Farming with an amphib??

[Dirty Harry]

Anyone use their AATV to do farm work such as pulling a disc, culapacker, sprayer, etc., etc for lite-duty gardening and so forth??? Has anyone maybe fabbed up a 3-point system to pull cultivators or even a moldboard plow?? I have seen an online vid of a new Trackster clone, the Range Runner, doing this but I want to use what I already have, not invest in another new toy just to garden with.

When I first bought my Max II (1996) I tested the waters by trying to roll my lawn with it, then tried pulling a small 17 cu.ft. lawn wagon with it, but found the swivel turning aspect too tight to pull implements with. I wrote off the notion after those two attempts. Now all these years later I'm wondering if perhaps there's a secret "method" to using these machines that I simply failed to master, or is it best to just forget the whole idea and use my mower for those sort of chores. I'm just trying to justify owning the Max to myself (and the little woman) by using it for work and not just play.

[eightwheeler]

I personally dont but Argo's have been used in many agricultural area's and they even have a "tractor" model out now, have a look into it

[MaxRules]

You can avoid most of your lawn destruction simply by not skid steering, but by lightly applying brake to one side. You can do it on both Max and Argo steering systems. As much as I love to ride amphibs, I could not recommend them for farming. They are inconvenient to get in and out of and the lack of a dump bed on most models is their downfall. The Mule, Ranger, and Rhino are the most popular utility vehicles around here. They all have a large dump bed for hauling your supplies. Best of all they ride so smooth and the Ranger and Rhino can go about 45mph+ when you need to cover ground quickly. I live around lots of farmers and they all have these utility vehicles.

[techfx]

You can avoid most of your lawn destruction simply by not skid steering, but by lightly applying brake to one side. You can do it on both Max and Argo steering systems. As much as I love to ride amphibs, I could not recommend them for farming. They are inconvenient to get in and out of and the lack of a dump bed on most models is their downfall. The Mule, Ranger, and Rhino are the most popular utility vehicles around here. They all have a large dump bed for hauling your supplies. Best of all they ride so smooth and the Ranger and Rhino can go about 45mph+ when you need to cover ground quickly. I live around lots of farmers and they all have these utility vehicles.

What about a Buffalo truck?

[Dirty Harry]

Don't need any more toys. The old lady... er... my sweetheart would strangle me! If worse comes to worse i suppose I could get the 3pt. hitch kit for my Rokon and do my lite farming with that.

[new2memax4]

These things are absolutley great play toys,I have a max 4 and love the thing, it will go where i would not dare drive anything else, on it's own.I read all the specs and it can supposedly pull 1k pounds and maybe so in straight line but farming requires turns and hills and such. i personally attempted to pull a 2wheel cart with maybe 500lbs of dirt in it up a hill with the max,short trip.had to finish that pull with the tractor.I think the low psi on the ground that makes it such a great atv also makes it not a very good work mule.they don't seem to put enough ground preasure down to get the grip needed when pulling implements. it just spun out at first thought of uphill turn .I could be wrong but i use tractor for work ,max for play.if you can get the load into the machine might be alright.Only farmin I would do with it is plowing the ground,it does a great job of that without even trying. upside, if you get a 4seater it is better than amusement park ride for entertaining friends and family. mine is and gets alot of work doing just that. they always want to go more and crazier as soon as they catch thier breath from the last out of the creek straight up holy .....! climb. My misses thinks it's just a big toy for me she is right no further justification needed...lifes short have some fun just for funs sake!!!

[rdr]

You can avoid most of your lawn destruction simply by not skid steering, but by lightly applying brake to one side. You can do it on both Max and Argo steering systems. As much as I love to ride amphibs, I could not recommend them for farming. They are inconvenient to get in and out of and the lack of a dump bed on most models is their downfall. The Mule, Ranger, and Rhino are the most popular utility vehicles around here. They all have a large dump bed for hauling your supplies. Best of all they ride so smooth and the Ranger and Rhino can go about 45mph+ when you need to cover ground quickly. I live around lots of farmers and they all have these utili ty vehicles.

the buffalo has a bed .

[Paul]

I used to have a dairy farm and ran a gator to do all the farm chores, but after selling the farm and buing a hobby farm i now do the spraying and carting the hay round with my Conquest. It's a bit of a pain on the hills because the load that i tow round makes the back of the Argo want to overtake the front. And also like you were saying if you try to turn going up a hill you loose traction. The Conquest is loades more fun than the gator. With two Gators an An Argo Iv'e done almost 4000 hours with a belt driven cluch (must be about half way now)