Recovery gear was useless on my D3

[Mattt]

Just a quick complaint, for my NYE trip to Fraser Island, I purchased lots of recovery gear (Maxxtraxx, Compressor, Gauges, Snatch strap, Shackles, Shovel etc) and the car didn't get stuck once.

I kept the road tyres at normal road pressure, sand mode, DSC off, off-road height and it just travelled along perfectly happy.

Admittedly I didn't venture north of the Maheno, but it handled everything else fine (was based in Kingfisher Bay so did the usual sights).

The worst track was actually the one from the resort up the hill towards Lake McKenzie, the wooden slats had broken up quite badly and I saw a number of cars have difficulty up the hill, including a HiLux which sheared a rear driveshaft and the wheel fell off.

[Rohan]

Great to hear Mattt!
I'm heading up there in a couple of months, seems I may have wasted my cash too!
These cars really do rock!

[mottzone]

That was my experience exactly on Fraser. Even pulled out a bogged Jeep (Road tyre pressure, sand mode) MaxTrax etc still awaiting a trial.

Love my D4

Cheers

[Reads90]

Always the better way to be, have and not use it


I carried a second spare wheel around Australia on our 8 month 45,000k trip and never used it once. Got one puncher and that was in the car park at Bunnings Carins and was slow so drove to the tyre shop and got it fixed. So dragged two spare and never used one. But would still carry it again.

[Tombie]

Yeah... Lets run road pressures and **** the beach and tracks more than necessary...

Not impressed!

[Celtoid]

My Maxxtraxx are still in the original cardboard cover...never used in 3 years of beach drives.

Did break out the snatch-strap on my second Fraser trip though....to recover a Nissan Xtrail...LOL!!!

I wouldn't get too cocky thought....on that Fraser trip the conditions were very good for bogging and even with my tyres at 18psi, had to have a few goes at some of hills. There were cars bogged everywhere.

[~Rich~]

Maxi tracks are a waste of space in my opinion, travel with another car / deflate tyres as needed.
Common sense goes a long way as much as experience!

[discotwinturbo]

Maxtrax a waste of space....you don't go hard enough then

I run low pressures on the beach and have been down to 10 on a few occasions. Have towed an xtrail over a dune at Callcup and without 10psi and 4 maxtrax I would not have been able to pull it over.

Have used maxtrax in mud....and low pressures and full height. Have used maxtrax on salt pans....they are sensational recovery tools.

I have also used them twice with our camper in tow.

I would not go bush without maxtrax, but I do go hard.

Brett....

[~Rich~]

Each their own!

[Bren]

Hey Mattt,
I would have seen you there!! I just got back today after taking my Disco 3 S and camper trailer on the trip for ten days. I have only had this vehicle for three weeks and had a completely different experience to you. Got bogged four times, admittedly with the trailer loaded on three occasions but once north of Waddy Point heading to Sandy Cape. The S model does not have enough clearance and as soon as the ruts got deep I would bottom out. I used a lot of other peoples gear though!! Nothing beats a snatch strap and wait for someone else to come along, if you are not travelling with someone.

I have been to Fraser a couple of times in a Series 2A and a Series 1 Disco and never bogged. A bit disappointing buying this great new Disco and it lets me down. I came home and hugged my Disco 1 and apologised for not taking her!!!!!

Any Disco 3 S drivers out there, is a 2 inch lift enough for the Disco 3?

Cheers
Bren