Recreatives Industries, Inc. purchased by Mudd-Ox Inc.

[Nick O.]

25" rims w/1" of rubber.

My car has 1'' of rubber stock


I can't wait to get my hands on the blueprints I've been dying for. Ready to model them! And it'll be fun to make some action videos of the Max's and create a proper YouTube channel for them. I've hinted the Big Max idea a few times, hehe.

[Don]

And after 3 trips to Ashtabula....you have never taken mine for a spin....I heard a rumor that you were scared of that much sheer power.

It's not the power that gets too me, I'm afraid of heights.

[amphibious drew]

It's not the power that gets too me, I'm afraid of heights.

This coming from the guy who's kids thought he was crazy for jumping the tube at George's with the BFD.

[mudslinger]

It's kind of ironic that Matt has bought RI because a few years before Matt brought out the Mudd-Ox I suggested to Galen at RI that they should build an AATV that operated on the same principle as a zero radius turn lawn mower since they were so maneuverable and his response was that it would take way too big of an engine to do that and then Matt comes along and does it and vindicates my suggestion to RI. Funny how life works sometimes.

[thebuggyman1]

Jay being somewhere close to retirement age and with no kids to take over the business after him......It didn't seem like he wanted to invest (and risk) the money needed for new models, R&D, market research etc. I cant blame him, I'm 10 yrs from retirement, and I've gotten very conservative with my investments/endeavors.

Matt is much younger and I'm sure Nick will be very involved in a few years. I anticipate MANY good things happening in the future.

[Shawn H]

Great job Matt!

[Duck89]

Congrats Matt!

[riotwarrior]

This is great stuff...cannot wait till we see some product advancements.

Yuppers....good things for sure!

[6X6]

Wow. I've been away way too long.
Matt, congrats. I'm with Don, do a racer. But dammit, make a 2-stroke version. Lightweight and loads of HP are fun.

[Rusty-Gunn]

How about a Mudd-Ox 6x6 with a T-20 trans?

[jerseybigfoot]

Hopefully Matt will give us his vision for RI soon. Matt will have to turn a profit with his investment just to keep the brand alive. Just keeping the prices the same is going to be a challenge. I suspect the wish list will have to wait for a while.

[thebuggyman1]

Maybe the Mudd-Ox brand can pick up the overhead so all the Max brand will have to worry about is the per unit costs.....Marketing could really help too, perhaps Matt could start selling MaxII springers to the oil field supervisors as quick modes of transport from the office trailer to the work site.

I think the bigger question right now is: What is ODG (Argo) thinking? Are they scrambling to not get left behind and lose major market share?

Another thought I had was bringing back Attex and or Hustler models. Both have been out of business for such a long time....I bet any patents or trade marks have expired???

[RocketHurricane]

I just hope the T20 lives on after this acquisition settles in. I'm never going to buy a brand new Argo, Max or Mudd Ox. and the main reason I was comfortable buying and restoring a very rough Attex 400 Chief was that the T20 was still in production and parts are readily available for it. No matter how bad the body and running gear was I knew that they could be repaired by fabricating my own parts/repairs. The one thing that was not in that category was the T20, but I knew brand new parts where just a phone call and credit card away. Lets hope it and its parts stay around so all the current and future used Attex, Hustler and Max owners can continue to keep thier machines running long into the future.

[MAX IV Mark]

I just hope the T20 lives on after this acquisition settles in. I'm never going to buy a brand new Argo, Max or Mudd Ox. and the main reason I was comfortable buying and restoring a very rough Attex 400 Chief was that the T20 was still in production and parts are readily available for it. No matter how bad the body and running gear was I knew that they could be repaired by fabricating my own parts/repairs. The one thing that was not in that category was the T20, but I knew brand new parts where just a phone call and credit card away. Lets hope it and its parts stay around so all the current and future used Attex, Hustler and Max owners can continue to keep thier machines running long into the future.

When you look at the value of the company, I would say the T-20 was the key asset. Body molds and tooling second. Everything else is off the shelf or simple fabrication. Design files and customer base is probably on the low on the list, because of simplicity and lack of advertising for years. I don't think you have to worry about the T-20 going anywhere. Matt could probably keep the T-20 going supplying parts to his warehouse of T-20 machines.

[viktor_orlov]

Friends, I too join congratulations about creation of the new company. I very much hope that Matt and owners of the new company will send me my Mudd-Ox to Russia. Promises respected Matt about sending "next week" proceed months and years. Perhaps, somebody can assist Matt in sending to Russia 2 cars for 2 Russian buyers. Representatives of our American carriers too were tired to wait.
I address to all who can assist to Matt. Hi, probably, does not have not enough time.