Which recovery mats

[Jofang]

Having a 5 ton tag axle van with front wheel drive I'm always wary of wet grass and what's beneath it. I've see others bogged down and the trouble involved in getting them free. We have hydraulic levellers so we can always lift the front end out of the muck, but which recovery mats to then put under the front wheels?

 

[Brains]

Many years ago I watched someone do just that... unfortunately one board got stuck somehow when he was trailing them across field... cord did not break.. board suddenly released itself and was catapulted straight through his rear window...
Therefore I prefer to walk back and retrieve them once on terra firma..

I think I'd do the same.

But I do have a loop of paracord on each board, so that you can pick them up out of the mud without the need to dig them out.
You can then hang onto each one as you drop them in a puddle, stream or under a tap to clean them off.