Amphib Count

[hydromike]

Well this isn't good, <snip> Who wants to be my sponsor and when is the next meeting.

I'm there for you, Marc. It takes one to know one, and I think you and I are about in the same boat. I have about as many projects as I do runners.

ST/503/R
Superchief D/Stock
Chief D/Stock
Attex Combat Vehicle Simulator (8x8)
Hustler 980
RIM
Attex Chief
Super Swamp Fox (project)
Camel Centipede (project)
Max 8x8 (project)
I have enough Attex parts laying around (Superchief body, a couple Chief bodies) to make the better part of three more machines, but in the interest of perpetuating denial, I count those as spare parts, not projects.

I search classifieds daily. I scan the backsides of houses, shops, garages where-ever I go. I hound friends and acquaintanaces about potential projects on a weekly (some daily) basis. There are others that have MANY more machines than I do, but nobody's ever proud that they smoke more crack than the next guy. I have a real, genuine problem, and a very understanding significant other and family.

My name is Mike, and I live for this crap


EDIT:: I actually forgot Big 5.....

[lewis]

:


You are a funny man Drew

[Don]

I figure I should jump in behind Hydromike so we can both blame this obsession/addiction on bad, (or odd, at least) genes.

I guess the current count is 14:
9 Attex
2 Hustler
1 RIM
1 Super Swamp Fox
1 Starcraft

About half of these are runners and half projects, and this doesn't include the Tricart and Tricub- not amphibs
It makes me sound a lot less nuts if you split the machines up with Bud and Q as well. See, I'm no addict!

[lewis]

Hydro does the Rim have 5 or 6 wheels now? I watched the episode of "To catch a tire." Just last night. great memories.

[Duck89]

I'm there for you, Marc. It takes one to know one, and I think you and I are about in the same boat. I have about as many projects as I do runners.

ST/503/R
Superchief D/Stock
Chief D/Stock
Attex Combat Vehicle Simulator (8x8)
Hustler 980
RIM
Attex Chief
Super Swamp Fox (project)
Camel Centipede (project)
Max 8x8 (project)
I have enough Attex parts laying around (Superchief body, a couple Chief bodies) to make the better part of three more machines, but in the interest of perpetuating denial, I count those as spare parts, not projects.

I search classifieds daily. I scan the backsides of houses, shops, garages where-ever I go. I hound friends and acquaintanaces about potential projects on a weekly (some daily) basis. There are others that have MANY more machines than I do, but nobody's ever proud that they smoke more crack than the next guy. I have a real, genuine problem, and a very understanding significant other and family.

My name is Mike, and I live for this crap


EDIT:: I actually forgot Big 5.....

Very nice Mike, but go ice your hands now....or at least I would after typing in a long list of awesome machines like that!

[whistlepig1]

this is whistle pig1 i have a ratcliff sidewinder and ahustler 945hk

[Snipe_lee]

I have 5,a 97 max iv,two argos 97 and 05 model a makee rough rider and a reb,it looks like a 453 terra jet.

[jpswift1]

I have 11. I was back down into the single digits for a short while, but that didn't last too long.

-Max II

-Max II

-Max II

-Max II w/ tracks

-Max IV w/ tracks

-Attex 440 Thunderchief racer

-Attex 295 Wild Wolf

-Attex Superchief

-Hustler 980 BIGFOOT

-Super Swamp Fox

-Newt The Bold

[JoeMeg]

2001 Argo Conquest 6x6,running.

197? Attex Superchief,running.

1968/9 Hustler,fiberglass,need only to assemble(been havin too much fun breaking and fixing the Attex),lol.

Joe.

[guyfox]

For all those out there with more then 3 machines have a question for you all....Do you use your machines for commerical purposes or are they all for personnel use??????

I think is is bad enough to maintain just 2 machines....14 vehicles with a min of 6 tires each is a s**t load of tires....

[Roadtorque]

I've got to be the only active member on this forum that has never had, or driven, an aatv! I saw a max II add in the back of a magazine when I was young and instantly fell in love with the idea. I "lurked" on this forum for a few years before joining a few years back. I read the forum nearly daily and feed my addiction by watching all the youtube video's you all post. If all falls into place I'm hoping to have my first aatv by the end of this year!

[jeffery9076]

1972 ? attex chief 400 bruiser 30 hp 4 stroke/ 197? 440 thunder chief 13 hp blue max needs finshed holding off for place to put it when done sounds good?/ 1970 chief / need 4 chain conversion frame finished/ 197? scrambler in pieces anybody looking for a scrambler no engine

[mudbug3]

I have a 2004 , Max IV and a 2011 ,Argo Frontier.

[Stonewall]

So the current count is 153 based on the poll. The top 3 are Don with 14, and then Jpswift and Jerseybigfoot are tied for either second or third because I can't decide wether Hydromike has 10 or 13...

[racerone3]

For all those out there with more then 3 machines have a question for you all....Do you use your machines for commerical purposes or are they all for personnel use??????

I think is is bad enough to maintain just 2 machines....14 vehicles with a min of 6 tires each is a s**t load of tires....

Mine are just toys. I enjoy rebuilding them about as much as I enjoy driving them. Every winter, at least one gets a full teardown/ major overhaul of some operating system. for example, I'm about to start my 3rd splined axle upgrade of the winter... Last year the racer got totally redone, I rebuilt the Hustler from the ground up, and the max got a large HP injection. The Tank trainer was a spring/ summer project. Next winter my wifes max will get a frame out teardown, clean inspect repair and repaint on the frame plus upgrades to inner bearings and splined axles. Holding out hope that I will find a Tomcat or at least a Camel between now and then for the summer project...

My son tried to count all the tires on our property a few weeks ago, but he only knows how to count to 100... he probably came up 60ish short...