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Date:         Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:10:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sand ramps (and mud ladders?)
Comments: To: "L. Chris Hager" <carolusandhager@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <1414515099.26106.YahooMailNeo@web122902.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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thanks Chris... very good idea... I will try

I am also thinking of ladder type sand ramps to deal with 3' to 5' drop on the trail

dan

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:51 AM, L. Chris Hager <carolusandhager@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 20 years ago when we were taking a Vanagon to East Afri8ca, I( made a set > of sand or mud 'ladders'. Went to Home Depot and bought one 8 ft length of > expanded wire lath-- the see-through mesh that plasterers of old used as > the base for interior walls. Cut the 8 footer into 2 four-foot sections. > Then cut each of these lengthwise. Assuming you had a 32 in section (made > to span two 16inch stud gaps) you now have four 4-ft sections, almost 16 > inches wide. Grind or sand with a belt sander the ragged edges. Keep them > over the engine, on a layer of cardboard, with another on top, then put > your big foam pad back-- you'll never know they are there. > Not getting traction: put one in front of each wheel. When you can get up > on those, move forward (or back if you have to give up on forward) 3 ft or > so, place the other pair under the ends of the first ones, and so on. I've > gone close to 30 this way. But WARNING: the lath itself is sharp all over > its surface, and esp. in mud, it can be hard to pull up to move forward. > SO keep a pair of work gloves handy, too. Cheap, easy to store-- what's > not to like? >


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