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My semi-DIY MAXTRAX mount explained in 3 mins.
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2022
- Here's how I mounted my MAXTRAX to my roof rack with a bit of DIY and a $60 set of MAXTRAX mounting pins. You could certainly come up with a completely DIY approach, but for the price, these make it SO fast & easy to create your own lockable mounting system.
The MAXTRAX boards and mounting pins were provided by Adventure Imports with no strings attached...I am under no obligation whatsoever to even make a video about them. I was just thoroughly impressed by how well the mounting pins work and felt this was useful to share.
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I appreciate this condensed content, everything necessary, no fluff.
Economical meets expensive, a perfect match! Thanks for sharing! George.
Nice diy. Love how the truck is coming along. 🤘🏻. Safe travels
Nice! Simple, clean and effective.
WOW... nice setup!!! My wife and I enjoy your vids... keep making them as they are very good.
Bloody fantastic mate ! I love seeing home-made projects like that. I made a set of traction board mounts for the roof of our Grand Vitara and they work a treat. Good stuff mate
The pins look nice
Very well done. Nice and simple. This video provides a good example for many of us on how to mount traction boards.
That unistrut rack is fantastic. It’s amazingly customizable. Very cool.
Nicely done. I love folks' DIY projects, and yours especially. Was nice to have met you (on the 101 north of Florence), too!
Thanks for stopping to say Hi, always great to put a face to a subscriber name!
Great DIY project, the only done side to the key mounts is the nuts can be in screwed and removed a hole drilled in the thread area a lock could be used so the nuts can not be removed and the mounts and mats stolen. The mats are not cheap along with the mounts could be an expensive loss. Other than that a great tool. Always enjoy your videos!!!
Sure looks good! That unistrut system for your rack has worked out really well.
This looks like such a clean solution. I also love how you mount everything to the Nissan OEM rack using the U-bolts.
Great project! I would suggest getting some security nuts to use on the mounting pins. Traction boards are $$$ and definitely worth securing.
Oohhhh that's a good idea.
@@softroadingthewest ,, I would never transport those on a daily basis.
Only when Overlanding.
My 2cents 👌.
You could also tack weld the nuts onto the Maxtrax bolts/pins and the same with your mount nuts.
Very good, Donald! Very slick solution.
I have "cheap" boards that came with a bag. I throw them in the extra cab area for now.. Not ideal, but I don't yet have an exterior mounting solution.
I hope you enjoyed your family time.
Hey Donald, great idea! One note is those small Master locks you showed in the beginning will seize up after a couple months in the weather so don't leave them out like I did. When I did need mine to help recover someone that was stuck on the trail they wouldn't open and I had to drill them out with a drill I keep in my rig......Just my experience my friend.
Nicely done! clean and simple
Did something very similar with my rack. I used 80/20 for the cross members. Picked up some steel brackets that were already painted black with a holes that just needed to be widened a bit. Bolted it all together and done. Those pins make all the difference.
I even used the same masterlock you did, I put two locks on kitty corner from each other. Been on there for a year without issue.
Nice video! Those Master Locks will rust a lot after a month though. I’d get a Bolt lock to match your ignition key.
I really like your unistrut rack. It looks very industrial and I like that about it. It is also very customizable for just about every need.
That’s pretty cool 😎 glad to see you do another video of an add on build to set up I liked the way you were able to add it on to your existing rack it looks really good and cool 😎
Nice job Donald!
I need to do this for my truck and Maxtrax...thanks for sharing!👍
I have the cheap ones you had and they don't nest worth a crap but my son wanted me to have a set for the Tacoma so they were a Christmas present. We are both you and I DIYer's and I tried and still have mounted on my fake Prinsu rack 2 aluminum bares that I purchased at the depot. It works sort of but aluminum is flexible and bends when I tighten them LOL! I like yours better. Thanks for the idea's.
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Might be short & sweet butt your DIY vids are just another reason we love what you do Donald.
Pretty slick!
Another great video.
Another good idea 👍
That is really really nice and I like that you can put lock on it.. as the one I made for myself for now.. its just simple rods with nuts made video on that nothing to lock it.. so I just hope in good humans that they wont steal it from me when I am parked in public lol
Yay!
Just think maybe someone with a narrow boat with order a set to mount something else…now that you’re globally know…. Keep up the great videos once the buy line has DIY ..I watch it ASAP.
Great minds think alike :) extremely similar to my own solution to mounting the maxtrax on the strut channel. Gotta admit the channel idea was pinched from your build though.
Awesome!
Steady on your pins
Clean 👍👍
Nice vid!! What are those ceramic nuts that fit in the channel called? Cheers
They're not ceramic, they're steel. They are designed for the unistrut/superstrut system. Take a look in the electrical aisle at Home Depot, near the conduit. You'll find the channel, various nuts, and other connectors & brackets.
This is awesome. Do you know the strength of the locks you used? I want to use these but don't what lock to order for pairing it with the maxtrax mounts.
I don't know the strength, they are pretty small holes for the locks. I think I went to the hardware store with one of the mounts in hand so I could look at the locks with my own eyes to judge the thickness of the shank. It's not like a super high security kinda thing, more to prevent an opportunistic thief from just walking off with them.
@@softroadingthewestI see, thanks for letting me know!
Thanks for the video Donald. You are appreciated. Do you by chance have a good source for those nylon strut nuts? I recently finished a small project mounting a jerry can and used the strut nuts with springs, which worked okay, but those nylon ones look legit. The home stores around the area seem devoid of strut and accessories, atm.
I buy them at Home Depot. It's funny, because normally I buy everything at an independent, locally-owned home improvement store that is bigger and better than Home Depot in every way, but they only carry the spring nuts, so I have to stop at Home Depot just for packets of the nylon ones which are MUCH nicer to use.
Depot or lowes should have them, in the electrical section near the unistrut should be a section with assorted fasteners. it was literally a 2 foot section on the very bottom shelf at my lowes, super easy to miss.
Thanks guys, I will keep looking, must just be a shortage in the area, my lowes for example, has no strut in stock and just a few accessories.
@@jimh_vta Being an electrician and using strut for everything your best bet is a Platt or other electrical parts only stores. Its as versatile as 80/20 and the options are only limited by you imagination.
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well thought out ! No need to spend large $ to enjoy the outdoors
Great solution, especially when Maxtrax are from the mud. But a solution suitable for a outback such as Alaska, Canada or Australia. In the city, they can easily steal it from you. I'm discreet and I have everything hidden inside the car.
That solution is not concerned with security is it? Cause otherwise I can just unscrew the nut and remove everything
Honestly probably faster & easier to just cut through the tiny padlock with a 12v angle grinder. :-) It's not about high security, it's primarily about just carrying them, and secondarily preventing casual opportunistic theft. Nearly every vehicle carrying Maxtrax uses these pins in some way, but I haven't heard stories of thieves unbolting them. In my configuration here, someone would need to literally climb up on the roof of my truck to access all four of the nuts. I imagine that if a thief is actually carrying around the necessary tools to accomplish this, they're probably aiming for something a little more valuable and easier to discreetly carry & re-sell. That said, when I need to park in urban or potentially higher crime areas, I do not leave anything on truck including my padlocked fuel containers...I strip it down. On my neighborhood street or in the parking lot at the grocery store, it's proven to be secure enough.
I bought a set of recovery boards off Amazon for $80 that had really great reviews. I built a mounting system using uni-struts and hold them down with a strap and some wing nuts. Maxtraxx boards just seems over priced to me.
My inexpensive $80 boards did work just fine the two times I needed them (recovering someone else's rig stuck in sand).
I think actual Maxtrax is an expense many don't need to invest in. I do see how people who need to use their boards multiple times on every trip would want them on their rig. And having them in hand, the quality/durability difference is clear compared to the cheap boards I've been carrying. It does still seem like a lot of money for some plastic and I had no intention to buy a set anytime soon, but not gonna lie, I was happy for the opportunity to put them on my rig.
I wanted to make this video not about whether or not the Maxtrax expense is worth it, rather, it's intended for those who DO decide to buy Maxtrax and are trying to figure out how to mount them. Having seen aftermarket Maxtrax mounts in the $200-$300+ range, I was excited by how these pins make a DIY solution both simple and relatively affordable. :-)
@@softroadingthewest If it is something you might need/want infrequently then the Amazon, low end stuff is fine but if it is mission critical at all then the name brand is probably the best bet. Lets not be penny wise but pound foolish. For years I had a box store, plastic air pump that needed a 20 minute cool down after every 5 minutes of use. Once we started going into the far north, beyond the Arctic circle, etc you bet I up-rated to a Viair pump. For instance.
Love the way to buy them from a manufacturer its $100 Aus and up up up...
Great DIY, but could someone with time just remove the lower nuts, lift on the rack,and walk away 😎
If you had an hr to mess with it sure. Getting at all 4 would be a pain. Those lock nuts don't thread off easily at all and You'd be best off with the proper sized socket/ratchet. Again, if you could even reach the rear corner with the boards in place.
You'd save yourself 59 mins by just bringing a bolt cutters, cut the lock, twist the posts to natural and slide off the boards.
If they have the tools to do that, they likely also have a bolt cutter to cut the lock... Locks only keep out honest people.
Indeed, that went right by me, heh. Another commenter mentioned security nuts, I think I'll do that to add an extra barrier to the casual opportunistic thief. I would likely also just remove the boards and lock them inside if I ever had to park anyplace sketchy.
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