just got my electric amphicat!

[courtney]

it is in really good shape! it is kind of goosey but i just read up on the reverse and think that i my be doing it wrong

going to try and back it off the trailer without flying off!

[courtney]

well i suceeded but i guess these don't steer in reverse or at least the guy says this one doesn't

very different than driving my max but i am sure i will get used to it

not even sure what the set up is on this as far as how the electric goes or works, this is the one that was for sale on ebay several months ago

[Amphiman1]

Amphicat reverse

Ahhhhhhh , but they do steer in reverse,,,,if your trans is adjusted properly.... I saw that one on ebay too..seems very decent,,,,
Congrats!!!

[coloradoterratiger]

Is the whole drive system electric? Or just reverse? I have been kicking around an idea to add reverse to my terra tiger using a starter motor, and somekind of chain disconnect to allow me to back up when I need to, but not have to reengineer the beautiful simplicity out of the machine, anyone else done this?

[courtney]

i guess the whole system is electric

how do i go about adjusting the trans so i can steer in reverse?

[LarryW]

Sounds like a neat amphicat. Could you post some pictures of the drive?
Thanks

[Beeman]

If I recall correctly, that guy did the electric controls with relays (solenoids)... is there a lot of clicking going on when driving the machine?

[courtney]

hmmmm, well it clicks when you push the button down?? but i did not notice it clicking when i was moving it

i will try to get some pics of the set up and post them, honestly i don't know much about how he set it up, i just know it runs forward and back
he sent a controller, gear and something else with it that i can add, it is supposed to make it 2 1/2 times faster and be able to control the speed

i have to do some research on this and email him about how to get this on here

i think the machine is in pretty good shape, but it would not float for sure, but i don't have many lakes out here in the desert and did not buy it for that, so it is no problem