ARGO bigfoot in the sand

[jnjmoonsfishing]

Went camping at the beach in Kodiak AK. The Argo did good on the flat sand but when you would try to climb up the sand it would struggle. I was following some 4 wheeler tracks that was on the beach which we watched running up and down the beach earlier that day with no trouble. When I would be driving down the beach it felt like I needed to correct the Argo all the time to the left. (I have been driving trucks on the sand since before I had a license.)

So i was just wondering if that is normal when in soft sand, or should I be looking at the machine.

I did drive the Argo for several miles on the dirt road it it felt fine both before and after i road on the sand. thanks for the input.

Wish i got some photos of my 5yr old driving it. He came close to rolling the Argo. We were on a trial and he had the gas wide open and I tried to stop us but was hard to apply full brakes to the right side reaching over him and his arms and body in the way. We went down the right side of a hill and almost into a large log. I felt the machine lean as far to the left as i have ever felt the argo go. He had the biggest grin on his face.

[AlaskaGrizzly]

In my experience Argo's don't like climbing loose gravel either. I imagine loose, dry sand would be the same. They are slow enough that you just can't count on having enough speed to climb. Once the hill gets steep enough that you spin out your finished!

As for the drifting to the left, I'd guess you had a over-inflated tire on the right side. You might want to check all of your tire pressures. If a tire one one side is "bigger" than the rest that makes them drift to one side or the other. 1/2 psi in one tire can make a big difference. The only other reason for it to drift would be a dragging brake caliper.

[jnjmoonsfishing]

That was what I was thinking about the sand and having a hard time. But as far as the pulling it did not pull on the road, I was just looking to see if others had the same issues in lose sand/gravel. Thanks

[AlaskaGrizzly]

It does seem strange that you didn't notice it pulling on the road... my original argo had a mix of old and new tires on it and when it started pulling it seemed to do it anywhere that I was able to go in a straight line long enough to notice it. The place I had the easiest time getting it to run straight was out on the Knik River silt/sand bars where I had lots of open space to see what direction it wanted to drift. If the sand was loose enough just having one the right side tires in sand that was different than the left would make it pull. But then you wouldn't have noticed it pulling to the left all the time.

Anyways I wouldn't expect you have a problem, if you come up with something let us know...

[smog]

In my experience Argo's don't like climbing loose gravel either.

we need to design a kind of " locker " like a diff-lock pedal on tractors so we can climb on loose rocks/sands