Hdi in water with current

[mightymaxIV]

I didnt have any problems getting back on the sandbar. It was a gentle, almost flat slope straight into water. My problem, and the thing that perplexes me when I read that people are swimming UPstream against the current, is wondering how the heck!??? Mine will not swim upstream at all if it is fully floating. I think I found my answer is to just stay away from current like most of you have said. Maybe with an outboard, but I still dont know if I would trust it. But its not critical for me to ever go into current so its an easy fix.

I see another post discussing the same issue but wanting to know if tracks would help swim better. We have discussed that here too in detail. I think im gonna go ahead and buy the tracks just to have but not run all the time. If I know im going somewhere questionable I will put them on. My concern with tracks is how much wear and tear they cause. If I can go say 10 years with 'x' amount of maintenance with just tires, then how many years with tracks to do the same 'x' amount of maint? 8 yrs?? I know they stress the axle bearings. Do they also slow the Argo down, cause binding and chain wind up more easily, wear the tires quicker, etc?? Also, do the Adairs have a tendency to walk out of them? All questions im currently researching before I make a final decision. But no doubt they would turn it into a beast!

And before anyone wastes time explaining, I do understand tire size and position placement and the importance of proper air pressure when running them. Im asking more about wear and tear and lo ngevity if I do all the maintenance properly with vs without tracks.

Cdover, Pertaining to Adair tracks, Adair's allow the tires to slip a little in the tracks so the stress on tires, chains and bearings is minimal. Adair's turn easier then tires so there is less stress on the entire drive train. If you buy the pro series tracks the maintenance is minimal, as far as wear you will see very little wear on the tracks and I assure you once you put a set on and see how easy the machine turns, how smooth it rides and how easy it goes through the mud holes you thought were impossible, you will not not want to take them off. As for me the Adair's came off my HDI one time for about an hour, I got stuck three times in mud holes that were nothing with Adair's. I took the Adair's off my 650 HD and ran the machine into my pond, I got so stuck so badly with the 25 inch Raw hide III's that I thought I would never get the machine out of the mud. The Adair's went back on and I drove through the same mud a few minutes later without so much as a grunt from my HD.

Here some video of the HD

[philipatmaxfour]

Here is a video of four ARGOs in the water in Lake Ontario. Not much current, but lots of waves.

http://youtu.be/SKv9k5w5wLk

[mightymaxIV]

Here is a video of four ARGOs in the water in Lake Ontario. Not much current, but lots of waves.

http://youtu.be/SKv9k5w5wLk

Wow, I don't believe I would be taking my machine into those waves or current, I honor you but I wouldn't do it.

[Noel Woods]

No way that I'd go into those waves either, and I base that upon seeing several machines swamped and going down to Davey Jones' locker.

[philipatmaxfour]

HDI in water

No way that I'd go into those waves either, and I base that upon seeing several machines swamped and going down to Davey Jones' locker.

I am sure that you fine folks are right,but, did we ever have fun!