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

[mudbug3]

Dan

Another great video! That mud looked really bad!

[Noel Woods]

Thats a great video! Its just like an M113 armored personel carrier. Will go anywhere.

[Obsessed]

awsome Videos Dan...that mud look bottomless...love to see you two out having so much fun together...is the Max IV getting any exercise these days???

Tim

[mightymaxIV]

awsome Videos Dan...that mud look bottomless...love to see you two out having so much fun together...is the Max IV getting any exercise these days???

Tim

The Max will go out soon , but for now I am having to much fun with my new machine.

[mightymaxIV]

A little tracked comparison

I am going to try to get out tomorrow and go on a trail ride near Macon Georgia. I want to take both of my tracked machines so I can do a little comparison riding. Tried climbing a steep bank just a few minutes ago with the quad in 2wd but it wouldn't make it and I had to switch to 4wd. Both Machines are very impressive in mud but the Argo seems to have the edge at every thing except high speed trail riding where the quad excels.

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[Obsessed]

awsome 4x4 Dan...if you ever get tired of that toy let me know...it looks like a ton of fun...bet it would be a riot in the snow up here...have you ever gotten it stuck with the rubber track kit installed?

Tim

[mightymaxIV]

awesome 4x4 Dan...if you ever get tired of that toy let me know...it looks like a ton of fun...bet it would be a riot in the snow up here...have you ever gotten it stuck with the rubber track kit installed?

Tim

Yes, is great in mud, it's short coming is trees under the water, and roots, in pure mud it's almost unstoppable, and will out climb any thing I have seen. It's also very very stable in awful conditions and gives you a lot of riding confidence, it is however hard to turn unless you are moving about 2 or 3 mph or faster. I haven't had it in the snow but have seen video of these tracks in the snow and they are awesome.

[mightymaxIV]

Rocky Creek trail Ride-EXCELLENT VIDEO!

Got to spend the day with my son on the Rocky Creek trail ride and was able to get some excellent comparison video with competition between my Tatou tracked Suzuki Vinson and my Argo Frontier.

The trail is full of mud holes, up and down hill grades, swamp with Fallen trees, grass, roots and logs every where. My son and I took turns churning through every bad mud hole on the trail (and there were some awful ones). The swamp areas were full of fallen trees, roots, swamp grass, mud and every other bad thing. I took the Argo deep into the swamp with my son filming. I could see tracks at the edge where other machines tried and turned around. The Argo walked through every nasty hole, fallen trees and watery swamp grass without an effort. Fallen trees in the swamp areas have always stopped my MaxIV cold but the Argo walked over everything.

By the end of the day I had several quads and riders watching me go through every hole that no else would try. At the end of the trail there was a nasty swamp area and by now I had about 20 quads following me. I drove into the swamp area with about ten machines while my son sat on the side with about ten other machines to watch the show. I drove through every nasty hole in the swamp area and two of the quads following me got badly stuck and were in mud to the top of their tires.I pulled both of these machines out with the Argo and then drove right through the same awful mud with several amazed riders watching. My son said that everyone around him was amazed that the Argo moved so effortlessly through this awful area. After every one was convinced they couldn't follow me I gassed the Argo and flew through the area, even I was surprised but how fast my machine could move through this awful mud! It was quite a show.

Man I had some great video but at some point I was driving the Vinson through a bad hole and got stuck. My son pulled the Argo up and pulled me out of the hole but somewhere in this process my flip camera fell into the mud hole. My son and I tried and tried but were never able to find or retrieve the missing camera.

I went through every rutted mud hole I could find trying to get the Argo stuck. It didn't work, the machine pulled through every mud hole. My son and I left the park amazed by the Argo performance and upset beyond measure that we had lost our camera with some of the best video footage I have ever filmed.

[Roger S]

You cracked the throttle open? About time. After your 2 year briggs warranty is up, let's add 15 hp to it. Good to hear you had a good weekend, my condolances on the camera..

[mightymaxIV]

You cracked the throttle open? About time. After your 2 year briggs warranty is up, let's add 15 hp to it. Good to hear you had a good weekend, my condolances on the camera..

Roger, I had no Idea that my machine was so powerful! I was moving across awful mud at ten to fifteen MPH, I was starting to think I could win a mud race in this stuff since none of the quads could even move. I also noticed that those high powered quads could barely turn their tires in that thick mud. I was amazed as my machine flew through areas where these machines could hardly turn a tire. I was also amazed that my machine actually felt smooth riding through this soft mud because with the speed I actually stayed on top of the mud. I keep learning something new every day!

[mightymaxIV]

Argo clean up was a breeze

Cleaned up my machines today and noted some big differences. The Argo floor pans are cupped and wedged very tightly in place so that mud and leaves don't fall into the chain area. When you pull out the floor boards the mud, dirt and leaves come up with the floor board and don't fall into the tub. I pressure washed the inside' lifted the front end and let the water run out the drain plugs. I took out any leaves or other debris and then hosed out any remaining dirt and then took a shop vac to what ever was left. There was a ton of room in the rear drain area and I didn't have to fight with the chains, belt and frame, clean up took about a third less time than my other machine. Thank you Argo for engineering this machine to be almost maintenance free and maintenance friendly.

[Snipe_lee]

Dang I cant believe you lost that camera,was so looking forward to seeing that video. crap.

[Noel Woods]

Hey Dan: You repeated my camera losing scenario almost down to the last detail. I'll get a new Flip this week. Miss the old one, especially since it was only about two months old.

You certainly are right about Argo designing an awesome vehicle. Since the first time I saw an Argo in the early 1980's I thought to myself, "those guys know how to build an amphib." and since then they have evolved into vehicles that set the standard for fit and finish, ease of maintenance and reliability.

[smog]

trust me, as with anything made of HDPE, the floor board will shrink

[mightymaxIV]

trust me, as with anything made of HDPE, the floor board will shrink

I wish you hadn't told me that.