How did you get out?

[Rudy_Magnum]

My argo is stuck in the garage..... It's still there. Life got too busy, and winter is coming.

[Mike]

My argo is stuck in the garage..... It's still there. Life got too busy, and winter is coming.

I can relate to that.

[trevorakm1]

Uh yeah Mike been waiting on updates for the Argo with the T-20 and how you finished it off. Mines is in pieces at the same point of your last post on your progress. Let's go, I'ld like to get this finished up!

[Castro]

I was lucky enough that the winch worked even covered in ice sometimes the hardest thing to do is get a secure footing to attach to. in this case I was able to get a Nissan titan within range of the winch and a few extra straps

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[onefunzr2]

I know this is an old thread but I was intrigued by post #15. I see I'm not the only one beset by problem beavers. After having gotten stuck more times than I care to count, I made some changes. First, I installed a winch with WIRELESS remote. 2nd, I always carry a 100' length of nylon 1/2" rope and an aluminum 2.5# danforth boat anchor. The WARN utility kit with snatch block, straps and assorted clevises is a must have. And I always wear rubber knee-hi boots. Now I never have any trepidation about exploring the unknown.

My beaver eradication program is going on 50 weeks utilizing my Max II. I've managed to carve cuts in 7 dams to allow the creek to keep flowing as nature intended. Although I've only trapped 3 beavers, I'm confident plugging 5 more with 3" 12ga #4 buckshot which contains 43 quarter inch lead balls has decimated their population on my property. I could never have done it without my Max 6x6.

[hipowerone]

Regardless of the old post, this is a good topic. This past spring, I took my wheeled MAX II out for a quick ride, thinking I would go over visit my neighbor. Little did I think as I went through the trees from one field to another. The trees had acted as a wind break and snow drifts on the other side were much deeper and wetter. I was stuck in seconds. Luckily I had done this little maneuver at the corner of the field. Trees were plentiful and I had recently upgraded my emergency kit with a couple tow straps, snatch blocks, clevis's and some rope. Trying to use the single winch to turn the MAX II around was time consuming, as the deep wet snow was working against every effort. However, taking it slow and easy, and hitching my tow lines and snatch blocks higher on the trees to lift the MAX, I finally managed to inch my ride into a 180 turn and finally drag myself to sure footing. I can now see the reasoning behind a rear winch. Had I had one, I would have been out in a fraction of the time! Had I tried to cross the tree line another 25-50 feet up the field line, I am not sure how I might have gotten out.

[wheeler]

Been a while since I started this post. Theres gotta be more stories of people getting stuck and how they got out.

[allwheeldrive]

Got stuck last weekend on the Coot.

Driving up ancient mountain roads.
Years before someone must have cut the big downed trees for an ATV, some where too narrow so I just drove up one side and drove the other wheels though the middle.

Except the last one. It had been cut like a V down and when my left tires crested it, they slid down between the two logs sandwiching the front tires like a vice!

Used my highlifter jack to lift both logs up and back between the tires. Than Used my traction ladder to climb one of them (both where suspended, and starting form a stand still is hard under load with a CVT clutch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7RTkO43zxc

[john swenson]

cool video allwheel ! i guess you knew where the heck you were going . thanks..i enjoyed it. johnboy va.

[Craig_B]

I recently discovered a technique to exit from a creek up the bank to the shore.
The first time I used the winch, pulled up on the bank no problem. Turns out that was a false confidence builder. Moved along the bank further upstream then back into the water. Motored further up the creek, in the water, then decided I should turn around and head back before I got too far away.
Approached the bank and as before the Argo could not get enough grip on the two front tires to climb the bank. The other six still floating in the water.
Hooked up the winch figuring this would be a piece of cake just like last time. However as fate would have it the cable just slipped on the drum. Turns out it was not attached correctly and the end had come loose. I assume when the cable was slack as I rewound it from the last use. Either way the winch was now just decoration.
So I am sitting there floating at the bank wondering what the hell am I going to do? Tried getting a run at the bank but that was pointless.
As I sat there looking around with a slight feeling of panic I see the bank on the far side directly behind me.
So I put the Argo in reverse and aimed for the shore behind me.
Sure enough more than just two wheels made contact with the ground. With the front end heavy and pitching the rear up on an angle I was able to drive right up the bank and out of the water.
Did the same technique a couple more times and has worked out good so far.
Winch is now wound properly so hopefully it will function the next time its needed too.

[wheeler]

I've had the cable come off the Winch before. I was hung up on a stump and between two trees. My cable has some nasty twists on it also. So trying to get the cable back on was a job. I finally got it wrapped back on and got out of the predicament. Thank God for winches!

[Sparx]

Walked 6kms out of the bush because my Syn rope failed me yet again. Came back with my Polaris Ranger 6x6 to pull back out the Argo and drain everything. I'm back to wire cable and got the rear mount winch with a second winch setup since then. LOL




Wasn't fun bringing in the Ranger 6x6 where the Argo just walked through...

[wheeler]

Well, I've heard what I need to hear. I will stick with my steel cable.
Thanks for all the input.

[allwheeldrive]

Sparx! dang! Nice pictures

What happened? Did it take on water and sink? Did it get stuck than fill with water after some time?

How on EARTH did the Ranger make it out there!? lol does it have tracks too? Whats its set up?

[Sparx]

Sparx! dang! Nice pictures

What happened? Did it take on water and sink? Did it get stuck than fill with water after some time?

How on EARTH did the Ranger make it out there!? lol does it have tracks too? Whats its set up?

Thanks man, was not fun! Haha
In front of the Argo was a sharp ledge the winch kept getting stabbed in and wouldn't climb. One side had partial traction more then then other, when I would reverse the drivers side would tip and the side would go under water.
We tried endlessly to winch above the bank but kept breaking the syn cable over and over again, even when snatch blocked. We even tried stabbing logs in the ground and pounding them in with axes in multiples but they would pull out. Only option was to back up and once the water came over that was the side the engine intake dunked under and shut me down in a hurry. If I had the intake tube unhooked I'm sure I would have backed out fine without it killing the motor. First time I ever felt the need to have the Argo snorkelled! LOL
I have a bilge pump and it was going as hard as I could too, just the stars were lined up the wrong way in a crappy situation.
The Ranger 6x6 is a deadly machine, it does amazing in the skeg, it just don't float! Haha. That situation there was the only hole we had an issue with the first 200yds just off the gravel road, the other ways I would have had to float in with another Argo. We came loaded for war with the backup booster pack for extra juice, snatch blocked 4000lb Warn winch AND 3/4 ton chain fall as tight as we could get it to inch along through the skeg. When we were done the rad fan was plugged with muskeg and the machine was overheating as a result. We had to winch it up a tree and pull the muskeg out by hand.
Once to the Argo it was an easy winch out in reverse, drained it and had a hand vacuum pump to extract the engine oil and water that got in the fuel tank. It fired up after the water was pumped from the tank no problem and we drove both machines back. Hooked a sling to the Ranger 6x6 and walked both machines through the middle of the hole like a Joke. The combination between these two machines is awesome to have in camp! Ranger for putting down the miles, and Argo for scouting and exploring new territory and figuring how to get the Ranger in afterwards. LOL