bridging ladders

**cartm58** · 27th September 2007, 12:52 PM

Anyone had any experience with these sorts of bridging ladder, thought would be good for back of Range Rover and handy for sand, mud and crossing trenches holes etc

http://www.gratingco.com.au/bridging.shtml

price for a pair 1.2 metre 38mm is $240 with shipping to Perth an additional $60

**Outlaw** · 27th September 2007, 01:04 PM

here's a good thread i remembered from about a year back
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread...ht=sand+ladder

Not a bad price either from what you've said... might need to look at some myself soon... in the grey

**PhilipA** · 27th September 2007, 01:09 PM

These are a Pommie design and they swear by them. They have been reviewed in LRO and other mags with good results.
I personally like them better than products like maxtrax.
I didn't know the price until now. How much are maxtrax?
You can make your own sandladders from angle iron.I had a set in Saudi which were great.(except you needed a rope on them as they buried themselves almost about half a meter) You can also make them to "nest" if you make them yourself.
Now I have the camper trailer I was thinking maybe I should have some.
regards Philip A

**Reads90** · 27th September 2007, 01:11 PM

Yeah had them on my Winch challenge 90 in the UK.
They are great and work well in alol condidtions., And will take the wieght of a landy . So great for bridging

**Outlaw** · 27th September 2007, 01:11 PM

PPP

Pics Please Philip

**Reads90** · 27th September 2007, 01:17 PM

i Have a set of Carbon Fiber sand ladders in the camper trailer. I draged them all round Aus in case i needed them but never did. The last time they were used in anger was in the Paris Dakar in the middle of the desert.
But there is a differance between sand ladders and these things here. These are sand ladders and briding ladders, Where as most sand ladder (inc my carbon fiber ones),. will not work as a briding ladder as they will bend or snap if you drive a landy across them

**PhilipA** · 27th September 2007, 01:28 PM

PPP

Pics Please Philip

Maaate, it was 20 years ago. I may have a shot in an album somewhere of my RRC jumping out of a sand bog in the empty quarter.
Look all you need are about 1/2 by 1/2 or 3/4 angle.
You weld up a frame about 1.2meter x 25cm or so, then you weld angles across the frame every 15 or 20 CM.
If you weld the angles across with point up to the flat of the frame,like a little pyramid, then you can size them to nest. You will have to weld the ends of the cross pieces to the side of the frame.
Mine were the other way around and did not nest, which gave me the irrits.
Regards Philip A

**Xtreme** · 27th September 2007, 01:36 PM

I was investigating sand/bridging ladders prior to my recent Madigan Line Trip but with other more pressing preparation, I never got around to doing anything about the ladders - and thankfully didn't need them anyway.

My idea though, was to incorporate them into the design of a roof rack where they would be used for 99% of the time. When needed for de-bogging or bridging they would simply be unbolted from between the roof bars, bolted together and used for that other 1% to debog or bridge and then go back into the roof rack.

I have also been carrying for years a simple ARC weldmesh (the old school fence type with 75mm x 50mm mesh) fire grate which has removable bolts as legs. The flat grate is reinforced around the perimeter with 10mm rod and can also be used to assist traction in a number of situations. They bend a bit but are often just enough to get you out of trouble and when you arrive at camp you simply jump on it and straighten it out, fit the legs (250mmm x 12mm bolts), light your fire and cook your meal. If a few people in your group also have them, they can be shackled together to form an extended 'road'.
No good for bridging though!!!

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