What in the world ? Anyone know Why someone would do this ?

[Kris W]

I found this when i was surfing kijiji... I am guessing the "pod tubes" are for extra floatation.. But why would one need to do this ? Has anyone done this ? If so, what was the benefit ? Ive taken my argo accross a lake before, it was a long time ago, but to my best recollection it never felt "tippy"...

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[dirtdobber]

It could be for added stability in the water. That machine has a pretty tall cargo rack.

[liflod]

The higher you float, the faster you go. Also if you overload the machine in the water, they would help keep it stable.

[wfo]

thats not a cargo roof its a dance floor for the tango.

[curtisbyrne]

some people only use there argos for water so its nice to have a bit more flotation.

[Kris W]

thats not a cargo roof its a dance floor for the tango.

LMAO

[SlimChance]

I use my Max IV on the local lake quite a bit for fishing. I use a trolling motor on the front and have added a couple of foam floats to the front under the winch mount to keep the front more stable. Boat wakes can swamp you fairly easy.

[wedge]

What ever Floats his Boat ?
Sorry I had to say it !
The voices in my head told me to.

[Noel Woods]

The same concept applies to anything, take a kayak, put an outrigger on it, and it becomes an extremely stable platform. If I recall, this particular machine had floats that could be raised and lowered to be either off road or on the water ready.

[wedge]

Don't thy make inserts for your wheels that also do something like this ?

[Rusty-Gunn]

I saw a video on this. The floats weren't deep enough in the water to assist in floatation, in my opinion. Perhaps they were set up for cruising, but loewered for stability once they stopped? Neat idea though.

[allwheeldrive]

Don't thy make inserts for your wheels that also do something like this ?

Yes Jwheelz

Can always double up on tires, I believe that is the most practical fix if money is of no concern as they don’t increase width any more than adding out riggers, yet keep the flotation as low as possible. The old school integrated rim 21” flotation tire gave just around 100 pounds of buoyancy. A 12” rim 26” tire should be close to that. You’d be hard pressed to sink a machine with 1,600 pounds of flotation. The Old Bushswamper 16x16 had no means of flotation besides the tires for example.

From the lengthily Mudox Jamaican exploration thread, the user ended up fitting massive pontoons to keep his very overloaded machine above water. I think he had like a 45-60 HP outboard on it as well + tons of other gear and stuff.
The problem with adding extra tires, foam, pontoons, etc is even if you get the machine out of the water more it is very hard to add extra speed. Unless said flotation device is very streamlined and even than I’d be skeptical. In the for mentioned thread the user wanted more speed and added all this flotation to keep all his power up, but didn’t gain anything in speed.

I think the best example was Top Gears Toyboata, an amphibious Hilux, had a 225 HP outboard but even at full throttle it hardly moved any faster than at ideal. Water is hard to push, the point of diminishing return was likely hit long before any extra drag could be added to a AATV.

This says nothing for added stability, and safety. All of which will be had for adding outriggers on an ATTV