late 1970s I was sitting at a remote beach feeling so proud of my TOYOTA FJ40 negotiated all the soft sand when a old Holden station wagon pulled up with four surfers 🏄‍♀on board with four scaffolding planks using teamwork they drove onto two planks then placed the next two in front then repeat till the ground was good enough to drive on

Would be great if you could stack with the mk2 ..that way you get lighten up the 4 but still have 2 longer ones to get you going ...Great Info Ronny

These are perfect for keeping in a soft roader for beach emergencies…

Clever thinking by Maxtrax! There's definitely a market for them. Great tests! It's hard to imagine what else you could have done to them according to off-road situations. An excellent Australian-made quality product!

That was impressive! This Lite option definitely fills a gap in the market and will do well I'm sure! Great video!

I’m surprised when you hit the Lite at 80 the Flux capacitor didn’t kick in and take you Back to the Future! If ya know ya know!

I used to use a flat piece of wood. Worked better than nothing. This is impressive what it can handle. Thanks for the test. I’m using my mk2s for my son’s electric kids 4WD, god he loves a good recovery!

I would like a video on roof load and some examples. I don't do any real 4x4 in my rav4 . But i find roof loads interesting especially how it changes 9n different surfaces. Great video, thanks for your time

Fantastic info Ronny and well tested, Will have to keep my eye out for these

Didn't use the flame thrower on it. Fake test.

awesome content as always.thanks for sharing and taking us along.

After some time doing some thinking, I am going to get two pairs for my WD21. Thankfully the vehicle is fairly light to begin with and it helps with storage.

Being new makes a big difference. Exposure to heat, sun and other weather elements for long time surely will change most of these tests' results.

I have six regular ones and two minnes for levelling the camper and one jockey wheel skid, wouldn't go without them and they've been used alot.

The real question is, for the weight/cost, is it better to have two pairs of Lites, or one pair of MKII's?

Will Fire to Fork cook for RD & crew in future episodes ?

I pick up 2 sets of knock off Maxx Trax (not branded) from my local Princess Auto (a franchise hardware/tool/farm supply store in Canada) a couple years ago. For $100 a set a few years ago. I don't use them much. But they do the job. Even used them to level my 3 ton travel trailer/caravan. Handy investment.

i just got a set cos they were half the price of the big ones and they fit nicely behind the back seats on my dmax so i dont have to worry about mounting them or having them slide around in the tray

Omg when was the last time when we saw this JK on the channel? A decade ago? I think I need to go back to those videos.

These would be great for a set to keep on camper trailer and a full set of normal size for the car. That would be my advice

I'd love the lights, but my vehicles are just too heavy. Have a Land Cruiser 79 with a FiftyTen cabin with four original boards. And a Jeep Gladiator with an AluCab Canopy Camper, which currently has two Maxtrax Extreme boards. If I had to get more boards, I might add some smaller ones in a different place on the truck (both trucks have them on the roof rack, both are very top heavy, both are not used in very difficult terrain, but definitely in sand.

Yet another top quality video Ronny. With some good information about the lites. Top stuff.

Another small pro for people in small towns is they are sub 1m so AU post can deliver, I had to get my maxtrax sent through carrier

Impressive! This is exactly how I think a good test should be. Thanks.

Welcome back Brian!!

Just thinking, for the same price, would 4x Lites be better than 2x Mark 2's ? That's 3.6m (Lite) vs 2.3m (Mark 2) of total track length. Have options like can put one under each wheel or string together, Can easily store in vehicle instead of on roof if needed etc etc.

The Lites look okay for my Suzuki Vitara . A question , I don't leave them on top of my vehicle but you see a lot of people just leave them on their roof rack exposed to the sun , how many years do they last before they go brittle and break ?

I'd love to see some modified videos on the Suzuki Jimny.

The Max Trax Lites are really for crossovers and small 4x4s.

really hate that they adjusted the MKI -> mkII size slightly. Had a set (didn't realise mk1 / mk2), bought a mounting solution and a extra set (MK2) had to file the MK1's to size to fit on the same mounting, and only with the MK1 on the bottom and the mk2's on top I can fit 4 boards to the designated mounting pins....

I’m sold on these for my AWD Hiace import, and leave my extremes on my Patrol roof.

Perfect for my Subaru Forester i guess!

I also tested the heck out of them and highly rate them. They fill a great gap in the market!

I’ll get a pair thanks Ronnie & 4 Wheelling😊

Have you tested the Bunker Indust recovery boards? I’ve seen those used in the USA but wonder how they stack up.

Crazy to see how much abuse it took! Maxtrax are great boards!

2 x MK2's VS 4 x Lite's ? could be a thing ? For example the FJ could hide 4 of the Lite's on board with a fridge and a swag without a roof rack and would make a very capable and efficient multi-tool.

If I had a Zook, I'd definitely go lite

*NICE FJ!*

Maxtrax lite any good for 1999 camry le v6?

Ronny, are you still working for maxtrax?

Another great video by Ronny!

Handy bit of kit

Sweet, thanks Ronnie 😊

Interesting as always

Lol this makes me want to have a jeep but I'm poor af

Would have been great to see back to back comparisons between the boards in the same situation

I can't find the lites online, I'm in arizona, could it be an Australian market only?

Could the lites be good for a camper trailer or hybrid van?

Just what is "the next level" I keep hearing everyone parroting off each other? Is it next level up, or down? Say your in a ten-story building with a basement and you are on the fifth floor but you wanr to go to "the next level". But that level goes down instead of up? Is this a good or bad thing?

Looks like I'll be getting a set of Lite for my Subaru.

Those prices are atrocious.

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I replace missing teeth with stainless steel screws.

seriously Ronny, if your getting paid from maxtrax for this vid then "fair play", you need to make money. otherwise your being sucked in to a "gimmick" brought to you by maxtrax. If your going to carry recovery boards then why would you even consider the 'lite's". just carry the usual ones for all occasions-job done. It's a gimmick!