Hi Flippy,
I thought I was the only guy who could get in a situation similar to yours. I use my MaxIV as a fishing boat alot and have gotten hungup in marshes very similar to what you described. One time I had to winch myself out because the vegetation had me hung. After that, I started carrying a telescoping aluminum pole and have used that a couple of times to push myself around to where the tires could bite.
No matter what, there is always the unexpected...................
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severe limitations nobody mentions about our amphibious vehicles
So I take my 6x6 with myself and my woman and 6 new at101 tires down the bank through the cat tails and fragmites on to the 2 1/2 foot deep canal-once in the water yes the 6x6 floats fine and swims well-yet slowly-now time to get out-the slow momentom of the 6x6 is not enough to push down the fragmites and cattails-so I am stuck with tires spinning in the water and the 6x6 not moving because the catails are acting as a road block.The water is deep enough that the tires dont touch the bottom to grab mud.Anyway a guy fishing got his truck-I stepped out of the 6x6 had to walk in the knee deep muck get out and he pulled me out.Embarassing yes-If I had a large oar then I could have pushed the 6x6 through the cat tails-maybe.This is just my experience that I have not read about on here.Seems silly that I have to find a nice clean shore area with no 4 foot high thick vegetation in order to get out of the water.What did I do wrong and If I have to carry an oar then I better just stick with a rowboat-And the canal is barely deep enough for a small outboard and if you use a small gas outboard the soot and muck will get sucked up into the water pump and burn the outboard up!Any opinions?
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