100acrehuphalump
Explorer
Being that smittybuilts are made in China and tend to crack, would that make them Chittybuilt?
I should have taken my own advice and did it right the first time. I had to use my treds the other day to get be up a steep muddy trail, and of them cracked litterally the first time i drove over it. I wasnt using it as a bridging latter or anything. Yes they helped me get out, BUT i dont want to have to replace them everytime i use them. I will be getting maxtrax, hands down.
I should have taken my own advice and did it right the first time. I had to use my treds the other day to get be up a steep muddy trail, and of them cracked litterally the first time i drove over it. I wasnt using it as a bridging latter or anything. Yes they helped me get out, BUT i dont want to have to replace them everytime i use them. I will be getting maxtrax, hands down.
Which ones are you referring to, Maxas or Smittybuilts?
Don't they come with a guarantee? I mean c'mon... the first time you use them???
That is too bad a costly product failed you but at least you were not counting on them to recover you in the middle of nowhere when it happened. I don't recommend Maxtrax because I think they are the best, rather I know they are the best. Saved our bacon on more than one occasion.
I've had the pleasure of meeting and doing some off roading with Brad McCarthy, inventor and owner of Maxtrax.
Brad is a avid off road adventurer, travel author and understands what we do. He spent years testing and developing Maxtrax. Brad, Ben Meddows or any of the Maxtrax team in the US truly live for this sport and can provide detailed advise on everything from tires to all ARB products, camping gear and off road racing.
Smittybilt, is a Chinese company that does not test or develop products. They steal and copy almost everything in their catalogue. Without the overhead of testing and development, and because it's made in China - they can do it for less money. I had the opportunity to talk with the Smittybilt VP of sales 3 years ago at SEMA and he couldn't answer basic questions and was too busy taking pictures of new products being release for the first time. So if you ever want to see what the newest Smittybilt product is going to be, attend the 2014 SEMA show in Las Vegas (4-7 November) and just watch what product the Smittybilt guys show an interest in, because they will take it back to china, reverse engineer and modify it just enough to avoid any (or try to avoid) copy right law suits. So just out of principle, I will never buy anything with the Smittybilt name on it.
Steve Simpson
Stafford, Virginia
Truth on the above comment 100%. The Chinese do the same thing at farm equipment shows. Kubuta always has last years john Deere. I should have listened to my own advice, do it right the first time, because now for a set of maxtrax sits going to effectively cost me 900 bucks. That being said the TREDs got me out and they are also Australian made, but there is a reason they are half the price of maxtrax.