This is a video on the hoot etv its not to bad.

[steve w]

[mudbug3]

The video about the Hoot ETV is good ,, but , to appeal to more people in the market for an amphibious vehicle , it needs to have the option of 25 inch tires , and at least an 18 hp motor . For what it cost for an Hoot ETV , you can almost buy an Argo Frontier with a 23 hp Briggs engine , which will carry more , and appeal to a lot more people .

[steve w]

Yeah i think the hoot cost around 8900 the frontiers around 12500 a litttle difference in price i dont know how well they hold up with a little hard use.

[mudbug3]

I think I saw on an Argo dealers website , an Argo Frontier ( basic model ) for $9,995 . This included $2,000 in options , no interest , no money down , if payed off in six months .

[lewis]

Just another option

I read where members want to go a little faster that the Argo type machines and this would be a possible option. Not my cup of tea but very interesting design.

If one bought one of these type machines would they be eligible to be a 6x6 member since they do have 6 wheels and are amphibious? Just a thought.

Lewis

[steve w]

I think they would be ok for driving in a area with narrow paths that a argo may have trouble fitting through. No they cant carry a lot of gear about the same as a atv I gess.

[mudbug3]

I think they would be ok for driving in a area with narrow paths that a argo may have trouble fitting through. No they cant carry a lot of gear about the same as a atv I gess.

Steve ,

Yes I agree with you . For really tight trails and places that a conventional 6x6 ( insert Max 6x6 or Argo 6x6 here ) would have a REALLY hard time fitting through , this is where the Hoot ETV would excell .

[Bw6]

Argo Prices In Canada

Hi Mudbug3,

My friend is an Argo dealer in Ontario, Canada, the lowest price Argo is the Frontier 480 6x6, that comes with a 14 hp. engine. It is a real stripped down model, with no options. It is priced at $8,995. Even the skid plate is optional, no bearing extensions etc., he doesn't really recommend it. The most popular 6x6 is the Frontier 650 (23 hp. Vanguard) it usually goes out the door at around $11,500-$12,000 without tax.

I just installed a set of Argo Frontier 24" tires on my Hoot ETV demo machine, I can't believe the water and land speed. The Rawhide III's were OK, but these tires rock. Because of the Hoot's light weight (675 lbs.) I run them at 1.5 psi.

[mudbug3]

Bw6 ,

I don,t doubt the truth of the Argo prices you posted , but I just posted what I saw on an Argo dealers website . After I posted that price , I tried to find the link where I found the dealers advertizement , but so far have not been able to . I,m sure this was one of the base models .

[mudbug3]

Bw6 ,

This is a long mud hole that boncrshr,s Hustler 20 hp , with 25 inch Vampire tires struggled through , and also my Max IV 25 hp ,with 26 inch Gator tires on the front ( facing foward for maximum traction ) and Good year , Terra tires , in the middle and on the rear ( facing backwards for max water speed ) Do you think a Hoot could make it through " puddin " mud like this , with its rawhide tires , or even with Frontier tires . If the Hoot could make it through a long mud hole like this ,,I,d be VERY impressed ! Both of us eventually made it to the end of this long mud hole ,,but not with out some SERIOUS effort !

[mightymaxIV]

Mudbug-I noticed that when you gave you machine a little more throttle it moved through that mud and water a lot faster. I was wondering if you could have sat down and just gassed your way through that mud?

[mightymaxIV]

Hi Mudbug3,

My friend is an Argo dealer in Ontario, Canada, the lowest price Argo is the Frontier 480 6x6, that comes with a 14 hp. engine. It is a real stripped down model, with no options. It is priced at $8,995. Even the skid plate is optional, no bearing extensions etc., he doesn't really recommend it. The most popular 6x6 is the Frontier 650 (23 hp. Vanguard) it usually goes out the door at around $11,500-$12,000 without tax.

I just installed a set of Argo Frontier 24" tires on my Hoot ETV demo machine, I can't believe the water and land speed. The Rawhide III's were OK, but these tires rock. Because of the Hoot's light weight (675 lbs.) I run them at 1.5 psi.

Bw6-Perhaps you could post up some video of your hoot running through some impossible terrain with those six Argo tires. I would be really curios to see what a Hoot could do with a little more ground clearance. Still I wish the machine would come with a little bigger engine than a 15 horse Kohler.

[mudbug3]

mightymaxIV ,

I might have , but since I had to crawl all over my roll bar , just about the whole length of that long mud hole , to make it to where I was when I bent down to give it more throttle , I was not taking any chances in the pudding mud I was in . I tried sitting down about 8 foot into that mud hole , and when that did,nt work ,, I locked my throttle down with a plastic bag , at a steady low throttle , and did what ever I could to continue to make forward momentum . The only reason I increased the throttle , was because the plastic bag holding it steady had loosened , so I bent down and increased the throttle with my hand . The only reason increasing the throttle worked then , was because the consistancy of the mud had changed at the end of the mud hole .

[mudbug3]

Bw6 ,

Can you post a good video of the Hoot with Frontier tires , driving through some SERIOUS mud ?

[Bw6]

Mud Hole

Mudbug3,

We don't have mud holes like that up here, but have plenty of loon crap, swamp, muskeg, floating muskeg, rock, bog. and bush so thick you can hardly walk through it. Most of our riding is basically picking a compass course to some isolated lake or other destination and trying to get there. We basically try to conquer whatever is in our way. We don't travel on trails, we make our own.

But if I ever get down your way I would like to try a good ole mud hole like that! I must say you guys are persistent, and I love the technique.

I just came back from a day's ride up north and wanted to say that the Hoot with those 24" Frontier tires was fantastic, what a difference a good tire and full time 6 wheel drive makes. The other guys had a Frontier and an Avenger. Both the Avenger and the Frontier ripped the sidewall out of a tire, but we basically travelled the same terrain. Only used a half bottle of Muskol, but all in all a great day!