Busco Beach in NC October 7-9, 2011

[Noel Woods]

Nice dude! I enjoyed the slideshow, I never realized there was so many blue Max's.

[lewis]

Fantastic slide show Lewis. I did so much riding and I realized that I don't think we were ever in the same group all weekend. What a huge turn out this time!!!

Yes, we were on a ride together but i have movies of that one and no camera.(water rescue) I think i got a picture or a video of everyone somewhere either on camera or video.

[lewis]

Ok, now. I don't know how many were present at the ride at Busco.....so i would like to do a head count. If you were there put your name on the list and how many machines you brought.

1. Lewis and Peggy: Argo Avenger
2. Robbie, Alley, Hunter: Max IV

[MAX IV Mark]

it may be easier to start with the original list, like this:


1. Mike---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
2. Jerseybigfoot & Donna------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
3. Tom and Lorrie--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
4. Johney (Durect) Shade - and maybe my wife this time------------------------------------------------------->
5. Amphibious Drew, wife, 2 kids and maybe one of the dogs.-------------------------------------------------->
6. Russriders: Andy,wife,3 kids and 3 friend (ARGO,MAX II),Hans,his wife (MAX II), Jonh (MAX IV )-------->
7. Hydro/Geo-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
8. Lewis, Peggy (Argo/Crush)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->Argo Avenger
9. JPSwift1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->Hustler, Max IV
10. Robbie, Alley and Hunter--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->Max IV
11. McCoy, Christy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
12. Bobby aka Freq42 (Max-II)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>
13. Racerone3, Racerone3sgirl, Beckerthewrecker--------------------------------------------------------------->
14. Smooth_oakislander-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
15. MAX IV Mark---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->Max IV
16. rickga: 3 adults, 2kids and 2 Argo's--------------------------------------------------------------------------->
17. Liflod, 1 Max 6x6, 1 Argo 6x6, 1 Attex 2x0------------------------------------------------------------------->
18. CBass, Wife and (2) girls (Max II)----------------------------------------------------------------------------->
19. FMINTS (Max II), with girlfriend.------------------------------------------------------------------------------>
20. Vanmeterj1 (jonathan and at least (1) running machine ---------------------------------------------------->
21. Mighty Max with my Argo Frontier 650 HD and my son Derek.----------------------------------------------->
22. Matt Walk (MAX II)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
23. Doug, Amy, Dan and Natasha. With 2 or 3 machines (Max, Argo combo)---------------------------------->
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30!

[CBass]

CBass, Melody, kids x2 and Max II

[lewis]

1. Mike------------------------------------------------------------Max IV
2. Jerseybigfoot & Donna------------------------------------------ Argo Bigfoot
3. Tom Z----------------------------------------------------------Maxgo
4. Johney (Durect) Shade -----------------------------------------Max IV
5. Amphibious Drew, wife, 2 kids and maybe one of the dogs.--------Attex
6. Russriders: Andy,2 children -------------------------------------Argo Conquest
7. Hydro/Geo--------------------------------------------------------------
8. Lewis, Peggy---------------------------------------------------Argo Avenger
9. JPSwift1--------------------------------------------------------Hustler, Max IV
10. Robbie, Alley and Hunter-------------------------------------- -Max IV
11. McCoy, Christy------------------------------------------------Argo Bigfoot
12. Bobby aka Freq42 ---------------------------------------------Max-II
13. Racerone3, Racerone3sgirl, Beckerthewrecker------------------>
14. Smooth_oakislander------------------------------------------->
15. MAX IV Mark-------------------------------------------------->Max IV
16. rickga: 3 adults, 2kids and 2 Argo's----------------------------->
17. Liflod---------------------------------------------------Max IV, Argo Conquest
18. CBass, Wife and (2) girls -------------------------------------->Max II
19. FMINTS , with girlfriend.--------------------------------------->Max II
20. Vanmeterj1 (jonathan and at least (1) running machine --------->Max II
21. Mighty Max with my son Derek.-----------------------------Argo Frontier 650 HD
22. Matt Walk (MAX II)------------------------------------------->
23. Hans and wife--------------------------------------------------MAX II
25. John(Andy's friend)---------------------------------------------- MAX IV
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

This is from what i remembered. Hydro and Race brought so many machines i can't remember them all

If there are errors please correct and add if i have missed someone.

[whipper-ag]

[racerone3]

I only brought 4 machines this time!!

1. Mike------------------------------------------------------------Max IV
2. Jerseybigfoot & Donna------------------------------------------ Argo Bigfoot
3. Tom Z----------------------------------------------------------Maxgo
4. Johney (Durect) Shade -----------------------------------------Max IV
5. Amphibious Drew, wife, 2 kids and maybe one of the dogs.--------Attex
6. Russriders: Andy,2 children -------------------------------------Argo Conquest
7. Hydro/Geo------------------------------------------------------Hustler 980, Big 5 (Attex Tank trainer)
8. Lewis, Peggy---------------------------------------------------Argo Avenger
9. JPSwift1--------------------------------------------------------Hustler, Max IV
10. Robbie, Alley and Hunter-------------------------------------- -Max IV
11. McCoy, Christy------------------------------------------------Argo Bigfoot
12. Bobby aka Freq42 ---------------------------------------------Max-II
13. Racerone3, Racerone3sgirl, Beckerthewrecker------------------>Attex Wild Wolf, Hustler 980 Pimpfoot, Max II, Rhonda (Attex Tank Trainer)
14. Smooth_oakislander------------------------------------------->
15. MAX IV Mark-------------------------------------------------->Max IV
16. rickga: 3 adults, 2kids and 2 Argo's----------------------------->
17. Liflod---------------------------------------------------Max IV, Argo Conquest
18. CBass, Wife and (2) girls -------------------------------------->Max II
19. FMINTS , with girlfriend.--------------------------------------->Max II
20. Vanmeterj1 (jonathan and at least (1) running machine --------->Max II
21. Mighty Max with my son Derek.-----------------------------Argo Frontier 650 HD
22. Matt Walk (MAX II)------------------------------------------->
23. Hans and wife--------------------------------------------------MAX II
25. John(Andy's friend)---------------------------------------------- MAX IV
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

This is from what i remembered. Hydro and Race brought so many machines i can't remember them all

If there are errors please correct and add if i have missed someone.

[lewis]

A short video of the water play at Busco. Becky started taking water, Lance called for some help to get her moving again. She was still moving on here own power but was taking water on. No one was in any danger the water was not that deep and there were 3 of the machines assisting to get here ashore. Meanwhile as we all hit the beach there was a 4 wheeler Bikini shoot going on not that i was looking or noticed but we did cause sort of a stir.

[amphibious drew]

Fantastic Lewis!!! I loved every second.

[George]

That's a lot of swimmers!

Very cool Lew!

[mightymaxIV]

Lewis was that 650 HD with the 25" swimmer tires as fast as your machine in the water? Thanks for the video Lewis.

[lewis]

Lewis was that 650 HD with the 25" swimmer tires as fast as your machine in the water? Thanks for the video Lewis.

Dan, i don't know, Doug was pretty fast and so was JP and the Max machines but i wasn't checking i was just cruising around.

[racerone3]

We rolled in from Busco about 6pm on Sunday. Beth took off to Drop off Becky and pick up Wyatt, while I unloaded the Items that we didn't want left out in the monsoons that were forecast for the week.

I dove into the new job Monday morning and got initiated the right way. 12 hour days with an hour commute on either end we also got to work today, but knocked off early at the 10 hour mark... The hours have sucked, but it feels good to be working (and doing something I love) again.

Tonight it was still daylight when I got home, so I finally got the machines off the trailer. Cept for the Wild Wolf, which is still at McCoy's house. I pressure washed till I ran out of daylight and gas.

Beth suffered a mild concussion Friday morning when a roll cage smacked her in the side of the head (thanks for the STOUT cage Mike). She rolled the Max down a hill, but jumped right back in and kept riding. She wouldn't admit to any of the symptoms because she wanted to keep riding (Dummy) (I would have done the same thing)

Becky spent much of the weekend as a passenger in the tank after the second fragged bearing took the Wild Wolf out of commision (hence the near sinking in the above video). The advantage of having a passenger, was that I handed her the camera and she went nuts with it. I've uploaded a few pics, and will get the rest up shortly. The Video camera is still mounted to the Pimpfoot. I will try to someday make something of the footage (still haven't gotten around to the video from the spring ride)

All the machines came home in reasonable shape. Despite her flipping it down a hill, Beth's machine is good to go as is the Hustler. The Tank ran great all weekend, and I couldn't be happier with it's performance. I did break a LR hub on the tank in about the last 20 min of riding... I don't get why these 40 year old parts keep failing The Wolf... well... she needs bearings all the way around. Hopefully in the next few weeks I can start rounding up parts for the conversion to 1 1/4 axles in both the Wolf and the Tank. My ultimate goal is a skidplate and axles in the Wolf before the spring ride to see if I can make it Becky-Proof

[MAX IV Mark]

here are a few of the photos I took
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