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First real ride I've been on since I've owned it, other than fooling around in an adjacent field. Took the Hustler out to the woods at a buddy's place where he has creek bottoms and ATV trails.
It's been raining for 2-3 days here in So IL, so took it out between rain storms. Creek wasn't up too much yet, so got to play in the local creek a bit, forded a couple of crossings-no problem.
Driving through the woods following the main creek, and came to a side creek that runs water from a cornfield into the main creek. Maybe 6ft deep by 10-15ft across at the top narrowing to maybe 2ft at the bottom. I kinda eased up to it to look it over and figure my best angle of attack. Heres where I screwed up, I put it in NEUTRAL as I rolled up to the edge. BAD mistake.
As we all know (and I wasnt even thinking about), there is NO braking with the T20 in neutral. So off the edge I went and nose first into the opposite bank!
I was kinda worried when I hit the bottom and sunk about a foot in fresh muck/silt that was just washed in from the cornfield.
Anyway I put it in reverse and tried to back out, and the back end immediatly swung sideways and I was now sitting left side sunk into about a foot or more of muck, at pretty steep angle, and the bank so slippery it was like ice.
I could move up and down the little gully about 10-15 ft before it was pushing so much muck that it stopped moving, but thats all I could do.
I was determined, and worked at it about 10 minutes before I gave up and a buddy threw me a rope, which I tieds around the hitch ball.
put it in reverse and hammered it as he pulled at a 90 degree angle. Worked perfectly, my ass end came around and the Hustler then, more or less, pulled itself backward up the creek bank.
I fpund out pretty quick-You CAN get these things stuck!
Yup they can get stuck. Be carefully entering and leaving water because they also sink if tipped to steep. I've stood on the seat of my max with water at my belt. Have fun and be safe
Wow! Guess that answers my question about if they'll sink completely with all those air filled tires. I honestly didnt think you could sink one completely if you tried. Thats a lot of air filled tires holding it up.
Watched a You-Tube video of a guy jumping a ramp and landing in a pond over and over. Seemed to land perfectly.
Not that I will ever drive like that--outgrew that stuff years ago.
Besides my 4-cycle Briggs won't run fast enough to ramp anything.
Anyway, had a ball on our first ride. Can't wait to take it out again. I was just glad nothing broke. I haven't had it long enough to know how reliable they are and I bet it's gonna be a B***H to get out of the woods if something breaks.
Probably the video of the dealer in i think it was Minnesota.It has been on u-tube for quite awhile now.Was a tan MaxII dont know it it was 2 or 4 cycle machine as there wasnt any sound.
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