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    Mighty Max's new 650 Argo 650 HD with swimming tracks

    Every knows that I have been waiting for the Admiral transmission to come out in a 6x6 Frontier. The Frontier has always been my favorite machine and I have a lot of chances to see how capable these machines are running in the mud and swamp with Lee's Mudbug equipped machine and Heaths stock Frontier. Wow, what a machine. I have always liked the low range transmission and the pulling power of the Argo.

    Well my time has arrived, the introduction of the Admiral in the in the Frontier, the new 25" swimming tires, heavy duty bearings, but the final decision was made over the new swimming tracks available from Adair Argo. Now I can use a track system in the impossible mud and swamp down here. Fallen trees under the water have always limited where I could go and what I could do. These new swimming tracks will resolve that issue and I am looking forward to going into those impossible places that have always presented problems. Some of these places require you to swim a 1/2 mile wide river and these new tracks Will make it possible.

    So now I have a new 650 HD with hardwood camo, winch, brush guard, smooth riding 25" swimming tires, Low range transmission, but more important than all of that is the new swimming tracks, 14 1/2 inches wide, 1 1/8 inch cleats, 12 inches of ground clearance, a projected 4 mph swim speed. I simply can't wait.

    The plan is to have the machine delivered to me in East Texas for the Amphibious mud run October 23th. I can't wait. Lots of video and lots of high lifted quads eating crow. OMG, this is the machine I have been waiting for someone to build.
    Last edited by mightymaxIV; 10-23-2011, 07:48 PM.
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    mightymaxIV


    I,m really looking forward to our amphibious group ride the weekend of October 23rd ,at River Run , atv park in Texas. Between all of us going there, we,ll have lots of amphibious action to post about on the forum ,and with lots of video,s too! Myself and three other Argo drivers are really looking forward to seeing an Argo HDI , Frontier in the mud with these tracks on it.

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    • #3
      Dan:
      Congrat's on the new Argo. I've always admired the build quality of those machines, and with the new transmission all my reservations about Argo are gone.
      I can't wait to see that machine in action in the ETX. It'll be a ride for the record books. I hope we have some other folks decide to come too.

      Noel

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      • #4
        Could not be better news Dan! I haven't seen a 6 wheel Frontier HDI yet but the Admiral tranny has been on the market long enough now to be well tested.

        That machine with the swimming tracks is for sure the cutting edge. We all wait for your reports. Again,congratulations Dan.

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        • #5
          That's great, Dan. Guess I'll hang an old tire off the back of my Response as a bumper, you can follow and push me through the rough stuff.
          To Invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. (Thomas Edison)

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          • #6
            Argo 650 HD with Swimming Tracks

            with tracks from front.jpgwith tracks from back.jpgNats039.jpgNats041.jpg


            The first two pictures show what ground clearance on my HD 650 is going to look like. Alright now just imagine that ground clearance with those biting tracks and low PSI, throw in an admiral transmission with the ability to counter rotate and I will be going through the mud holes that look like the third and fourth pictures. I think I have died and gone to mudders heaven.

            Here is the video of the swimmer tracks

            http://www.youtube.com/user/ARGOAVENGER#p/a/u/0/Gm5XcFsESvU


            Roger, I have seen you and your machine in the mud, you seem to aways find a way to do what no one else can or will do.
            Last edited by mightymaxIV; 09-26-2010, 01:31 AM.

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            • #7
              Dan, just a question for you. I have a 2010 Frontier 650 6x6 - great machine, with 25 inch Avenger tires. Will the Adair tracks fit over the 25 inch tires, with clearances? Or do you need the 24 inch tires?

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              • #8
                RWT

                I asked Tim that very same question and this is what he told me. Lay a 2x4 board across the top of your tires ,and then see how much tub clearance that you have left over. 1 1/8" inches of ground clearance is gained with his tracks over your tires.
                Last edited by mudbug3; 09-26-2010, 11:01 AM.

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                • #9
                  Extension options-track options

                  RTW-you still have another option if you want to run the 25" tires on your Frontier and here it is, custom made wheel extensions, these are one and half inches wide and would resolve your issues. With this system RTW you would have an unstopable Frontier.
                  Attached Files

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                  • #10
                    Dan can't wait to see your vids of your new 650hd I think alot of poeple are waiting to see what the machine can do,heck argo should give you a discount for all the machines you will sell for them.

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                    • #11
                      Tim sent me an email saying that he is going to bring Dan,s Argo Frontier with his tracks on it, plus two other older, Argo Bigfoot models with his tracks on them as well! Every amphib coming to this event will all have aggressive mud tires on them ,with the exception of two Super Swamp Fox,s that will have Terra tires on them. We should have lots of video comparisons to show what works best,and in what conditions at River Run park. October looks like it will be a weekend to remember!
                      Last edited by mudbug3; 09-26-2010, 11:41 AM.

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                      • #12
                        Every amphib coming to this event will all have aggressive mud tires on them

                        Wrong, forgot about me But as Matt's Dad once coined a phrase while stuck in a hole, "I'm not proud, pull my A** out!"
                        To Invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. (Thomas Edison)

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                        • #13
                          be careful with running 25" tires with tracks we have ran into some problems with 25" avenger tires bieng greater than 79" circumfrence and this leads to tracks hitting the tub and will wear a hole in the tub after a while.

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                          • #14
                            Thank you, I will watch that very carefully. I did consider the rawhide III's but I really don't like those tires. Do you think that will be a problem with this particular track design?

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                            • #15
                              Do the Junkman and Tim have any comments about whether the avenger "runamuk" style tires have trouble coming off the rim at low psi on factory wheels? Is there a minimum psi needed to keep them mounted? I know argo must have changed the 8" wheel, 'cause the frontier tire stays mounted even when flat, but won't do the same on older 8" argo wheels. Wondering if they fixed the 9" wheels also.

                              Just asking because Lewis has trouble with the new tires on an older avenger.
                              To Invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. (Thomas Edison)

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