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I am moving all of the previous video,s that were taken at River Run atv park to this new folder . boncrshr with his Hustler 950 , Noel with his Max II , and myself , with my Max IV ,, will be going to River Run atv park this saturday with our amphibs . We plan to come back with lots of new video,s of GREAT 6x6 , amphibious action !
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Boncrshr with his Hustler 950 , Noel with his Max II , and myself , with my Max IV , found some OUTSTANDING places to ride at River Run park saturday .
This park is over 2,800 acreas big and you can,t ride all of the trails in one day or would you want to . But , we were not with out our share of problems .
This time out , we all rode down a new trail that none of us had ridden on before . In fact , this was the very first time boncrshr and Noel had met each other , or that any of us had ridden with three amphibs at one time .
This particular trail that we were driving on , had lots of LARGE mud holes on it . Most of these mud holes all had pudding mud in them , but it varied in consistency from hole to hole . This is the kind of mud where the tires can not get any traction in , because its so soft . As your tires spin , you just sink lower and lower , until you are high centered . 50 % of the time we drove through these mud holes , we could rock our amphibs side to side , and with much struggle and exhaustion ,finally drive our amphibs out .The mud holes with less than a foot of water in them were a BIG challenge .
As we were riding on this particular trail , Noel head a loud noise from inside the tub , so we all parked our amphibs near him , and decided to check it out . When Noel raised the upper tub to see what was wrong , he found out that his right front chain was almost off the sprocket . Lucky for us , boncrshr had lots of tools .
As boncrshr tried to walk the chain back onto the sprocket , Noel and I slowly moved his Max II forward . We tried and tried to make the chain walk back onto the sprocket , by pushing the Max II forward and backward , but to no avail . At that point , boncrshr suggested to remove the master link to make it easier to put the chain back onto the sprocket . I told Noel that to get proper adjustment on his chains , the wheels needed to be off the ground on the side we were working on . Plus it was easier rolling the tires with your hand than pushing the Max II backwards and foward .
As Noel waited , boncrshr rode with me as I drove my Max IV back to my Jeep to get a 4x4 block , my small hydrolic jack , and lug wrench . As boncrshr and I were driving back down one of the main trails , we came to a large mud hole . We had all driven through this same mud hole before , so I knew it had a hard bottom . When we were almost out the other side , I hit an under water rutt made by the big tire ATV,s , and then skid steered to the left . Bad idea ! As I tried to climb out of this rutt , the front of my Max IV got higher and higher , tilting to the right .
At this point in time , boncrshr yelled out " STOP " . I then looked back , and saw that the right rear of my Max IV was about to take on water , with boncrshr about to fall out . I then backed up , and took a different line . As I was driving out of this mud hole , I heard a bumping noise against the tub ?
We both get out of my Max IV , and find out that my right front tire is now off the bead .
Scott tells me he will walk back to where Noel is , while I limp my Max IV back to where we parked our vehicles , sitting as far left as I can , and load it onto the trailor . Scott has a LONG walk back . After I drive back to load my Max IV onto my trailer , I decide to see if the rear of the tire bead is off too.
It is not . Maybe , just maybe with an extra pair of hands and some air pressure I can reseat my tire back onto the rim . I see two guys unloading their ATV,s off the trailer and ask them to help me . The owner of the park has a air compressor with a long air hose out side of his shop . I drive my Max IV to the shop and use my small hydrolic jack to get my right front tire off the ground . As I air up the tire , the man I asked to help me , pulls the front of the tire against the bead . Pop ! The tire bead is now seated on my bead lock rim and I,m back in business . I load the jack , lug wrench , 4x4 wooden block , into the back of my Max IV , and head back to where I last saw Noel and boncrshr . When I,m almost to where Noel broke down at , I see no amphibs in sight . 
Maybe they got Noel,s Max II fixed and are now driving to meet me ? I then decide to drive just a little bit farther . Its at this point I see both boncrshr and Noel driving towards me . Boy , talk about timming !
After we all drive through a mud hole on the main pipe line , boncrshr hears a pop ! We all stop at this point to find out what it wrong . boncrshr then raises the rear floor board , and finds out that his master link has broken , and his chain is now balled up around the middle sprocket . Not good ! After boncrshr straightens out his chain and tries to reattach it with a spare master link , he notices that one of the chain links is not straight . After boncrshr removes the kinked chain , we then decide to drive back and load his Hustler onto his trailor . At least he still has five wheels turning to drive back . This is one of the advantages of a 6x6 or an 8x8 .
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I had a great time as usual…and it was good to ride with/meet Noel. And 3 amphibs was definitely more fun! It was a crazy, tiring day. Dropping the psi from 3 to 2 on my Vampires made all of the difference in the world. Yesterday was cool because we got to go head to head several times with big, lifted quads and consistently did much better in the mud and the muck. There were 2 times that I walked through a mud hole and a big quad buried itself…I even towed the quad out once! Here is the first part of the video of the day. At the end of this video is Noel doing really good in a bad mudhole that stuck a quad with 7” lift and 31” tall tires. I was instructed to tell everyone that where he got stuck at first, we all did. This was due to a huge mound of clay the quads had pushed up…we could not get over it. Mudbug’s ride did seem to do much better with all mud tires on it.
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Here is the second video of the day. First off the ENORMOUS guy driving Dave’s Max was one of the quad guys we were playing in that bad mudhole with. I came up to his nipples…he made his Honda with 7” lift and 31’s look like a normal size quad. I called him Grape Ape (in my head), really cool guy, showed us around the park and just wanted to play. Like all superheroes, he had a sidekick who carried the beer on his quad. The funny thing was, when he stuck Dave’s Max he got out and basically lifted one side by himself…easily. When he sticks his quad, I quit filming because I helped tow him out.
There is a part in this video where Dave has a hard time in a really nasty mud pit…there is another big quad that went through this really easy. That was the ONLY time that happened. My thinking is that he entered where Dave exited….his momentum carried him past all of the pushed up mud, and he had ITP Mudlites, which seem to do really well in the muck.
I did not get on film the last part of the day..we went to a mud pit that the trucks use as a “Crazy 8” track. Everybody got stuck and we were doing vehicle recovery. The Grape Ape’s quad got so stuck it took Dave and Noel at the same time to pull him out! Mudbug got out in the middle of this crazy circle 8 track, but through perserverance, rocking and pushing the Max he made it out without assistance…..really good amphib marketing. Overall, these guys were really nice and complimentary about the 6x6’s capability.
Oh yeah, we saw tons of chicks in bikinis.
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Oh yeah , that big mud hole the trucks use as a " crazy 8 " track , was the biggest and absolute worse mud hole I,d ever drove my Max IV into . I really wish that boncrshr could have gotten a video of me "STRUGGLING " to get my Max IV out . You would have to see how hard this was to believe it ! Just as soon as I had driven my Max IV five feet into this BIG MUD HOLE , I knew I,d made a BIG mistake ! I tried rocking my Max IV side to side by hanging off my roll bar , but this only worked for a few feet . I tried to unweight my Max IV by standing on the front edge of it and this worked , but hardy moved my Max at all . This was some SOFT and DEEP mud ! The only thing left that I could do now , was to get out of my amphib , and push against it , hoping that the lightened tub weight would give my Max IV the help it needed . Just as soon as I stepped out of my Max in my hip waders , I was chest deep in thick mud with only about 5-6 inches of water on top of it . I PUSHED as hard as I could and leaned over and worked the throttle at the same time . Boncrshr yelled out for me to back up and let them winch me out , but by now I was committed to make it out all by myself , and not let this mud prevail . As I saw my amphib slowly move forward , this gave me the hope that I could make it to the other side . When I was half way across , I could see a log directly in front of me , half submerged in the water . I knew I could not drive over it .The only thing I could do now , was try to push my Max towards the far end of the log , because I knew that I could not drive over one this muddy and slippery . When I had pushed my Max IV as far as I could away from the log ,,I waded chest deep in the mud to the other side of my Max . Now I pushed as hard as I could , while working the throttle at the same time , to change direction . When I had made sufficent progress , I then waded to the other side of my Max , and pushed and worked the throttle at the same time as before . This time I could feel my tires trying to gain traction as I stood on the submerged log . I was now pushing as hard as I could with my left foot , and using my tub and roll bar for leverage . I was hoping some how , some way , my Gator tires could make it over this log and into the deeper water . By now I was just about EXHAUSTED from straining to get my Max out . When my Max had made it past this log ,,things got easier , because the water was now deeper . As I watched my Max IV slowly gain momentum , I hung onto the side of the tub and let the 25 hp Kolier drag me along . This only lasted a few minutes and then it was back to pushing and straining ! The only difference now ,,I was within five feet of driving out . Just as soon as my front Gators grabbed traction , I pulled myself into the drivers seat and drove out ! This was the absolute hardest thing I,ve ever tried to do , with my Max IV . Just as soon as I had driven out , I yelled out to the ATV rider with the 8 inch lift and tall mud tires to try it , but he said " no way " . This was five feet of pudding mud that I,d made it through . The big monster tire trucks had made this mud hole almost impossible to make it across !
This is where a low PSI amphib , with "tracks" ( HOOT ) would excell !
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That little MaxII of Noel's was quite impressive in the mud!Last edited by mightymaxIV; 07-14-2008, 12:07 AM.Comment
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mightymaxIV ,
" That little MaxII of Noel's was quite impressive in the mud! "
Yes , it was , considering it only had 23 inch rawhides . Its the low PSI that makes a big difference . His tires propel him through the mud much easier , because his tires are not fighting against the tub weight . When you have a heavy tub weight your tires tend to loose traction a lot faster , and this causes you to high center much easier . Boncrshr,s light weight Hustler did even better in that same mud hole with its 25 inch Vampire tires , compared to my Max IV , with six Gators all facing forward . The ground clearance of my Max IV gives me a slight advantage over boncrshr,s Hustler , in deep rutted trails , but , in most of the long mud holes at River run , we were equal . Some times boncrshr even had a slight advantage , just like Noel did in the above video , because of their lower PSI .
One thing to consider though , is both the rawhide III,s and the Vampire tires swim , but the Gator tires don,t . Both Noel and boncrshr had the advantage in the watery mud , but boncrshr and I had the advantage in the pudding mud .Last edited by mudbug3; 07-14-2008, 12:52 AM.Comment
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YouTube - Hustler 6x6 ( 1 )
This is a video of boncrshr driving his Hustler 950 through a swampy section at River Run atv park that had a trail split off on both ends.
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