Help my Mudd-Ox sunk!

[kmac]

12 Foot Pontoons pontoon floats

[jerseybigfoot]

I'm sure the small pontoons can lift the Ox well out of the water. 18" tube x 13' long

[kmac]

Maybe a Pontoon boat mfg could help you rig up something. The Pontoons look fairly simple to attach.
Inflatable catarafts pontoon tubes for fishing or river rafting sale.

These would be purrrfect..but i do not know how much weight the can displace...

[kmac]

I thought about that...but i's too bulky..i found a nice one from a company in canada. If i find the link i'll post it...

[jerseybigfoot]

Maybe a Pontoon boat mfg could help you rig up something. The Pontoons look fairly simple to attach.
Inflatable catarafts pontoon tubes for fishing or river rafting sale.

[kmac]

Here is what I did with a 4 inch pipe..

[kmac]

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Water below the engine...

[kmac]

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Some images...At this point we managed to pull the ATV in and flip it back on it's wheels and one of our guys started using pump to get the water out...

[azz7772]

http://www.maxxon-inflatables.com/pontoon-tubes.html

I wonder if a person could make inflatable pontoons like on a zodiac boat it would be lite and when you get to the bush just deflate them and tuck them in some kind of holder.

[kmac]

sorry to hear that.......... just your very first post stated that there would be pics and more to come so we all have been waiting for the action shots..
I don't wish any missfortune on anyone here either, and I am also looking to see how it turns out. Because I drive a heavy diesel hydro predator also.

No worries, i got some pics from one of my field crew's camera..they weren't that good..i'll try to post them...

[kmac]

Ok i've decided not to go with the dual wheels. I am much too afraid that it will put too much strain on the machine (there are a lot of old stumps lying around) and at this stage i want to reduce my financial loss (which is huge because i lost some valuable equipment when the titanic sank), and not increase it. I wanted to use some kind of float possibly made of plastic and I got some confirmation from someone who used pipes, so I will use pvc pipes instead. A 4 inch pipe displaces 2.7 pounds for each foot length. A six inch pipe displaces 5.6 pounds for each foot length and an 8 inch pipe even more. Last night i constructed a rectangular shaped structure ('pontoon') made out of a 4 inch diameter PVC pipe. The perimeter (or total length) covered by the pipe was 30 feet, so it should displace 81 pounds. It was bounded to the sides, front and back of the atv (the atv sans any equipment), just below where the water line is. I used a ratchet strap to hold it firmly agains the body of the ox (sounds like dialog from allo allo). In the water the ox wasn't bobbing that much from side to side like it did without the pipe, and i tried to rock it to and fro, it moved, but it was stable, albeit in salt water (in freshwater it might not be that buoyant). I'm going to build another one using 6 inch pipe covering the same perimeter, that should displace 168 pounds. An eight inch diameter pipe is available, but, it's on the very heavy side. The 6 incher is no lightweight either. I'm having a structure built for the six inch pipe that is more permanent and can hold it against the frame of body of the ATV.
I figure if matt comes through with the flotation kit (which displaces 360 pounds) for the front, along with the 6 inch pipe, i could potentially displace 528 pounds. If the 6 inch pipe works, i'll get it filled with marine grade foam, so that if it leaks, the water will have no where to go..If i can get a camera i'll post some pics.

[azz7772]

No pic or vids..i lost my camera and my phone when the atv sank...

sorry to hear that.......... just your very first post stated that there would be pics and more to come so we all have been waiting for the action shots..
I don't wish any missfortune on anyone here either, and I am also looking to see how it turns out. Because I drive a heavy diesel hydro predator also.

[amphibious drew]

No pic or vids..i lost my camera and my phone when the atv sank...

Azz may be interested in why he hasnt seen pictures, but there is a big group of members here pulling for you and we are dieing to know what test you planned on performing yesterday and how it went. We all are wishing you luck.

[kmac]

No pic or vids..i lost my camera and my phone when the atv sank...

[azz7772]

where are the pics and vids