Maxtrax Xtreme | Best 4x4 Recovery Tracks On The Market 

after i saved up enough money for 20 years i was finally able to buy a set of maxtrax

i don't even have a 4x4 and i just spent 20 minutes watching a video about tracks. was good to learn something new.

I know you stopped just over a year ago... but I always come back to watch your videos they are just soo good and approachable to learning - I also agree maxtrax for us have been one of the best investments to a self recovery raid!

Great video - I want to complement you on keeping the language clean. It is refreshing and makes the video much more enjoyable.

This bloke is so damn likable

I can't believe neither you nor anyone else has commented on the spectacular backdrop. That place is a well kept secret and the view is absolutely breathtaking. Every single time. Even more amazing is that you can drive about 60kms from Perth, half of it being all bush and in the hills, and then suddenly you can see the CBD skyline.

In my area, if you are remote and on the trail (track), if you get bogged down and need to be rescued by a tow truck.... $500 is about what you will pay for one rescue depending on how remote you are and IF...IF...IF they can get to you.

As an old guy who just goes down onto the beach and gets stuck occasionally I really appreciate the presentation and insights of how to get out off trouble by just investing in the right gear. Thanks mate great job and service you are doing.

You Guys are the king's of stuck!! thanks for the info it's nice to see all the different ways to get un- stuck!!

Take your old trax. Drill out the old worn spikes and stick some bolt / nuts through with fender washers and boom. New spikes. 😁

I needed these last weekend bad. Thanks. Needed two full size trucks with 12,000 lb winches to pull out a Jeep sunk at the lake. These would have saved me no problem.

Love watching your stuff. Keep it up. Cheers from Texas 🍻

This will be on my fathers days list for 2022👍🏽

Excellent information excellent Vlogs thanks for sharing your experience...

You’re presenting is 10/10. Have Learned a lot from your vids. This one maybe a little sponsored (I don’t know), but your honesty as usual and showing different scenarios where a product can fall or excel is on point. I like how you stay true whether sponsored or not. Keep up the great work.

Great Vid Michael. I once wondered if MaxxTrax saw my version many years ago and copied it except did a proper job LOL. I used to get the old bread crates and cut the bottoms out of those and carried four in my car for our WA beach adventures. They worked (albeit) you needed to get them laying totally flat so required proper ground preparation (otherwise you spun your wheels on them) but they gave me enough hard ground to get some momentum up to get me going again. The poor wife had to carry them to what ever spot I deemed hard enough for me to stop on once I had gotten out though hahaha ... she’s a good girl! Great vid mate!

Thanks for this. Had not thought about the possible damage to the under body when they flip up. Good point.

Great job max tracks should sponsor your channel Well done Cheers

Excellent review and comparison, your effort and enthusiasm is much appreciated !!

great review Michael, Maxtrax are the best self recovery item you can get and they are pretty top value for the time they last, low maintenance compared to servicing or replacing a winch, I also use my trax as a ramp for my quad bike, double them up to load on the trailer

Great vid, didn't even consider the track damaging the body, thanks for all the effort in this vid.

Love the comparison between the xtreme and the MKII's 11:00

Loved the “Malcolm Douglas” sound track

Thorough as always. I don't have steps and likely won't so will go for the straight nylon. Thanks for the tips

excellent job, i've had a set of extremes since last October for testing, they are extremely durable and effective.

$500 is cheaper than losing your truck to the ocean!

Being aluminium now I wonder if they would rip your tyres to shreds if you do spin tyres on them?

Done like a pro mate. I reckon you should be picked up by Tv stations or something, your work is that good. And thanks for the video 😁

Top class video mate. Your a champion. Your number one in my book.😊 After watching this video, l'll be buying a pair of Maxtraks Extreme. Thanks for posting.😊

Mate love the Australian stumpy cattle dog chasing the maxtrax😂

I love your videos thanks for uploading. Could you do a short video of how you prepare your car for beach work, ie rustproofing or coatings and washing etc

I watched your videos about the basics of recovery and always you have those maxtrax. I bought the extreme last week and still waiting to arrive. I'm looking forward to get it tested here in NZ.

Good little video with some great tips and testing - thanks!! Today's 'word of the day': "Guys'"... Anyway guys, I hope you guys enjoyed... haha! 0:00 0:02 4:05 6:56 10:00 10:46 17:54 17:58 20:33 20:42 Took me ages to do that - and I watched it again!!

Had a ford ranger 2x4 with difflock. Did a bunch of off roading and sand with it. My friend pulled me out thick sand once but otherwise it ran great just had to keep the revs up. Bought a ford ranger 3.0 tdci 4x4 xle. Now still have not done any 4x4 . Watch your videos now to see what recovery gear i am getting first. Max trax is forst on my list and a pump.

Great video mate! Man I would love a set but $500 is hard to justify!

Great review mate. I bought my first set 3 years ago from supercrap auto for $220 on sale, then my second set a week later for $160 (using points gained from the earlier buy to help bring the price down), so will pay to wait for supercrap sales to buy these I reckon. I've used mine several times in the Pilbara due to driving a prado & swear by them (never needed recovery gear when I had my old MK Triton!).

Excellent video! Cheers from America 🇺🇸

Love your vids, love how you're always smiling, having fun making these videos 😆

Really good advice on the Maxtrax and an absolute necessity when overlanding. Got me to subscribe to your channel too mate. Awesome 👍🏼

Recovery tracks in general are also great if you're in an area without other 4WD friends to help out, and places where you don't have anything to attach a winch to. Not to mention they can be used on more softroader type vehicles which may not have the option of good solid winch capable bull bars, rated recovery points and so on. The tracks can really be used on any vehicle - so they're super handy.

Ok, I have seen several reviews on the traction boards of several makes but yours takes the cake. Well done, mine are now on order. You sold me.

Little hack for you. I have replaced the plastic nubs with bolts and washers. Works as these new ones you have. I have been doing this for along time. Mainly just to be cheap. But it works like a charm. and grips well.

Thankyou for this info. It's just what I have been looking for...for a whole year now. Saw something being used in the northern part of Cape peninsula Qld. and just couldn't find any information..until now, that is. Bravo.

There is simply no cheap version that does what maxtrax does. Amazing product. I never go 4wheeling without them. Great videos mate

You won me over with the jack stand base! I don’t always get to pick where I need help. Snow is what I’m up against! Got snow demonstration? Great video 👍🏻🏆✅

Thank you, looking to buy my first set of recovery boards and this video set my mind up for a set of Maxtrax-extreme.

Top-notch videos sir. Your camping videos came in handy for me last week! You're making me want to buy a 4x4 when I can afford it. hahaha. Cheers, from sunny Southern California!

Thanks for the good info, I Lear about recovery tracks on your vídeos, Best regards from Tabasco México,

Nice work. Be interested if the flex and rebound of the maxxy extremes is impacted by the design change and ali grips. Feel free to drop another couple of tests for us.

Ok Ok . You sold me on them. I sure hope they compensate you . You must be their number one sales agent.

I have been enjoying watching your channel that I recently discovered. Also as what I think of as an odd twist of fate, MaxTrax USA is just down the street from me!

The quality of editing and filming is getting really good. Keep it up mate

Lots of work in this video. Thanks

good tip about the side steps Michael, thanks

THANK'S for you r review and for share all this BEAUTYFUL Landscape .. i love you r country Amazing ... thank you for doing video🏅🏅🏅🏅

When I first seen them I was wondering if the metal teeth would tear up rocker panels and I'm glad you pointed that out at the end of your video. Nice Review. TC

A $500 dollar piece of $5.00 dollar plastic isn't so bad if it gets you out of a bad place! I just bought 4 of these MaxTrax Extremes for my 10.000 pound H1 Hummer. Along with a winch, Kinetic ropes, tow straps, chains, a 60" Hi Lift Jack, and a Wyeth Scott come along. etc. I don't ever plan on getting stuck, and not getting myself unstuck! :) Of course, never say never! ;)

Love your channel and best of all you're a sandgroper. Absolutely fantastic channel!Keep up the good work.!! Chris from Australind

The quality of your movies is really picking up. Excellent job

I owned a 07 huilx sr5 for 4 months now and I dont do much 4wd driving. I would to get a pair of tracks but dont want to fork out $300 or even $500, but I didn't want to buy cheap ones from Ebay. I found this guy from Facebook and he has a small business in bunbury. I got a good pair of tracks from him for about $150 and they seem pretty good.

‏We have a method that we use in two-wheel drive cars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the city of Buraidah, which is that in the case of one of the rear tires stops rotating, we use the manual brake until the stopping tire moves

I was seriously about to go out and work on my Jeep. Guess it could wait twenty minutes. It’s only 2am here in the states...

Really enjoyable watching your channel thanks mate for all the reviews and info👍👍👍

Interested to see how well the metal teeth stay in the holes if you wrap one around the tyre like you did with the older models.

Never boring!

This fellow is always seemingly in such a good mood, lol. Great video tho, sadly here in the states these are retailing for $499 USD which is a LOT compared to the $300-320 for the standard version

If not already you gotta be sponsored by them after this video! Not sure if I missed it but what’s the weight difference?

Nice job on the review. No mention of replacement teeth?? or cost per " tooth " if available??. Thanks, enjoyed the vid.

Awesome video! One thing I'd thought about, do the old MK2 and the new Xtreme stack together?

Thanks so much - going to order Extremes now based on your video.

You should do a comparison between the tread pro's and the Maxtrax extreme.

I'm baffled how people think these aren't useful. I'm actually thinking of getting a set of these, I was going to get a $100 set after your cheap track comparison video, but I feel like buying something that lasts 8 years with replacement teeth would be worth it. I worked in a plastic factory as a kid and the blend of ingredients mixed with the price of the moulds is pretty extreme, finding the best mix of those ingredients is the most expensive thing, it appears maxtrax have got it right on.

even if you invested in the extreme's I'm sure they hold their secondhand resale value if you no longer 4wd.

You're the only person I know of who is smiling out the window while he's stuck in the mud.

Love ya work champ! awesome detailed demo on one of the best 4x4 accessories on the market to date! !

You can make homemade ones with a 2 by 6 hard wood 3 inch thick boards nail bolts in that at 5 inch longer so the bolt ends also work as grip for them at a price of 14$ for everything. I still am going to buy these new maxtrax but if your on a budget and can’t spend 70$ on cheap ones than do quality ones for cheap

Such a good video, and a great bloke!

Good video man! I loved the part where you made a boost ramp up the sandy hill

Very nive tips! thanks a lot!

Great video mate , i have just got my first 4wd and have gone out and got a set of the nylon ones

I had the 2’s and wanted 4 so I bought 2 of the extremes. So I have two of each, so have 4.

Excellent video 👍👍✌

That's awesome, i would quite happily pay 500 for a set or a 1000 for four. They are an essential part of the recovery kit, anything that is an investment in your safety can't be bad

Hey mate love the vids, wondering if you could do a review of the Bog Out recovery winch?? Cheers mate !

Hi, that was a great comparison. I still use the very first original MaxTrax and wonder if you have ever done a comparison between the original and the Mk 2. Thanks Stephen

Hey guys this was a great video, thanks for putting in all that effort too, really gave a stack of info

400$ for a tow truck once or 500$ for infinite recoveries?

Awesome video with great explanation and demo. Great content.

They appeat to have left-handed thread, do you know why, was it mentioned in the instrustions, and if not how long did it take you to figure it out?

Excellent review, work well in snow here in Canada also, nylon is a little stiffer in the cold LOL

Another great video, very informative, keep up the AWESOME work.

I’ve a set of 4 series 2 maxtrax and love the product. I have the money to buy these new replaceable lug maxtrax but at $500 I’ll give it a miss.

May be an idea to get some bright coloured long cord to attach to the tracks, it could make finding buried tracks that much easier.

I don't have a 4X4 but I bought some traction aids last year after getting stuck at the ski resort and I didn't even try them.

Great vid Michael, pretty idealic location too - gotta love WA! (he says from Vic)

Well done Michael, keep up these great vids.

Great video buddy

Pricey yes, but what is your cost to getting out of a stuck situation. The number of uses you get and what they get you out of over their lifetime makes them worth the cost.

Haha, definitely understand production costs but still $500 is serious coin for plastic. They are however extremely tough and work so it's down to your budget. Nice effort on your vid as usual.👍

Hey mate, do you think you could do a video about damage your rig has sustained while adventuring and ways to prevent/minimize accidents?