Waffle boards

[wvanman]

Hi   could anyone tell me what i would expect to pay for a set of waffle boards ?                     also im looking for sizes  would anyone know the size  (length x widthx depth)   Many thanks Mark

[bravo669]

i paid 40quid for my pair from turantula offroad at the donington show. but the prices range wildly!!
mine are 38mm deep the width of my sportrak in length by about a foot in width.
ben

[boss]

ive noticed in some cases you do get what you pay for, was going to get  some from LRS at landrover fest a while ago for £30 but they ALL had cracks in them!
using the green D44 ones they sent us and given them some abuse and seem to be good but cost alot!

[bravo669]

true, i just use mine for getting traction in sticky situations and their fine for general use and i havent had any probs with them so far. you can find some specs here at www.tracmat.com

ben

[TDi90]

i paid £60 for a pair, andi thought that was a good price  :shock:
50mm ones, they dont bend when bridging  ;)

[wvanman]

would i be right in asumming that these boards are 1000mm long by 400mm wide by 38/40mm thick   ?              i ask coz i spoke to someone today who says that is about right (not a fellow mudclubber)   I appreciate your thoughts on this One      many thanks Mark

[J.D.]

try http://www.bridgingladders.co.uk/

[clbarclay]

Waffle boards can vary a lot in length and width. Length is typically between 1m and 1.5m and width around 0.3m. 38mm seems to be a good thickness for general use, though I fancy set of 1.5m long boards in 50mm for bridging larger gaps to complement the 1.2m boards that friends have.


IIRC A friend aquired a pair of 1200x300x38 waffle boards for £20 at a show last year and so far so good.
The "waffle" can be bought in large sheets that half a dozen or more boards could be cut out off.

[Disco Matt]

IIRC we had this debate a while ago, but there are waffles and there are waffles. The majority of cheap ones are made from offcuts of industrial flooring (the big sheets that you can cut several pairs from). Mine are that type, they seem fine although the edges are a little battered after using them on rocky/gravelly stuff. There are also the more expensive ones made specifically for 4x4 use.

It really comes down to what you do with them. Mine probably wouldn't last long on a challenge truck, but I can't justify spending £100 or so on waffles that I've used once or twice at most.

[wvanman]

Thanks for the thoughts               and the links to the various websites   for this one      !!       hopefully i will be able to help you all one day     Many thanks once again                Mark

[Range Rover Blues]

inch and a half (38mm) one are sometimes cheapo on fleabay as they are offcuts of decking, the 2 inch (50mm) ones fetch a damn site more so I bought 2 sets of 38mm ones, I could always stack them up for extra strength, but they got nicked anyway.

They're not all they're cracked up to be though, I stopped carrying mine.

[Saffy]

they seem fine although the edges are a little battered after using them on rocky/gravelly stuff.

You can re-seal the edges with resin, save get horrible glass fibres/dust coming off them, and saves your hands too :)  (though I never got aroudn to resealing mine yet)
The rigs we built at a company I worked for used the fb flooring and all cut edges had to be resealed with resin not only for cosmetics but because the exposed cut can be weakened by weathering (this where rigs to go on north sea oil platforms or into deserts) - or at least that was the customers excuse for their demanded specification.

My waffles came from the flooring company that sells/sold on ebay their offcuts. I managed to get a pair for only £14.00 delivered from them, others where paying £50.00 odd for same thing.
Fine for my Series1 , I cut them down to fit into the tub and got good use out of them for several self recoveries as they where all I had along with the hi-lift and a spade.
They are bit short and thin for the 110 but have used them once in anger for self recovery along with the hi-lift and they did get me out of a dire situation but got the ends chewed up in process --- But hey I would have paid £14.00 x 10 or more if they helped me out just for that one time. Same with the hilift - if I am stuck and alone and looking at a long winter night a price tag of around £50.00 seems awfully cheap price to pay to save my bacon.... and the waffle/hilift combo has saved my bacon several times.

[Disco Matt]

I'll have to get some suitable resin and have a go. They're not too bad at the moment, and I always put gloves on before I handle recovery kit so splinters aren't a problem.

I've not had much cause to use mine as 95% of what I do is greenlaning, where you can nearly always find some handy rocks to fill holes in. We like to leave the trail in better condition than we found it!  :lol:

[dxmedia]

Remeber that 'all' waffleboards are offcuts of industrial flooring, and are a lot cheaper if you contact the flooring companies directly.

i've a set of the £30 ones from donnington, about 45mm deep 300mm wide and 1200mm long. Take the weight of a LWB trooper no problems.

[glaggs]

Most waffle boards on the market are made from the same sheets as industrial flooring. Not to be confused with sand ladders. Industrial flooring comes in various thickness' and surface finish, there so do waffle boards. I'm involved in the Howling wolf challenge events and 90% use the type as sold by LRS (as are mine) They take a lot vof abuse and can hold the weight of a modded Disco. I've never witnessed one break, but the edges do get chewed up with regular use. the quick fix is to simply trim the damage of. Price varies due to availibility, thickness and finish, after that its wether you like the guy selling or not - simple. I havn't found a manufacturer who makes 'waffles' just for the 4x4 market yet - despite trying. There simply isn't enough demand to justify it. Wouls love to be proved wrong - suppliersd please contact me via here.