sand/mud boards for 4x4 - are they available in India. - Team-BHP

sat · 21st July 2008, 23:53

Wonder if sand/mud boards can be purchased in India. I need these in case I get stuck in muddy terrain .....

I gather these are also referred to as Airborne sand sheets (made of aluminium & steel.

AMR-Outdoorwelt - Bergehilfen, Sandboards, Aluminium Sandbleche, Stahl Sandbleche, Gfk Sandblech, Luftlandebleche, Anfahrhilfen uvm. für den harten Offroad-Einsatz

Translated version of http://www.amr-outdoorwelt.de/Sandboards/

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nitrous · 22nd July 2008, 00:04

Sand quarry trucks use them all the time here.
This is should be easy to source.

phamilyman · 22nd July 2008, 01:36

I am quite intersted. pleas share info nitrous bhai.

lovely sig

I am planning to keep them handy when one plans to do crazy places like ladakh etyadi where this can be of help, even for small cars. What say?

DirtyDan · 22nd July 2008, 07:27

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Originally Posted by sat

Wonder if sand/mud boards can be purchased in India. I need these in case I get stuck in muddy terrain .....

Yes, when you are trying to get across a washed out road or a very muddy local area this could be very useful e.g. on the road to Ladakh.

I was thinking of having a local guy fabricate one or two out of steel. It should be about a meter long, as wide as a tyre or just a little more and sort of like a ladder but with many more rungs placed about 4 centimeters apart.

I have also seen people use pieces of old carpet for this purpose. If it is an old piece of carpet you do not care about and it gets really encrusted with mud, you can just leave it behind for the next guy to use.

dinar · 22nd July 2008, 14:58

One can easily build something like this with say 5 mm thick steel plate ,1 -1.5 meter long, and thick width of the plate will depend on the tire width, , you will have to drill hole in it so that it lighten up and also give strength to the plate, the hole have be at least 50mm dia, A 12 mm broad steel plate can be welded to the sides of this so that it give more stiffness to the plate [it form a I-section ]and also keep the tires on the plate and pervent them from slipping off the plate

indianrunner · 22nd July 2008, 15:01

you might also want to use the traditional jute gunny bags. They work equally well and are also cost effective.

DirtyDan · 22nd July 2008, 19:52

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Originally Posted by indianrunner

you might also want to use the traditional jute gunny bags. They work equally well and are also cost effective.

Great idea! They will bio-degrade, too, if you want to leave them behind.

21st July 2008, 23:53	#1 (permalink)
sat BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rajasthan.. Posts: 59	sand/mud boards for 4x4 - are they available in India. Wonder if sand/mud boards can be purchased in India. I need these in case I get stuck in muddy terrain ..... I gather these are also referred to as Airborne sand sheets (made of aluminium & steel. AMR-Outdoorwelt - Bergehilfen, Sandboards, Aluminium Sandbleche, Stahl Sandbleche, Gfk Sandblech, Luftlandebleche, Anfahrhilfen uvm. für den harten Offroad-Einsatz Translated version of http://www.amr-outdoorwelt.de/Sandboards/ sat....

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nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Motorcity Madras Posts: 4,171 View My Garage	Sand quarry trucks use them all the time here. This is should be easy to source. __________________ hindu.com/mp/2008/08/25/stories/2008082522220200.htm

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phamilyman Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 1,287	I am quite intersted. pleas share info nitrous bhai. lovely sig I am planning to keep them handy when one plans to do crazy places like ladakh etyadi where this can be of help, even for small cars. What say? __________________ My dream: An india where even a CD100 runs HID to teach insensitive full-HID dudes that HIDs are a zero sum game.

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indianrunner BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 98	you might also want to use the traditional jute gunny bags. They work equally well and are also cost effective.