Member Since: 28 May 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 128
Group buy – Bridging ramps for Sydney D3’s
I have been impressed by MaxTrax in sand and mud, but they are expensive ($295), hard to clean from mud, and they can’t hold weight. GrateMates from WA look better, but at $285 to Sydney, expensive and maybe too flexible. Check out their website, http://www.gratemates.com.au/
So I made my own. They are similar to Gratemates, but are made of 38mm FRP instead of 30mm. So stronger, they can handle a D3, see photos. At 1220mm x 315mm x 38mm, they mount across the roof rails under the roof rack. Shorter might be better if you want to carry internally (they can be cut fairly easily, but it's messy). They are light given their strength - 8kg each. A single one would make an excellent roof mount location for extra tyres on an expedition, as well as being a bulletproof roof platform.
I have used them twice in two trips, and they have been fantastic. I have got at least one taker for a set, I was going to open it up to others. Call me lazy, but I don’t have time to organise shipping – so you would need to collect from Sydney, either Nth Sydney (BH) or Marsfield (AH). Cost will be $220, but I hope to get this under $200 with a few takers. If there’s interest, it will be fairly quick – about a week to arrange.
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