?

By Chris Dillard (Cdillard) on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 01:28 pm: Edit

The "mats" above are actually the material from the decking on oil rigs. I was told by a gentlemen @ the SAE rally that RN was purchasing the deck from the oil rigs surplus (dist./middleman) and cutting the mats themselves at the shop. This is pretty stout material though.

Just my $.01.5 worth
Chris

By charlie on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 01:47 pm: Edit

Looks like a pair of good sand ladder to me...
I will wait and see how much it got bid up to

Mike, you live in Marin? Bay area CA? Save on shipping too... How beat up are those ladders?

---Charlie

By Chris Browne on Friday, November 09, 2001 - 03:48 pm: Edit

The picture is of Waffles marketed in the UK by David Bowyer @ ukl82 a pair, and by RN here for$380