New members, introduce yourself here

[dirtdobber]

Hey bdriver. I'm in oxford. Welcome to the group. Let me know if you have any issues. Maybe I can help.

[afk]

Been a professional mechanic for 50+ years and retired 4 years ago. Can't live without grease under my fingernails and breathing exhaust fumes, so I opened a small engine shop West of Tupelo, MS. Repair/buy/sell/Flip high-end zero-turn mowers & ATV's. 40 x 60 shop, two table lifts, and more tools than any sane man should ever even consider owning. Just finished restoring a 1948 Willys pickup last week for my son, so I was looking for another side project. Came across a 1996 Max II on Craigslist over the weekend for the $300 and that scenario is right up my alley. Thought I'd give this Forum a try, so here I am with my first post.....

Welcome to the board. not a whole lot of action here sometimes a lot of people seem to just sit on Facebook but either way welcome :-)

[bdriver]

Been a professional mechanic for 50+ years and retired 4 years ago. Can't live without grease under my fingernails and breathing exhaust fumes, so I opened a small engine shop West of Tupelo, MS. Repair/buy/sell/Flip high-end zero-turn mowers & ATV's. 40 x 60 shop, two table lifts, and more tools than any sane man should ever even consider owning. Just finished restoring a 1948 Willys pickup last week for my son, so I was looking for another side project. Came across a 1996 Max II on Craigslist over the weekend for the $300 and that scenario is right up my alley. Thought I'd give this Forum a try, so here I am with my first post.....

[Mrfunk]

Hey guys! New to this site, as I'm trying to find info about what my pops old 1981 argo 6x6 is worth haha but besides that, after Looking at all the posts I realized this is an awesome group and I'm glad to be a part of it. I do have a side by side and a dirt bikpoe as well, so I do love off roading as much as I can. Thanks again everyone! And if anyone would have info about my pops machine, please message me haha thanks!!!

Geoff

[NathanK]

I'm NathanK from Madisonville KY. I have recently purchased a old maxll with a Tecumseh 14 hp engine that does not run. I am going to replace it with a Kohler command 25 hp engine that I traded for. The crankshaft was to large for the pulley that came on the Tecumseh so I removed the crank out of the Kohler and had a friend to turn it on a lathe and mill a new keyway into it to fit the pulley. I have also replaced the rings, gaskets, and seals. I haven't tried to mount the engine. I just got the T-20 transmission back together and cleaned all trash and gunk out of the tub. So I'm ready to try and put this thing together. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I am doing, how to go about it, what modifications I have to make if any. I don't know and am kinda winging it and don't have much of a budget. Any help or thoughts would be great...

[ChefMottor]

Hello,

I'm looking to buy a 2001 max amphibian. It comes with a plow, winch, and a zip up cover. The previous installed extra lights and soundboard with Bluetooth. What would be a reasonable offer on this machine? It runs well and has no serious issues.

[edrk213]

I just got my first Argo 6x6. It has a Tecumseh OH160 and I think it’s a 1979. It needs some work but I was expecting that. Also I picked up a parts Argo that is about the same vintage . Hopefully I’m posting in the right spot, thanks!
Ed From Alberta Canada.

[Captain Daddy Shark]

Good morning.
Just purchased my first Argo. It's an '87 Magnum 8x8. When I was a kid I seen one of these beauties moving across a lake, and then emerged onto dry ground with these 8 glorious tires spinning. From that moment on I wanted an Argo.

Replacing tires and bearings, but, I'm sure we will get to play with it soon. Excited to be here.

[john swenson]

good job robbie...welcome ... and there are plenty of attex owners onsite to help you out . looking forward to seeing your project moving along . must be some fun places to ride on cape cod ? johnboy va.

[RobbieG508]

My name is Robbie and I live on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. I just found the site and registered the other day after scoring a 6 wheeler. Found one for a hell of a deal and looking forward to spending the winter restoring it. I think I've identified it as a Attex, but still have to figure out year/model. It has a Kohler 309 in it and runs/drives, but needs some tinkering for sure (but again, I plan a full rebuild/resto). Look forward to picking your brains on here and showing off the rebuild.

[plott hound]

lol,start a thread over to the argo section so i help you out.otherwise the info will get lost in here.

[ARGOJIM]

Hopefully plotthound jumps in here, he is up that way and can offer some advice.

[Cuthbert777]

Hi all,
Been Atv’g into my remote cottage for years in Ontario, Canada. Looking into an Argo or other alternative. I currently trailer to a entry point, traverse down a rocky rough hydro corridor, then 20k, then rough trail that gets swamped out by beavers/floods, park and then travel by boat around a short leg of water. It’s very hard on the ATV but part of the fun.
+ I love the idea of an AATV going straight into the cottage
+ believe I could take a more direct route across swamp but is this risky?
+ love the idea of my two dogs jumping in with me (could also do with a UTV)
+ love the idea of winter travel opening another season.
- concern that speed is way too slow for the 20k road
- concern with rocky trail/damaging bottom/repairs

Would love to learn more and hear your thoughts before jumping into a purchase!
Thanks!
Cam

[john swenson]

welcome js .. sounds like your machine was a good deal for you and it's fixed up nice . a little preventative maintenance and babys are alot of fun . probably lots of good riding in maine and the tracks will be a blast in the snow !! have fun and keep in touch . johnboy va.

[J Soucy]

New member, Buffalo truck owner

Glad to finally post something to this group. I’ve been searching, diagnosing, and learning from this group for over a year. I bought a 1996 (I think) Buffalo truck from my son’s neighbor for $500a couple years ago. It has a 20hp Kohler. Two sets of tires, tracks and some extra parts. I couldn’t pass that up. He said it needed a new sprocket. (Chain was jumping violently) Chains and sprockets were on wrong on the right side. Took me a bit to figure it out. Cleaned the carb a few times. Got it running enough to start using it. I built a roll cage over the front, replaced the lights with LED’s, new winch, removed and painted/repaired the rear bed and frame sections, just finished replacing the 21x11-8 tires and sand blasted and painted both sets of wheels, drive belt, tachometer/temp gauge, custom rear chain adjusters (curtesy of the member ideas from this site) broke and replaced two front axles so far (original I believe). It’s finally too a point where I can just drive it without working on it or airing the damn junk tires first. Lol. I love this machine and I’m very happy to be part of this group. I’ve loved watching the you tube videos of your trips. Although I’m not very fast, I’m looking forward to some ATV trails in my home state of Maine.

-Jeremy