Great job. You probably have some, but if not… snatch blocks are very useful. And with 3 blocks, you could even reverse winch with the front winch. I had a Sherpa on my military Pinzgauer. Loved it. Cheers from 🇨🇦
5:01 When using a tree saver, you want to put it as low as possible. When in deep snow, you should dig down and get it as close to the ground as possible to reduce the possibility of pulling the tree over.
Looks pretty good. I would suggest you think of looking at a correctly sized plastic bucket to hold your chains. If they are filled with sloppy mud when you take them off, placing them into a plastic bucket is heaps better than fiddling them into a plastic bag. While your truck is relatively light, four recovery tracks are heaps better than two recovery tracks. Also, a long handled shovel for mud and sand is far easier than a short handled shovel like your snow shovel. Makes life real easy to get under and/or down a long way in those times you have to reach. Quite a few of these long handled shovels come in two pieces for easier stowage. Yep, Maxtrax are the go, they certainly give grip, hold their shape and when you start placing wrong angled wheels onto them, with real weight, they have yet to be bettered. Not sure if the recovery tracks you have came with long straps, but Maxtracks do come with bright orange straps which one lays sideways so that after you have recovered your vehicle, you can find your recovery tracks and once you have found the strap, you just pull on it and your recovery tracks magically appear from the depths of whatever. trust me, these recovery tracks can disappear as quick as a flash in deep sand and mud; I have no idea about snow. I'm surprised you didn't try the oldest recovery method I was taught, dropping the air pressure right down. With low air, low range and gentle throttle application, these little Japanese trucks are unbelievable in what they can get out of and over.
Thank you! This is fantastic advice! We'll look into a plastic bucket, long handled shovel, and some orange straps for the boards. We actually have another set of these tracks in our other truck, so next time we'll bring all 4! We air down frequently in our other truck, which has onboard air installed, but the air system for this truck is going to be integrated into the camper(mounting the compressor in our garage area) so we don't yet have a good way to fill up these big tires at the moment, so we've stayed away from airing down unless absolutely necessary. Always fun to practice so that we've got the skills for when we need them! Hoping to learn even more when we attend Overland Expo this summer!
Poorly constructed, a sheet of insulation between high Curren bolts, twisting wires to affix to controller switch, brake ineffective and slips more than 4 feet with slight downhill. Purchased two and when returning as not fit for purpose was charged 10% restocking fee.
Great job. You probably have some, but if not… snatch blocks are very useful. And with 3 blocks, you could even reverse winch with the front winch. I had a Sherpa on my military Pinzgauer. Loved it. Cheers from 🇨🇦
Thats a great point! We've got 2 recovery rings that act as pulleys- maybe we should grab a third so we could reverse winch!
5:01 When using a tree saver, you want to put it as low as possible. When in deep snow, you should dig down and get it as close to the ground as possible to reduce the possibility of pulling the tree over.
Thanks for the tip! Makes sense, next time we will do that.
Looks pretty good. I would suggest you think of looking at a correctly sized plastic bucket to hold your chains. If they are filled with sloppy mud when you take them off, placing them into a plastic bucket is heaps better than fiddling them into a plastic bag.
While your truck is relatively light, four recovery tracks are heaps better than two recovery tracks. Also, a long handled shovel for mud and sand is far easier than a short handled shovel like your snow shovel. Makes life real easy to get under and/or down a long way in those times you have to reach. Quite a few of these long handled shovels come in two pieces for easier stowage.
Yep, Maxtrax are the go, they certainly give grip, hold their shape and when you start placing wrong angled wheels onto them, with real weight, they have yet to be bettered. Not sure if the recovery tracks you have came with long straps, but Maxtracks do come with bright orange straps which one lays sideways so that after you have recovered your vehicle, you can find your recovery tracks and once you have found the strap, you just pull on it and your recovery tracks magically appear from the depths of whatever. trust me, these recovery tracks can disappear as quick as a flash in deep sand and mud; I have no idea about snow.
I'm surprised you didn't try the oldest recovery method I was taught, dropping the air pressure right down. With low air, low range and gentle throttle application, these little Japanese trucks are unbelievable in what they can get out of and over.
Thank you! This is fantastic advice! We'll look into a plastic bucket, long handled shovel, and some orange straps for the boards. We actually have another set of these tracks in our other truck, so next time we'll bring all 4! We air down frequently in our other truck, which has onboard air installed, but the air system for this truck is going to be integrated into the camper(mounting the compressor in our garage area) so we don't yet have a good way to fill up these big tires at the moment, so we've stayed away from airing down unless absolutely necessary. Always fun to practice so that we've got the skills for when we need them! Hoping to learn even more when we attend Overland Expo this summer!
Where did you get the Fuso? Is it stock 4x4, or was it converted?
We bought it up in Oregon, stock 4x4!
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Poorly constructed, a sheet of insulation between high Curren bolts, twisting wires to affix to controller switch, brake ineffective and slips more than 4 feet with slight downhill. Purchased two and when returning as not fit for purpose was charged 10% restocking fee.
We haven’t had any issues yet.