Video — see it before you buy
Recovery boards are equipment a film tells you more about than a spec table. We collected eight: four from the manufacturer's channel, four from channels unconnected to the brand — including comparisons with competitors, because that is the most common question before buying.
From the manufacturer
Best Of ActionTrax Customer Videos
A compilation of real recoveries sent in by owners — sand, mud, snow, from cars to heavy pickups. The single best film to watch if you only watch one.
Channel: ActionTrax
ActionTrax Extreme Test
The manufacturer loads the boards far beyond anything normal use produces. It shows plainly where the lifetime warranty with no vehicle weight limit comes from.
Channel: ActionTrax
Benefits of flexible ActionTrax, explained by Kyle Buchter
Kyle Buchter of Offroad Consulting explains the thing that surprises most people: the board flexing is not a weakness but how it conforms to the ground and spreads the load.
Channel: ActionTrax / Offroad Consulting
Independent tests and comparisons
These channels are connected neither to the manufacturer nor to us. We include them deliberately, comparisons with competitors and all — you buy boards once in years, and it is better that you choose knowing.
ActionTrax vs Maxtrax, part 1
A comparison with the best-known competitor, made by a channel unconnected to the manufacturer. The most frequently asked question in this category, so worth watching before buying.
Channel: Gamiviti
Maxtrax vs ActionTrax, from a recovery company
The same comparison, from people who recover vehicles professionally and wear equipment out faster than any weekend driver ever will.
Channel: Three Creeks Towing & Off-road Recovery
Cheap vs expensive: what is the best traction board?
A test of several boards across price brackets. A good answer to “can I not just buy the copy at a third of the price”, which we hear in the shop most days.
Channel: Owl Off-road
Ultimate traction boards — ActionTrax in the field
A report from normal, long-distance off-road use — no studio, no script. It shows well how the boards look after a season rather than on the day they arrive.
Channel: Cruising The Land
ActionTrax recovery board test
A shorter test focused on bite and how the board behaves under the wheel. Useful if you are hesitating between the standard version and Metal Teeth.
Channel: Rogue Overland
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