Razed Products' MaxTrax Flush Mounting Kit review

These days, I always carry MaxTrax with me when I drive off-road.

Sure, my vehicle is equipped with a winch, and I also have a full recovery kit on board, but MaxTrax are usually my first option when it comes to vehicle recovery because they are so quick and easy to use, and nine times out of 10 they are effective at getting out of a pickle.

Of course, MaxTrax aren’t exactly small, but their low-profile and light weight makes them ideally suited to going up on the roof rack. MaxTrax sells mounting pin sets that hold and secure recovery boards in place, but how do you fit these to a roof rack platform like my Rhino-Rack Pioneer?

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I opted for a Razed Products MaxTrax Flush Mounting Kit for the bargain price of 75 bucks, or $115 supplied with genuine MaxTrax MkII pins included.

The Razed kit consists of two plates manufactured from black powder-coated 5mm aluminium, which look great and don’t weather. The kit comes with all supplied hardware including button-head screws, washers and nuts, and they are super easy to fit either across your roof platform or longitudinally.

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All you have to do is fit the mounting pins to the base plates, measure the distance between plates so the pins match up with the holes in the MaxTrax recovery boards, and then screw them down to the roof platform.

I’ve had these for more than a year now and can’t fault them, other than the fact they stick up a fair bit and can make underground car-park access a problem at times.

But hang on, I just looked on the Razed website and they now have a new MX-360 MaxTrax Foldable Pin Mount, which allows the pins to be folded flat when not in use. Brilliant!

Pricing

RRP: $75; or $115 with MaxTrax MkII pins
Available from: www.razedproducts.com.au