Saturday, June 28-East Texas

[lewis]

Stuck Foot

Hi guys sounds like you guys had a great time.

I rode 3-wheelers years ago in river beds as the water had been lowered. This stuff was terrible, no bottom. When we would try to lift the bikes out of the mud, it in turn would push us deeper into the mud. The way we kept from loosing our shoes was, point the toe. This breaks the suction and you foot is easier to remove with shoe. This did not always work 100% of the time, but most of the time it did. Just thought i would share this point with you guys but, then you may have been doing this all along.

They have closed this area to 3 and 4 wheelers but my Avenger is now resisted as a boat.

Look forward to all the vids.

Lewis

[mudbug3]

Mudbug- If the Vampires worked as well as they looked in the video, I would like to know why you are not planning to mount them instead of all 6 Gators?? Forgive me, sometimes I take a while to get it.

Well ,,cost is a major expense when you have to buy six atv tires , and then have them mounted for $25 a pop , at the local atv dealer . Since I already own six Gator tires that work better in " some situations " than the Vampires do , all I have to do now is , put four more of them on my Max IV , and then I,ll have six . The only reason I don,t run six Gators on my Max now ,,is because they don,t swim . Thats why I have Terra tires in the middle and on the back of my Max IV. The Maxis Mud Bugs are almost identical in tread design , with the difference being the outer lugs have more of a curve , and this helps them swim ( paddle ? ) They will get you across a still pond . Matt O. says they GPS about 1.5 mph in the water , when they were mounted on his Mud Ox.

[philipatmaxfour]

Vampires,Gators and super terra grips

Thanks for the info Mudbug. I use 2 Terra grips on each side at the back of my Avenger for water speed. When I run out of Rawhide IIIs for the two pair at the front I want to try something a little more aggressive like Gators or maybe Vampires?

[mudbug3]

Thanks for the info Mudbug. I use 2 Terra grips on each side at the back of my Avenger for water speed. When I run out of Rawhide IIIs for the two pair at the front I want to try something a little more aggressive like Gators or maybe Vampires?

If I were using my amphib in mainly shallow water , with a moderate to soft muddy bottom , ( like River Run atv park ) , I would choose the Mud Bug tire over the Vampire atv tires . The reason for my choice is this : The Mud Bug tires will not dig you down as fast as a Vampire tire will , which will get you stuck more often . MightymaxIV has told me this about running Vampires on his Max IV . You really have to have a light throttle hand when you run Vampires . The Vampire tires ride really good because they have soft side walls . At 2.5 psi they mush out really good over logs and roots , and this helps them gain more traction . Because the Vampires have more of a rounded profile , when compared to the Good year , Terra tire ,,and they skid steer a lot easier too. When I drove boncrshr,s Hustler it felt like it turned about 50 % easier than my Max IV did . This is because my tires have a flatter profile .

[boncrshr]

Here's the video from my camera from Saturday. I broke it up into three parts, and I am not a plumber..

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

[mudbug3]

Boncrshr ,


BRAVO ! Two Big Thumbs up !

That was some really good 6x6 , amphibious action ! We both really had to work HARD to keep our amphibs moving in that pudding mud . I,m sure you were exhausted after struggling through that long mud hole , I know I was !!

[mightymaxIV]

These videos are awsome!! I really like the river run part two!! WOW!!!!

[mudbug3]

mightymaxIV ,


My favorite was river run part 3 . I was amazed at the difference in the video quality of the part 3 video , when you click directly on the Utube URL link that,s at the top of this video . Watching this same video on 6x6 world , and then watching it again on Utube , is about a 50% improvement in video clarity . A night and day difference I,d say . In this video you could see the rocks , tree roots , trails filled with water from the last rain , and the drop off into the water section ,that was filled with swamp stuff .

[mudbug3]

Noel with his 18 hp Max II , wants to go to River Run atv park the week after the 4th of July . Today I had all my Good year Terra tires taken off at Walmart , and then replaced them with my mud eating 26 inch Gators , all facing forward , for maximum traction . I,ll be ready this time . The soupy mud and the pudding mud really gave my Good year , terra tires a hard time , because there was so little water at the park . If I would have had all six Terra tires mounted in the swim position on my Max IV that day , instead of the two Gators facing forward on the front , in the places that boncrshr and I drove our amphibs through , and struggled to do it , I would have been dead in my tracks , with the mud glazed , Good year , Terra tires . No doubt about that !

[mightymaxIV]

gators

Noel with his 18 hp Max II , wants to go to River Run atv park the week after the 4th of July . Today I had all my Good year Terra tires taken off at Walmart , and then replaced them with my mud eating 26 inch Gators , all facing forward , for maximum traction . I,ll be ready this time . The soupy mud and the pudding mud really gave my Good year , terra tires a hard time , because there was so little water at the park . If I would have had all six Terra tires mounted in the swim position on my Max IV that day , instead of the two Gators facing forward on the front , in the places that boncrshr and I drove our amphibs through , and struggled to do it , I would have been dead in my tracks , with the mud glazed , Good year , Terra tires . No doubt about that !

We will be waiting to see the difference Dave- make sure you get lots of video because I want to see what those gators do in that type of mud!

[Meinfield]

Great vidoes, looks like you guys had a blast. That’s a lot of boodie shakin, bon. Thought I heard KC and the sunshine band playing in the background...
How did the new gears work out?

[boncrshr]

You are so wrong Mr. Meinfeld...for KC to be playing I would have had to be shaking my bootie AND wearing roller skates!! That may have been more of a Sweet Home Alabama moment??

Yeah, we had a great time. That park is awesome....the terrain was not really any different than where Mudbug took me the first time, but the hot showers after the ride made all of the difference in the world. The only thing was I remembered towel, soap, undies, fresh shirt...no pants! So I washed the mud out of them and wrung them out...Dave suggested I sit on my sunshade which reflected my bootie heat back to me and was less miserable.

The new gears made all of the difference in the world! Still not a beast like your Hustler, but it climbed any hill without squealing the belt. Here's the weird part...I clocked my speed with GPS before the gear change at 21mph. Went from a 30 tooth to 40 tooth drive sprocket and my top speed is 21 mph?? I guess I am not lugging the motor now?? I am going to go with a little bit looser belt I think. This belt is very tight and I don't think it is climbing to the top of the clutch...but I have exactly 1" of deflection. Thoughts??