Pillow talk...oops Pillowtrack

Pillowtrack

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Silverado 3500 Hit & Run

Hi guys, thought you might appreciate this youtube video of a 3.5 ton attack on a Pillowtrack. Thankfully, they're built to take punishment..
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nED3y1_SHOQ"]YouTube- Silverado 3500 runs over Pillowtrack ![/ame]
 

I Leak Oil

Expedition Leader
Atleast we know it will survive a lazy owner who won't deflate it, a poor attempt at being tied down on a roor rack, landing in the middle of the highway and being run over by another vehicle.:elkgrin:
 

xx.xii

Observer
everyone had some good and bad points. i have to admit the product seems capable of what it claims, and with the visual evidence and taking it into account that anyone's personal experience would be vital to allowing this product to be rightfully credited, i would have to say it still seems like a great product. not exactly a great buy, since the price is up there and most of us have other ways of conjuring up ideas of how to make cheap yet effective tools in our own ways before spending that type of dough. i think from all this i will go to lowes and by some 2x6 or some type of thicker and wider plank type wood and drill bolts into one side only going half way in to the wood to be utilized as contact points to develop traction between rubber and smooth wooden plank. and to prolong the life of this amazingly cheap and effective idea i will spray it with some linex type spray in liner all around to give it a durable finish(gta spray booth for spray- in -liners at work so that would be my route lol) but i would say herculiner would do the job to give this homemade wooden bridging ladder a great outer protection coat. great product though. gta hand it to engineers, they come up with some great stuff.
 

1leglance

2007 Expedition Trophy Champion, Overland Certifie
Yeah they sent out req to those of us early tester folks for suggestions on a new name..
I guess those of us who kept giving them grief over the name got through.

I think they are a cool product and I am looking forward to trying the new heavy duty ones when they come out.
 

Eventhough

Explorer
I just read through most of this thread and thought of a situation where a LiftTrax could have been of much help recently. I was working on two separate recoveries over the past few weekends in the NC mountains. The ground was frozen solid so digging was not very possible and would have been VERY VERY slow. There weren't any larger or even decent sized rocks around that were portable and not frozen into the ground, and I wasn't too fond of shoveling and packing snow to make a frozen and slippery mound which wouldn't have worked anyways.

Both times raising one side of each vehicle could have significantly helped. A LiftTrax would have done this fairly simply and saved at least an hour (half the time we spent) on one of the recoveries. On the other recovery the benefit would probably have been the same.

BTW - I have no affiliation with LiftTrax but I think it is a good product with merit.
 

Antichrist

Expedition Leader
The ground was frozen solid so digging was not very possible and would have been VERY VERY slow. There weren't any larger or even decent sized rocks around that were portable and not frozen into the ground, and I wasn't too fond of shoveling and packing snow to make a frozen and slippery mound which wouldn't have worked anyways.
I'm not clear on your description, are you saying a bridging ladder would not have worked for you?
 

Eventhough

Explorer
I'm not clear on your description, are you saying a bridging ladder would not have worked for you?

The first recovery was an F250 in a small ditch. Driver side wheels still on road surface but also on 1/2" of solid ice. No locking diffs or traction control. Had to winch him ~150 feet rearward before I could get him out of the ditch. Recovery took 1 hr 45 mins. If we could have elevated the passenger side wheels I think it would have really helped. A bridging ladder would not have worked in this situation. An inflatable device might have.

Second recovery I won't go into detail about but if we could have raised the passenger front or driver's back, or better yet both, it would have helped. Bridging ladder would not have worked but an inflatable device might have helped. I was able to solve the problem with a winch and liberal application of a shovel but a LiftTrax could potentially have saved us over half an hour of time.
 

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