What do you mainly use you AATV for?

[Mike]

I was just thinking about what forums I may be leaving out and started to wonder what you originally bought your 6x6 (or 8x8) for. I bought my Max just for fun. To go off-road in and explore different trails but I'm sure that some of you had other reasons. I don't hunt so I have never used it to get into an otherwise inaccessible area just for that but I have fished out of it a time or two in ponds that I coudn't get to because of small trees and tall shrubs.

Anyway, why did you buy your AATV?

[Akcory]

I use mine for hunting, prospecting, to get into my remote cabin, and yard work( mine has a three point hitch)

[hydromike]

I have a few older machines, and each one gets used a bit differently.

For about 11 months out of the year, each of the three racers is used to hold down wooden blocks in my parents' barn, as each of the tires slowly lose air pressure. Usually during May or June, I roll them out of the barn, and use them to test the load capacity of the trailer and the truck bed. I usually take them on a short trip and roll them off the trailer, start them up for a bit to see if they still run, and drive them for a few minutes before I decide to test the roll cages on them. Usually, if the roll cages seem to still work OK, I test my skills at avoiding other folks in the hobby who appear to be doing the same sort of activities. After a few short minutes of this, I pull over to the side of the track and do an assessment of my troubleshooting skills, to see why I've stopped.

That's about it for the racers.

I also use the Attex 8x8 to hold down wooden blocks; just in a different part of the barn. It sits right in front of the Attex Chief, but I ran out of wooden blocks to hold down, so I basically just use the Chief to block access to the 8x8, should anyone decide to try to steal a flat-tired 1000-pound machine with a dead battery and no gasoline. About once or twice a year, the Attex 8x8 is also used to conduct long-mileage testing of the trailer. The machine is also used to test bilge pumps, since water seems to come in significantly faster than most pumps can pump it out. I'm up to about a 1200gph pump, which is almost enough to swim for a few minutes. I also use it to burn old gasoline that doesn't seem to agree with most other machines. Kubota did something right, there.... I swear it'll run on Mayonaise.

There's also the RIM, which I also use in long term testing. This is a bit of a different test, since it's mainly used to gauge the frustration of my father, since it sits in the barn with his tractor, and basically causes him to limber up before he crawls around/over it to gain access to Farmall if he needs to plow snow. I guess it's a piece of excercise equipment.

The Max 8x8 is currently used as a bird-bath. It's tarped-up out back, but a bit of water inevitably collects on the tarp, and causes a myriad of small winged friends and the occassional gray squirrel to come take a bath or grab a quick drink on the way to the bird feeder. I guess it's used as education, since Alyssa and I are always looking up different song birds on the internet as different creatures come to roost on it. Last year, the tub was upside down out back, and it was a rodent house. Who knows what winter 2012-2013 will bring. I may continue the "nature" theme.

There's also the 980, which I use to cover a realtively small spot of concrete in the garage so I have to sweep less. It's also used to test long-term durabiliy of batteries, since the one that's in it is from about 1990, and still takes a charge after sitting idle for 4-5 months at a time. The Hustler is also used to test the patience of fellow riders who blast past me on most rides, causing them to wait at the next trail intersection to see if it's broken down yet. I guess it's a "loyalty tester".... Some of you have failed. I've also used the 980 to determine if my health care provider is really providing me any sort of benefit. After almost slicing my thumb off during a self-perceived simple operation last fall, I've realized that my employer-supplied health care program is a bit more lackluster than they've portrayed it to be.

The last machine is the Super Swamp Fox. I use it to keep my bank account at a comfortably low level, and to gauge exaclty how badly my fabrication abilities have degraded over the last decade or so. Like the Hustler, it also occupies a small portion of the garage floor, so the sweeping is kept at a minimum.

Oh, and there are a few bodies up in the barn that I use to store black walnuts in, and to test my long-term memory. ("Where did THAT one come from?"....)

That's my story....

[JoeMeg]

I bought my Argo to ride for fun and help with firewood at my two camps.Then I got mixed up with this crowd known as 6x6world.com members. Then I had to have another,so I bought the Hustler and tore it completly apart to rebuild. After 4 months of not being sure how I want to put this thing together,I figured I had better look for something a little closer to "trail ready"(actually it was just an excuse to get another),so I bought the Attex.Their uses are as follows;
Argo is used for recreation,hauling wood and something to perform "preventive maintenance" on.
Attex is used to prevent me from doing other things around the house,etc, by just being a b... nigthmare of one catastrophic failure after another(I mean,really,a broken axle bolt or poss a brg prob,ok,damaged engine and broken output shaft on t-20 on her first two outings,respectivly,come on)
Hustler is used in place of sheep.When I can't fall asleep,I start thinking of how I want to put it back together and Shazam it's now morning and still nothing is done on it.

Joe

[Hogneck]

Got mine for the snow! But it soon became an obsession. Now I can't stop tinkering on it. Glad to have it.

[Hogneck]

I have a few older machines, and each one gets used a bit differently.

For about 11 months out of the year, each of the three racers is used to hold down wooden blocks in my parents' barn, as each of the tires slowly lose air pressure. Usually during May or June, I roll them out of the barn, and use them to test the load capacity of the trailer and the truck bed. I usually take them on a short trip and roll them off the trailer, start them up for a bit to see if they still run, and drive them for a few minutes before I decide to test the roll cages on them. Usually, if the roll cages seem to still work OK, I test my skills at avoiding other folks in the hobby who appear to be doing the same sort of activities. After a few short minutes of this, I pull over to the side of the track and do an assessment of my troubleshooting skills, to see why I've stopped.

That's about it for the racers.

I also use the Attex 8x8 to hold down wooden blocks; just in a different part of the barn. It sits right in front of the Attex Chief, but I ran out of wooden blocks to hold down, so I basically just use the Chief to block access to the 8x8, should anyone decide to try to steal a flat-tired 1000-pound machine with a dead battery and no gasoline. About once or twice a year, the Attex 8x8 is also used to conduct long-mileage testing of the trailer. The machine is also used to test bilge pumps, since water seems to come in significantly faster than most pumps can pump it out. I'm up to about a 1200gph pump, which is almost enough to swim for a few minutes. I also use it to burn old gasoline that doesn't seem to agree with most other machines. Kubota did something right, there.... I swear it'll run on Mayonaise.

There's also the RIM, which I also use in long term testing. This is a bit of a different test, since it's mainly used to gauge the frustration of my father, since it sits in the barn with his tractor, and basically causes him to limber up before he crawls around/over it to gain access to Farmall if he needs to plow snow. I guess it's a piece of excercise equipment.

The Max 8x8 is currently used as a bird-bath. It's tarped-up out back, but a bit of water inevitably collects on the tarp, and causes a myriad of small winged friends and the occassional gray squirrel to come take a bath or grab a quick drink on the way to the bird feeder. I guess it's used as education, since Alyssa and I are always looking up different song birds on the internet as different creatures come to roost on it. Last year, the tub was upside down out back, and it was a rodent house. Who knows what winter 2012-2013 will bring. I may continue the "nature" theme.

There's also the 980, which I use to cover a realtively small spot of concrete in the garage so I have to sweep less. It's also used to test long-term durabiliy of batteries, since the one that's in it is from about 1990, and still takes a charge after sitting idle for 4-5 months at a time. The Hustler is also used to test the patience of fellow riders who blast past me on most rides, causing them to wait at the next trail intersection to see if it's broken down yet. I guess it's a "loyalty tester".... Some of you have failed. I've also used the 980 to determine if my health care provider is really providing me any sort of benefit. After almost slicing my thumb off during a self-perceived simple operation last fall, I've realized that my employer-supplied health care program is a bit more lackluster than they've portrayed it to be.

The last machine is the Super Swamp Fox. I use it to keep my bank account at a comfortably low level, and to gauge exaclty how badly my fabrication abilities have degraded over the last decade or so. Like the Hustler, it also occupies a small portion of the garage floor, so the sweeping is kept at a minimum.

Oh, and there are a few bodies up in the barn that I use to store black walnuts in, and to test my long-term memory. ("Where did THAT one come from?"....)

That's my story....

That makes all the sense in the world to me Mike ! Love it!

[North Country Tough]

# 1 Water access cottage thats on a hill,#2 shooting Bambi,Bullwinkle,#3 Haulin firewood 15 to 18 cord a year,#4 Safe winter access to the cottage regardless of conditions,#5 Donut tired machine are fun and have been in the family since I was nine(1965) and finally Iam too old to change(I hate change)N.C.T

[Stonewall]

Hydromike, that's hilarious!!!!

My Hustler is mainly used to aggrivate my father by taking up a small portion of space in the corner of his shop, which apparently costs him money...(havn't figured that one out yet...) It's also a very good tool for collecting dust and other foreign particles that regularly float around in the shop atmosphere at any given time, not to mention when it's assembled (not very often ) it is excellent for swallowing whatever tool I was using to try and fix it. On the occasion that it gets left outside, it makes an excellent rainwater collection tank.

[North Country Tough]

Hydromike, that's hilarious!!!!

My Hustler is mainly used to aggrivate my father by taking up a small portion of space in the corner of his shop, which apparently costs him money...(havn't figured that one out yet...) It's also a very good tool for collecting dust and other foreign particles that regularly float around in the shop atmosphere at any given time, not to mention when it's assembled (not very often ) it is excellent for swallowing whatever tool I was using to try and fix it. On the occasion that it gets left outside, it makes an excellent rainwater collection tank.

Thats hilarious and so true,good one Stonewall.

[amphibious drew]

Well I bought the tomohawk to use to plow my driveway and take my boys for rides. When I was little my grandfather went out to buy our first ATV (not including the gocart my brother wrecked the first day we had it). I really wanted a six wheeler then, but he was going to get a three wheeler and came back with a quad. None the less, my favorite memories of my childhood was tooling around the farm on it with my grandpa. When I bought a place with enough land to play with an atv i wanted to give my kids the same memories and the plow thing sounded good to my wife. I never got a plow, but the boys sure love going for rides.
I got my racer project cheap and intended to part it out, but with the generosity of members here I was able to make a project out of it. It should have been done some time ago, but now it is used for excuses to get out of the house to some piece and quite.
My gotcha is an attempt at motivating my oldest to work hard in life. It will be used by him primarily when its done but is currently waiting to take over my racers space in the garage.
Collectively my fleet is used to maintain my garage area as my own and too aggrivate and frustrate my wife by spending so much time and money on them and by keeping her from parking in the garage.

[Model Citizen]

Those are all great stories....but, Hydromike,
Your parents must be so relieved that you aren't a twin.

Bridget

[swamp donkey]

Come from a long line of hunters grandad had a hustler dad had a hustler and now I have a max 2 just runs in the family I guess

[Dan67]

I bought my Hustler for me and the girls to ride around in. I thought no mater what it would give them memories to last a lifetime of ol' dad. Either giggles and fun of playing in the mud or Dad cursing that infernal brown pig over every breakdown. Preferably the aforementioned giggles.. Right now the Hustler is occupying the 2- car carport, the floor behind my desk, and the basement, as well as a small portion of the back yard.

[tattooman]

machines

My first aatv was a bazooka. I gave an individual $2,500 to rebuild it for me, I never saw him, the money or the machine again. Shame on me! My second machine was an anphicat. Did a rebuild, had a lot of fun hunting with it. I ordered some new ones from a currently banded member. He also took my money and I never got the parts. Shame on me. My next machine is a max2. I hide it in my garage untilled hunting season and then it only comes off the tailor if my kids or I shoot a deer. The fun starts when the snow flies. I plow snow banks all over the neighbourhood and then drive over them and as long as you have a little yellow strobe light running, the local police won't. Bother you. Then the ice comes. To the St. Lawrence river. We load the Max with everything she will carry. (My anphicat is now an ice fishing trailor) and we load the trailor as well. While the kids fish, I socialize, driving from ice house to ice house.

[famvburg]

Since I was a kid, I have wanted a 6 x 6 AATV, because the GI Joe Adventure Team had one . A few years ago, after my dad died, when i sold his house I began buying some big toys & some stuff for my shop, where I work on real airplanes for part of my income. Nothing that he or my late mom would have been irritated about. About 18 months ago I found an '06 Max II right here in town. While I bought it mainly to satisfy the childhood want & to play with, I do even use it at my job at the airport, checking the back areas of the property.