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Originally Posted by Bw6
Mudbug3,
We don't have mud holes like that up here, but have plenty of loon crap, swamp, muskeg, floating muskeg, rock, bog. and bush so thick you can hardly walk through it. Most of our riding is basically picking a compass course to some isolated lake or other destination and trying to get there. We basically try to conquer whatever is in our way. We don't travel on trails, we make our own.
But if I ever get down your way I would like to try a good ole mud hole like that! I must say you guys are persistent, and I love the technique.
I just came back from a day's ride up north and wanted to say that the Hoot with those 24" Frontier tires was fantastic, what a difference a good tire and full time 6 wheel drive makes. The other guys had a Frontier and an Avenger. Both the Avenger and the Frontier ripped the sidewall out of a tire, but we basically travelled the same terrain. Only used a half bottle of Muskol, but all in all a great day!
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Bw6 ,
That was just an example of what we rode through that day , and this is by no means a comparrison of where we like to take our amphibs when we ride . That video was taken at a well maintained ATV park , and most of the trails are wide enough that another ATV can come help you get back , if you ever happen to break down . If you are stuck REALLY bad the owner of the park will bring his tractor to pull you out .
A lot of the trails there are wide enough for the water truck , to spray water and keep down the dust . That long mud hole was near the entrance of the park , and if that was the extent of what I had to ride in on a regular basis ,, I,d sell my amphib and buy a good ATV .
This video is a poor example of where we have taken our amphibs , when we go riding .
" We don't have mud holes like that up here, but have plenty of loon crap, swamp, muskeg, floating muskeg, rock, bog. and bush so thick you can hardly walk through it. "
That,s the very stuff that my amphibious friends and I want to see the Hoot go through , not the really easy stuff thats posted on Utube .
Bw6 , could you post some good pictures of the Hoot with Frontier tires on it ? I,d like to see how much clearance is left between the tires and between the top of the tub. In all honesty , was there any place that the Hoot could " continue to go ", but the Argo,s could not , because of the Hoot,s lower psi on the ground ?