6X6 Mudd-Ox

[Cougar]

Going to Bundy Hill on Sat. to test out my new 6X6 should be fun. Now I will have the best of both worlds a 8X8 and a 6X6. Pics.and videos to come . Cougar

[MaxRules]

Oh come on Cougar, you can't make a post like that without pictures and specs!

[Noel Woods]

Yeah, what a tease. You should have at least posted some pics of the machine on the trailer, while it was new and pretty.

[Cougar]

Heres one I have more to come. I took this when I was in the 6x6. I will get sum up of me running the 6x6. Cougar

[MaxRules]

Wow, there was a Canagem in your video. I had one that needed restoration that I sold on ebay a while back. I had never seen one before and the one in your video looked nice.
Was that at the Badlands? I really miss that place. It's been 10 years since we rode there, was there with Matt O. back in the good ol' days.
Still didn't see a 6x6 Mudd-Ox in action.... but I did see a Rzr and if I see another it's going to cost me ten grand, cause I'm gonnna have to buy one.

[Cougar]

Wow, there was a Canagem in your video. I had one that needed restoration that I sold on ebay a while back. I had never seen one before and the one in your video looked nice.
Was that at the Badlands? I really miss that place. It's been 10 years since we rode there, was there with Matt O. back in the good ol' days.
Still didn't see a 6x6 Mudd-Ox in action.... but I did see a Rzr and if I see another it's going to cost me ten grand, cause I'm gonnna have to buy one.

Thats was Matt driving that Canagem and the black Mudd- Ox. I will have some of the 6x6 Mudd-Ox up soon, Iam still learning how to put up movies with this new cam. Heres a link to Bundy Hill thats where we rode at. Michigan Off Roading at Bundy Hill Off Road Park - Jerome, MI (4x4, OHV, ORV, ATV, Quad, Motorcycle, Jeep) Cougar

[mudslinger]

Why was the Ox having such a hard time getting up that hill? That quad pretty much put it to shame. Embarrassing.

[MaxRules]

Why was the Ox having such a hard time getting up that hill? That quad pretty much put it to shame. Embarrassing.

The Badlands off-road park has hills just like that. None of our amphibs would go up them, these vehicles are just too slow. Even a 2wd quad can go up easily because the accelleration and top speed is so much greater than an amphib. Long steep hills with loose traction is just a natural enemy to us, one of the few places a quad certainly does better.

[Dirty Harry]

Big hills with a loose and/or sandy soil base are very tough for those of us with slower amphibs. Older rigs with zippy 2-strokes might be OK. Such hills are one of the few places where the speed & momentum is an advantage over the traction of a AATV. At some point the tires will start to lose traction and then the rig will just start to dig in... and you're done. I had a friend who had that happen in MY then-new Max II. He fought it into reverse, not realizing the merits of slowly "walking" the machine around to point back down. Well, long story short, he came down VERY FAST backwards and slammed into a small tree, which stopped him instantly. Luckily for him he wasn't hurt, although my Max suffered T20 damage and had to be driven backwards out of the boonies to where my truck was parked. (THAT was an adventure; sitting on the front end, facing backwards, trying to steer. LOL)

[amphibious drew]

If you look at my day at the Amphipharm video, you will see jpswift going up a crazy steep hill in his 980 and make it 80% up untill the loose topsoil he was driving on gave way. He didn't stall out or roll back, but rather he kept at it until he dug himself a nice wheel stop in the hillside. His machine is not slow, and he took the hill pretty quick, but sometimes there is not enough grab on the ground to make it up. Lets face it, as good as any machine is, nothing can drive up a hill that is made of ball bearings without enough speed to allow the momentum to overtake the forces of gravity and physics. Had the same hill been solid ground the entire way up, it would have been a cake walk for him. There is always going to be a give and take when choosing an atv, but I'll take the AATV over a quad any day.

[Cougar]

Why was the Ox having such a hard time getting up that hill? That quad pretty much put it to shame. Embarrassing.

The hill was a pea gravel and sand mix. The 4 wheeler tryed in 2 wheel and he didn't make it. He maked it in 4 wheel drive , but he said if he would have been going any slower he would have spun out at the top.
I do have more movies of the 6x6 as soon as i get this cam figured out. I do have some pics. of it being loaded on my trailer that I will be posting later today. Cougar

[Model Citizen]

That's too bad. We ride in pea gravel & sand just about everywhere we go with virtually no problem. If 4 wheel drive worked better than 2, than 8 wheel should be even better. It didn't make it on the side with the brush either. It's got the diesel HP & 8 wheel drive... so maybe weight was a factor? Did the 6 wheeler do any better?

Bridget

[Cougar]

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That's too bad. We ride in pea gravel & sand just about everywhere we go with virtually no problem. If 4 wheel drive worked better than 2, than 8 wheel should be even better. It didn't make it on the side with the brush either. It's got the diesel HP & 8 wheel drive... so maybe weight was a factor? Did the 6 wheeler do any better?

Bridget

Driving on flat ground is not the same as going up a pea gravel hill. I have never see a pea gravel hills in AZ....

[jpswift1]

Oh I believe there is.....here's a really steep hill with gravel and sand. This was from the Baja 500 race, so yes, I'm sure those folks like Whipper and Bridget have seen their fair share of that type of terrain in the Southwest.

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3230/dsc00290i.jpg

[Cougar]

Oh I believe there is.....here's a really steep hill with gravel and sand. This was from the Baja 500 race, so yes, I'm sure those folks like Whipper and Bridget have seen their fair share of that type of terrain in the Southwest.

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3230/dsc00290i.jpg

Funny looking 6x6 just saying...