Sand Tracks anyone?

[Markus B]

I see many cars with these plastic sand tracks you put under your tires when you are stuck, and some people consider them essential. 

At carnity drives though i never saw them used for a recovery, i don't even remember seeing anyone carrying them.

Whats your opinion on these?

[Frederic]

8 minutes ago, Markus B said:

I see many cars with these plastic sand tracks you put under your tires when you are stuck, and some people consider them essential. 

At carnity drives though i never saw them used for a recovery, i don't even remember seeing anyone carrying them.

Whats your opinion on these?

They CAN help.... but we are talking about 10% success rate, and looking at the costs of these units, we always encouraged the people to practice self-recovery skills and those skills are basically priceless.

If you are a solo-offroader who is travelling across the empty quarter.. .well maybe yes get a set of 4 in case you are bogged down in a sabkha  

PS there are many different kinds. The only ones i've seen working are the hard plastic orange or green boards from reputable brands. These tracks that you can roll-up (Bushranger etc..) are worthless in my opinion.

[M.Seidam]

@Markus B thank you for bringing this up . I believe the sand tracks ( good quality one like AOR for example ) can be very helpful in certain situations when properly placed and under which wheel in question . I agree with @Frederic that the basics of self recovery is to be taught first and that’s what we do in Carnity and any gadget shouldn’t be a replacement to the skills acquiring in desert self recovery . However these tracks in some tricky situations can be fast and quick to get you out of trouble . 
I personally used while in Carnity drives three times and it worked . 

https://youtu.be/VwD5MsIOaNM