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I have a set of the Mantec bridging ladders. They are definitely superior for true bridging purposes, even over doubled waffle boards. However, they're heavy and much more of a pain to use as simple sand mats than MaxTrax-style boards. On the other hand they double decently as tables or, with...

I tested a Max Axess set pretty thoroughly some time ago, and came away less than impressed. It's an awkward system to use: Max Axess vs. alternatives

I don't know if their holiday promotion is still on. Check the website.

I think you'd find it far more versatile than an X-Jack, and far less hassle.

Yes, we need more information! I'm assuming you used it as a casting jack and simply tipped it over toward the road?

Hmm . . . I didn't bother weighing it. Will do so. Edit: The entire kit - including all the extensions and adapters, the small and large bases, the bottle jack, and the carrying bag, weighs 28 pounds.

Wow, so they're even jealous of each other . . .

Fantastic story John!

Sold - thanks DroverRover.

It came to me lying under a Defender 110 in Kenya: The Land Rover conundrum: solved

I have two of these superb U.S.-made duffels, and this one has never been used, so I thought I'd offer it here. The J.W. Hulme duffel is without doubt the best there is, like a Filson duffel on steroids. Full leather bottom, leather trim, heavily reinforced. You could keep it pristine for use in...

I thought about that, but then tried to think of ever hearing about a bottle jack ram bent in the field, and couldn't recall an instance. But certainly if you stacked extensions considerable extra caution would be mandated.

I've been using the Hi-Lift Safe Jack for six months now, and I'm still impressed with it. It's not for every situation, but it's simple to unhook the cables and use it as a load-spreading base.

I've written before about Bogert Manufacturing, specifically their Safe Jack system for the Hi-Lift jack (here). The company has just introduced a new Safe Jack system for the ubiquitous bottle jack, and it hugely increases the versatility of that tool. If you've ever balanced a bottle jack on a...

Wow, Christophe. That's the first time I've heard anyone mention Fabiano in a long time. I wore Fabiano Rias for years. A step down from the Mountain Masters, but still stout. An equivalent today would be Limmers.

I need all the help I can get differentiating a black-tailed gnatcatcher from a black-capped gnatcatcher . . .

We've been looking for a replacement for our cheap blue vinyl rollup table, and found the Front Runner stainless and aluminum model. Expensive but indestructible and rock-solid: However, storage was a problem. So I used the brackets supplied by FR for their roof rack to mount the table under...

"Smaller Tacoma engine?" Shoot: Roseann and I hauled our first FWC (Eagle) for six years with a 1992 Toyota pickup and a 22RE engine. Yes, it had a manual transmission, but we're talking 116 horsepower here. When we swapped it to a 2000 Tacoma with the 3.4 V6 and an automatic the combination...

I still give him grief about that. He always protests, "But, it was Geoff's!"